Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 225 Alexander's Ambition

"Well, the situation at the border looks to be getting worse."

The foreign tribes that continued to migrate south due to the disaster in the north harassed the border of the kingdom. Originally, this had nothing to do with Noah. The Golden Dragon only needed to firmly control Elisim and make a fortune from the war. However, Augustus, whom he had carefully trained, had already fallen into the vortex of war.

Among the many ethnic groups that migrated south, the Centaur Khanate, the first one that wanted to join the Kingdom of Atlas, committed many horrific massacres on the border, which angered Urnos, and he raised an army to attack.

As the commander-in-chief of the legion, Alexander won victory after victory. In the Centaur Khanate, which had a population of three to four million, the Great Khan and the two kings on the left and right were all killed, and most of the remaining Centaurs were also slaughtered. However, there were still more than one million Centaurs who fled in all directions.

Judging from the results of the battle, Alexander had done a very good job, but unfortunately, the eldest prince did not complete the extermination order issued by his father and did not massacre the Centaur Khanate.

Therefore, after leading the legion to war, Alexander, who had never lost a battle, was reprimanded and then ordered to garrison at the northwestern border of the kingdom to resist the fleeing foreigners from the south and not to let any living creature enter the kingdom.

Needless to say, this is a very thankless job, and the kingdom's borders facing the north and Middle-earth are no longer the same as before, and are still the areas with the most frequent wars and the most problems.

Even though the Kingdom of Atlas destroyed the Golden Horde, a branch of the Centaurs, with iron-blooded means, shocking all the other countries, the northern clans that were fleeing south would still continue to flee.

No one denies the power of the Atlas Kingdom and the toughness of its rulers, but no one wants to fight against them. They are just fleeing for survival. If the fugitives are determined to go to places where there are few people, no matter how many troops there are, they will not be able to stop them.

This was the problem Alexander faced. His father gave him an almost impossible task. How could he defend a border that was thousands of miles long?
"Let's build the Great Wall in the North!"

When Alexander asked him for help, Noah had no good ideas and could only give him some unsound advice.

"The Great Wall? When will it be built?"

Alexander, who had come to ask with great expectations, was stunned when he heard the advice given by Shenglong.
"And this won't fulfill my father's orders."

"It's something that can't be accomplished in the first place, so you just need to let your father know that you are trying your best."

Seeing Alexander's confused look, Noah yawned lazily.

"You lead your legion to build the Great Wall while clearing out the northern barbarians who are plundering the area. You report your achievements from time to time, and that's basically it.

If he still scolds you, just bear it. If you can't stand it, ask your father to replace you. It's not a good job anyway.

If you do something wrong, you will be scolded. If you do something well, there is no benefit. You are now in a situation where you cannot be banned. So, just do whatever you want. "

"I will lead the legion to build the Great Wall, but I will also do my best to fulfill my father's orders."

After hearing the advice from Uncle Shenglong about playing badly, Alexander decided to listen only half way.
"The main reason why we can't stop the exiled foreigners is that we don't have enough soldiers in the legion, so I plan to expand the legion while building the Great Wall and recruit soldiers from the fleeing foreigners in the north."

"You know better than me what the Centaurs did. Under such circumstances, you are still recruiting new soldiers from the exiled foreigners in the north. Do you know how much criticism you will face?"

Noah looked at the young man opposite him with a pair of dragon horns growing on his forehead with surprise in his eyes and gave a reminder.

"Uncle, I learned one thing during the war in which I defeated the Centaur Khanate."

"Oh?"

"Any population can be divided, but excessive external pressure will only force them to unite and burst out all their potential to fight, which will cause greater losses."

Alexander took a deep breath, and then uttered some treasonous words.
"If I were given another chance to fight for revenge against the Centaur Khanate again, I would ask my father to revoke the extermination order and allow the legion to accept prisoners of war. Then I would be able to completely exterminate this Centaur tribe in a shorter time."

"Is this why you want to recruit soldiers from the local ethnic groups? Use an alien race to fight an alien race?"

"Yes."

"There will definitely be some dissenting voices around your father."

"My soldiers need slaves. What's the problem with using foreign races to form a slave army?"

"Not a bad reason. You can give it a try."

Noah paused, then made his second suggestion.

"If you have the guts, you can take this opportunity to stay in the northwest permanently. You should have a territory of your own. A legion commander who can only obey the king's orders is still lacking in competitiveness."

"I will."

Alexander nodded. He was no longer the ignorant boy who had wholeheartedly pursued the inheritance of true blood. After obtaining the inheritance of true blood, he had higher goals and pursuits.

However, his father was a mountain he could not overcome. He had discovered that his father, the King of Atlas, only admired heirs with Titan blood.

As for him, a descendant who inherited the true blood of the ancestral dragon, although he could obtain the honor and status that a royal family should have, he was far from being comparable to his other younger brother.

It is extremely difficult to gain recognition from your father. In comparison, it is safer to get the position by relying on your own hard power.

"The child back then is now an ambitious prince."

After finishing the communication with Alexander, Noah sighed, but this was exactly what he hoped for. As the eldest son, he had both moral character and ability. It would be too disappointing if he didn't even have this idea.

"really not bad!"

Not surprisingly, Alexander, who proposed to build the Great Wall and recruit foreigners to form a slave army, was indeed criticized and attacked when he applied to Urnos, but Urnos still agreed to Alexander's request.

Since then, the eldest prince of the Atlas Kingdom has been stationed at the northwest border. As for how long he will stay there, it depends on when the disaster in the north can end. In the short term, there is no hope.

It was in the northern part of the continent, when everything was bustling and noisy, that a group of knights that was about to be forgotten by the world quietly entered the city of Elisim.

"Is it really the Holy Dragon who summoned us?"

