Make the dragon great again

Chapter 136

Paderson has been in a bit of a bad mood lately.

As the eldest son of Grand Duke Griffin, the first heir to the Principality, and a genius Griffin Knight who reached the third level of strength before the age of 30, Paderson has put in a considerable amount of effort in his life. Under the circumstances, it was quite smooth sailing.

Father, Grand Duke Griffin, and uncle Gold Earl, the two elders seem to have been planning some important event, but as the heir to the principality, Paderson, who is already thirty-two this year, has been rejected by the two elders from planning outside.

This feeling made Paderson very uncomfortable.

According to the tradition that the Griffin Dukedom inherited from the ancient Gorton Kingdom, the position of the Grand Duke is different from that of the king, and there is no need to wait until the death of the previous king to succeed to the throne. Generally speaking, the Duke of Griffin has been in power for about 30 years. Abdicate to let the virtuous succeed to the heir.

The contemporary number 60, the second Grand Duke Griffin, has reigned for 28 years and is very close to the "average value" of 30 years. Even if the Grand Duke announced his abdication the next day, it is not surprising.

"Tradition" gave Paderson self-confidence, so he had already started to take care of his succession as early as a year or two ago, and gained the explicit and secret support of a large number of nobles in the Principality.

It just so happened that the horrific war had come to an end, and the turmoil brought about by the war had gradually calmed down. Paderson thought it was time for him to take over the position of Grand Duke from his elderly father, and lead the duchy to the glory of revival of Gordon in another way. path of!

However, the development of things is completely different from what Paterson expected.

The Grand Duke Griffin, who should have condoned the heir's development of relations, used thunderous means to deal with those nobles who openly loyal to Paderson. Although he did not directly punish Paderson, this is definitely an obvious warning to Paderson. !
Paderson, who was hit hard, woke up from the fantasy of being about to succeed, and became increasingly suspicious in fear of his moody father.

The first thing he suspected was the "big event" conspired between the Grand Duke Griffin and the Earl of Gold.

Paderson didn't know what they were conspiring with, but one thing was unmistakable, the core of that plan must be related to the revival of the Gordon Kingdom!

After all, Paderson has been the first heir for so many years, and there is always a way to "listen" to some fragments of secret discussions between the Grand Duke and the Earl, so he can still vaguely guess that the secret is related to some of the inheritance of the Gordon Kingdom .

Paderson suspects that it is some ancient heritage buried in history that can quickly restore the duchy to the glory of the Gordon era, and there is only one reason why his father and uncle have been hiding him:
Restoring the glory of the Gordon Kingdom means that Griffin will be upgraded from a principality to a kingdom, and Grand Duke Griffin will also be crowned king. , will always be the heir until his father passes away!
Paderson felt he had found the truth.

As an extraordinary person, the current Grand Duke Griffin's body is still very strong, let alone live another ten or eight years, even if he lives another three to fifty years, Paderson will not be surprised at all.

In fact, the former Grand Duke and Paderson's grandfather also died five years ago...

This is why my father has been unwilling to delegate power to himself, and did not tell him some ancient secrets involving family revival!
He, Paderson, has been in the position of heir for more than 20 years. If this continues, he may not be able to reach the pinnacle of power even if he is a prince for 40 or 60 years...

After "knowing the truth," Paderson became overwhelmed.

Griffin's promotion to the kingdom is a good thing for him, but the only problem is that he may have to stay in the position of heir for a long, long time, but this is not a good thing for a few years ago. For Paderson at his peak, it was the most unacceptable and tormenting big problem.

Under the influence of this feeling of worrying about gains and losses, Paderson became more suspicious.

He even suspected that his younger brother William, who had been expelled from the principality's power center by him a long time ago, was obviously weak but somehow suddenly gained extraordinary power a few years ago.

According to other nobles who came back from the outpost town, William has rapidly grown from a pampered aristocratic playboy to a second-rank [paladin] in the past few years, and his performance on the battlefield is remarkable, and It seems that he has a high reputation among low-level sergeants, down-and-out nobles, and noble sons sent to the battlefield by their own family.

(Note: The word [Holy Knight (Paladin)] comes from the 12 servants of Emperor Charlemagne, and its meaning is the closest to the Chinese word "Xia", and it is not the same thing as the religious [Templar Knight (Kinghts Templar)] , after 4e, the DND series changed the Paladin Demon into a Templar-like position, but before 4e, the Paladin was still the image of a chivalrous knight without a specific belief and pursuing justice.)
Although what William, who became a [Paladin], seems to have cultivated is an extraordinary power that has nothing to do with the [Golden Griffin Energy] inherited from the Griffin family, but once again he thinks of the "ancient kingdom" that his father and uncle conspired against. Secret inheritance", Paderson became more and more doubtful whether William got some benefits from the two elders that could quickly increase his strength.

This is not an unwarranted guess, not to mention the rumors about a mysterious dungeon that have become more and more popular in recent years. It is the gold earl Olef, the only hero-level powerhouse in the Principality, who lived in Paderson when he was young. In my memory at that time, there was an impression that his strength had skyrocketed unnaturally in a certain period...

Could it be that he was excluded from the core of the family?Could it be that the illegitimate child of William's father and the wild woman was actually the person his father wanted to entrust authority to?His father's lukewarm treatment of him over the years is actually cultivating him?Father is still nostalgic for that dead wild woman?

