Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 294: Relics of Civilization, God-killing Weapons

"Tsk, I never knew you could build something this big now, that's great!"

Noah circled around the creation that looked even bigger than his entire dragon, and after observing it for a long time, he turned his head and looked down at a group of goblins who were cowering, with mixed expressions of fear, anger, and anxiety.

There is no way. In reality, seeing a man-made object as high as a hundred meters is really something that makes Long very excited. Not only is its value difficult to estimate, but more importantly, it is like fulfilling some kind of dream.

"Your Majesty, this is just an empty shell that cannot move."

An old goblin with wrinkles all over his face fell to the ground, his head banging on the ground, tears streaming down his face. The creation that had taken their city-state hundreds of years of hard work was brought here along with them as they surrendered.

Although they were mentally prepared when they surrendered, the old man still had some luck in his heart. He hoped that the giants who attacked them for unknown reasons would not deliberately search after accepting their surrender, and it would be best if they would not discover the underground cave where they hid the Giant God Soldiers.

Unfortunately, fantasy is beautiful, but reality is always cruel. The Giant God Soldier they hid did not even escape the first round of search and was found because it was too big to be hidden at all.

With the discovery of the Giant God Soldier, the last hope of the goblins to retake the city-state was shattered. Even though the completion rate of this Giant God Soldier was less than 30%, hope was always so precious. As for now, there was nothing left.

"Empty shell? You are too modest. This is clearly a giant god soldier that is still under construction. Once it is completed, if I don't take action, there will be few legends in my territory who can suppress it."

Although the Giant God Warrior in front of him inherited the style that this group of goblins had passed down for who knows how many years, a feeling of shoddy workmanship came over him and he looked tattered.

However, Noah still recognized its main structure at a glance. This was the highest level of wisdom in the civilization built by the goblins back then.

When the goblin civilization reached its peak and was also its most arrogant, it wanted to create a giant soldier that could challenge the gods.

The result is naturally self-evident. Any civilization that develops from the material world and attempts to challenge the majesty of the gods will ultimately not have a good end.

After all, the prosperity and flourishing of civilization still need people to maintain it. Even at the peak of civilization's glory, even the most powerful incarnations of the gods in the secular world can suppress it.

But the gods have almost eternal and immortal life and endless years, but civilization does not. Once the leader who holds the highest authority in civilization dies and the power changes, once the gods exert their influence, the collapse and destruction of civilization is an inevitable result.

"You know him?"

The old goblin, who had a sad look on his face and tears streaming down his face, raised his head in astonishment when he heard Noah call out the accurate name, and looked up at the golden dragon that looked smaller than the Giant God Soldier, but as majestic and heavy as mountains and seas.

"you do not know me?"

Seeing the old goblin's astonishment, Noah lowered his head and looked at the group of goblins, who were less than half a hundred in number, with some disappointment.

These goblins are all powerful people in the city-state, but at the same time they also have a common identity, mechanical engineers!
The seemingly inconspicuous goblin city-state still practices the technocratic system. Whether a goblin wants to become a noble or serve as an official, he must master sufficient knowledge and skills. Otherwise, no matter how high his background and status are, his subordinates will not recognize him.

"I know you, you are the Golden Dragon!"

The old goblin, sensing the change in Noah's tone, said quickly.

"Alas, I originally thought that you still retained some of your civilization heritage, but now it seems that you are not much better than your fellow humans in the wilderness."

Noah sighed.

Goblins have no bloodline inheritance, or rather, most intelligent races have no bloodline inheritance. Only advanced races can engrave information in their blood.

Many professions or special races with origins and heritage, even if they have never seen him, but as long as they meet him and see his true form, they will know that he is the ancestral golden dragon.

But these goblins couldn’t recognize him. Although that was normal, these guys couldn’t even tell him apart from an ordinary golden dragon. In other words, these goblins didn’t even know what a real golden dragon looked like.

"We are not like those uncivilized wild goblins."

Even in the face of the majesty of the Holy Dragon, when a young engineer heard Noah compare them to the goblins in the wilderness, he couldn't help but retort.

"How did you build this Giant God Soldier? Don't tell me, you figured it out on your own."

Noah stretched out his dragon claws and gently tapped the giant god soldier beside him that had begun to take human form.

But even with such a simple knock, the things that enabled the goblins to challenge the gods in the most ancient times began to shake.

Iron filings and a large number of parts kept rolling down, and the entire Colossus began to shake and tremble, as if it would fall apart at any time.

"This……"

The old goblin hesitated. He wanted to make up a lie, but even with his limited knowledge, he knew that he must not lie in front of a golden dragon.

"You gave me the blueprints, and the remnants of your civilization still have a chance to see the light of day. But you are hiding it like this. Tell me, what is the point?
Look at what you have created. You call this junk a Giant God. Aren't you ashamed? If your ancestors could see you today, they would probably denounce you as wild goblins and would not consider you as their descendants at all. "

Noah's words at this moment were as sharp as a sword, piercing deeply into the old goblin's heart.

Yes, even if they belong to the same era and live in the same world, they will regard those of their kind living in the wilderness as wild goblins. Then, when the ancestors who lived in the Glorious Era see them today, their eyes will probably not be much better than when they look at their kind in the wild, and may even be more contemptuous.

"This isn't junk, it's just an unfinished Giant God Soldier!"

Under the threat of Noah's restraint, there are still young goblin engineers who dare to refute and fight. After all, this giant soldier has gathered the hard work of thousands of engineers over hundreds of years.

