Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 149: Bad News from the South, the Lord of the Abyss Arrives
Noah did not wait for Teddel's confession. This man who had broken through and become a legend insisted that he was fine. Jin Long was naturally helpless. He could not verify his feelings with his current experience.

The news that the Augustus family had a third legend also began to spread in all directions on this day. Although the Holy Dragon Slayer Cassius and the War Mage Selina have not appeared for some time, this does not prevent the Augustus family from completely solidifying the title of the kingdom's first noble family.

Before Tidel's promotion, within the kingdom, the major legendary families and small and medium-sized nobles only compared the Augustus family with the royal family, and implicitly gave the title of the first noble to Augustus.

But now, when the news of Teddel's promotion to legend spread, any comparison and discussion was meaningless. Even the lowest civilians and idle street thugs knew that the first family in the kingdom was Augustus, the undisputed strongest.

The power of one family can rival that of an entire country. What is even more terrifying is that only the second generation of the Augustus family has shown talent. It is said that the wife of the third legend who has been promoted now is no less talented than him and is also expected to break through to the legend level.

His two children are even more talented than him and can be compared with his parents. If you do the math, in three generations of the Augustus family, there can be six legends, or maybe even more.

With the blood and talent shown by the Augustus family, no one would believe that their future descendants would be mediocre. They will definitely have the potential to become legends.

It is foreseeable now that the Augustus family will inevitably become the undisputed legendary family of the Eastern Continent, and may be able to establish a kingdom with the strength of one family and create unprecedented prosperity and heyday.

Such a legendary family also possesses such huge potential, which has brought greater fame and more investment to the Augustus family. Countless small and medium-sized forces have migrated here, wanting to become vassals of the Augustus family and bathe in the legendary glory and honor.

“This life is too hard!”

Although he had three dragon fairies assisting him and nearly half a hundred great fairies to share the pressure, Noah still complained bitterly.

Even after Tidel was promoted to legend and became the acting head of the Augustus family, Noah did not break away from the busy government affairs. He still performed his duties as the Sun Archon and handled all matters, big and small, because Tidel went to patrol the border.

As an acting patriarch who fulfilled his duties conscientiously and demonstrated legendary deterrence, Noah could not blame him for anything and could only work hard to do his part.

Of course, Teddel's emergence from the Mage City as a legend did bring some benefits to Noah. The biggest and most obvious one was that the discordant voices from within the Augustus family almost disappeared.

In fact, these voices already existed when Selena was in charge of the Augustus family, but Selena had the title of Duchess, which was enough to suppress them. What's more, she was also a legendary wizard, so these voices could only be hidden in the darkness and were actually of no use.

But when Noah came to power, these voices became louder, because the most impressive thing Noah had was that he was an adopted son.

How could a mere adopted son be in charge of the increasingly glorious Augustus family? Moreover, the true direct bloodline is still there, why should it be his turn?

Even if the direct descendants don't care, it should be those of them who have the bloodline of Augustus who hold the power.

Why should the dragon clan, which has no blood relationship with humans, be allowed to hold power? This is unfair.

However, these voices all disappeared when Tidel became a legend and stood firmly beside Noah.

The man who seemed extremely gentle when dealing with Noah was extremely ruthless in dealing with conflicts and discordant voices within the family.

You know, this seemingly mediocre man has actually been accompanied by swords since he was a child. Whether he is training outside or returning to his family, he has never been far away from the battlefield and disputes.

"Alas, the Clone Technique is actually a legendary spell. I wonder if the requirements for casting it can be lowered."

Noah, who was too busy to get away, now deeply understood why the adoptive mother of the legendary wizard would ponder the art of clones which had considerable risks, because he also wanted to try it now.

Unfortunately, he now doesn't even have the time to study magic, and most of his time can only be allocated to government affairs. Even after being carefully screened by the goblins, the parchment scrolls sent to him are still piled up like a mountain.

After decades of easy and leisurely life, Noah said goodbye completely, but the golden dragon also showed its strong adaptability as a dragon at this time.

Because in his current state, he can work day and night without sleep, and handle government affairs intensively. In fact, it will not overwhelm him as long as his spirit can bear it.

As time passed, Jin Long gradually adapted and began to become more adept at it. He then tried some things that he had wanted to do before but were rejected by his adoptive mother.

For example, opening a knight and magic academy
This was a suggestion that Noah had already proposed but was rejected. After his adoptive father became the Duke, the Augustus family began to open up extraordinary channels to the lower classes of the territory.

Entry-level breathing and meditation methods may not become commonplace, but they are not much different. Even ordinary people can find relevant methods of practice if they are willing.

Of course, whether one can enter and become a transcendent depends on one's personal qualifications, and how far one can go on the transcendent path depends on one's wealth and, most importantly, luck.

It is precisely because of the openness and generosity of the Augustus family that there are so many extraordinary people in this land. Although more than 99% of them are low-level extraordinary people at the Bronze Enlightenment level, they are closely related to the current prosperity of Augustus.

They guard the largest number of mortal villages, protecting farmland from larger beasts and driving away clans of smaller monsters that could threaten mortal lives.

Moreover, it is precisely because of them that, even if the Augusto family launched several wars in succession and suffered heavy losses, their recovery speed was beyond expectations.

However, Noah really couldn't stand this kind of operation, which allowed the civilian extraordinary people to grow wildly, and then waited until the extraordinary people with talent or luck among them reached a certain level, and then attracted them to join with high-level training methods and rare resources.

