Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire

This is also the handiwork of the Great Angel Leader Ophelia. She knew that before Noah awakened, letting the outside world see the Holy Dragon's resting place turned to ruins would cause a terrifying shock.

Not only would it risk the collapse of order, but it would also lead the Dragon-men, who are as devout to the Holy Dragon as they are to the Divine, to form legions and launch a purge against the followers of the gods without Noah's guidance.

The consequences of this were too disastrous, so the Angels concealed everything until Noah awakened to guide his followers.

Now, a choice affecting the fate of millions, even billions of beings, is in Noah's hands. Peace and war hinge on the veil maintaining an illusory illusion above their heads.

As long as Noah destroys this veil, revealing the ruins of his palace to his people and letting the people of the Holy Dragon Land know that the Holy Dragon Emperor they worship was targeted and assassinated by some gods while he was asleep, the spirit of revenge will undoubtedly rise and flourish.

The social atmosphere of the Holy Dragon Land will undoubtedly shift to war mode. Although the martial spirit has grown stronger with the advent of the overseas colonial era, and the concept of conquest has become deeply ingrained, it pales in comparison to the impact of the assassination of Holy Dragon Noah.

Revenge war is different from colonial conquest war. Conquest war is essentially about gaining benefits, and if the harvest doesn't outweigh the cost, the war will not occur.

But revenge is different. It will be launched when both sides have equal power; the purpose is solely to wash away humiliation by bringing death and blood to the enemy as a response, even if it brings equal harm to oneself. Destruction will come with it, yet it is not spared.

Noah could already smell the breath of war and death. How would his people react once they knew about the assassination attempt on him?

War will inevitably accompany the unveiling of this curtain; retaliation against the gods will undoubtedly become mainstream and the only right choice.

But after war and death, there's another option, which is to maintain this false veil, uphold the false illusion, and embrace the false peace. This could continue the prosperity of the Holy Dragon Land.

However, he would have to ignore the harm caused by the gods. No matter how powerful Noah is now, he can't complete a purge against so many gods on his own.

Nor could he leave the Material Realm to attack the true forms of the gods outside. He could only target the devout followers who provided the gods their Immortal foundations.

If faith does not cease, the Divine will not die.

Noah didn't hesitate for long. He tore apart the false veil that was thinner than paper to him, revealing everything atop the Orphis Mountain Range to the outside world.

Besides war, did he have a second choice?

The edges of the gods had already been placed against his throat, how could he pretend to be deaf and dumb? Maintaining peace, what kind of peace is that? Ridiculously false.

Even someone mingling on the street knows that when someone intends to bully you, to avoid getting beaten or bullied in the future, you must strike back hard with your fists. Even if the opponent is more numerous and stronger, as long as you dare to fight back, the opponent will have scruples and will restrain themselves.

If one remains silent in the face of humiliation and bullying, swallowing the bitterness quietly, the opponent will have no restraint, only escalating until they demolish everything you have, until there's nothing left to loot or ravage.

When the threat from the gods approached, not only Noah but even the people of the Holy Dragon, who benefited from him for nearly 300 years, had no choice but to choose war.

The order of the Holy Dragon Land is built on Noah's will. Once Noah has a problem, everything will collapse.

All the noble people of the Holy Dragon, the compulsory education, the pension system, the relief system, and the economic prosperity — all the good things built upon the Holy Dragon will vanish into thin air.

So, the moment Noah was assassinated, all the people of the Holy Dragon, favored under the order established by Noah and who enjoyed benefits, have the responsibility and obligation to seek revenge against the gods.

All losses are inextricable, all prosperity is shared.

When Noah was seen as an enemy of the gods, his Favored, subjects, and followers, everything associated with him, were all enemies of the Divine.

"Noah, sigh~"

The Angels secretly observing sighed when they noticed the Ancestral Golden Dragon that had awakened only hesitated for a moment before destroying the illusion she had crafted.

For she knew that this land was about to slide into the Abyss of war, and this Ideal Country, perhaps, would no longer be the dreamland in many people's hearts, but transform into a terrifying Giant Beast of war.

Yet the Angel just sighed, not making any interfering move. For whatever her identity, position, or stance, she had no reason to stop a ruler experiencing an assassination attempt from seeking revenge, especially when this Monarch was her companion. She had even less reason to stop him.

Not only could she not stop it, but she also needed to join in, standing firmly by her companion's side. In this situation, any neutrality, especially keeping neutrality as a companion, is a shameful betrayal.

The Blazing Angel Leader of Heaven would not betray anyone, especially not her companion. This was the choice she had made back then, even though they had not formalized their marriage relationship.

"So, where do you plan to lead your people next?"

Accompanied by the Angel's sigh, the residents of many mountain cities built in the Orphis Mountain Range were the first to notice the abnormality at the mountain peaks, followed by the residents of Elisium City.

"Is that the residence of the Holy Dragon Emperor? How did it become like this, how did it turn to ruins?"

"What happened? Are my eyes deceiving me?"

"Is that the Holy Dragon Emperor? Why did His Majesty's palace become like that?"

"Who is playing a joke? Someone dared to deceive my eyes. This is not funny at all. The damned guy, show yourself!"

"Who dares to insult the Holy Dragon Emperor?"

At first, many people were suspicious of what they saw, and quite a few suspected there was something wrong with their eyes.

After all, the palace nestled in the mountains was intact a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into ruins. How could this not cause doubt?

Some even suspected a powerful spellcaster was carrying out some extremely vile prank, and many Transcendents grabbed their weapons in anger, ready to find the guy who dared to desecrate the Holy Dragon Emperor's dignity, to teach him a lesson, letting him know not all jokes could be made.

However, as time passed, especially when they saw the Golden Dragon, perched on the ruins, commence activities, summoning many powerful beings who rushed over through torn space,

Residents of the mountain cities in the Orphis Mountain Range and many citizens of Elisium City gradually realized that what they were seeing was not an illusion but reality. That Golden Dragon was their revered Golden Sun, Holy Dragon Noah.

"Who can tell me what exactly has happened?"

"Wasn't His Majesty supposed to be asleep? Why is it a ruin there?"

"Damn it, something we don't understand must have happened."

"If what we are seeing now is a true scene, then what did we see before? Was that an illusion? What is real, and what is false? Who can help me discern?"

"The ruins didn't just appear now; they must have appeared a long time ago. It's just that the Holy Dragon Emperor hadn't awakened yet, so someone concealed the truth, waiting for His Majesty to awaken."

When the Fairies began to emerge from the mountain peaks and enter various large cities, no one debated whether the Holy Dragon Emperor's residence becoming ruins was true or not anymore; it was real.