Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire

"Dad Long, do you want to take the path of becoming a god?"

Prone on one of the scales and feathers of the golden dragon, the girl tightly grasped the edge of the scales. At the same time, she stretched her head and looked at the mountains, rivers and land below. She looked at the city and the mountains, where they were prostrate and worshiping under the glory of the holy dragon. Many dragon subjects couldn't help but ask.

"Becoming a god? I'm not interested."

Noah gave the answer without even a moment's hesitation.

Promoting to a legend, improving one's realm, increasing one's popularity, gathering faith, condensing divinity, igniting divine fires, holding high the divine throne, seeking the priesthood, acquiring godhead, and achieving eternity. This is the path that almost all legends want to take.

But not all legends will choose this path, because this is not the only way, there is a more difficult and rugged path, and many legends are not aware of its existence.

The Road of the Dragon King, also known as the Epic Road

This road is too difficult, but its efforts and rewards are directly proportional. Compared to becoming a god who relies on faith to maintain his immortality, the Dragon King does not need any faith, because his achievements come from his own power, not from the worship of sentient beings.

Of course, even if Noah chooses to take this path, there is still a long way to go. This is not a problem that he should worry about now.

"Since you are not interested in becoming a god, why do you maintain such a huge territory? Do you still update and publish the Book of Noah every year?"

Gwen asked confused.

In her opinion, Dad Long has been writing books since he was a child, disseminating his views, as well as knowledge and technology that can truly change the lives of the people at the bottom. After possessing sufficient ability, he established a The ideal place that best meets the expectations of all parties attracts countless people to seek refuge.

If all this is not for the purpose of becoming a god, then what is it for?

"If there must be a reason, then it is only that I like it, I am willing to do it, I want it, that's all, there is no other purpose."

Noah answered his daughter's confusion, and then asked another question to express his confusion,

"Why do you think you need a reason to do things? Sometimes you can do it just because you think about it. Just to pass the time, or just because you don't like it. Aren't these enough reasons?"

"But this is all your unilateral contribution, and you have not received any benefits!"

This is what Gwendolin cannot understand the most. In her eyes, the golden dragon has paid too much unilaterally in order to establish its territory, gain the recognition of the people, and gain the followers of the dragons. On the premise that God is the purpose, it means nothing.

Let alone a dragon, no creature can give unilaterally without any purpose.

Pure fame and fortune, the worship of short-lived species, what does this mean to a dragon whose lifespan is often measured in thousands of years?

Without the need to harvest faith, these are meaningless.

"No, you just didn't see my gains, actually, I gained a lot."

The harvest in Noah's words naturally refers to the golden tree, but Jinlong never revealed its existence to anyone, not even Gwen. Therefore, her understanding of Noah's words showed a huge deviation.

"Dad Long, I'm sorry, I'm too utilitarian!"

The girl mistakenly believed that what Noah was pursuing was an ideal path that seemed illusory and illusory, just like the paladin. The paladin would sacrifice his life in order to practice the justice and the best way he pursued.

This is also incomprehensible to the world. After all, their efforts are not directly proportional to the actual material rewards they receive, and they cannot even be compared.

It is an insult to the paladin to measure the behavior of the paladin based on secular values.

"Hahaha……"

Noah couldn't help laughing, but he stopped explaining too much, because he was not prepared to reveal the existence of the golden tree to anyone, even if he now thought he had become the most powerful person in the world.

Since waking up from his slumber, flying into the sky, and cruising the Eldis Mountains, Noah has already sorted out the power he possesses now.

He fell into a deep sleep at the age of 103, and his sleep period lasted for five years. Now he is 108 years old, and his size at this moment is already 92 meters long. This is impossible for most ancient dragons. Even the ancient golden dragon has reached such a size.

You know, even an ancient golden dragon that is 1,200 years old is only about 70 to 80 meters long.

This is the largest known dragon species among the existing true dragon species. Even the red dragon is slightly inferior, but it still cannot be compared with Noah who has just entered his youth.

It is not modest to say that Noah has broken away from the category of ordinary dragons. Comparing the numerical values ​​​​of ordinary dragons with Noah will only become a foil for Noah, making him look particularly terrifying.

The huge dragon body that Noah possesses is by no means empty. The strength of his muscles, bones, flesh, and scales is only more outrageous than that of dragons.

Even with the same body shape and posture, he can crush his own race with the blood of his ancestral dragon, not to mention that he now has a larger body size.

Unless he also has the ancestral dragon bloodline, no dragon can compete with him in this regard. This is true within the dragon clan. Looking beyond the dragon clan, how many creatures can compete with him?

It is undeniable that such creatures do exist, but how many such creatures are there in his world and on the continent of Zealandia where he lives? How many can there be?

Therefore, Noah judged that after his transformation and awakening, he would become one of the strongest creatures on the continent. Only near-gods, ascendants, and demigods were qualified to rank with him. Other than that, all For a weak chicken.

Noah has such self-confidence, so at this moment, Noah does not shy away from showing his power. After patrolling the Eldis Mountains, he flew out of the mountains and soared over Elisim City.

Finally, Noah patrolled the entire territory of his territory, just like the sun, shining on all living things, so that hundreds of millions of living things on this land can bathe in the glory of the Holy Dragon and feel his power.

"What a waste!"

When Noah returned to the palace, he saw every trace of tangible and intangible power of faith on his body, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Although he had not condensed his divinity, nor did he intend to ignite the divine fire, he could still see the forces that followed him around the territory and swarmed in from all directions, entangled him and accumulated around him.

It is a kind of light filament that can be of any color, with different lengths and thicknesses. They swarm in from all directions, layer upon layer, and pile up into colorful, gorgeous and beautiful colors.

