Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 376: Golden Death? Invitation from the Gods

"You have understood Elijah's thoughts, right?"

After his eldest son Eliade left, Noah immediately called his second son Telramus. Since his eldest son had made such suggestions, he wanted to hear his second son's opinion.

"Yes, I have learned that."

"what do you think?"

“It fits his character very well.”

Teramus commented that judging from his demeanor and tone, it didn't sound like a compliment at all.

"Oh? It seems that you think your brother's suggestion is problematic."

Noah couldn't help but laugh, and anticipation appeared in his eyes.

"There is nothing wrong with his direction. Once the war with the evil gods begins, the ultimate goal is to completely eradicate the belief in the evil gods. However, his sights are too high and too far. Apart from gods, there are only gods. He always refers to gods, but he never looks down."

Eliade, who has pure golden dragon blood, first affirmed it, and then launched a sharp criticism.

"Focus on the present. How do you say that?"

"Father, you have conquered the Flaming Sun Theocracy, but do you think you have completely conquered this land?"

Like his brother, Teramus did not answer Noah's question but asked instead.

"Where do you think I have not conquered yet? The nine great regiments are on standby. I can order them to attack at any time."

"Your flag is planted everywhere in the Theocracy, but not in the hearts of the remaining people."

Teramus was outspoken;

"You conquered this land, but not its heart. You destroyed the theocracy, but not the faith in the gods. Pan-believers are everywhere, and there are still a large number of devout believers hiding in the corners of the cities of the gods.

Even if there is only a shabby and narrow shrine, or even just a name, they are willing to worship devoutly and offer their faith.

Therefore, in my eyes, you did not destroy the faith of the Flaming Sun Evil God in this land, you just weakened it. If you leave it alone, I can say with certainty that one day, these remaining flames of faith will burn again. "

"You really surprise me!"

There was a flash of surprise in Noah's eyes, and then he praised generously.

“Now that you’ve noticed the problem, do you have a solution?”

Killing is undoubtedly the easiest way to completely eradicate the faith of the Church, but killing cannot solve all problems.

Incidents of killing gods were not uncommon in history, but to massacre an entire country of tens of millions of people, sorry, Noah had never heard of anyone who could be so cruel.

It is necessary to eliminate the devout believers. It is the hundreds of millions of devout believers that have created the immortality of the gods. However, the number of shallow believers is greater than that of the devout believers.

These are the believers with the largest number in the Yanyang Church. Shallow believers of this level cannot be killed at will. Not only are their numbers large enough, but the power of faith that these believers can provide to the gods is extremely limited, or in other words, it is impurities.

What is a shallow believer?
Those who do not have a firm belief in gods and can convert to other gods at any time are shallow believers.

Believe in it when you need it, and do what you need to do when you don’t. Every time you offer sacrifices and worship the gods, you do it with the mentality of asking for something.

To put it a little too bluntly, those who only know the name of God and chant it a few times can be classified as shallow believers. But it is precisely because of this that such believers can be found everywhere.

If Noah were to kill such believers, no matter what excuse he made, he would not be able to keep the title of Holy Dragon. Even the devils in hell would not do such an extreme thing.

This is the problem that Noah has already noticed. Although he has the Black Gloves, the Black Gloves dare not launch a massacre at the level of annihilating a nation.

At the same time, he himself was unwilling to butcher a group of ordinary people who were just trying to live or survive just to eliminate their faith. This went against his own cognition and world views.

Of course, Noah did not agree with such a thing. He just wanted to eliminate the devout believers who believed in the Lord of the Flaming Sun. The believers who reached this level had rigid thoughts and could not be corrected or changed, so they could only be killed. However, shallow believers could be guided to convert, so they could not be generalized.

However, it is difficult to tell whether a person is devout or not unless he shows it himself, so if he wants to disguise himself, it is actually very difficult to tell. If he blends into the ordinary crowd and does not act strangely, he can basically be found.

These people are what Teramus calls the sparks of faith. They mingle among shallow believers to spread faith. As long as the conditions are right, they can develop more devout believers and accumulate strength in secret.

Such a threat cannot be ignored, and it is also the biggest obstacle and hidden danger for Noah to rule this land.

“I have some solutions, but I don’t know if they will be complete solutions.”

Hearing the question his father asked, Telramus frowned. He wanted to propose a massacre, but he also knew that this was not feasible.

"Tell me."

“First, declare the church that worships the Lord of the Flaming Sun to be a cult and completely deny this deity.

Secondly, regularly execute devout believers of the Lord of the Flaming Sun in public places in the city, especially those who like to collude with each other and carry out dark and sabotage activities. Torture them with the most cruel torture, and use their screams and wails to attract more rats.

Finally, we can consider taking advantage of the human nature of seeking profit and establishing a reward and punishment system for the evil god's followers. There will be different levels of rewards for discovering, reporting, capturing, and executing Yan Yang's followers."

Under his father's gaze, Teramus expressed his thoughts.

"Rewards must not be stingy. Even if it is just a report, it must change the living conditions of ordinary people's families in a short period of time, improve their quality of life, and let people around see the benefits.

In this case, even if we do nothing, the Yanyang Church will have no place to stand in this land."

“It’s not that simple, but it is indeed highly feasible, so you can give it a try.”

Noah couldn't help but smile. These suggestions could actually be thought of if one thought about them carefully. The key was whether one could notice them in a position like Teramus.

All of the suggestions he made were based on reality. That is to say, as a pure-blooded golden dragon, he had at least gone down there in person to take a look, otherwise he would not have been able to come up with these solutions.

Otherwise, he would be like the eldest son of a certain holy dragon who has been criticized many times, talking about gods all the time. It sounds good, but it lacks a sense of reality.

