Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 172: The dying bloodline, the fourth generation unable to survive
"Uncle Noah!"

Urnos, who is about to turn thirty, still has some youth and immaturity on his face, but his body is already that of an adult, with long limbs and a perfect body shape with a strong sense of strength. He is better than most adults and can compete with the barbarians in the northern highlands.

Noah looked at the young man in front of him. His natural Titan bloodline also extended his life span, but this young man continued to hone himself in life and death, using battles to stimulate his potential. Now he is considered a qualified Ultimate Warrior.

Judging from his growth curve, he has far surpassed his father and even his grandfather Cassius. However, after reaching this point, it is difficult for him to surpass Cassius.

Because Cassius had awakened his bloodline many times in this realm, and although the young man in front of him was strong, his bloodline had not changed much compared to when he was just born.

But think about it, there is only one Cassius. If everyone is like him, the Titan bloodline would have ruled the sky and the earth long ago. What would happen to creatures of other races?
"No need to be so serious. I called you over here just because I suddenly missed you and wanted to see you."

Noah asked the young man in front of him to behave casually, and then asked about his recent situation.

In fact, Noah knew a lot of the news, and now he mentioned it again, asking questions even though he knew the answer. He just wanted to have a conversation first, so that the gap between the two parties who had not seen each other for a long time could be reduced and the conversation could be smoother.

Urnos's practice in the realm of extraordinary power, from the initial rapid progress, has gradually slowed down after he was promoted to the ultimate state. The rate of progress is so small that the young man in front of him is in a bad mood recently.

However, in Noah's view, such performance is normal. His adoptive father, who had been at this level for a long time and had been constantly honing himself, was able to be promoted in one fell swoop and become a legend. Finally, he shined brightly and dominated the continent.

Compared to these, Noah was more concerned about the marriage status of the young man in front of him. Before the fall of the former United Kingdom, Urnos had already concluded a marriage contract with the royal family, with a total of 28 royal ladies. It caused a sensation and became a legend.

Until now, there are still romantic stories related to this, circulating in the taverns in the city of Elisim, but they are night theaters where minors are not allowed to enter.

However, with the outbreak of the Hell Disaster, the disappearance of the legendary old wizard, and the disintegration of the kingdom, the old engagement also lost its political significance.

However, the Augustus family did not break the original engagement, or rather, the young man in front of him chose to fulfill the engagement during the war and married the former royal girls who had been engaged to him in the past one by one.

This act of keeping his promise added a lot of reputation to himself and the Augustus family, because there was no benefit for the young man to marry these girls during the war.

However, after the war, the benefits of the young man's choice to get married became apparent, because the royal family had basically collapsed, and the young man who married so many royal ladies would have enough confidence and legal basis to take over all the territories of the former royal family and become part of the current Augustus family's base.

Although, with the power and reputation of the Augustus family at the time, this could be easily achieved, but after having enough power, whether or not there is a legal right of inheritance is a very important matter.

No matter how powerful the Augustus family is, they cannot despise and trample on the rules and unspoken rules that have existed and maintained in the humanoid civilization world for who knows how many millennia.

Therefore, Urnos's choice to get married was the right one both then and now. More importantly, the young man, whose strength was growing, did need to find a spouse to continue the family bloodline.

Because the stronger the individual is, the harder it is to leave offspring. This rule has always existed. Once promoted to Legendary, let alone the dragon race with strong bloodlines, even humans, a short-lived species with special fertility, will be sterilized.

Of course, nothing is absolute in this world. Even gods and spirits can produce offspring, let alone legends? It's just that the probability is infinitely close to zero, but it's not zero after all.

During the war, Urnos married a royal lady. Although his own bloodline and power were extremely strong, his base was large.

With his hard work, the germination rate of his seeds was quite good, and the fourth generation of the Augustus family, starting from Cassius, was born.

However, the reason why there has been so little excitement until now is because Urnos, as a father, deliberately concealed the matter and had no intention of publicizing it.

So far, Urnos has three children, two boys and one girl, and without exception, none of these three children inherited their father's powerful bloodline.

Not only did they not inherit anything, but in the tests of the relevant supernatural system, these children performed quite mediocrely and had nothing outstanding. They were just physically stronger and stronger than ordinary children.

"Sounds a bit like your father, Taidel."

Noah listened to the distressed father in front of him talking about the mediocrity of his children. He could certainly understand Urnos's feelings.

After all, he himself is a genius among billions, but his children are more mediocre than the other, making it impossible for him to pick out any praiseworthy qualities in them.

Of course, Noah had no good solution for this. He could only comfort Ur and tell him not to be too harsh. It was neither his nor his child's fault.

"Like my father? Will I be like my grandfather?"

Urnos couldn't help but ask himself, it was hard to place any hope on his own children, so he could only place his hope on his grandson or granddaughter.
"No, I will never do that. I still have many wives whose babies are not yet born. I don't believe that all my children are mediocre."

Without waiting for Noah's answer, the boy refuted himself in a firm tone.

He firmly believed that he would succeed in everything he did, including having children, something he could not accomplish independently.

“Why do we have to pursue being born extraordinary? Does being ordinary at the beginning mean that we are doomed to never achieve outstanding achievements in the end?

Your most admired grandfather was just an ordinary border earl at the beginning. No one could have imagined that he could destroy the gate of hell by himself. "

"Uncle Noah, I would approve of anyone who said this, but I think you are the least qualified to say this."

Hearing Noah's words of comfort, Urnos couldn't help but say.

