Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 428 War and the Goddess of Victory

Crackling~

The moment the girl slipped and fell and lost control of her surroundings, golden lightning suddenly burst out from her body, sweeping across a hundred meters around her.

At the same time, the young girl, who looked tall and slender, began to lose her beauty as a human. Golden scales emerged from under her skin, bone plates formed on her face, and glorious dragon wings tore the clothes on her back... She began to transform from a human into a dragon.

But it was not over yet, because the moment her feet touched the ground, countless vines and roots emerged from the ground, following her ankles and climbing towards her body.

When her whole body was wrapped in dragon scales, as if she was wearing a perfect dragon armor, a layer of wooden armor was constructed on the dragon scales, and there were countless vines and roots waving in the air, whipping and entangling all threatening targets.

"The clever little fellow's reaction is quite fast!"

Noah felt the ancient tree beneath him shaking and ready to come alive. He couldn't help but smile and raised his dragon claws to press down. Under the suddenly unfolding natural realm, all the trees on the mountains that were revitalizing suddenly stopped.

"But your reaction was a bit too extreme. Before you burst out with all your strength, why didn't you take a closer look at the surrounding situation and the enemy you needed to face?
If you don't know anything, exploding like this will only waste your strength and reduce your chances of survival."

Under Noah's will, all attempts to interfere with and control the natural world could not be carried out. Faced with emergencies, he burst out with all his strength to protect himself, while also attacking the surrounding Astraea. He felt like he had fallen into a spider web, and no matter how he struggled, it was useless. Instead, he was entangled tighter and tighter by the invisible spider silk, making it even more difficult to move.

The will of nature fell silent just after it was communicated, and those elements that should have responded to her call enthusiastically did not respond at all.

However, when Astraea was about to call for help, she heard a completely unfamiliar voice, but one that made her feel at ease. Along with the voice came a breath that was warmer than her mother's embrace.

The girl, who was originally a little panicked, looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw a golden dragon coiled in a vigorous banyan tree. An ancient breath tempered by time was spreading. The aura of the golden dragon and the ancient banyan tree seemed to be one, extremely harmonious, carrying the vicissitudes and heaviness of the years.

This was the smallest golden dragon she had ever seen, and its size was estimated to be less than ten meters. But it was also the most sacred and majestic dragon she had ever seen. The first time she saw this dragon, the girl had an instinctive urge to kneel down and worship it.

"Greetings to His Majesty Noah!"

Astraea did not resist the instinctive urge to kneel and prostrate herself. She determined the identity of the golden dragon in just a moment. Then, the girl, who looked quite arrogant, knelt on the ground.

"Get up! Don't be so rigid about these empty formalities."

Noah was not surprised by this. The girl in front of him still had the real blood he gave her flowing in her body. If she couldn't confirm his identity at such a close distance, it would be too stupid.

"Yes, Your Majesty Noah!"

Astraea then stood up from the ground respectfully, and at the same time, the wooden armor covering her body began to dissipate, and the dragon scales and bone armor also disappeared again. The female dragon who had seemed majestic and ferocious just now once again turned into a lovely and youthful girl.

"What are you doing here? Do you want to return to the Augustus family, or did you happen to be traveling here?"

Noah had found a reason for the girl. She only had to choose one of them, or both.

"I want to take a look at my future opponent!"

Unfortunately, faced with the choices given by Noah, the girl did not choose any of them, but instead stated with a firm look the reason why she appeared in Uther City.

"By future opponent, do you mean the child who has just been born?"

There was a playful look in Noah's eyes.

"Although he is younger than you, he is several generations older than you in terms of seniority."

"None of this means anything to me, Your Majesty Noah."

"Then what makes sense?"

"I want to be the next monarch of the Kingdom of Atlas!"

Astraea spoke succinctly and to the point, stating her goal. Her eyes, gold and silver, shone with different brilliances. Her eyes were persistent and her gaze was firm. She was not joking, nor was she ignorant and fearless. This was her goal and pursuit in life.

"If you want to become the fourth monarch of the Atlas Kingdom, then your opponent is not the newly born child, but the reigning Alexander. You must challenge him with your own strength and gain his recognition. Only then will he hand over the power that belongs to the monarch to you."

Noah was not surprised by the girl's pursuit. She had the blood of the Titans flowing in her body. For the Augustus family, she was a more orthodox family heir than Alexander.

"His child, the descendant of God, is my opponent. As long as I can defeat him, His Majesty Alexander will have no choice but to hand over the throne to me."

The girl's thoughts were very clear and were not disturbed by Noah.

She didn't need to fight against the increasingly powerful Alexander, she just needed to be better than all of Alexander's children.

In this way, the Golden Dragon King had no choice but to pass the throne to her, whether for the sake of family inheritance or the stability of the kingdom.

"There's nothing wrong with your thinking, but as a legend, Alexander is still very young. As long as he wants, he can continue to rule for another thousand or even two thousand years. If you don't challenge him, do you want to keep waiting?"

Noah raised the most fatal question: if the successor in the mortal kingdom wants to inherit the throne, he only needs to outlast the predecessor.

But the problem is that Alexander does not have the blood defects of his father and grandfather. As long as he, the suzerain, is still alive, he will not have to worry about bloodline issues.

If life span is a question of life, how long can Alexander live? This is really a question mark, because his life span depends on his bloodline, and his bloodline comes from Noah, but Noah is still in the growth period.

If one day Noah could be promoted to the Dragon King, then Alexander, as Noah's first relative, could also be honored and gain immortality close to that of a god.

