Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 366: God Devouring Dragon
"Father, you are right, this is indeed our fault!"

Faced with the questioning from their father, both Iliad and Teramus admitted their mistakes.

Although it can be argued that there is not enough energy to deal with such complicated matters at the same time, mistakes are mistakes and need to be corrected, rather than making excuses to prove the inevitability of mistakes.

"Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you go and make up for your mistakes?"

"Father, although it is not the right time now, I hope you can enthrone me as the Dark Lord in the name of the Holy Dragon!"

Teramus stepped forward, wanting to gain recognition from his father and obtain legal status.

"The dragon race has the purest bloodline and looks most like me, yet you actually want to become an underground monarch!"

Although Noah had some complaints about his second son's request for a title, he still agreed.

Because Tyramus has essentially become the lord who rules over a vast area of ​​the Underdark, the only thing missing now is the recognition of his father.

Whether Noah acknowledges it or not, Telramus is already the great lord of the Underdark. As a father, it is impossible for Noah to criticize the achievements of his son's years of struggle.

Since the child wants it, then naturally let him do it. After all, the dragon clan often produces unique dragons, and he himself is one of them, so his son doesn't matter.

Although this is also due to his father, the child himself likes it very much now and enjoys it. He has found the interest that he can appreciate and satisfy.

"Who do you think is to blame for this?"

After all the descendants left, the archangel standing next to Noah heard the Holy Dragon's complaints and glanced at him.

"Didn't you say you captured a God Hunter alive? He's from the same tribe as me. Take me over to have a look."

Noah didn't respond and changed the subject abruptly.

According to the archangel's description, although the team of god hunters that attacked him was completely wiped out and no one escaped, they were not all killed either. There was still one person who survived.

"I sealed it in the Mage City."

Under the guidance of Ophelia, Noah soon met the only surviving and the only god hunter who was captured alive.

It was an ancient blue dragon with a heavy breath of history, but unlike ordinary blue dragons, he did not have those rough and heavy bone armor and scales on his body. The overall shape looked more ancient and elegant, and the scales had a somewhat crystal texture. He looked more like a sapphire dragon in the gem dragon family, rather than a blue dragon in the color dragon family.

"Ancestor dragon? No, it's just an atavistic blue dragon."

Noah was not deceived by the other party's appearance. The origin contained in the blood could not deceive him. Noah just looked at the blue dragon's hundred-meter-long body and made a judgment on its bloodline.

When Noah saw the blue dragon, the old dragon was still dozing with its eyes closed and looked quite weak.

Because his body seemed to be pieced together, the terrible scars from tearing the dragon's body apart were all over his body, which was shocking.

According to the cognition of most creatures, the dragon should have returned to the River Styx now, but he is still gasping for breath, but he is still alive, and he only has one breath left.

"How miserable!"

Although he knew that the atavistic blue dragon in front of him was a member of the hunting god team that came to assassinate him, Noah found it difficult to feel any anger at this moment.

It’s not that he is so merciful, because Noah identified through the wounds on the dragon’s body that the reason why the dragon had ended up in such a miserable state was probably because of him who was in his sleeping state.

"You wanted to eat him, but after tasting the dragon's blood, you vomited him out. Your body rejects and devours its own kind."

After taking a look at Noah's expression, Ophelia further described the battlefield at that time and explained to Noah why the blue dragon was still alive.

It was because the ancestral golden dragon, which was in a dormant state at the time but had already launched a counterattack, was unwilling to devour its own kind, so it chose to tear the atavistic blue dragon to pieces.

After dealing with the priest who tried to escape, the returning archangel discovered that the blue dragon, which had been torn into pieces by its partner, actually showed signs of resurrection. She took the pile of flesh and bones to the Mage City and sealed it up, and it finally turned into what it looks like now.

"Originally I wanted to kill him, but I think a living blue dragon is far more valuable than a dead one. Besides, this is also your trophy, so I plan to wait until you wake up and let you deal with it yourself."

"That's true, but I don't think this guy has many years left to live."