The most interesting thing is that although Noah can see the power of these beliefs, he cannot feel it. His every move is not bound by them at all, nor has any influence on them, as if what he sees is just an illusion.

This is just because Noah has no divinity. If he can condense divinity, then he can use the power of faith, like a god, to bless his believers and use the power of faith to give them feedback.

Of course, because he has not completely completed the road to becoming a true god, even if he can transform the power of faith, the efficiency is extremely slow.

The quality of the transformed so-called divine power cannot be compared with that of a true god. The effect of the divine spell given is probably equivalent to a 1~3 level spell, which is better than nothing.

It is enough to attract mortals, but this type of god-like person is collectively called false god by the True God Church, and they must be killed on sight.

Gods rely on priesthoods to obtain power in different fields. Although the number of priesthoods gradually increases with the development of civilization, their total amount remains relatively unchanged.

Therefore, for gods, the more people who try to become gods, the less power they have in their hands. Therefore, the attitude towards false gods, whether they are good gods or evil gods, is the same.

Kill them all!

This is also the biggest obstacle on the road to becoming a god. It is not about collecting faith or condensing divinity, but how to escape the sniper attack of the true god in the same field when obtaining the priesthood.

As long as you have not become a god, even if you are a demigod, if you are separated from the protection of the material world, your fate will be certain for the true god. Compared with mortals, it will not be much different. Only gods can fight against gods.

However, this is not something that Noah needs to worry about. Now Noah is worried that he cannot use the power of faith.

Watching the power of faith gradually dissipate because it has not been transformed, for Noah, as a dragon, there is a feeling of heartache and powerlessness as he watches his coins evaporate.

"Icon of an angel."

Noah quickly thought of his angel companions, those gods who gained some of the characteristics of gods by consuming the power of faith. Together, they could easily suppress the abyss lord's idol technology.

If he can obtain this technology, these powers of faith will be put to use and will not be wasted, and he will also be able to receive great help.

"Wait a minute, my cub!"

Noah, who thought of the angel icon, suddenly thought of the child he had with Ophelia. Counting the time, Ophelia should have given birth to a child.

Thinking of this, Noah could no longer care about anything else. After falling asleep, the joy of dragon soul, body, and magic power, all of which had completed a transformation, was also forgotten by Noah.

"Ophelia, where is our child?"

When Noah excitedly approached the angel, he saw the angel sideways and gave way half of his body. So, behind her, a white dumpling that was more than three meters high and exuded a soft light was suddenly revealed.

"This is...my child?"

Seeing the egg behind the angel, Noah's expression couldn't help but froze, and then slowly asked, although as a dragon, having dragon eggs is not a strange thing, but his mother is an angel, how did the angel give birth to a child? An egg?

"Well, I laid this egg out of my body half a year ago."

Ophelia, who had given birth, was not very happy, because this childbirth had taken a heavy toll on her, causing her to fall into a state of malaise that she had never experienced before in her life.

If her father hadn't sent her high-grade tonics, she would have considered leading the legion back now, and would no longer have much energy to coordinate and command the legion.

"Noah, are you over your slumber now?"

"Yes, I am a young dragon now."

"So do you have time now?"

"have."

Being able to predict what the angel was going to do, Noah agreed immediately.

"Then you will take care of him from now on. I don't have much energy to devote to him, I'm sorry."

The angel's face showed some apology. She knew what kind of responsibilities a mother should perform, but between the two identities of mother and legion commander, she chose to become a qualified legion commander.

"No need to say sorry, this is what should be done. You have worked hard. I will do the rest. I will come to pick him up right away."

Noah, who originally didn't want to be a dad, now took over the responsibility that he should have fulfilled. This time he really wanted to be a father.

"You don't need to come over. I will arrange an elite team to escort him to your world. Just pay attention to receive it."

It can be seen that Ophelia is extremely busy with affairs at the moment. She communicated with Noah for a while, and after explaining the raising arrangements for their children, the communication ended.

"It hasn't hatched yet."

Noah calculated the time and found that twelve years had passed since Ophelia was conceived, but now the child he cherished was still a dragon egg, which was really outrageous.

For ordinary golden dragons, the time from pregnancy to hatching is basically no more than five years. Occasionally, there are exceptions, which are about six years, and the most is seven years. But I have never heard of an egg being born after twelve years. case.

However, now that we have it, who makes this father special?

For a descendant of the ancestral dragon, it is not surprising that the gestation period is even twenty years, let alone twelve years.

"Hatch eggs..."

Noah, who was a dragon father for the first time, began to rummage around looking for information. However, after reading a few books on dragon parenting, he threw all these books aside. How could he use ordinary dragon knowledge to take care of him? Where are his heirs?

This is obviously unreasonable.

Therefore, Noah contacted his adoptive mother who was no longer in Elisium City.

"Tsk, Noah, you really know how to choose your time."

When she heard that Noah's offspring was about to arrive, Serena looked unhappy. Of course, she was very knowledgeable about the offspring of the ancestral dragon. No, she was interested in helping to raise and take care of them. But now, she was involved in planning a very special event. Important things.

"What's wrong? What happened in the north during the few years I was asleep?"

Noah remembered that at the beginning of his sleep, the situation in the north was already quite stable.

Atlas, the Elf King's Court, and the Kingdom of the Undead, the three forces competed for resources and land on that vast battlefield. Atlas was victorious in consecutive battles, while the Elf King's Court lost ground one after another, and the Undead were in balance. Occasionally you can make a small profit.

However, after Princess Silver Moon came to power, the decline of the elves on the battlefield was effectively alleviated. Generally speaking, the offensive of the undead can be considered to be contained, and there is no longer the destructive trend in the early stage.