[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1248":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Demonic Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1079302,1393,"Chapter 1248: For I Have Sinned","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1248",1248,"\u003Cp>Abaddon tilts his head, somewhat surprised by his descendant’s refusal to be returned to life, especially after dying in such a painful and frightening manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he could sense some lingering emotions deep inside the young spirit that he wasn’t addressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have no loved ones? No kind faces that you would wish to see again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost’s expression becomes melancholic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I do, my lord. But... they can go on without me. I... have no right to stand beside them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Abaddon can press him for further answers, Kanami steps to his side. \"Brother, I’m sensing humans in the area. A considerable amount.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon notices the ghost tense up at the mention of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Bring them to me. Unharmed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, all of the euphrates vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the ground rumbles from Gandora’s clash, Abaddon takes a seat in midair, his legs crossed and his chin resting on his knuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he looks upon his descendant, his patience is noticeably less than it was a moment before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what the easiest emotion to sense on a deceased spirit is, Cameron?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit lowers its head. \"...No, I do not, my lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guilt. And at the moment, you completely reek of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trembling, Cameron drops into a full kowtow, his body trembling unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"F-Forgive me, my lord... I have committed a grave sin! I’m not worthy of your power, and I have dishonored my entire lineage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon’s voice hardens. \"Spare me the dramatics. Speak plain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cameron bore all of his sins in front of Abaddon. And much to his surprise, they were worse than he had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dangerous new conditions on earth, humans were simultaneously at the bottom of the totem pole and the prize everyone seemed to want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, as Abaddon had guessed, the inhumans had thrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had whole cities as their own, territories where they lived relatively well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cameron was what they called a ’famrer’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went out into the world, tracking down other humans in isolated encampments and luring them to the lands of the Inhumans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How foolish...\" Abaddon barely suppresses his immense distaste. \"Why would they leave a shelter they already had in order to follow a vagabond they do not know...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cameron pauses. \"That... some witches have taken to setting up wards that inhumans cannot enter. They form these colonies, but... they are often in places that have poor conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I... attempt to lure them in with promises of better food, soft beds... a simple bath. They usually succumb pretty quickly once I wave around a candy bar or two...When I take them back, the vampires take them and... breed them like rats, but-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cameron begins to float in midair. A somber black and red flame appears over Abaddon’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I am usually unfond of humans. And it is precisely for their tendency to betray and cut down their own that they have held my ire since their creation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon’s face had begun to take on a slightly inhuman visage. His divinely good looks had begun to fade in favor of a nightmarish apparition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me... why should you be spared from the punishment after all that you have done?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear was evident in Cameron’s eyes. His voice barely escaped as more than a whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-As I said, I do not deserve your favor, my lord...Death is what I deserve for-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see the elders have yet to properly educate the younger generation about who and what I am...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon’s third eye opened to a dangerously large degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you honestly believe that death is the worst fate that can befall you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cameron’s heart was seized by fear. He wanted to cry, but his eyes produced no tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-Mercy, lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon snarled in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Kanami returned with the rest of the euphrates. As well as fifty humans with tape around their mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his sister saw the flame hovering just in front of one of their cultists, her eyes noticeably sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Do I even want to know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Abaddon’s face returned to normal. \"...No. I can assure you that you do not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon glanced at the humans suspended in thin air. All of them appeared frightened. Some had even soiled themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They raked their eyes over his obsidian horns and skin, and some instantly mistook him for a demon. If they weren’t at least partially right, he might have been offended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relax, little lambs. No one here is going to hurt you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the rumbling drew closer as Gandora bounded towards her master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she reached him, she dropped the head of her adversary at Abaddon’s feet. Afterward, she sat on her haunches as her tail wagged like a bladed propeller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was covered in scratches, and she was bleeding for what Abaddon realized was the first time in a very long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was pissed that someone had actually dared to hurt his precious companion, but because she seemed happy about the exercise, he could not find it in him to lash out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he forced himself to smile at her and beckoned her forward. \"There’s my precious girl. Come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gandora shrank down to a more diminutive size and rushed into her master’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon healed her wounds as he nuzzled her, smiling lovingly as he placed kisses upon her snout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s my strong girl. Someone’s earned herself a few tons of griffon steaks for dinner tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gandora became even more excitable, licking her master’s face with zeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh.., you’re getting your teeth brushed too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gandora no longer licked him and switched to giving him big, sad eyes instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Abaddon scratched under his pet’s chin, his voice suddenly shifted in tone. The Euphrates knew instantly that he was finally addressing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Take the humans back to the city. Get them to Thea, she’ll get them properly settled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Euphrates bowed their heads before they started to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing up, Abaddon’s eyes glow in their three unique colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swept his eyes over all of the frightened humans present and looked past their physical vessels. He perceived the essence of their very souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his finger, Abaddon points out fifteen individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave those where you found them. I’ll not have their ilk in my domain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans’ eyes widen as the Euphrates go to take them back into the wild. Meanwhile, Abaddon goes back to stroking Gandora.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anything else before we go?\" Kanami asks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon pauses for only a moment before nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Bring our brother here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1090,"2026-06-03T10:37:20.117Z","2026-06-03T10:37:24.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","1c547871e0d745d1c55f9a2672375ac584b070ac2fbceda86bd3a218fdd96136","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1249","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1247",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]