Noah looked around and saw that the blue dragon hadn't opened its eyes yet, so he said to the archangel beside him,
"It is better to kill him while he is still alive. I will refine his dragon soul into his bones and muscles. I will probably be able to forge a good set of heirloom weapons."

"Your Majesty the Holy Dragon, spare my life! Please be merciful and spare my life."

After hearing Noah's words, the atavistic blue dragon, which had originally closed its eyes, opened its eyes. Its vertical pupils, which were covered with lightning patterns and looked like broken sapphires, looked extremely majestic. However, its flattering attitude at this moment was enough to shatter the dreams of anyone who had illusions about the majesty of the dragon clan.

"Give me a reason to let you go."

Noah looked at the old dragon in front of him, who had finally stopped pretending to sleep.

"Your Majesty, I didn't intend to hurt you at first. I didn't even think of attacking you..."

"If you really didn't think of anything, then you shouldn't be in front of me."

Noah interrupted the old dragon's sophistry. There was nothing special in the look he gave the old dragon at this moment. There was no sadness or joy. But the more this was the case, the more frightened the old dragon became.

"I didn't want to come, but a certain Majesty tempted me with benefits that I couldn't refuse, so I decided to join in the fun.

We are both dragons, and who would want to harm the ancestor dragons? I am willing to swear in the name of the Dragon Mother that I have absolutely no intention of harming you."

"Is that all you have to say?"

Noah sighed.

I swear in the name of the Mother of Dragons. This old dragon really dares to fool you. The Mother of Evil Dragons disappeared together with the Lord of the North Wind.

Not to mention that she is gone, even if she is here, swearing by this dragon mother who is famous for her deception, such an oath has no credibility at all. This old dragon is fooling him as if he is a young dragon.

If the Mother of Evil Dragons saw her offspring using an oath to deceive the golden dragon, she would probably be so happy that she would reward him with something, instead of punishing him for breaking the contract.

"No, Your Majesty, I am willing to submit to you..."

"But I don't want a slave like you. Of course, I have to admit that your ancient dragon and bloodline are pretty good, and they are of great significance to bloodline research."

Noah stretched out his claws towards the old dragon, and the Emperor's Word Spirit took effect. The huge power of faith was drawn by Noah and turned into a huge hand that neither Ophelia nor the atavistic blue dragon could see.
"I can..." Before the Atavistic Blue Dragon could finish his begging for mercy, his soul was violently pulled out of his not-yet-dead dragon body by Noah.

"No, Noah, you can't treat me like this. I am also a dragon. I am your elder. I..."

"When you were trying to assassinate me, why didn't you think of me as one of your own people?"

Noah sneered, and the power of faith turned into a torrent that directly compressed the dragon soul into a ball. He put it away under the slightly frowning gaze of the angel beside him.

"The power of faith?"

Apart from Noah, the main body of faith, the power of faith cannot be seen unless the gods descend. However, Ophelia inferred the power used by Noah through clues, especially the dragon soul that was pulled out.

"This dragon soul is good. It can be used to forge a weapon. Do you want it?"

Noah ignored his partner's confusion and asked, while holding the spherical dragon soul that had materialized,
"I do not need."

Seeing the dark blue, almost ink-black, crackling, lightning ball in the golden dragon's hand, Ophelia refused.

"Then use it to forge a weapon for me!"

Noah still threw the dragon soul to his partner.

"What weapon do you want?"

The angel frowned and took the dragon soul.

"Once you find the right craftsmen, let them do what they want."

Noah said indifferently. He called out the tower spirit and gave serious instructions.
"Although this ancient dragon's body has lost its dragon soul, it is still alive. Take good care of it and keep it alive."

[Received the order]

After dealing with the blue dragon, Noah led Ophelia out of the Mage City.
"Noah, among the team that came to assassinate you, there is one person whose whereabouts are unknown."

"besides?"

Noah paused.

“According to my investigation and interrogation, she was a wizard who was good at sneaking into dreams to assassinate people, but she never appeared again after she disappeared.

The blue dragon believed that the wizard had escaped using some spell he did not understand. Did you feel anything unusual at the time?"

"Running away? No, she didn't run away."

"how do you know?"

