Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 381: The Lord of the Stars, the Daughter Who Is Drifting Away
"Terra already has four partners now. It won't be long before there will be a fifth one. What do you think now?"

When Eliade, who was busy with government affairs, came to visit his unborn nephew, Noah's voice was heard from the side.

Noah was not urging his eldest son, but he had never paid attention to this matter before. However, after his second son confessed, he had to ask.

Since the second son waited until he thought the conditions were ripe before he was willing to confess, the eldest son might be in a similar situation, and Noah didn't want to be ignorant of it anymore.

"My thoughts? I don't have any thoughts. I haven't hidden anything from you, father."

Eliade, who was observing the dragon eggs, heard Noah's question and immediately understood what his father was referring to. He knew what happened to his brother.

To be honest, he was a little caught off guard. His brother, who was originally single, suddenly became a dragon with a wife and children.

Although he was a little slow to react, as a brother, Elijah still came back to offer his sincere blessings and gifts, and also to take a look at his unborn nephew or niece.

However, he did not expect to be asked this question by his father. If you calculate his age, he is only 156 years old now, which can be said to be quite young. Therefore, he has not thought about this aspect. He is really too busy.

"I know you didn't hide it, but your younger brother has already found four partners. As the elder brother, don't you plan to find one?"

Noah walked slowly over and took a look at the dragon egg placed in the alchemical matrix.

As a grandfather, he certainly had no obligation to look after his grandchildren's dragon eggs. Normally, the one responsible for hatching the dragon eggs should be the topaz dragon Brigitte.

The reason why this dragon egg was placed here is because Noah wanted to try whether he could enhance his bloodline potential through external intervention before his eldest grandson or granddaughter was born.

Although bloodline degeneration is inevitable, Noah still wants to slow down the speed at which his dragon sons and heirs fall into the status of ordinary dragons. Falling in five generations is different from falling in ten generations.

Even according to the conservative tradition of eugenics of the Metal Dragon Clan, the difference in number between the fifth-generation dragon heirs and the tenth-generation dragon heirs can reach more than thirty times.

Of course, this difference in numbers refers to the number of ordinary dragons and dragons with ancestral bloodlines. Because Noah's bloodline is destined to continue, but Noah still wants to keep the bloodline potential of future generations above the average level as much as possible.

The dragon descendants have growth potentials above that of ordinary golden dragons. This is extremely important to Noah, especially since he has completely transcended ordinary dragons. This is a bloodline race with him as the source.

This is not just some kind of representation and symbol, more importantly, in the long and protracted war that he is destined to wage with the gods, these dragon sons and grandsons will play an important role in maintaining the front line and consolidating his rule.

Not only that, the birth, growth and strength of these dragon sons and heirs will bring Noah a large amount of continuous positive feedback on the golden tree, and their effect will be stronger than that of his followers.

Noah doesn't need to worry about anything extra for this. The dragon sons and daughters born with his blood have a strong causal relationship with him from birth. This is an unbreakable blood relationship.

Of course, such benefits can only be felt if the time scale is extended to a thousand years. On a daily basis, it is still just an accumulation of bit by bit, so Noah will not use this as a code of conduct.

It's just going with the flow. If the second son finds multiple partners, then there is pressure on him to put more effort into reproduction. This is his own choice and no one forced him. Since he has enjoyed more, he should contribute more.

"Father, you know I don't have much time."

"How long does this kind of thing take? Are you planning to set aside some time to resolve it? Is there no member of the opposite sex around you that you think is good?"

"No, I haven't thought about that."

Eliade shook his head, emphasizing it.

"I haven't thought about it. Come to think of it, you are not young anymore. Don't you want to solve it? Or do you simply not have the desire in this regard?"

Noah is now very concerned about the feelings of his offspring.

But the eldest son is different from the second son. Eliad is the hybrid of him and an angel. Angels actually have no needs for reproduction, and their way of birth is different from that of most biological races in the material world.

Therefore, Noah asked this time just to find out whether his eldest son was emotionally inclined towards angels or dragons. He could accept either choice.

After all, there is Telramstodi. This kid can solve the worries about bloodline inheritance independently. Whether his eldest brother chooses not to marry or finds a partner to pass on the bloodline, Noah can understand and accept it.

"Father, it's not that I don't have ideas, I just haven't met the right one."

Eliade explained to Noah somewhat helplessly.

How could he not have desires when half of his blood came from the dragon clan? In fact, some of his desires were so strong that he sometimes felt afraid, but the holy power from the Seraphim allowed him to suppress such thoughts, making his words and deeds perfectly fit the image of the Son of God.

"Just tell me whether you want to have children or not, yes or no?"

"miss you!"

Looking at the dragon egg in front of him, the eldest son gave an answer that made Noah smile.

"Since you want to have children, then you should pay a little attention to yourself. If you see someone of the opposite sex you like, don't hesitate and pursue them boldly. I will be your strongest support."

Noah immediately encouraged him. When the eldest son's expression became a little strange and awkward, the Holy Dragon was not satisfied and continued,
"Since you can't find someone satisfactory in the current environment, you can go to the heaven more often on weekdays. Perhaps you can meet a few goddesses that you like."

"Ok."

Elijah did not refute his father's suggestion, but chose to accept it completely, because it was indeed a good idea to go to heaven and find a Seraph companion.

As for the goddess, Eliade thought his father was joking. Of course, gods would have offspring, but how could they be a good match for him now? There was no need to expect it. Under Noah's gaze, Eliade did not stay for too long. After looking around, he left in a hurry and headed to the Alvis continent. He was actually in charge of the construction of the three cross-border portals.

