Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 458: Sky Osiris, Destroys the Nation and Exterminates the Heirs

"Clovis Heights, Avon River, Amber Bay, these areas are all ours from today?"

Voices of surprise, excitement, and disbelief rang out in the dark and dilapidated castle. In the dark and cramped small hall, only the flickering candlelight provided a faint light, and under the light were faces that were slightly distorted by extreme emotions.

"That's right. From today on, these areas will be ruled by our Yaden family."

"How is this possible? These are obviously the territories of the Pegasus Kingdom. With our family's current strength, it would be very difficult to occupy and defend them, let alone attack them..."

"This is an order issued by the Supreme Holy Dragon. Even the Pegasus Kingdom must obey it. Otherwise, it would be against His Majesty the Holy Dragon and an attempt at rebellion!"

"Why would His Majesty the Holy Dragon grant us such a gift?"

There are still people who don't understand why. In their opinion, it is too inexplicable. As a free-territorial family that survives and develops in the buffer zone of various countries, their presence is almost non-existent.

Even when the Holy Dragon patrolled the world and conquered various countries, only one dragon man came to their territory, took the lord's crown that symbolized the highest power of the family, and left. Not a single pure-blooded dragon descended.

Although they also received the same treatment as many other countries, they could pay tribute to the Holy Dragon and offer sacrifices to the Holy Dragon together with the rulers and envoys of other countries.

But they did not have any expectations for this. They just hoped that the territory's power would not be destroyed in this great change that swept the world. As long as it could be preserved, it would be enough. For this reason, they even took out many treasures from the family treasury and prepared to offer them.

What they never expected was that this sacrifice completely changed the fate of their family. Simply because the lord who had decided on the sacrifice, on a whim, offered a mysterious black crystal from the treasury whose type and purpose could not be identified, the family received the reward from the Holy Dragon.

Until now, the Arden family still didn't quite understand why they received the gift of the Holy Dragon. Only the lord who personally participated in the sacrificial ceremony guessed that it might be because of the mysterious black crystal.

Because the goblin who was in charge of granting the reward told them that they were able to receive the gift because they were loyal enough to His Majesty the Holy Dragon and were also devout to God. Therefore, part of the territory of the neighboring Pegasus Kingdom was specially allocated to them.

As for why the kingdom's territory had to be divided, it was because the Kingdom of Pegasus harbored resentment and dissatisfaction towards His Majesty the Holy Dragon, and deliberately presented low-quality sacrifices, causing dissatisfaction with the will of God.

The two were treated in completely different ways because of their loyalty to His Majesty the Holy Dragon and their degree of piety to God.

This seems to be the standard for punishment and reward. However, not to mention that the kingdoms whose territories were divided are dissatisfied, even the Arden family, which has inexplicably gained huge benefits, is unable to feel at ease.

After the initial joy and excitement gradually subsided, the rational lords and the family elders realized the crisis hidden in this reward.

Compared to the kingdom, the size of a free territory is too small. Not to mention the legendary families of the kingdom, even a slightly stronger noble on any side of the border can destroy them.

The reason they exist is simply that the kingdom and the surrounding major powers need a buffer zone of power, but now they have torn a piece of plump and delicious meat from the powerful country.

How could the big country ignore them and their development as it did before? The relationships they had painstakingly built up before were useless in such a change.

"We can't take these territories!"

"That's right. Although these areas are rich in resources and have fertile land, if our family is able to occupy them, our family strength will increase more than tenfold in the next ten years. However, we are not qualified to annex and occupy them, and we don't have the strength to operate them."

"That is the territory of the Pegasus Kingdom, and these lands belong to different ducal families. We are not qualified to offend such a kingdom's nobles."

Although the elders remained rational enough in the face of the huge temptation of interests, the lord who was responsible for making the final decision showed a look of entanglement and pain on his face.
"This is a gift from the Supreme Holy Dragon. We have no right to refuse it!"

"My Lord, I heard that the Holy Dragon is a benevolent being. You can tell them about the plight of our Arden family. Once we take over these areas, our family will be destroyed soon."

"Why do you have the illusion that I can see the Holy Dragon? I went to Alishim, where I saw the closest being to the Holy Dragon. He was just a big fairy, and it was that fairy who conveyed the will of the Supreme Holy Dragon to me."

"Can't this be changed? Can't we just not want it?"

"Of course not. Facing the Pegasus Kingdom, you are afraid and dare not even think of resisting.

But even the kingdom will surrender to the Holy Dragon, so why do you still want to bargain?

Don’t you realize that our family doesn’t actually have any choice?”

Lord Arden's face was expressionless, his tone was full of helplessness, but deep in his eyes, there was a mad wildfire burning.

In his view, this is an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In his hands, the family will completely move towards glory and embrace unprecedented glory.

Under his leadership, the Arden family might become a legendary family that could maintain its glory for thousands of years.

Of course, because of his madness, the family might be lost in the dust of history, without any trace left, and completely wiped out by the kingdom.

But who can predict what will happen in the future? The continental overlord who used to be high and mighty and unscrupulous now has a figure above his head that they need to look up to and worship to show their loyalty.

The Yaden family can also make use of this existence, even if it is just a ray of light, to rise to the top and become a legendary family that stirs up the continent.

At this moment, in various parts of the Five Continents, families like the Aiden Family welcomed a huge surprise, but after calming down, they became frightened again. There were countless small countries and independent forces that were filled with anxiety.

But as the Arden family concluded after discussion, they had no right to choose. They could only accept the Holy Dragon's gift, and then show the Holy Dragon their determination and will to follow, and offer all their loyalty. Only in this way could they maintain the survival of the family and its future prosperity.

