Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 71 Who is the royal family?
On the branches of the dazzling golden tree, even the leaves that are no less beautiful than gems cannot conceal the fruits that bloom like the red sun.

Blood source fruit!

This fruit, which can make the blood of living beings evolve and return to their ancestral roots, is the size of a sweet orange. It is not only the largest blood fruit Noah has ever seen, but also the largest fruit produced by the golden tree. The source of its nutrients...

Noah lowered his head and looked at the roots of the golden tree. The many scenes reflected in the waves that were stirred up from time to time were all in the same location, all narrow valleys with surging flames.

It was like an iron fortress standing on the side of the canyon, emitting a bloody and murderous aura that was almost condensed into substance. At the outermost edge of the fortress, which was covered with claw marks and gaps, solidified purple-black blood stains and bright red blood mixed together, layer upon layer, and penetrated deeply into the brick walls.

Those were the monsters that rushed out of the Underdark, and the last traces left after they were killed. However, these bloodstains did not only come from monsters, but also from the knights of the Augustus family, the giants who accompanied the knights, and the monsters they raised.

This is the result of one brutal battle after another, which has accumulated over time. The battlefield on the front line is far from being as easy as imagined by the city of Elishim in the rear.

If there really was a huge gold mine that could be easily accessed, Selina would never have opened the teleportation array to high-level adventurer groups and numerous slave traders.

In the high-intensity wars, the casualties were too great. Even the wealth accumulated by the Augustus family over the years could not withstand such continuous blood loss.

Since the failed assassination attempt, Selena has launched a bloody counterattack on behalf of the angry will of the Augustus family, but the creatures living in the underdark have never been cowards who can be slaughtered at will.

After the false disguise woven by the gray dwarves was torn off, the leaders of the Underdark revealed their true faces. They drove a huge group of monsters to attack the fortress, while mixing in with them and trying to destroy the obstacles that prevented them from setting foot on the ground.

Continuous battles broke out, and even legends intervened, but they were all suppressed by the absolute combat power of Cassius, the adoptive father who arrived at the scene.

Noah was not aware of the specific battle situation, because only when the giant was present could Noah use the power of the golden tree to glimpse a few scenes.

However, even so, there is not much to see. Even giants seem too small when it comes to legendary-level battles.

But even if he couldn't see the whole picture, Noah knew that at the high-end combat power level, the Augustus family had an absolute advantage because of the existence of his adoptive father. But below the legendary level, on the battlefield that required a fight in numbers, the Augustus family's lack of stamina was fully exposed.

However, Cassius, who has the blood of the Titan, can slightly balance this shortcoming. As long as he stays in the fortress, no underground creature will rush out of the canyon.

But precisely because of this, the Augustus family was good at defense but not aggressive enough. Therefore, after discussion, the Augustus family decided to hand over the function of downward exploration to the greedy slave traders and adventurers eager for achievements, so that they could accomplish what the Augustus family could not do at present.

"After all, the foundation is too shallow!"

The golden dragon couldn't help but sigh. Noah, who owned the golden tree, had a detached perspective.

He discovered that for his adoptive father Cassius, the existence of his family had become a burden and was no longer of any use.

Not only his family, but even his closest partner, Noah's adoptive mother Selina, finds it difficult to intervene in the legendary battle.

This may be the reason why the Duchess was so furious that day, and the main reason why she used cruel means in the counterattack process. She needed to prove to her partner, and also wanted to tell herself that she was by no means a useless burden.

But the more this happened, the more it proved this point. If it weren't for his wife and his family's foundation, Cassius, who had Titan blood, could have gone into the underground alone. Noah had no doubt that his adoptive father had the fighting power to kill the enemy.

With the vision and knowledge of a golden dragon, Noah has already seen that after his adoptive father was promoted to legendary, his strength growth not only did not slow down at all, but it became even faster due to the further recovery of the Titan bloodline.

But unfortunately, even such an outstanding person can only stand on the ground and cannot go underground because of the many burdens and weaknesses around him.

No one in the Augustus family could withstand the assassination or direct attack of a legend, not even Noah.

Everyone needs the presence of foster father Cassius.

"If my adoptive mother can be promoted to become a legend, the situation will be completely reversed!"

Noah couldn't help but imagine possible scenarios in the future. This was by no means a delusion, but a possibility that could be turned into reality.

But by that time, the threat from underground can be completely ignored. The underground race is not stupid. They will not insist on focusing on one exit. What they really need to worry about is the fear from behind.

The United Kingdom of Erestoria is a united country composed of a royal family with a legendary wizard and a legendary warrior as its core.

If the Augusto family also possessed the same legendary combat power configuration, then who should the kingdom listen to? Who should make the decision? Who is the royal family?

There has never been a situation in the world where the strong submit to the weak. If such a situation occurs, there must be a stronger person behind the weak.

"Tsk, you're thinking too far ahead."

Noah shook his head. Although his adoptive mother had legendary qualities, it was hard to say when she would be promoted. After the stimulation this time, perhaps it would be faster.

"Dark Fruit!"

The golden dragon's gaze was fixed upon what was before him.

Above the crown of the dazzling golden tree, there is an area of ​​darkness that cannot be ignored. The blood-source fruit that is as red as the sun cannot conceal the fruit that is as black as ink and exudes an ominous aura.

Under his command, the Cloud Giant followed his adoptive mother to the Valley of Fire, where they fought with the horde of monsters that emerged from the ground. Their gains turned into nutrients for the growth of the Blood Source Fruit.

But the battlefield is always fair. Giants can kill monsters, but they can also be killed by monsters. The unwillingness and resentment of the fallen giants before their death turned into black gas and produced an extremely dark fruit.

The black gas emitted by its fruit made even the branches and leaves on which it hung become dull and lose all luster and color, and as time went by, it gradually spread to more branches.

(End of this chapter)