In this scene, not only here but in other places as well, core members of the Higlind family are leading squads of Dragon Blood Warriors to compel human nobility to subjugate, partake in dragon blood, and become one of their own.
This is the strategy of bloodline assimilation.
Under these nobles' allegiance, the southern territories of the Wasteland were soon all under the control of the Higlind family.
The reason these nobles were so compliant, aside from the huge disparity in strength, was also due to their inner concerns; they were unclear about the terrifying side effects that might come from drinking the blood.
Although later they discovered that besides having a much more voracious appetite and benefits of increased physical prowess, there were no apparent side effects, their cunning minds still believed the Higlind family must have hidden other means of control within the blood.
What if later they really perceive that the dragon blood had no side effects?