This approach is too crude. There will definitely be omissions and talent loss. Moreover, it will try to attract grown-up extraordinary people to join. They do not have enough identification with the Augusto family and are not loyal enough. This may be fine during the heyday, but once faced with difficulties, they are simply unreliable.

Therefore, Noah once proposed to his adoptive mother to found an academy to test all children of appropriate age, screen out those with extraordinary talents, put them into the academy, and carry out rounds of training. Based on their performance, he could choose to reduce or increase investment. In this way, no genius would be left out.

Unfortunately, Noah's proposal, which he felt was very good about, was rejected by his adoptive mother at the time.

"Your suggestion is good, but unfortunately, it is not applicable to Augustus now."

There is no best, only the most suitable. At that time, Noah had to admit that his adoptive mother was right, but now, Noah felt that the time had come.

Of course, more importantly, he hasn't eaten fruit for a long time!

He is now in power without any constraints. The Augustus family, the most powerful people in power now, fully supports him. What else does he have to worry about?
Therefore, with a decree, thirteen new knight academies and a magic junior college were built in the city of Elisim.

Each knight academy corresponds to a main knight order of the Augustus family. These knight orders originally had their own training grounds for new blood, but now they have become more formal, and there are also ways for the outside world to compete fairly to join.

As for the School of Magic, it is even simpler. It is an open way to enter the Mage City to practice. However, only the most outstanding and most outstanding students can have this qualification.

Although the difficulty is extremely high, it allows the wild spellcasters at the bottom who have no connections and no background to see a path to light.

This naturally caused a great response in the land of Augustus, because Noah did not create anything out of nothing. He just made the extraordinary group that was originally not open to the public and could only be known and had the opportunity to join through blood ties, friends, and lovers directly public to the public.

The praise and accolades from the common people were endless like the tide, but certain groups whose interests were harmed naturally had no positive comments about Noah.

"This is theft, this is robbery, this is a disgrace to the family!"

"How can a mere dragon clan be above us, the real Augustus?"

"That's right. Why should they give our resources and quotas to those lowly civilians? Aren't the favors they have received enough?"

"This greedy and insatiable dragon will devour our family sooner or later!"

"The master is too confused and places too much emphasis on friendship. We should advise him."

Seeing several bloody heads in front of him, Noah waved his dragon claw with disgust.
"Take it away, take it away. Why are you putting such a filthy thing in front of me? Aren't you trying to disgust me on purpose? Just say it."

"Your Highness Noah, this should be Lord Taidel's way of expressing his support for you."

The dragon fairy Sifrea said.

“I know, but he is too murderous. I know these people. Although their cognition is very narrow and they call me an evil dragon, they can still do things. There is no need to kill them.

If it really doesn't work, you can be exiled to the underworld to be a supervisor underground. They can be used. You can tell them that next time there are such guys who don't know the big picture, just give me the list. I can make arrangements without killing anyone.

This method is too barbaric. If such methods are always used, who will dare to raise objections? "

Noah showed his tolerance and generosity. Even if it was an opponent, he felt that it was too much of a loss to kill him with one sword.

After all, these guys have consumed a lot of resources to grow to their current level, and it is a pity that they are gone without creating corresponding value. They can still be exploited a little.

"Ok."

Shifraya wrote down Noah's words and prepared to convey them later.

"Noah! Oh no, something terrible has happened!"

An impatient voice suddenly sounded, instantly breaking the orderly, busy but harmonious atmosphere of the government hall.

"What happened?"

Seeing the silver-haired figure rushing towards him, Noah was very calm.

Because the crises that were expected did not come.

Before Teddel made a breakthrough, he used the remaining influence of his adoptive parents to stabilize everything. After Teddel made a breakthrough, everything became even more stable.

To be honest, during the period after Teddel's breakthrough, he was so exhausted from receiving so many gifts. There were so many gifts from various forces, and they were all very varied. Some of them were impossible to refuse, and they were sent to him in various ways.

During this period, he was forced to conduct an anti-corruption investigation among the fairies. He raided the flower houses of many fairies who had suddenly become rich, had no restraint, and were living a life of debauchery. He made these fairies cry and wail with tears in their eyes.

But any pitiful gesture was of no use in the face of mountains of evidence of bribery. All these corrupt officials were sent to the Fairy Town for labor reform, and all their illegal assets were confiscated to fill the Dragon's Treasury.

The so-called fairy town is naturally a magic potion garden opened up in the wizard city. Once the fairies enter, they can only work according to the requirements every day.

Although it was much better than life in the wilderness, it was still torture for the goblins who had been corrupted by the prosperity of civilization.

"In the southern kingdom, a believer in the abyss built a gate to the abyss at the cost of sacrificing an entire port city!"

"The projection of the Abyss Lord is coming!"

"Eight hundred holy warriors fought to the death, and all of them died!"

"The Principality of Bharata was destroyed, the legend fell, his body was used as a sacrifice, and a Balor Flame Demon was summoned!"

"Millions of people were slaughtered before they could react. The gate to the abyss expanded and the demon army descended!"

A series of explosive news made the entire government hall silent. All the busy goblins, big and small, stopped and looked at the excited Silver Dragon telling him the terrible news from afar.

"Hey, why did you hit me?"

At this time, a little goblin couldn't help but jumped up, covering his butt, and looked at his dazed companion with some anger.

"Does it hurt?"

"Of course it hurts."

"It doesn't look like a dream."

The frightened goblin nodded.

"Why don't you pinch your own ass."

“Because it hurts!”

(End of this chapter)