Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 72 Ominous Weapon
The gorgeous armor was torn apart by the sharp claws, and the sturdy chest was pierced by the scorpion tail with a black gold luster. Intense pain swept through the body. The surging blood began to coagulate gradually under the injection of toxins. The vitality was madly drained away like a broken dam. The boundless darkness eroded the consciousness. The strong unwillingness and resentment also erupted because of the withering of life...

Roar!
The golden dragon roared and screamed in pain, like a desperate creature on the verge of death but eager to continue living. Complex negative emotions continued to surge, impacting Noah's consciousness and thinking.

The slender, noble and gorgeous dragon body twisted on the pearl couch, as if strangled by an invisible god of death. It struggled hard, and the force it unleashed crushed every pearl that came into contact with the dragon's body into powder.

Outside the Dragon's Nest Palace, three big goblins looked at each other, their petite and delicate faces full of helplessness, fear and anxiety.

"Should we go in and take a look?"

No matter which big fairy it is, it can feel the extreme pain contained in the dragon's roar.

"No, His Highness has already said that no matter what noise is coming from inside, we are not allowed to go in or disturb him."

Shifraya rejected her companion's suggestion in a firm tone.

"But……"

"No buts, this is His Highness' order."

The three big goblins had no choice but to wait outside the closed palace, anxiously.

On the dragon's bed, Noah endured a punishment that he didn't know when it would end, because he had no other choice but to endure and accept endless negative emotions and pain.

Dark Fruit
Noah had tasted this fruit before, and the black air that nourished this fruit came from his adoptive father, but that fruit only made him taste pain for a moment.

But now, this second dark fruit was formed by the endless resentment and unwillingness of countless cloud giants who died in the battle in the Valley of Fire.

By swallowing the fruit, Noah would taste everything that these giants felt when they fell, from their collapsed spirits to their withered bodies. He could experience it all firsthand and empathize with them.

Noah knew that the dark fruit was not a good fruit. After all, it was not the first time he tasted it. Although swallowing this fruit could sharpen his mental will and improve his concentration, it was too uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, the golden dragon could not refuse, because the dark fruit would affect the golden tree. As long as the fruit was hanging on the branch, the branch would become dull and its range would gradually expand over time.

Noah didn't want to know at all what would happen when the darkness and ominousness derived from the dark fruit spread to the trunk of the golden tree and even affected the entire golden tree.

That would have to be a very bad outcome.

Having this premonition, Noah could only grit his teeth and pick the dark fruit. The moment it left the branch, the fruit instantly melted into black liquid and seeped into his whole body through the gaps in the dragon scales, as if he was afraid that he would hesitate and regret.

This fruit was different from the fruit of the golden tree, and Noah instinctively did not want it to hang on the branches for a long time.

Therefore, at this moment, Noah had to experience everything that the cloud giant who accepted his conscription order and died in battle endured at the moment of death.

That was not the feeling of just one cloud giant, but the real experience of being there in person, squeezing, destroying and torturing Noah's spirit and will, causing his dragon body in reality to roar uncontrollably.

For Noah, the scale of time became extremely long, and every breath and every second was so torturous, but this experience that was better than any punishment would eventually end.

When his consciousness, which had been rotating through the bodies of real giants, returned to his body and regained control of the dragon, Noah felt unprecedented relief, as if he had been trapped underground for thousands of years with thousands of shackles, and now he had finally escaped and regained his freedom.

"Hu——" Noah exhaled a breath, and this breath spurted out from his mouth and nose, turning into endless flames, sweeping across the space where he was.

"It's so good to be alive!"

Under the bright and magnificent dome, the Golden Dragon expressed his heartfelt emotion.

"Noah, how are you?"

At this time, the cautious voice of Dragon Nest's housekeeper, Sifrea, came from outside.

"I am fine."

After enduring the pain of reaching death more than ten times and bearing all the ominous things, Noah now feels more active than ever before, and his dragon soul is clear, transparent, and flawless.

Noah left the dragon bed, walked out of the palace, and appeared in front of the big goblin. Then, looking fine, he came to the flower garden in the front yard. When he felt the warm sunshine falling on his body again and smelled the rich and fragrant aroma of flowers lingering around his nose, Noah felt tears welling up in his eyes.

"Your Highness?"

Sifrea, who followed Noah closely, looked at Noah with some confusion as he was obviously in an abnormal state.

"fine."

Noah repeated it again. At this moment, a sage's words came to his mind. After having actual experience, he also had a further understanding.

"Weapons are ominous tools, not tools for gentlemen, and should only be used as a last resort."

Despite this experience, Noah did not intend to recall the cloud giants sent to the Valley of Fire. Not to mention that the situation there had stabilized, even if it had not stabilized, he could not withdraw the heavy troops.

"In the future, you must be extremely cautious when recruiting servants and followers, and strictly select them. This is especially true when you are going to war. You must never resort to violence or act recklessly."

This is the conclusion Noah came to after swallowing the second dark fruit, because he really needs to bear the corresponding consequences, regardless of victory or defeat.

Time passed quietly again. After digesting the dark fruit that brought so much pain, Noah was not in a hurry to swallow the most complete blood fruit.

He planned to wait until his second dormant period came, when he would become a young dragon, and then eat the fruit. He didn't want to prolong his young dragon period any further.

It was during this period that the Augustus family once again entered a period of rapid development due to the prosperity of the slave trade, and the martial spirit spread among the people.

Even though there are still many areas within the territory that have not been developed, under the will of many people, the Augustus family still further expanded the land in the direction of the Valley of Fire, that is, the east.

In this regard, the Augustus family generously rewarded many extraordinary people who had made military achievements in the Valley of Fire.

A large number of knight territories and a small number of baron territories are scattered across the vast land in this direction, expelling ferocious beasts, cultivating the land, and developing the population.

(End of this chapter)