Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 788 - 441: Is Augustus Going to Rebel?

Chapter 788: Chapter 441: Is Augustus Going to Rebel?
The statue is like this; the ancestors from whom bloodline, glory, and even orthodoxy originate are also like this. The most perfect ancestors are naturally those lying underground for later generations to admire.
If the ancestors were to crawl out of their coffins, then they must be fake ancestors. If this were true, who should be listened to?
However, this question returns to the most fundamental essence: if this ancestor truly possesses power that matches his generation, then the grandson would still obediently be the grandson. If one cannot be subdued, then even the real ancestor is fake.
Unfortunately, the current incarnation of Odin has not restored the power that makes others act like grandchildren, leaving the possibility of being beaten into submissiveness considerable.
To avoid such an embarrassing situation, it’s best to remain low-key.
"What about your weapon? You should feel it, right?"
The descendants of the god system are unreliable, but the weapon personally forged back then should not have any problems. The weapon used by the divine beings, alas, possesses complete self-will.
"I can sense the presence of the Eternal Spear, but it cannot sense my arrival."
"What is going on?"
"It has been too long; Gungnir has fallen asleep. Unless I personally go in now, no one can awaken it."
"That’s really..."
"Though it sleeps, descendants with god system bloodline can still borrow its power."
"Can the power still be borrowed?"
"Indeed, this is a unique profession within the Space-Time Realm, the Divine Artifact Master."
"Divine Artifact Master? So, not only your weapon can have its power borrowed, but other weapons left behind by deities who died in battle can also be borrowed? Has this profession even spawned?"
"Correct, within the Space-Time Realm, each race’s status and influence are determined by the number of Divine Artifacts they possess, and by the number of Divine Artifact Masters."
"..."
Noah was silent for a while, raising the danger level of this Space-Time Realm by two grades, and then he asked again,
"Are there any Divine Artifact Masters capable of wielding the Divine Artifacts personally?"
"I did not gather such information, but maybe there are."
At this point, Odin added,
"However, I can confirm that aside from me, nothing can touch my Eternal Spear."
"That’s good news!"
Noah uttered with some sarcasm.
Given the size and resources within the Space-Time Realm, even with some rules being incomplete, fostering high-level legends is definitely not an issue.
Then, a high-level legend reaching demigod level, once wielding a True Divine Artifact, would intimidate even divine beings descending as saints.
Not every divine being can forge their own True Divine Artifact. Those with weak divine power, or those with inferior divine artifacts, would use worldly weapons for combat against other divine beings.
"For now, let’s develop separately for a while and remember to communicate frequently!"
"Alright."
Though neither Noah nor Odin was optimistic about the situation in the Space-Time Realm, the actual dire circumstances rendered them silent, prompting gradual progression.
Thus, originally prepared for a long time outside, Noah returned to his loyal Elisium half a month later.
Yet before returning to his native land, Noah simply shifted his mind, concealing all traces, even hiding his form.
Word Spirit · Concealment into Dust
The Ancestral Golden Dragon, which should shine like the sun, was now like the dust drifting in the air, unnoticed, uncared for, with sunlight from high above easily penetrating his body.
This was a Word Spirit Noah acquired many years ago but never used, as he considered it less than even a chicken rib.
He was the Holy Dragon illuminating the world, so why hide his form? It’s akin to the sun; does it need to conceal itself? When Noah first obtained this Word Spirit, he thought this way but never anticipated needing it today.
Noah actually mastered many similar Word Spirits; the yield of Purple Spirit Fruit was not less than other fruits, with each fruit representing a Word Spirit.
Actually, each Word Spirit was good in effect, exemplary during Noah’s growth and struggle period, serving significant purposes.
But for the Holy Dragon now at the peak of the Material Realm, Word Spirits are unused daily, whereas in combat, it’s more direct and effective for him to rush over and whip the opponent with his tail.
Though most Word Spirits are useless for Noah, they can reverse battles and change future directions for his descendants and Favored.
However, even Noah’s direct descendants have only inherited less than ten Word Spirits from him.
Though with their growth, they can awaken more Word Spirits; even newly acquired ones by Noah may have a chance to obtain them due to the bloodline connection, yet none can inherit all of Noah’s Word Spirits, only partially.
As for the Favored, it’s even worse; most can only inherit one Word Spirit. Currently, the highest record of True Blood Favored is Alexander, mastering only three Word Spirits.
The number of Word Spirits mastered by the Favored is generally one; moreover, non-True Blood Favored, those born from the radiation of the Dragonization Domain, only a few talented and fortunate ones may awaken a Word Spirit.
These Word Spirits awakened by ordinary Dragon-men, let alone possessing the same effects when used by Noah, is nowhere near the Word Spirits mastered by True Blood Favored, severely downgraded.
For instance, Word Spirit · Golden Throne, a Word Spirit that doubles the user’s physique for a short period, plays a decisive role in battlefield duels with high practicality but is rarely possessed.
Ordinary Dragon-men cannot awaken the original effect of the Golden Throne since their bloodline cannot support it; they can only awaken part of it or say, severely reduced effects, a degraded version of the Golden Throne.
Such a de-evolved Word Spirit can no longer be called the Golden Throne; Noah has heard that there are three variants of downgraded Golden Throne.
Silver Radiance, Bronze Armor, Steel Body
The Golden Throne stands atop them, as the highest grade Word Spirit, rumored among Dragon-men that only those with kingly qualities, descendants of Holy Dragons, can awaken such Word Spirits.
This is a King-level Word Spirit; however, by this definition, every Word Spirit Noah possesses is Monarch-Level, yet when these Word Spirits end up in Dragon-men’s hands, bloodline factors cause severe reductions and downgrades. Even so, the effects are still noteworthy.
Noah merely paid slight attention to these things, knowing Dragon-men categorize the de-evolved Word Spirits, compiling a list.
Just, the top Monarch Word Spirits on this list are grossly missing, with no Dragon-man knowing exactly how many Word Spirits Noah possesses, only speculating based on the performance of his children and True Blood Favored in battle.
Noah could fill out the table at a whim, but there’s no need; this helps solidify his supreme status among Dragon-men, where the Monarch’s mystery partly fuels the establishment of authority.
Noah penetrates between the dust, silently traversing various parts of Elisium City. This Word Spirit not only conceals his form but truly transforms his body into a dust-like state, allowing him to maneuver through crowds in streets and alleys, and even launch attack-based Word Spirits in such form.
"Seems quite decent!"
After touring around the city without finding anything too outrageous, Noah returned to the Tower, preparing to nullify the Word Spirit effect when,
"What does Augustus’s family mean? Thirty years ago, when conquering the Southern Provinces, the taxes collected were thirty-one million Golden Dragon Coins. Every year since, taxes have been barely over thirty million.
This year, the same, but they submitted thirty-three million, only increasing by two million Golden Dragon Coins from the first year of conquest. Are they joking?"
A voice struggling to suppress anger echoes in the Glorious Hall, where Dragon Elves and central officials of the Holy Dragon Land discuss and handle administrative affairs,
"Or are they treating us all like fools? The Western Provinces, in their initial conquest phase, collected barely tens of millions, yet this year the West paid eleven hundred eighty million, nearly twelve billion, a hundredfold increase in twenty years.
The South, be it population, resources, or geography, far surpasses the West, and Augustus’s earlier conquest and longer management, with such prosperous commerce, yet they throw us scraps to fend off!"