Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 314 The Golden Dragon King Era Arrives
"Abdicate? Why do you suddenly want to abdicate?"

Noah looked down at the black-haired, golden-eyed young monarch in front of him, simply asking without any confusion.

In terms of the life span of a legend, Urnos is still quite young. Even if his offspring Alexander were to become a legend, it would not have a fundamental impact on him.

Urnos was not a mediocre and incompetent monarch. Internally, he reorganized his family and reduced the number of royal members. Even at the cost of reducing the influence of the royal family, he required every member of the Augustus family to be an elite.

He was even more ruthless towards the aristocracy. If they overstepped the boundaries, he would make their entire family disappear. Even the legendary families would be obedient under his intimidation. If they dared to challenge the royal power, they would still suffer a bad end.

However, Urnos did not simply exploit and weaken the aristocracy. He was generous in bestowing titles and rewards on any of his subjects who had made contributions. Therefore, the foundation of his rule was extremely solid.

Externally, the second-generation King of Atlas was determined to make progress. Except for the east where Noah's territory was located, he also expanded in the other three directions, especially in the north, where he expanded the territory by 5,000 miles and directly took charge of a large grassland in the north of the continent.

Therefore, in the hearts of hundreds of millions of subjects of the Kingdom of Atlas, this monarch is a lord worthy of following and loyalty, and the vast majority of subjects are willing to obey his rule and management.

If this king abdicated, many people would probably find it unacceptable, especially those nobles who were awarded titles by Urnos for their military merit.

"I told you the reason, uncle. Have you forgotten it?"

Wuornos knew the impact of his decision, but he didn't want to wait any longer.

"I haven't forgotten that, but aren't you too eager? If you abdicate now, have you decided who to choose as your successor?"

Noah certainly knew why his nephew wanted to abdicate.

Because he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather Cassius, his bloodline brought him to where he is today, but his bloodline also became the biggest shackle in his life. No matter what means he used, he could not break this shackle.

"Do I have any other choice besides Alexander?"

Looking up at the golden dragon lying above, Urnos asked back.

It sounds like an accusatory tone, but it actually contains unspeakable helplessness, bitterness and suffering.

"Isn't Wayne your choice all along?"

Noah ignored his nephew's gaze.

"But until now, he still refuses to acknowledge me as his father. Even if I choose him, he won't obey my orders."

"So your only choice is Alexander."

"Yes, he is the most suitable candidate to become the third monarch of the Atlas Kingdom."

"Tsk, words like this actually came out of your mouth."

Noah was amazed.

"Alexander is a very good child. In my eyes, his only flaw is that he has not awakened his Titan bloodline, but I am the only one who thinks this is his regret. In your eyes, uncle, this is probably not a flaw, but an advantage, right?"

"Of course, as long as I am still alive, Alexander will never suffer from a broken bloodline."

Noah said confidently.

"But uncle, if I let Alexander inherit my throne, how do you plan to govern the Kingdom of Atlas?"

"Your question is too strange. It is your offspring, not me, who will inherit the throne. You should ask Alexander how to govern the kingdom, not me."

"What's the difference? Alexander was able to break through and become a legend, and the drop of true blood you gave him played an indispensable role."

"Hahaha, Urnos, this is what you are worried about. But you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Atlas was founded by Tidel and will always belong to your Augustus family."

Noah laughed when he heard this. How could he not know what his nephew was thinking? However, it was not surprising that any normal king would have similar doubts.

It was because the relationship between him and Alexander was not just that of an elder and a younger generation, but also a blood bond, making Alexander a dependent who could not resist.

"I believe in your promise."

Hearing Noah speak so bluntly, Urnos exhaled lightly, and his eyes became much softer.
"But I have one more request."

"Tell me, I can promise anything as long as it's not too much."

"If there is a member among the descendants of the Augustus family who awakens the Titan bloodline, please make him king!"

“Is that the only request?”

"Yes."

"Then I have a question. If the person whose bloodline is awakened is not from your father's branch, but from a branch of the family, would you also issue such an order?"

"My descendants enjoy the best resources. If, despite such resources, they still cannot produce a bloodline awakener, and instead a branch is the first to produce an awakener, then the power of the family will be controlled by the other party. If trash is in power, it will only lead to destruction in the end."

When Urnos heard Noah's hypothesis, he gave the answer without even a moment's thought. The king had already considered similar questions.

"In that case, I agree. If another heir of the Titan bloodline is born in the Augustus family after you, besides Wayne, I will support him to be king."

"Thank you, uncle. Please forgive my willfulness. In the coming years, I will trouble you to take care of the Augustus family!"

"It's not your turn to be entrusted with this kind of thing. Just do whatever you want. After being a monarch for a hundred years, it's time for you to make way for the newcomers."

The communication between the second King of Atlas and the Holy Dragon Noah ended here, and after the king resolved all his knots and concerns, he went to prepare for his abdication.

Shortly after Urnos left, Alexander, who had just broken through to become a legend, rode his brother Theodore to meet Noah.

"Uncle, I have broken through and become a legend!"

Alexander, who looks like a human-shaped golden dragon, led a giant golden dragon that looked left and right into Noah's bedroom with a respectful attitude.

"Yes, Not Bad."

Noah looked up and down at the giant dragon man in front of him, whose true form was 16 meters tall, and looked at the golden dragon beside him, which had basically lost its humanoid features.

"Theodore? Do you still recognize me?"

"Uncle, of course I know you. It is you who gave me my bloodline and new life."