"Why am I not qualified? Isn't this one of the truths of the world? If so, why can't I explain it?"

Noah stretched out his dragon claws and poked the boy in front of him. The boy let out a low roar and instantly revealed his Titan form.

However, although they are both in the same realm, the same realm does not mean equal combat power. Although the young man has made rapid progress, when facing Noah, who has the body of an ancient dragon, he is suppressed by Noah's single claw within three rounds.

"Little guy, do you accept it?"

"If I had the complete Titan bloodline..."

"Little Wuer, do you know why you haven't revived your bloodline yet? Make it stronger?"

Hearing the boy's unwilling words, Noah sighed and let him go.

"why?"

Urnos did not move, because he was also puzzled and wanted to get answers from Noah. Because he thought he was no worse than his grandfather of the same period, but now he had no way to replicate what his grandfather had done.

"Because you are too obsessed and too attached to bloodline. Bloodline is not everything. Even if your children are not outstanding in various tests, can you really deny that they will not achieve achievements that will amaze you in their lifetime?"

Before Urnos could digest what he said, Noah threw out another fatal question that went straight to the core.

"Let me ask you, if you were asked to give up your Titan bloodline, would you be willing to do so? Do you still have the confidence to become a legend with your own will and strength?"

"Abandoning Titan bloodline?"

Urnos murmured to himself, this was a question he had never thought about, this was the blood he was born with, he was proud of it, but now a dragon asked him if he had the courage to abandon it.

"Your grandfather possessed such courage and perseverance. He abandoned his bloodline, and then he gained even greater power."

"Is this the method to awaken and revive the bloodline?"

The boy's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped something, and he asked quickly.

"I can tell you clearly that this is indeed a way to awaken the bloodline again, but it is extremely dangerous. And you can't do the same thing because you are far from qualified?"

Noah revealed the secret. If he didn't tell him, Teddel wouldn't have known about it.

"So what does it take to be qualified?"

"Before you advance to Legendary, you must revive your bloodline three times. After you advance to Legendary, you must be able to kill the evil spirits on your own. Only then will you have the capital to repeat the same path. Otherwise, you will be seeking death."

"I understand."

The boy nodded, his eyes changing from hesitant to determined again.

"Is there anything you can't accomplish that you would expect your children to complete for you?"

"No."

Urnos did not hesitate.

"If you don't have that, then don't be too harsh on your child."

Having said that, Noah knew that it would not be so easy for Urnos, who had become a father, to untie the knot in his heart, because he simply hoped to have a genius offspring. As for what kind of achievements his offspring would make in the future, or whether he could surpass him, he didn't really care.

"The bloodline of the Augustus family should not be cursed. Even if they cannot inherit the Titan bloodline, they should have inherited some excellent and extraordinary talents, right?"

After sending his eldest nephew away, Noah felt confused.

"Take some time to go and have a look."

Although he had such a thought, by the time Noah found the time, more than two months had passed since the conversation. When Noah was looking for it, he happened to capture an unusual fluctuation.

"What is this? The devil energy from hell?"

The golden dragon hovered above the clouds, looking down at the courtyard full of women. At the moment, the courtyard was quite busy because one of the women was about to give birth. Many maids and servants were coming in and out, busy but orderly, and their movements were very skilled. It was obvious that this was not the first time they had faced such a situation.
"Looks like I came at the right time."

Out of politeness, Noah suppressed some of his extraordinary perception and did not pry without reason. After all, he was still the elder.

But even so. The unusual demonic energy that he sensed grew stronger along with the painful moans of the woman below, and many more golden knights appeared around the courtyard.

Not only Noah could sense the demonic energy. After experiencing the disaster of hell, there were too many knights who retreated from the battlefield in the core territory of the Augustus family. They were extremely sensitive to this kind of aura.

However, due to the special status of the pregnant woman, the knights remained restrained, but the abnormality was quickly reported, and soon a Silver Moon Elf appeared near the courtyard.

"Giggle!"

Just when the elf rushed to the courtyard, a childish laugh full of excitement and joy came from the delivery room. It was a very penetrating and somewhat weird laugh, and it spread throughout the courtyard in just an instant.

Panic was also spreading at this moment. The beautiful maid with bloodstained robes ran away in panic, but the strong maids broke open the door of the delivery room and rushed in.

Soon, the sound of a woman crying and weak pleading was heard. In the chaos, the elf who arrived walked into the delivery room with a serious expression.

Soon, the elf brought out a baby in swaddling clothes. At this time, Noah also saw the appearance of the newborn baby clearly.

The dark magic patterns spreading across his face and the two sharp horns on his forehead directly revealed his identity: a tiefling, a humanoid creature with devil blood.

"It's really troublesome!"

The golden dragon in the clouds couldn't help but sigh. It was really ironic that a tiefling had appeared in the direct bloodline of the Augustus family.

Without any test, Noah could tell at a glance that the child below was Urnos's child, and his mother, the poor crying woman in the delivery room, was a pure human being.

The reason why he has devilish features is simply because he has been contaminated by the evil spirit of hell. The tieflings born in this way are also the most aggrieved.

Because they often only possess some of the devil's characteristics, and do not have the devil's extraordinary bloodline. They have the devil's appearance but not the devil's power. It is easy to imagine how miserable their lives will be.

Similar cases are not uncommon in the vast land ravaged by the disaster of hell. However, no one expected that such a child would be born in the Augustus family.

"I hope Ur can withstand such a blow!"

(End of this chapter)