After obtaining the title, some engineers went underground and never saw the light of day for the rest of their lives, just to push the completion of the Giant God Soldier forward a little bit.

"A Giant God that cannot move is just a pile of junk. If you want to veto my words, then make it move, even if it's just taking one step forward."

Noah recklessly trampled on the work that the goblins were so proud of.

Rather than having this group of goblin engineers serve him and contribute their creativity and imagination, Noah now wants the design drawings of the Giant God Soldier more.

"Your Majesty, you are right. This is just a pile of junk. We don't have the blueprints you want. All we have is just a pile of scraps put together."

After a fierce psychological struggle, the leading old goblin, like a deflated ball, chose the final compromise. The most important thing was Noah's words, which were like the sharpest sword in the world, cutting through all his defenses.

civilization!

The old goblin had forgotten how many years ago his father had told him about the glorious history of the goblins. Since then, he had never heard anyone, not even themselves, associate the words goblin with civilization.

In fact, even the old goblin himself had doubts about that incomplete history. He doubted whether it was a glorious achievement that the goblin race could have established. But now, he heard the word civilization from the mouth of a dragon, and heard the affirmation of the glorious civilization that the goblins had created in ancient history.

Nothing could make him more excited and thrilled than this. They once had a glorious civilization and a history of their own. They were not monsters that could be killed at will in the wild. They were also an intelligent race!

"Residue?"

"Yes, this is a sacred object that has been passed down from generation to generation in our city-state!"

Under Noah's gaze, the old goblin tore off his robe, revealing his skinny body. Then, amid the exclamations of the engineers behind him, he took out a dagger, cut open his chest, and took out a bloody solid metal object from his flesh.

“Everything you want is in it.”

"what is this?"

Noah stretched out his dragon claw and hooked it lightly. A rectangular object, only the size of a human finger bone, appeared in the old goblin's hand and flew up. It rotated in the golden dragon's eyes. It was inexplicably familiar, but completely different.

"This is a divine device used by our ancestors to record information. Although it is small, the knowledge recorded in it is greater than that of a library."

The old goblin, with blood on his chest, was getting weaker and weaker, but his tone was filled with excitement and pride.

"Where is the instrument for reading?"

Noah already knew what the small rectangle in front of him was, and even had a rough idea of ​​its state. After all, the goblins had already said that the knowledge they had obtained was all broken residues.

"It's in my residence. I didn't bring it with me."

The old goblin smiled smugly.

"Your followers did not realize the value of that holy object, but instead treated it as useless trash."

"Where is your residence? I'll get it."

A clear female voice interrupted very abruptly.

"..."

Noah looked at his adoptive mother who appeared in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he had to remind her,

"this is mine."

"I know it's yours, and I don't want to snatch it from you. Isn't this helping you? But you have to show it to me when the time comes."

"You may not be able to understand it. The knowledge left by the goblin civilization has nothing to do with magic."

The glory of the goblin civilization is built on the utilization of external objects. For many civilizations that currently value themselves, this can be said to be a veritable evil path. It is a completely different path.

"I'll just take a look and won't delve into it."

As a legendary wizard, Selena also knew that the goblins had a very brilliant and glorious history in the past, but she didn't know how glorious it was. This was a race that had been targeted by the gods.

For a legendary wizard whose curiosity has been fully aroused, even if he needs to cross the continent, it is just a matter of casting a few more spells.

Therefore, Noah quickly got the instrument for deciphering the information carrier, but both the Golden Dragon and the Legendary Wizard soon understood what the so-called residue mentioned by the old goblin was.

"What is this? Scrabble?"

"Couldn't those ancient goblins have done a better job of protecting the outer shell? It's so damaged now? It's unbearable to look at."

"That's all you have left? What's the use of it?"

Selina, who had made a round trip across the continent, looked at the information projected in the air with great expectations, but as her fingers kept sliding, the legendary wizard began to curse.

"Your ancestors were able to build a city-state with this fragmented knowledge. That's amazing!"

After witnessing the goblins' reliance with his own eyes, Noah was full of praise and had an innate respect for the first generation of goblins who established the western city-states.

The goblins, who had fallen into the wilderness, rekindled the spark of civilization with such incomplete knowledge and in a poor situation.

"Giant God Soldier! That's it!"

Although most of the information is incomplete, there is still a small amount of complete information, otherwise this group of goblins would not have been able to become arms dealers. Among them, the most valuable design data of the Giant God Soldier is actually the most complete.

"Hiss~ This is too expensive!"

Even though she had acquired the most valuable target, Selena couldn't help but be amazed after just a cursory glance at the design sketch.

"It's a waste of money, but it's still good to be able to create a fighting force that can suppress legends."

Noah, who is as rich as a country, was a little surprised at the resources needed to create the Giant God Soldier, but he could accept it.

"With these resources, I can train several legends out of thin air. Why would I want to create a giant soldier? It's useless!"

Serena rolled her eyes.
"It's better to build a floating city. If I own a floating city, no matter how many legends I have, it won't be enough."

Although the legendary wizard quickly lost interest in the relics of the goblin civilization, Noah's interest was completely piqued.

Because the Giant God Soldier has almost no physical requirements for the user. In other words, even a mortal manipulating the Giant God Soldier can suppress the legend.

"I am willing to help you complete this Giant God Soldier, but the prerequisite is that you and your descendants must submit to me and be loyal to me."

Noah looked down at the trembling, anxious goblin engineers and made his request.

Although these hunchbacked greenskins did not conform to his aesthetic standards as a golden dragon, their wisdom, creativity, and brilliant history were enough for Noah to overcome this.

(End of this chapter)