Strictly speaking, this is a rather thankless task, because the resources consumed and activated are all raised locally, and if they are not coordinated well, it is easy to arouse public anger.

However, in this regard, Eliade, who has always been known as a wise monarch, coordinated well. Not only did he not arouse local resistance, but he also used this huge spectacular project to mobilize economic vitality and further attracted many organizations, forces and countries that wanted to actively join him.

"In no more than ten years, the three cross-border gates will be completed, and then we can start the war again."

Noah thought silently that Elijah came back not only to visit his brother's family, but also to report the progress of the project to Noah. Although there would be fairies reporting to Noah every day, the meaning was different.

The sun rises and the moon sets, time passes, and only the stars shine brightly, as if they are eternal. They are the reflection of the kingdom of the gods projected into the sky of the material world. Each star symbolizes an immortal god.

"Stars... Come to think of it, I haven't seen Gwen in a long time!"

The Holy Dragon looked up at the stars in the night sky and suddenly thought of his little daughter who had always held him in her arms and called him Dragon Dad. For a moment, he recalled the past like an old dragon.

Gwendolen, the third direct descendant of Augustus, has a younger brother, Urnos, who has now disappeared without a trace. Even Noah doesn't know where to find him.

When it was known that the Augustus family would face the threat of the Will of Hell, he was the only one that Noah could not contact, but Gwen did remind him.

However, among the Augustus family, the one who was least worried about being threatened by the will of hell was Gwen, because Gwen at that time was already receiving a special inheritance.

According to the information revealed by Gwen at the time, this inheritance is a secret of the stars that allows the caster to transform his life form, and can make the caster, after the transformation, become an existence that is superior to all races.

Noah didn't know more specific details. After all, it was a secret of the tower. Not to mention that it was immoral to inquire about it, Gwen, who wanted to run for the lord of the tower, couldn't make such a low-level mistake.

Now a hundred years have passed. Although Noah and Gwen's communication has not been interrupted, they basically communicate through communication arrays and have never met.

Gwen, who had just been promoted to a legendary wizard, was scolded by Selina for staying on the earth for too long. She returned to the Tower of Stars with a lot of depression. At that time, Gwen made a vow in her heart that she would never return until she became the master of the tower.

Although it was what he really thought, Noah still knew it. After all, she was the girl he raised. What could he not say? However, although it was a word spoken in anger, Gwendolyn was indeed working hard in this direction.

The Holy Dragon's thoughts would not just stay in the thoughts. When the thought came to his mind, the bright stars and the bright moon in front of him suddenly lost their taste. Noah turned around and activated the communication array.

However, even though the communication array was activated, it was still uncertain whether Gwen could reply. There were simply too many things that the legendary wizard needed to do. Moreover, time and years were enough to dilute everything, and there was also an incalculable distance barrier.

Noah could actually feel that after the lack of close contact and communication, he and Augustus, whom he had raised since childhood and who was like a daughter to him, gradually became estranged.

When Gwen first returned to the Tower of Stars, she would communicate with Noah three to five times every month, not to mention every year. They didn't talk about anything specific, but just chatted with Noah or confided some trivial matters and troubles that had accumulated in their daily lives.

But as the time scale lengthened, the frequency of communication gradually decreased, from three times a month at the beginning to once a month, then once every three months, once every six months, once a year, once every three years... This legendary wizard became increasingly busy.

Even for the Tower, a legendary wizard is a very important existence. Gwen, who returned to the Holy Land of the Tower, gradually integrated into the Tower, taking over the power, duties and resources that a legendary wizard should have, and had less and less free time.

This was a matter of course, and Noah could understand and accept it, but he also had to accept the fact that his daughter was drifting away from him, and growing estrangement seemed inevitable.

Noah still remembered that Gwen, who was the first to return to the Star Tower, always took the initiative to contact him every time, but later on, the positions of both parties were reversed, and it was Noah who took the initiative to contact Gwen.

But many times, Noah could not be contacted. Even if he was able to contact him, he would be hung up before he could even say a few words. The reasons were different, but the essence was that he was busy. He was busy all the time.

"Dad Dragon!"

Without Noah's expectation, the communication array was actually connected this time. Then, a girl with eyes as bright as stars came into view. However, this girl did not have the youthful and lively aura in her appearance. Instead, she had a dignified and elegant temperament that did not match her age.

"Are you free today?"

Noah looked at the girl who looked the same as her grandmother and had not changed in a hundred years, and smiled.

"I do have some free time today."

"Have you received the inheritance?"

Noah still remembered that when they last contacted, Gwen told him that she was preparing to participate in the election for the Lord of the Tower, and the way to run for the election was to accept an inheritance. Whoever could get all of it would become the next Lord of the Tower.

"Yes, I succeeded. I am now in the process of transforming my life form. When my transformation is complete, I will be the next Lord of the Stars!"

The girl's smile at this moment has lost the brightness and beauty of summer flowers in the past, and has been replaced by the gentleness and elegance of autumn chrysanthemums, with the calmness and indifference after going through the years.

The girl in front of him was now an outstanding and qualified legendary wizard, even better than Selina back then. She was no longer the little girl who would chase after him and cling to him, sleeping while hugging his dragon tail.

"As expected of little Gwen, you are amazing. I told you that you will succeed."

Noah praised sincerely, becoming the lord of a holy tower, although not the strongest person, but only the nominal highest administrator, but in the material plane, this is definitely one of the most important figures.

Because no matter which holy tower it is, its influence will not be limited to one plane. The influence of the mage holy land will definitely radiate to multiple planes, and it is hard to say where the holy land is located.

(End of this chapter)