The famous chatterbox Brass Dragon and the fun-loving Red Copper Dragon, if someone can entertain them, not only will they not be harmed, but they might also receive rewards—monetary and material rewards.
Of course, people who can achieve this are even rarer than the number of legends. Because compared to being verbally tormented by a Brass Dragon or Red Copper Dragon, some people would prefer to challenge a Red Dragon.
That said, the Metallic Dragon Race actually all have similar traits, as long as one can entertain them, money isn’t really necessary, but this requirement is indeed a bit high.
But the Augustus family now, that is, Casius and Selena, can make Noah’s parents not talk about money; wanting the Legendary Ancient Dragons not to talk about money with them, that’s a bit too much.
"Speaking of which, I remember my aunt said that my father and mother were also geniuses?"
Noah can only hold expectations for his parents, but no matter how much he expects, what kind of genius must an adult Dragon Species be to ascend to legend?
Only a true Ancestor Dragon can achieve that, but when an Ancestor Dragon reaches adulthood, their age is equivalent to that of a normal old dragon. However, when it comes to a fight, a legendary Golden Dragon of the Ancestor template can easily defeat those rule-following, step-by-step legendary old dragons.
The Golden Dragon stayed in Mage City and did not return to the deep mountains. Uranos had been properly arranged by him, and his sparring partners, besides a red dragon hatchling, also included the offspring of a Cloud Giant.
The Cloud Giants were delighted with such an arrangement and were extremely cooperative. Not to mention every heart was moved, they eagerly participated, and even a civil war broke out among the giants for the few spots available, but Noah managed to suppress it.
Currently, for Noah, not to mention anything else, just with the spells he mastered and the Dragon Battle Skill he recently understood, it’s not too much trouble to defeat a few adult Cloud Giants without getting hurt.
This is enough to deter the Cloud Giants. Now Noah is just a juvenile dragon, and in terms of age, he is quite young even for the short-lived species.
The memory of the short-lived species is worse than Noah expected. Because in less than a year, someone started probing some inconspicuous places.
"Your Highness Noah, we have captured another Shadow Assassin!"
"We couldn’t get anything out of them, however, it was a drow."
Noah understood. Within the Augustus family’s territory, if asked who most hopes Casius encounters trouble, it naturally belongs to the various clans of the Dark Territory.
Because Selena’s exploitation of these Dark Clans is really too severe, annual tributes and yearly submissions. The current remarkable construction progress of Mage City owes a large part to these Dark Clans.
How could they not hate? How could they not wish Casius to encounter problems?
As long as there’s no overwhelmingly powerful legend to suppress, these Dark Clans’ rebellion is natural, and they would not only rebel but also launch a counterattack on the surface to seize the fertile land with the boundless sky they long for.
"If I remember correctly, there’s no drow among the clans submitting to the Augustus family, right? These guys all fled back then."
Sifreya confirmed this; her understanding of every aspect of the Augustus family was much stronger than a hands-off guy like Noah.
"It seems the defeated want to make a comeback."
Noah did remember that when his adoptive father was suppressing the Dark Territory, besides the Ancient Black Dragon, he also killed three legends. The first was an assassin that initiated an assassination, and among the other two legends, one was a drow, a Dark Warrior.
It was because of this, the mastermind behind the eruption of the underground volcano, creating the Valley of Flames, chose to go into hiding after that battle, avoiding the sharpness of Casius and abandoning that passage to the surface.
"Where did you catch them this time?"
"At the Twenty-Sixth Rock Magic Statue Workshop."
"Previously, they only sneaked into the Clay Magic Statue Workshop, right?"
"Yes, in recent days, they’ve started entering the Rock Workshop."
"If this continues, in a few days, won’t they dare to spy on the Steel Magic Statue?"
"Your Highness, these drow have been sneaking into the factories under your ownership."
Originally looking calm and composed, Noah was stunned, then turned his head to glare at the dragonified Great Fairy,
"Are these dark-skinned elves targeting my assets?"
"Judging by the locations of the captures, it appears so."
"Ridiculous, do these dark skins think I’m easy to bully?"
The Golden Dragon’s scales bristled with outrage; no dragon would tolerate their wealth being threatened. More so, in Noah’s eyes, each Magic Statue Workshop represented an inexhaustible gold mine.
"Was my Magic Statue Workshop damaged?"
"Production progress was disrupted a bit, but other than that, there wasn’t much damage."
"No major damage, which means there was minor damage? Production was disrupted? This isn’t just spying on territorial secrets; it’s blatant raiding of my treasury!"
The Golden Dragon’s eyes turned sharp and murderous,
"Skin those captured drow alive and hang them in the workshops, let these reckless dark-skinned bastards see the consequences of damaging a Golden Dragon’s property!"
Sifreya bowed slightly, preparing to carry out this order.
Noah called the Great Fairy back, and when this empathetic elf turned her gaze towards him, the Golden Dragon showed a contemplative expression and then reluctantly said,
"Let’s handle it discreetly; we can’t go too high-profile. It’ll be taxing on you all for a while; increase the inspection frequency."
Sifreya’s expression remained unchanged as she accepted the order on behalf of her kind.
The Golden Dragon let out a long sigh. The ambitious, restless drow are just the beginning. With them leading the way, more and more lurking forces in the shadows would be unable to resist probing the Augustus family’s reality.
"Why haven’t they arrived? This is too slow!"
Noah grumbled about his biological parents, full of resentment,
"Have they gone to make more siblings for me? With a family tagging along, they really travel slow."
Because Selena had already clearly said, she had contacted the Dragon Father and Dragon Mother, and this carefree Golden Dragon couple who left to roam without even raising their son, had promised to come over.
Whether it was due to overhearing Noah’s private mutterings, two days later, at sunset, amid the transition between day and night, accompanied by a long, loud dragon roar.
Elisium City, or more precisely, above Mage City, the sky dome cracked open, with a long fissure stretching thousands of meters across the city.
Beyond the fissure lay a darkness deeper than the approaching night, where gigantic celestial bodies rotated slowly alongside a meteor shower trailing long comet-like tails.
This caused a small panic in Elisium City, but most citizens could maintain sufficient composure. The residents here, even if mere mortals, were well-experienced mortals, and a spectacle of this magnitude could no longer frighten them.
However, when two meandering golden dragons emerged from the fissure and descended toward Mage City, it still triggered waves of astonished exclamations and shock.
Not to mention mere mortals, even highly experienced high-rank adventurers had never seen such noble-looking giant dragons, as Golden Dragons usually maintained human form rather than their true form.
This shock and awe were mutual; the city dwellers were greatly astonished at witnessing the manifestation of Golden Dragons, and the descending Golden Dragons, too, felt a bit unconfident when confronted with a scene beneath them vastly different from their memories.
The temporary Dragon Nest they constructed back then had disappeared, replaced by a grand Mage City under construction, alongside a densely populated city below.
Could there be an issue with our teleportation coordinates?!
That shouldn’t be possible, right!?