"..."

Astraea fell into silence. Noah added,
“Alexander’s father, the second monarch Urnos, chose to abdicate for his own reasons, but Alexander did not consider this, so he could not abdicate.

At least in the short term, he has no intention of giving up the throne, so if you want to become the king of Atlas, then there is no other way but to challenge him."

"Your Majesty Noah, you seem to be encouraging me to challenge Alexander and fight him. Why? Are you dissatisfied with him? Or do you think my idea is ridiculous?"

There was confusion in the girl's eyes. If something like this happened among gods, such as a god encouraging his loyal believers to fight, then this god must be an evil god.

Good gods often encourage their followers to work together, rather than consume each other or compete in evil ways. "Whether it's Alexander or you, you are the same in my eyes. You are all my followers. I encourage you to challenge Alexander, but I just hope you can set a bigger goal for yourself, instead of bullying an elder who was just born."

While explaining, Noah also did not forget to complain that this little girl was, in a way, very individualistic. She had set her eyes on a newborn baby and was planning on beating him up in the future and taking away his birthright to the throne.

"I'm not bullying, I just want to see what my future opponent is like. I can give him time and wait for him to grow up."

The girl explained immediately.

"Don't you think that this statement is too shameless and arrogant? No matter how much time you give him, you were born nearly thirty years earlier than him. As he grows, you will not stop. There will always be a gap between you two."

Noah pointed out the injustice.
"If we want to make this nearly thirty-year time difference negligible and not affect fairness, then we have to wait until you are at least a thousand years old."

"..."

"If you think it's not a good idea to challenge Alexander, then how about establishing your own kingdom? Why do you have to choose inheritance instead of creating and opening up your own kingdom?"

Noah patiently and instructively persuaded them. He certainly did not want his followers to fight among themselves. He hoped that these extremely capable guys could devote their energy to foreign wars.

"But according to the prophecy, I will become the queen of Atlas."

The girl hesitated for a moment, then told her mother the prophecy that her mother had repeatedly warned her not to tell Holy Dragon. Although her mind told her that she should keep it a secret, her instinct told her not to keep any secrets about the source of her bloodline, and that Holy Dragon was trustworthy.

"Prophecy? Huh~"

Noah sneered, and then continued to ask, because he noticed that the girl's tone was full of unfinished meaning.

"It seems that you are very satisfied with this prophecy. What else does the prophecy say?"

"The prophecy says that after I become the Queen of Atlas, I will be worshipped by the people of the kingdom and become the new goddess of war and victory!"

Astraea replied. When she made this prophecy, her expression was very calm and indifferent, without much joy.

A god personally expressed his will and promised her that she would become a new god in the future. This was something that would make any intelligent creature feel ecstatic.

But for a girl who was born with multiple inheritances, the promises and prophecies from the Elf God were too many questions to bear scrutiny and contemplation.

There is no rule that what gods say must be the truth. Gods cannot tell lies. It is not just the devils in hell who use lies to deceive believers and fool people.

The ones who are truly best at playing with souls are gods. Similarly, gods are still the best at lying. For example, the promises that gods make to their believers are the biggest and most ridiculous lies in the world.

"The prophecy of conferring the gods? How dare that androgynous thing make such a prophecy?"

Noah made no secret of his malice and disdain for the God of Fate in the elven pantheon.

This guy only has weak divine power, yet he dares to use Destiny as his name. His real name should be the God of Prophecy, who uses the authority of the gods to spy on the river of destiny and seek future development from it.

But Noah didn't think that this guy was qualified to spy on the future of another god, even a god that hadn't been born yet.

"Do you like this prophecy?"

"Yes."

The girl did not hide her emotions. She nodded and then expressed her thoughts directly.

"But I don't believe this prophecy is true. Maybe I will become the Queen of Atlas, but I don't believe I will become the goddess of war and victory."

"Why don't you believe that you can become a god?"

"Because the god who made the prophecy is too weak!"

Astraea said bluntly, then she raised her head slightly, finally revealing her arrogance.
"Besides, I don't like this arranged outcome. If one day I really become a goddess, I hope I can be the god of fairness and justice, not the god of war and victory!"

"Fairness and justice?"

After hearing about the girl's pursuit, Noah could only praise her by saying that she was a newborn calf that was not afraid of a tiger. [Fairness] and [Justice] were among the most powerful conceptual priesthoods.

Although there is no true fairness in the world, nor is there justice recognized by all races and countries, there are too many intelligent creatures who hope to obtain them.

"But before that, I think I should become the Queen of Atlas first!"

"It seems that you still choose to believe in part of the prophecy."

“It’s an achievable goal, why wouldn’t I?”

"Then just work hard!"

Noah saw that the girl's will was not shaken by the conversation with him, so he created a crack in space and threw her back.

"Do you want my Kingdom of Atlas?"

The girl's persistent pursuit remained unchanged. The first thing Noah thought of was not her will, but the group of people who gave birth to her.

The girl believes that everything is decided by her own thinking, but judging from her behavior, the subtle influence of the elven gods on her cannot be ignored.

"Invading my territory?"

The Kingdom of Atlas is the kingdom most influenced by consciousness, culture, and bloodline, apart from the Holy Dragon Land under his direct jurisdiction. It can be said to be one of Noah's most important foundations at present.

The Elf God wanted to erode the Kingdom of Atlas, which could be said to be a precise hit on the vital point. However, if you think that supporting a monarch who has merged with true blood can change anything, then it is a bit naive.
"Then let's give it a try, who can erode whom?"

(End of this chapter)