Chapter 258: How To End A Diplomatic Meeting.


    Drac finally reduced his bloodlust after the leader of the lizardmen reduced his and he began to talk to the leader of the lizardmen.


    "Tell me why you suddenly decided that this territory was not enough for you. The demon lord granted each race the territory they currently inhabit and he has allowed us to rule over that territory without interface from any other race. Why would you encroach on another race''s territory?"


    Once Drac asked this, the leader of the lizardmen scoffed and looked away from Drac in annoyance. He didn''t release his bloodlust for the second time because he knew that he would only be asking for a beating! Drac was much stronger than the lizardman and it was obvious that if they fight, there is no way the lizardman wille out of it alive!


    But he still didn''t want to answer Drac''s question!! How dare this vampire bastarde here and begin demanding exnations for things that don''t concern him! He is not even a part of the mermaids and he is trying to negotiate for them? The leader of the lizardmen felt insulted that Drac woulde here and begin threatening him in front of his own men! how dare he!?


    The leader of the lizardmen looked up to stare at Talia and he wondered if Drac was fucking her. Maybe that is what made Drace here to help the mermaids when this is none of his business. This mermaid whore must''ve slept with him and then made hime here to fight her battle for her. He red at Talia, and Talia frowned back at him as she took a step back!


    Talia knew that she wasn''t a match for the leader of the lizardmen so she would rather keep her distance from him. She felt a little more confident since Drac was with her, but she was still cautious. The leader of the Lizardmen spoke up


    "Do I really need a reason to do what I am doing? The mermaids and the lizardmen have always had territorial conflict and I just decided that it was time for them to take that territory by force. The mermaids don''t deserve that underwater area. It is one of the most fertile fishing spots and I am not going to allow them to have it to themselves."


    The leader of the lizardmen said this with a re and Drac narrowed his eyes at him until the leader reduced his re again. Drac turned around to give Taki a side eye nce and he sighed as he thought about what to do here.


    Talia never said that they wanted to fight a war, so that meant she was looking for a peaceful way to solve this. It will probably be more sensible to look for a peaceful way to resolve these problems rather than allow them to escte into something worse. Drac shivered internally as he imagined what the demon lord would do to them if he finds out that they were fighting a war over something so stupid. Won''t, he just murder them all?


    After thinking for some time, Drac finally spoke up.


    "Then maybe we cane to apromise. There is too much to lose for both races if you allow things to escte more than this. I know you think this is your right, but the mermaids will not back down from it either. I would suggest a calendar of hunting seasons. During a short period of high fertility for the fish, you and your men cane and take some of them without resistance. Wouldn''t that work everything out?"


    "Wait! What are you -!"


    Talia suddenly spoke up from behind Drac, but Drac turned around with a re and shut her up immediately! She was stunned by what he just said! Drac wanted to give some of the hunting grounds to the lizardmen! Is he insane!? These lizards don''t deserve anything at all! All they deserve are spears in their chest for trying to steal the mermaid''s territory in the first ce! The queen would never agree to this! She would fight this till herst breath!


    But Talia asked for Drac''s help because the queen was too nonchnt about this! There was nothing else that the mermaids could do except hope that Drac could bring apromise for them. If this is how Drac brings temporary peace, then should she just take it?


    Drac turned back around after he made sure that Talia would not move. He knew that she would not like the deal, but he was trying to be diplomatic. If they don''t do this, then they could just dere war and suffer the consequences. the demon lord will fucking kill them all.


    But there was suddenly a lowugh that came from the leader of the lizardmen. It started low, but then it began to escte until it was a loud, boisterousughter that echoed off the walls of the cave!


    "Hahahahahahaha!!! You... Do you think this is a joke? What did you think would happen? That I would just sit back and say okay. Since you''ve mercifully allowed me to hunt for only a short time in one seasonal period, I''m more than okay with that? I''ll just allow my people to starve every other time of the year! Are you mad!?"


    Bam!


    The leader of the lizardmen suddenly got louder and louder as he went on and once he was finished he mmed his hand on the table and every lizardman in the room pointed her weapon at Talia and Drac. The leader continued talking.


    "If you want to y mediator, then go and talk to someone else. This is a quarrel between me and the mermaids and you have no ce in it. Let us deal with our differences the way only demons know how to deal with conflict. I will gut everyst mermaid and use their tails to decorate my wall,"


    The leader was basically telling Drac to fuck off. The leader knew that he was not a match for Drac, but they had more than two hundred men here. if they all attacked at the same tie, then even Drac will be overwhelmed. it was going to be a loss for both sides and that will basically be a deration of war.