I have to say that Paterson was actually right about one thing. William's strength had indeed increased unnaturally, but this had nothing to do with the legacy of the Gordon Kingdom, but with his dragon bloodline from his mother's clan...

Moreover, William didn't reach the second level in just a few years, but in just a few years, he grew from a weak aristocratic boy who couldn't master extraordinary power to a diamond-level powerhouse close to the fourth level!He is hiding!

The more Paderson thought about it, the more he felt that he had discovered the "truth", and the more he couldn't figure it out.

Why?He, Padson, is the eldest son, and his mother's family is a great nobleman with a long history in the Principality. He is also talented, smart since childhood, and has extraordinary talents. Even if he is not as good as the woman in the Bechymos Kingdom, he is also the only one The top genius below the evildoer in front of him!

And William?A concubine of unclean origin, his mother was a commoner of unknown origin, with disgusting white hair, a coward since he was a child, and lack of extraordinary talent...

How could such a guy be favored by his father and uncle?Why should he surpass his serious eldest son, the first heir of the principality, a real nobleman with noble and pure blood?
Could it be... Could it be that all of this is because I am a stammer?
Doubts come and go, and the result is the only stain in his life. The more he thinks about it, the more angry and depressed he becomes...

In fact, Paderson wronged Griffin Outline and Earl Olef. The reason why the Grand Duke and Brother did not tell him about a certain mysterious relic was purely because they did not understand everything about this relic. I don't want Paderson, who is the heir, to waste his energy on this prematurely.

As for William, he has hated this family since he was a child. If he knew that Paderson, who was at odds with him since he was a child, started to suspect the Grand Duke and his uncle, he would probably deepen this "pleasant" misunderstanding while secretly holding back his laughter. Bar?
Paderson fell into endless doubts and suspicions. After his uncle Earl Olef returned from a secret trip a few days ago, his father had another secret meeting with him. After that, the national power in the dark side of the principality was controlled by the The hand at the top of the power has invisible control, but Padsen, who is the first heir to the principality, is still excluded...

Just when Paderson felt more and more that something was wrong, he, who also served as the commander of the Griffinto Guards, received an urgent report from his subordinates in a panic.

—The dragon is coming.

And not only the legendary white dragon who secretly sheltered the northern kingdom came, but also more than 20 dragons, large and small, that did not appear in the information!

Riding on his griffin mount, Paderson led a formation of elite griffin sky knights guarding Griffinto, and rushed into the air to intercept.

When leading his men into the air, Paderson actually had a little fantasy in his heart:
Maybe, he will operate as fiercely as a tiger in the next wave, intercepting and driving the "giant dragon" that was blown into the sky by the troubadours from the north and drive it out of Gryffindor's field of vision. He will gain endless prestige as the "Dragon Warrior", and his father will also see clearly that he, Paterson, is the most ideal heir!

As for stuttering and stuttering, under his glorious image of bravely breaking the myth of the so-called "giant dragon", it would be nothing worth mentioning...

However, when Paterson tried his best to appease the mount under his crotch, and led his subordinates who were also not flying very stably, to get close to the decelerating dragon group, he really faced the [giant giant] that covered the sky and enveloped the terrifying and extraordinary fluctuations like destroying the world. After the dragon], he finally knew what a phantom species is.

And finally understand a fact:
It's not that those troubadours blow up the dragons to the sky, but that these dragons are really outrageous!
However, Paderson's nervousness and sense of absurdity when faced with things beyond imagination were suppressed by the "stuttering" of the giant dragon who ignored him in front of him.

"You! Big lizard, you, you, you, whoever you say, whoever you say is stuttering!"

Adrian, who was chatting with Anna, was still feeling the wave of void feedback caused by the sighting of the dragon group, and silently analyzed the difference from the feedback caused by the previous [rumors of dragons] in his heart, but As soon as he heard the insulting word "big lizard", he immediately stopped chatting and distracted thinking.

The dragon head as big as a house turned to the worm riding on the back of the "little bird" in front of him, the vertical pupils in the dark golden eyes slowly shrank, and the invisible pressure instantly enveloped the entire airspace, and the griffin mounts of these sky knights immediately became stronger. Get restless.

Paterson, who was in line with the pure white dragon, was under the greatest psychological and physical pressure. His whole body froze instantly on the back of the griffin, unable to move his mind at all, and the blood in his body quickly returned under the instinct of biological self-preservation , Concentrate on core organs such as the brain and heart, causing rapid numbness and chills in the limbs. (Ps: This is the real conditioned reflex of the human body when facing a crisis)
Before Adrian could speak, the two sides of the pure white dragon let out an angry roar.

"Hoo!" "Hoo!"

It was Fay and Smaug.

The reason for Fay's anger is easy to understand. She thinks that Adrian was insulted by this little bug, and that's why she is angry.

And Smaug, as a self-supporting dragon who has experienced the sinister heart of "human" early on, he is very sensitive to insulting words against dragons such as "big lizard" and "winged reptile", and he was given the name by Adrian. , After becoming a real ancient dragon, his sense of identity with the dragon family and the dragon has reached a very deep level, and he will never allow these inferior creatures to insult the dragon and his master.

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To be continued, change first and then change.

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