Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire

"This old guy, something's definitely off!"

Noah watched the burly figure leaning on a staff, stumbling with each step, yet in just a few paces, had already vanished to the horizon, muttering softly to himself.

The proposition from the old beastman priest to hire the beastman army, of course, he didn't agree to it. How could he possibly agree? Even if the other party dared trust him, he couldn't dare use it.

However, Noah didn't outright refuse entirely, as the other party promised not to attack Gludia, and that within fifty miles outside this human kingdom's border, no armed beastman forces would enter.

Therefore, on this basis, Noah agreed to open Gludia's borders to trade with the beastmen, but only if the beastmen could maintain enough respect for those loyal to him within Gludia's territory.

From the contents of this agreement, the beastmen were definitely at a disadvantage, as the civilization system of the beastmen was still in the tribal alliance stage.

During this stage, beastmen were limited by a low average education level, or no education at all, and due to factors such as not recognizing goods, a large outflow of treasures would occur once they came into contact with more advanced civilizations.

The Beastman Tribe Alliance, pushing for a continent-wide unification war, had captured countless cities and nations. Any beastman tribe, unless they met a sudden doom like the two tribes encountered by Noah, was bound to gather a large amount of treasures and resources.

In this scenario, Gludia, the only one granted permission, would inevitably become the focal point on the continent. Noah didn't need to speculate to know that this human kingdom would naturally develop into the continent's center of commerce and trade.

Simultaneously, those humanoid races dissatisfied with beastman rule and oppression, dreaming of restoring their nations, would treat Gludia as a refuge, and the wealth gathered here would be unimaginable.

Meanwhile, the beastmen would also be attracted here, but under the orders of the beastman high priest, surely no strong beastman would dare act, and as for other beastmen, they wouldn't be much of a worry.

Noah had already arranged for two ancient golden dragons to be stationed. In such a situation, the wealth the beastmen gained from war would be greatly lost, and Noah could already predict what those two ancient golden dragons would do then.

"It's a bit too beneficial for those two old guys. I should send some favored ones over too."

As the thought crossed Noah's mind, he roughly guessed what the old beastman wanted to do. He knew the beastman's civilization was too backward, thus the desire to advance the development of the beastman race's civilization.

Contact with the outside world was inevitable. Otherwise, remaining closed-off, especially when the beastmen had already dominated the continent, would lead them to demise in pride and complacency.

This was something the old beastman absolutely didn't want to see. Therefore, even if it meant losing some treasures and a significant amount of resources, he didn't mind, as long as a part of the beastman group could broaden their horizons and grow. Then all the cost would be worth it.

"Hiring a demigod, if I take you away, how would I restrain you?"

The most tempting part of the old beastman's proposal, naturally, was having that beastman king work for him, but even though Noah was tempted, he kept his composure.

The beastman king was attached to the land under his feet, willing to temporarily bow and concede for his race's sake, but once taken out into the world, with no powerful contract to bind either side, it would be a miracle if he didn't stab Noah in the back, let alone follow his command.

"Need to think this over carefully!"

Noah could also tell that the beastman king was actually swayed by the old beastman priest. He wanted to go out and explore, but he lacked the capability himself.

Though the old beastman priest seemed powerful, possessing ascender's attributes, he was bound to the land under his feet. He hadn't walked the path of divinity through faith but was more like a barbaric era earth god, worshiped like a totem, receiving priestly offerings, a rather primitive way of becoming divine.

While he could indeed become divine by the end of this path, such a divine being would not be as free as the faith gods today, essentially constrained by the distribution of followers and the land.

Thus, the old priest's only request was for the beastman king to make an agreement with Noah, without any demands for himself, because he could not leave this land. His range of activity could expand with the expansion of the beastman cavalry, but he could not leave the beastmen and move independently.

Thinking it over, Noah couldn't come up with a good solution, thus deciding to return and seek inspiration from others. After all, Gludia's current situation was temporarily stable, and after completing the transmission array as requested, the dragon group had nothing else to do.

Boom—

After notifying the two stationed ancient golden dragons, Noah, along with the dragon group, stepped onto the transmission array, the grand forces traversing time and space, causing the beastmen on the distant northern desert to look on with envy.

"Grom, did you see that? This is the knowledge and power that dragon possesses, it is precisely what we lack in our development, our world is indeed too backward."

"They've already completed the transmission array? I'll go and seize it now."

Even separated by thousands of miles, Grom, as a demigod, could sense the force traversing time and space. This cross-boundary power was the reason the old priest made him concede.

"What good would it do if you seized it? This is only a node, do you know what awaits on the other side after teleporting through?"