"Don't worry about her. She won't appear in the world anymore."

Noah didn't explain much, because after he said this, the angel understood.

From then on, the God Hunter team was completely wiped out, but this was not the end, but the beginning. The confrontation between Noah and the gods began from then on.

First, Noah carried out a round of faith cleansing in his territory.

Before Noah took over the Augustus family's base, the Augustus family fully accepted the belief in all gods. As long as it was a belief in a correct god, it could be preached within the area of ​​Augustus' rule.

This was the confrontational policy that Noah had originally proposed, because in today's world, no secular force could reject the belief in the gods.

Since it is impossible to block the belief in multiple gods, it is better to accept them all. Under the coexistence of multiple religions, the situation of one god dominating can be suppressed, and the interference of the belief in gods in the royal politics will be suppressed to the minimum.

Today, the Kingdom of Atlas still implements such a policy, fully accepting all beliefs in true gods. As long as the monarch recognizes them, any church of any god can preach.

The same is true for Noah's territory, but it doesn't matter whether this policy is implemented or not, because in his territory, any dragon man with dragon scales growing on his body basically worships the holy dragon.

They have personally experienced the grace from the Holy Dragon, and as their life forms have changed, it is only natural and normal for them to be influenced by it, have their consciousness shifted, and develop faith.

Therefore, even if Noah allowed the cults of the gods to preach, no matter which god's cult they belonged to, they all had a hard time in Noah's territory and found it difficult to develop believers. The only exception was some remote areas in Noah's territory where they could maintain a little dignity. The closer they were to Noah, the more difficult it was to preach. This was especially true in the city of Elishim, where there were cases of believers withdrawing.

Within Noah's visible range, there were few decent churches, let alone the main temple that accommodated the incarnation of gods. Even if there were any, there were only two or three cats and kittens.

This was because the clergy sent to Noah to preach could not be too weak. If they were weak, they would be assimilated by Noah. But if they were too strong, it would not be worth the loss because there would not be many targets to preach to.

"How shabby! Is this all these guys have?"

After the first round of faith cleansing, Noah was shocked to find that the gods he named did not have many believers in his territory, so Noah expanded the scope of the attack and notified his nephews and nieces to carry out the second round of cleansing.

"The Lord of the Flaming Sun has a religious state in the Alvis continent... The other gods do not have a large-scale religious group in their native world, and the main force of their faith is in other worlds."

After conducting a round of investigation, Noah looked at the information he had collected and couldn't help but sneer.
"Heh~ This means we have to go on an interdimensional expedition!"

The ancestor golden dragon tapped the tip of his dragon claw lightly, and as his power spread, crystal clear crystal arrowheads were generated under his dragon claw fingertips, constantly spreading and growing. The pure power of earth element was contained in it, but the most important thing was the power of the earth veins contained in it.

This is a power that a golden dragon should not possess, but Noah somehow obtained the authority to interfere with the earth veins and manipulate the earth element.

This was not something he gained during his sleep, but rather the power he absorbed through eating while he was sleeping, and this power was just one of them.

Call ~
Noah looked up at the setting sun, and at the clouds stretching out under the sunlight. He exhaled gently, and countless mists suddenly appeared out of thin air, sweeping across thousands of miles with their whistling winds. The aftermath stretched for thousands of miles, and in an instant the sky was vast and the sun was shining brightly, without a single cloud.

"I can even digest divinity!"

After feeling himself digesting the food in his stomach, Noah gained two powers that he had never had before. He stretched out his dragon claws and touched the scales on his belly, with golden light shining brightly in his dragon pupils.

He was very sure that this was definitely not an ability that the ancestral dragon clan should have. Ordinary ancestors could not digest divinity, and at most they could absorb divinity related to the attributes of their own domain, but that was fusion and control, the path to becoming a god.

But Noah was different. He digested and absorbed. He decomposed the divinity and restored it to its most original power. He absorbed and integrated it into his blood, turning it into the power and talent contained in his blood.

This is a gift of power that can be passed down through blood, which is fundamentally different from fused divinity. Divinity cannot be inherited through reproduction unless it is actively divided.

(End of this chapter)