"Since it is you who proposed it, then you will be responsible for executing it, just like your brother."

"This is troublesome."

Teramus's frown deepened.

"It is precisely because of the trouble that you, as my heir, must have the courage to take responsibility."

"What about you, father?"

Telramus couldn't help but ask.

"I naturally have more important things to do."

Noah waved his dragon claws and threw out the offspring who was trying to find balance with him. Then he looked outside his temporary palace.

"How does it feel to have been eavesdropping for so long?"

"I'm very envious. Your two children are excellent. They remind me of my own children who are useless and only cause trouble for me." A white-haired man with a mediocre face appeared at the door. His aura was very indifferent, or it could be said that it was nonexistent, almost blending with the air. If his existence could not be seen by the naked eye, he would probably be ignored.

"Although I don't mind talking to you about the child as a father, but before that, shouldn't you tell me your name and background?"

Noah narrowed his dragon eyes and stared at this uninvited guest, the incarnation of a god.

However, this was the weakest incarnation of a god he had ever seen. It was like a shadow that could dissipate into the air at any time.

It was obvious that the other party was not sure about his meeting, so they simply sent out an incarnation that was just weak enough to just maintain its existence and be able to think, and they would not feel sorry even if it was destroyed.

"I don't think my identity affects our conversation."

"If you don't want to talk, get lost. I'm not interested in talking to a guy who's hiding his true colors."

Noah said impatiently, and the man's face froze. Even though he had made many preparations, he did not expect to be treated like this. Although he concealed a lot, he did not conceal his essence as a god.

"You are indeed an arrogant dragon. Although you are not the first ancestral dragon I have ever seen, you are the most arrogant one I have ever seen."

"You looked like this when you met my people?"

Noah scoffed at the gods' arrogant evaluation of him.

"Of course not. They are not as dangerous as you."

"Oh! I'll take that as a compliment, but when can you get out? Do you need me to treat you?"

"Won't you ask me what I want to talk to you about? This is something you will definitely be interested in."

The man said helplessly, but his tone was also full of confidence.

"Not interested in."

"Even if it's related to the Lord of the Flaming Sun, you're not interested?"

"explain."

"I know the coordinates of every plane where the Lord of the Flaming Sun descended and spread his faith."

"That's it?"

Noah spewed out a stream of fire, his face full of disdain.

Although Eliade's prophecy was accurate to a certain extent, the enemies of the Lord of the Flame Sun were very happy to provide the coordinates of all the places of faith of this god. They did not need to be found in person, but delivered them on their own initiative.

But Noah was not happy about this. After all, the intentions of these guys were too obvious. It was obvious that they wanted to use him as a knife.

As long as he destroys enough faiths in the material world, he will eventually shake the kingdom of God outside the world. When a medium-level god is weak, everything he has will be a feast in the eyes of other gods.

"Don't you want to take revenge on the Lord of the Flaming Sun? Could it be that the news I heard is wrong, and you plan to end the war immediately?"

"Of course not. This war of revenge will continue, but that doesn't mean I'm willing to let you get away with it for free."

Noah snorted coldly. It seemed like a good thing that the coordinates he wanted were delivered to his door by a god. However, there was no such thing as a free gift in this world. Most of the free benefits contained poison, especially those sent by high-level beings like gods.

"..."

There was nothing special about his face, and he would not attract any attention in a crowd. Even if he was photographed from the front, he would be forgotten. The man was silent for a while, and then he spoke.

"what do you want?"

"What does a deity have?"

Noah grinned, his dragon mouth opened wide,
"Divine nature, divine fire, priesthood, godhead, and divine power. The priesthood is what you want most, so I won't fight with you. But I want half of the divinity and godhead."

"Didn't you declare that you would not deify God? What do you want divinity and godhood for?"

The man's face changed color slightly.

"It's true that I won't be deified, but haven't you seen my offspring? Don't you think they can be promoted to become Dragon Gods? I think they will all be very good Dragon Gods in the future."

"You don't plan to become a god, but you are making preparations for your children. What do you want to do?"

There was a probing look in the man's eyes.

"I want to follow the path of the Dragon King, it's that simple."

Noah said generously.

"Dragon King? It's not that easy to become one. Including you, I have seen five ancestral dragons, but I have never seen a true Dragon King."

"You have never seen the Dragon King. I understand that your experience is too shallow? So, you are a new god?"

"No, I have seen many dragon gods, including the Lord of the North Wind worshipped by your metal dragon clan. I was also fortunate enough to visit him once, but he was a dragon god, not a dragon king."

"Oh, I see."

Noah nodded, and then returned to the original topic.
"So, will you give me what I want?"

"It's not that I won't give it to you, but you asked for too much. Why do you think you are qualified to get half of the divinity and godhood?"

"I will destroy the entire foundation of Heliers' faith. I think half of it is generous enough."

"If I refuse, will you give up the attack?"

"Of course not, but from now on, you are also my enemy."

"You are threatening me. Do you think I am the only one? Do you know who is behind me?"

A strange look appeared on the man's face.

"No matter how many you have, my answer is the same."

Noah bowed his head.

"No one can take away the spoils of the dragon clan. What belongs to me, no one can take it away!"

"A godhead and divinity with half the power of a medium god. As long as other conditions are met, a weak god can be created in an instant. Add to that your racial characteristics as a dragon, and this is a threat to us. We cannot agree to it."

"If you don't agree, then it means our talks have failed."

Noah snorted softly, and a stream of gilded dragon flame suddenly spurted out of his nose. The flame instantly engulfed the man who raised his hand and wanted to say something.

"You are too impatient, Noah. We cannot give you the godhood and divinity of Heliers, but can the godhood and divinity of other gods be used as a reward for your efforts?"

(End of this chapter)