It was a grand and open conspiracy. Anyone with a little political wisdom could see that Saint Dragon Noah was weakening the big country and forcing the small country to become his vassal. However, there was too much room for maneuver. For example, the small country could secretly plan and negotiate with the big country, accept the big country in name, but in fact still follow the original rule of the big country and just deal with it.

As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. No matter how good an idea is, it needs to be implemented according to the actual situation. Therefore, in order to prevent such a situation from happening, Noah sent his family members to conduct open and secret investigations to determine whether there was any lip service to the policy.

Once Noah discovers that someone is trying to distort the orders he has given or steal his gifts, he will not hesitate to show his iron-blooded methods.

He is now the Lord of the World respected by all nations, but Noah himself knows how empty this title is. In the world, the land he actually controls is not even one-fifth, let alone half.

Those kingdoms that occupied one end of the continent and the small countries that were rampant in one area only needed to show their submission to him and pay tribute every year, but how could Noah be satisfied with this?

Therefore, using tribute as an excuse, and in a manner similar to giving away titles with a small amount of money, they broke the original regional balance of the continents, redistributed the benefits, and allowed Noah's influence to penetrate and intervene, thus building a true golden order headed by Noah.

"Haha, good! Good! If there really is a kingdom that doesn't take my reward seriously and regards my existence as nothing, how brave it is!"

In the temple hanging high in the sky, Noah, who regarded himself as the lord of all nations and was performing relevant duties, looked at the investigation report presented to him by the fairy followers and laughed angrily.

Noah originally thought that a big country would rely on its national strength to intimidate small countries and prevent them from accepting the rewards he bestowed in the name of the Holy Dragon. That would have been fine, but he did not expect that there would be a big country that would dare to be so rampant.

There was a family that was rewarded for offering the Void Crystal, but their entire clan was slaughtered overnight. There were nearly 3,700 members in the entire family, from the head of the family to the servants with related bloodlines, no one was spared, and no one escaped and survived.

The kingdom that did all this dared to openly arrange for the corresponding people to disguise themselves as the main members of this family through shapeshifting or illusion spells, and still maintain its original rule.

"Your Majesty, how should this matter be handled?"

The dragon fairy who submitted the report looked up at the supreme and sacred Dragon King in front of him, his eyes full of eagerness and expectation.

Because His Majesty the Holy Dragon's answer was affirmative. No one knew His Majesty's followers better than them, the fairies. Anyone who tried to be clever in front of His Majesty would never have a good ending.

What's more, it was such a terrible act. The family that had just been praised and rewarded by His Majesty the Holy Dragon was completely slaughtered, not even a trace of blood was left. Once His Majesty knew about such a cruel and brutal act, how could he let go of the kingdom that was considered disloyal?

"Punish them for the crime of treason. Attack the country, destroy the city, and execute all the people involved. No one should be left out."

Noah's dragon eyes were like the sun hanging high in the sky, indifferent and ruthless, emitting a blazing glow.

This is not just a matter of exterminating a small vassal family under one side, but a kingdom is taking this opportunity to test and challenge his authority, which is absolutely not allowed and cannot be tolerated.

"However, the strength of the Pegasus Kingdom is not weak. According to our investigation, this kingdom enshrines thirteen legends, two of whom are near saints. One of them has also condensed divinity and has the potential to become a god."

"This is probably why the Pegasus Kingdom dared to provoke me like this. If that's the case, there's no need to keep any legends."

Noah saw the embarrassment in the eyes of the goblins below. They were worried about how to deal with the two promoted people, especially the one who had the potential to become a god.
"I will arrange for the Sky Tyrant Osiris to assist you!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

When the goblins heard that Noah had arranged for them to destroy the country, they were immediately relieved and cheered.

This is one of the three giant beasts that came to pay homage to His Majesty the Holy Dragon and submit to him, and it is also the fastest one.

"Go!"

Noah had not expected that even after he had performed the sacrificial ceremony and transformed in public, there were still kingdoms that dared to rebel against him in secret and play some tricks.

Perhaps this was just the opinion of some short-sighted people in that kingdom, and it did not represent the whole group. But Noah did not care. He did not want the goblins to investigate further. This was enough.

He now needs a kingdom to become a sacrifice for him to demonstrate his iron-blooded killing methods, so that all the nations with different ideas in their hearts will know what the consequences will be if they go against his wishes and resist his will.

As for the world's will, I'm sorry, the world's will doesn't care about such things at all, just like Noah doesn't care whether the Arden family, who was blessed by him, was secretly destroyed by some forces of the Pegasus Kingdom or by the decision of all.

When a giant beast with the status of a world guardian appears, even a true demigod would be unable to fight against it, because these guys do not have the concept of exhaustion or anything similar.

Therefore, the fall of the Pegasus Kingdom took place without any setbacks. The thirteen legends were marked by the goblins early on, and then, under the guidance of the goblins, they were all swallowed by the sky tyrant named Osiris by Noah.

From the perspective of the world, this war of annihilation had no impact on the world. It was just a transfer of matter and energy, and the world itself did not suffer too much damage and destruction.

However, the destruction of a country by the sky tyrant Osiris was as plain as a meal, but the waves it set off swept across the world like a tsunami, shocking all countries and making the kingdoms, which were originally a little reserved and arrogant, panic-stricken.

The reason for the fall of this kingdom was, to some extent, too trifling. It was simply a matter of disrespecting the holy dragon and God.

A kingdom that had been passed down for nearly a thousand years disappeared into history. Judging from the current situation, there is no possibility of this kingdom being restored. Such punishment is really too harsh and cruel.

However, those forces who had some understanding of the inside story were also speechless as to the reason for the kingdom's demise. It was nothing more than ceding a resource-rich border area. What would have happened if it had given it up? But they had to resort to such underhanded means, which resulted in the destruction of the kingdom as well.

(End of this chapter)