Feeling Noah's gaze, the golden dragon lowered its head and maintained the most respectful crawling posture.

"It seems that you still haven't recovered your memories of those years."

"Yes, I failed to restore Theodore's previous memories. He only has the memories after fusing with real blood."

Alexander also looked at his younger brother, with a look of frustration in his eyes. From a philosophical point of view, whether Theodore, who had lost his previous memories, could still be considered his younger brother was still debatable.

However, from an extraordinary perspective, Theodore, who did not die after fusing with the true blood but only lost some of his memory, is definitely his biological brother, and is closer to him than ordinary brothers and sisters.

Because they have the same true blood heritage, and besides, Theodore has not undergone any distorted changes in either his body or soul.

The person is still the same person, but his life form has changed due to the influence of true blood, and his self-cognition has also been slightly deviated, but these are minor problems.

Even Alexander had to admit that his blood brother helped him much more than before after he lost his memory.

Because he was so obedient, he could safely leave the key points to Theodore to defend on the battlefield, and he didn't need to worry about what was behind him.

"But this isn't bad."

Noah stretched out his dragon claws again, and two balls of light blooming with dazzling golden light appeared in his dragon claws, just like before.
"I know all your efforts over the years. Now you are qualified to receive the second portion of True Blood."

"Real blood!"

Seeing the real blood containing powerful strength in his uncle's hand, even Alexander, who had been promoted to a legend, felt a throbbing sensation, and every part of his body felt an increasingly strong desire.

"What? You don't want it? This drop of real blood is different from what you accepted back then."

Although Noah was already an ancestor dragon when he was given blood, he had just successfully transformed at that time and was not even a legend.

After many rounds of dormancy, promotion and transformation, and with the passage of time, Noah's bloodline is now much stronger than it was back then.

Even in the sequence of ancestral dragons, the current Noah is definitely not at the bottom, at least he is in the upper middle. As for the details, it is really hard to evaluate Noah.

After all, the performances of those ancient dragon ancestors he met at that time were really exaggerated, and even Noah couldn’t catch up with them now, since he was not even an adult yet.

"I want."

Theodore, who had lost his memory and rebuilt his cognition, saw the real blood in Noah's dragon claws, and his eyes revealed a desire from the depths of his soul.

"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to, but I feel that the power of true blood is too strong, which makes me question what is the meaning of my own efforts and struggles?"

Alexander explained that compared to the power brought by dragon blood, the power gained by tempering oneself and honing skills day after day seems insignificant in comparison.

Although he is not a pure-blooded dragon, Alexander can fully understand why most dragons do not focus on learning knowledge or honing skills, because there is no need to do so and all they need to do is sleep.

"When you face a mortal enemy who is only slightly stronger than you or more skilled than you, you will know what the meaning of these things is."

Noah didn't even want to answer such a stupid question. What's the difference between this and the theory that learning is useless?
Not to mention the Metal Dragon Clan, even among the Color Dragon Clan, as long as the old dragons are old, they will take the initiative to learn knowledge. After all, the power of blood has its limits, but knowledge does not.

"Take it!"

Separating two drops of true blood is nothing to Noah now, but Alexander, who has already broken through the legendary level, has slightly increased his strength even after integrating Noah's true blood, but it is not obvious. The significance of this drop of true blood to him is more to increase his strength limit and enhance his potential.

However, after Theodore, who had not yet broken through the legendary level, fused with the true blood, his reaction became much more violent. His body size grew visibly, and his skeleton, which had grown and thickened too quickly, even tore his flesh and blood and broke his scales.

In the midst of such a tragic transformation and evolution, Noah asked Alexander a question.
"Do you want to replace your father and become the third king of Atlas?"

"Do not want to."

"Ok?"

Noah looked at his nephew with interest. He answered without hesitation, and a little curiosity arose in his heart.

"why?"

"Even if I become a king, I should use my own strength to expand the territory and build my own country, instead of competing with my father for power. This is a sign of incompetence."

Alexander said righteously.

"You build a kingdom with your own strength. Do you know how difficult it is? In comparison, isn't it easier to replace your father as a son and obtain the achievements of the family for hundreds of years?"

"This is not what I should do as an heir, and I don't think I can do better than my father after I replaced him."

Alexander glanced at his great uncle in confusion, but answered firmly, firmly opposing the attempt to seize his father's throne.

"So, you think your father is the best ruler of the Atlas Kingdom at present?"

"Yes."

"So, if the kingdom were handed over to you, would you be confident that you could accomplish feats similar to those of your father?"

“I don’t have that kind of confidence.”

"That won't do, Alexander. A good monarch must have an unyielding will and a firm belief that he can do anything well."

"I am not a monarch now."

"It will be soon, you have to be ready."

"Uncle, could it be that my father..."

Alexander's face showed shock.

"Don't be nervous. It's just that your father is a little fed up and wants to go out for a walk, so he is preparing to abdicate. You are the only heir he has designated. You can regard what I am saying to you as a test."

"My father is going to abdicate? How is that possible?"

For Alexander, this news was undoubtedly earth-shattering.

"He should have his own pursuits, right?"

Noah said with a smile.

"Then I..."

Alexander seemed a little at a loss at this moment.

"You will be the third king of Atlas. The entire kingdom will be entrusted to your hands. I will support you and help you become a qualified Golden Dragon Lord."

Noah gave Alexander a reassurance.

"Go and prepare. I don't ask you to do better than Urnos, but at least you can't do worse than him."

(End of this chapter)