The girl sitting in the carriage looked up at the city that no longer had city walls built in front of it. Her eyes revealed hope and expectation, but also a bit of fear and uneasiness.

"Of course. Do you think Wayne would deceive us?"

The driver, waving his whip, laughed heartily when he heard the girl's question behind him.

"It's not that I think Wayne would deceive us, I just think it's incredible."

"If the leader hadn't come to us personally, I wouldn't have believed anything he said."

"Yeah, that's the Holy Dragon, how could he possibly need us?"

"Don't think of the Holy Dragon as too sacred. He is a lord dragon. The lord always needs someone to deal with dirty things. We are a very good choice."

"That's true, but even if the Holy Dragon wants to do the dirty work, it won't be our turn."

The tieflings filled the entire carriage and whispered to each other. At this moment, they looked like a group of migrant workers from the countryside, their eyes full of longing and yearning for a better future.

"Don't you know yet?"

"Know what?" "Our Grand Commander Wayne is the bloodline of the Augustus family left behind."

"what?"

"Don't say anything nonsense."

The sudden revelation caused a series of exclamations in the carriage.

"Think about it carefully. This is normal. Otherwise, how can we, a bunch of low-level bugs, serve the noble Holy Dragon? Aren't there many people who want to do dirty work for the Holy Dragon? Why should it be our turn?"

"Why isn't it your turn?"

A calm aura erupted in the carriage, and a man who seemed like the embodiment of darkness walked out from the shadows and glanced at everyone with a stern expression. Everyone was silent and dared not say anything.
"You think too little of yourselves!"

"Captain, they said you are a member of the Augustus family. Is this true?"

When the carriage was silent, a voice that sounded ignorant was heard. It was from a chestnut-haired girl with some baby fat on her cheeks, who was pink, pure, and graceful.

"No."

Wayne denied it right away, and then added,
"I have no connection to the Augustus family."

“I said they were spreading rumors.”

Wayne's gaze followed the girl's eyes and fell on a burly man. When the other party shrank back and dared not look at him, he snorted coldly and disappeared in the car.

"Hulk, you're lying!"

"What's in your head? Can you use your brain to think about it? If it really didn't matter, why would the captain have such a big reaction?"

While many members of the Knights of Inquisition were discussing the Grand Master's background, Wayne had already taken a step ahead and reported to Noah.

"Have you gathered all your old subordinates?"

"Most of them have arrived, but there is still a small number who just want to live a peaceful life."

"So how many people are there now?"

"Eighty-seven people, fifteen high-level silver people, sixty-nine brilliant gold people, and two extreme ones."

"Wow, not bad, a veritable Golden Knights Order. You are quite good at management. You run around everywhere, without even a fixed territory, yet you still managed to put together such a large team."

"It's nothing."

Although this was not the peak strength of the Knights he formed, Wayne was not famous because even at the peak of the Knights, they were unable to confront any organized armed force under the Holy Dragon.

The tiefling, who only had some hellish blood, was using his head to fight against the big goblin driving the iron golem, not to mention the dragon goblin.

These highly dragonized goblins are able to defeat dragon vein sorcerers of the same rank with pure physical strength. They are extremely ferocious and powerful.

"Since everyone is here, please ask for me. I have a blood experiment project here. See if there is anyone willing to cooperate."

The dragon's calm tone instantly struck Wayne's nerve point, and tiny golden arcs flashed on the young man's body, which reminded him of many bad memories.
"Blood experiment?"

"Yes, the experiment on stripping blood."

Noah acted as if he didn't notice his nephew's emotional changes and casually revealed the specific purpose of the experiment.

"Blood separation? Is this something that can be achieved?"

After hearing Noah's words, Wayne's emotions gradually stabilized, and then he realized the significance of this technology to him, and asked urgently.

"Of course, there was a successful case before you were born, but the situation of that successful person was too special. His situation cannot be used as a reference standard, so we need to collect more data."

"Who?"

Wayne asked subconsciously.

"Your great-grandfather."

"This is impossible……"

Although he did not recognize his own family, Wayne was certainly no stranger to the pioneer who led his family to glory. Not only was he no stranger to him, but he also had a high degree of admiration for him in his heart.

"Nothing is impossible. This is actually a way to awaken blood. However, except for your great-grandfather, no one else can use it at present. Therefore, we decided to lower the threshold for using this technology so that it can benefit more lives."

"Is participating in the experiment life-threatening?"

"Normally there is no danger to life, but for something like this, I can't make an absolute guarantee."

"Then can I?"

Wayne took a step forward.

"You? Of course not. Don't you know how special you are? Even if it succeeds on you, what's the point? It's just a waste of experimental resources."

Noah shot his nephew on the spot.

"I'll go back and ask for their opinions."

To strip away the blood of hell is probably the greatest wish of every tiefling in his life.

"The number of places is limited, there are a maximum of ten places, and no one will be accepted after the deadline."

Seeing that his nephew didn't care at all, Noah gave him a heart attack.
"You must grasp..."

Just as Noah was about to say something else, the golden dragon suddenly stopped and looked up towards the north of the continent.

At the same time, in Uther's palace, within the Elf King's Court, between the high towers surrounded by stars... one powerful being after another, like Noah, looked towards the north of the Zealandia continent.

They could all feel that in the frozen soil of the northern polar regions, a powerful will had awakened. In just the moment of its revival, the disturbance it caused swept across the continent and even the world.

However, this effect is very slight. Not to mention ordinary creatures, even legendary creatures must be at least level seven to be able to perceive this change.

"The Lich King?"

Noah felt the icy breath of endless death coming from the north, and then he realized that there seemed to be a very big one among the meteor showers that descended on the north of the continent.

(End of this chapter)