    From the way that Drac has been acting since he came here, the leader of the Lizardmen knew that Drac didn''t want war. He is probably afraid of the repercussions from the demon lord! This fool! Does he not know that the victors write history? if I kill him and tell the demon lord that he attacked me first, then it will be my victory.


    Drac felt intense irritation inside him as he slowly stood up and spoke.


    "So you''re saying that it''s okay. Takingnd is okay no matter who it is that you are taking it from. So long as you want thatnd, then all you have to do is take it. Then, perhaps, you have no issues with giving me this territory of yours..."


    "What...!?"


    The leader of the lizardmen shot to his feet in anger and even Talia was stunned by what Drac said. Was he trying to make things worse!?


    "What the hell could vampires want with an aquatic territory? You''re just pointlessly inciting violence!"


    Drac''s re intensified.


    "And what if I am? ording to you, I don''t need a reason to take a territory. I simply need to take it. This will make good storage for the influx of humans we are expecting soon. I''ll kill you lizardmen and use you as food for my pet humans. That should be a suitable role for your people"


    Drac''s re intensified as continued talking and the anger inside him made his bloodlust leak out inrge waves. No one in the room could even move a muscle from the intensity in the room! Drac''s pressure was intense and the leader of the lizardmen couldn''t even think of going against Drac right now as Drac spoke.


    "If a war is what you want, then I''ll gue it to you. I''lle in the dead of night, kill your young and ughter your women before feeding them to humans. I''ll enve your men and make them into carriage drawers for the aristocrats of mynd. Do you think you are the only one capable of violence? Try me."


    It was a promise of violence that made every single lizardman shiver from the sheer amount of fear they could feel! It was like Drac was promising them they would be killed the moment they decide to escte this war anymore!


    Talia could only stare at Drac intensely as she gulped. She knew that she asked him for help and this was just him helping her, but she couldn''t help but feel an intense jolt in her lower body as she stared at him. That was one of the most ruthless things she has ever heard and it made her see Drac in a different light. She thought he was just going to give away the territory without a fight, but she liked this much better


    At first, Drac didn''t intend to do something like this! He thought that he would juste here and get the lizardmen to back off after talking to them for a few minutes, but he realized that there was no way the lizardmen would back off! This isn''t a territorial battle anymore! This is just a desperate attempt by the lizardmen to start a war! The lizardmen must''ve gotten tired of the mermaids and they just want to get rid of them.


    Talia shivered as she felt the bloodlust in the room, and she couldn''t believe that Drac was this strong! Talia knew that the vampires were one of the strongest races in the demon world. After the undead, the vampires were the ones with the strongest military presence and they could easilyy waste to any other race if they wanted to. But this is too intense of a difference! Talia felt like a rat in front of a lion when she felt Drac''s bloodlust!


    But now that Drac has gone this far, Talia knew that this issue would definitely resolve itself. There was no way that the lizardmen would risk going against the vampires just because they want to take the mermaid''s territory! It would be suicide to fight against both the mermaids and the vampires at the same time!


    Drac turned around and he was about to begin leaving, but a cave and Drac''s eyes widened as he heard it!


    "You were such a good puppet. It is so disappointing that I have to sudden jolt of mana in the room made him turn back around quickly as he felt fear in his heart. What the hell was that!? Drac has only felt such a sharp bloodlust from his father!


    An eerie voice suddenly spoke up from all around the lizardmen''s cave and Drac''s eyes widened as he heard it!


    "You were such a good puppet. It is so disappointing that I have to let you go already. Maybe there''ll be another one soon."


    It was the voice of a woman and Drac could tell that the voice was talking to the leader of the lizardmen! The leader suddenly started to scream in pain as his entire body became bloated and he began to turn red. Drac grabbed Talia by the waist and carried her as he opened a portal in front of him that would lead them outside the lizardmen''s cave! He charged through the entrance and vanished from the room, and once he appeared on the other side of the portal, arge explosion rocked through the entire area as all the lizardmen in the territory began to explode one after the other.


    Drac could only stare at what was happening in shock! He knew what this was, but he didn''t think that it would ever happen here. This was a skill called [Blood Bomb]. Drac didn''t have the skill, but his father had it. It worked by inputting a little bit of your blood inside someone and then igniting the blood and causing an explosion using all the mana in the person''s body! That means that the leader of the Lizardmen was actually under the control of someone else! Does that mean there was never a territorial battle? Was all of this just the n of someone else that wanted to cause a battle between the two races!?