Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire
Chapter 441 - 268 All Gods Church Investigation_2

Chapter 441: Chapter 268 All Gods Church Investigation_2

"At least ninety percent, that’s the bottom line."

Noah also understood that when asking someone to do something, you have to offer some compensation. Expecting them to cover costs without paying and still expecting them to work for you is impossible.

Unless you put a sword to their throat, at worst they would be negligently idle, and if they don’t cause trouble, that’s already good enough.

"Too little!"

"Not little at all, just like that, this is my lowest bottom line, also the maximum I can tolerate. If I find out even one copper coin is missing, I’ll dismantle your palace to make up for it."

Noah ignored his nephew’s protest, and by the end, he was threatening without any reservations.

This is how much the Giant Dragon values its treasures, and Noah is no exception. Although he spends money extravagantly, it’s because he knows that these funds will ultimately flow back to him; spending is just a means to achieve a goal.

But now with Nobles escaping on a large scale, if the resources they took away aren’t recovered, Noah can’t even sleep well, although he doesn’t really need to sleep.

In the consciousness of the Giant Dragon ruler, everything on the territory, including the officials and Nobles serving him, the commoners and slaves, and their private properties, all belong to him.

Noah, although he felt this perception was somewhat extreme, allowed the free trade of assets he held, yet in his subconsciousness, he still agreed with this ideology.

Therefore, the money taken by those fleeing Nobles, in Noah’s perception, all belonged to him, thus even the noble and holy as a Holy Dragon could not handle it calmly.

"Great Uncle!"

After brusquely threatening his nephew, Noah approached his grandniece, Parvati, who was currently thriving in the Elf Court.

For the elites fleeing from the Holy Dragon Territory, the Elf Court was the first choice, while the Atlas Kingdom was a secondary choice, a choice for those small and medium Nobles without much power.

The territory governed by the Holy Dragon was nominally under the Atlas Kingdom, while the Elf Court almost blatantly declared their adversarial relationship.

Even so, the discord between Dragons and Elves was well known, thus opting to flee to enemy forces was quite a wise choice.

Noah agreed with their choice, so he approached his grandniece.

"I understand your request; I will order strict inspections at the border. Upon detection, I will have them immediately repatriated."

Compared to her greedy father, Parvati seemed much more sensible and readily accepted Noah’s request to retrieve as many assets as possible.

Old forces like the Elves, with deep roots, were inherently different from new forces like the Atlas Kingdom, with profound heritage, they look down upon such superficial wealth.

"Good, good."

Noah was delighted and quickly contacted the third person, also his good grandnephew.

"Great Uncle, what do you want from me?"

"I am currently hunting down a group of officials, have your subordinates chase them."

Although it was impossible for elites to flee north, Noah knew that although Wayne officially ordered the Undead Kingdom to withdraw, there were many covert activities.

The Blood Clan claimed to be the dark Nobles, these creatures with appearances identical to humans, as long as they could control their bloodthirsty impulses, could perfectly integrate into human civilization.

These creatures were very suitable for dirty work, so Noah decided to delegate the hardest targets to track to them.

They were the third class of fleeing Nobles, the most troublesome ones without a clear goal, they would run to places that were backward, with poor information flow, and remote locations.

"Okay."

Though not too keen to help Noah with such thankless dirty work, Wayne pinched his nose and agreed.

As a result, the fleeing Nobles from Noah Territory found themselves pursued no matter where they went, almost as if they were rejected by the entire world. Although Xilantia was vast, there was no place to rest.

The purging and reorganization of the judiciary system in Noah Territory were in full swing, causing a substantial uproar that nearly half the Continent knew about it.

In past history, no force had ever so thoroughly purged its own internals, the momentum was such as if to overturn everything and rebuild.

Though the purging campaign attracted much attention from the populace and various forces, while spectacular, it was mundane affairs and unworthy of the religious factions that worship Divine to concern themselves with.

Their focus was on the source that initiated the purging campaign, in the court of a frontier town within the Holy Dragon Territory.

"The investigation is clear, that Golden Dragon only toured its territory upon awakening and returned to its palace, never leaving the Elidis Mountain again."

A figure shrouded in a gray robe, almost blending into the shadow cast by the building, unnoticed by anyone, reported softly to the darkness ahead.

"So, during the so-called Holy Dragon’s wrath incident, that Dragon was still in its palace, 800 kilometers away from here?"

"That is almost certain."

"Have you examined the dome of that building? They say it used to be just a mural, but now it’s become a statue."

"I felt a presence similar to the Holy Image of my Master in the Main Temple above."

Within the shadows, whispers of discussion arose.

"Nonsense, it’s merely a dragon sculpture, what qualifies it to be compared with the Holy Image of my Master?"

"I didn’t mean it like that."

"Enough, stop these pointless arguments. What is certain now is that the Golden Dragon is meddling with power it wasn’t meant to possess."

"Isn’t that obvious? What Holy Dragon? Everything he does is to garner faith."

Someone snickered disdainfully.

"What shall we do? Slay the dragon?"

"That is a Legendary Golden Dragon, it possesses its own magical palace and has established not just one legion to protect itself!"

"So what? Are you scared?"

"Are you questioning my faith?"

"Merely a Pseudo-God who barely touched the Power of Faith, just a long snake crawling insect, look at how terrified you are, you’ve already shown fear!"

"I merely think that our Shadow Sect doesn’t need to conflict with it. The gods of the Dragon Clan never fight over highly significant Divine Positions, there shouldn’t be a conflict with my Master!"

"This Dragon is different; this Divine Descent was about seeking justice for a farmer’s son. He is crafting an image of opposing tyranny, upholding justice. Doesn’t this behavior reflect his greed?"

"If that’s the case, then we aren’t the only ones who should be concerned."

"Indeed, we’re not the only ones, spread the word about what’s happening here."

The obscure frontier town had evidently become the core of the vortex, everything began here.

A Legendary Golden Dragon might indeed be daunting, but once faith is involved, under the awe of Divine sanctity, the fear of the Dragon Species naturally fades away.

Noah quickly sensed the underlying currents within his domain. Nearly all the True God groups proselytizing in his territory had activities that were out of the ordinary.

A certain danger from the high heavens had descended; when Noah became aware of this, a Paladin covertly revealed some information to him.

"The ripple caused by the Word Spirit·Emperor?"

On understanding what caused the agitation among various godly faith groups in his territory, Noah couldn’t help but smile. In his blazing dragon eyes, akin to flames of radiant gold, there seemed to be a churning, boiling purple sea inside,

"Let’s see which gods can’t sit still."

Noah did not regret using the Word Spirit, the amassed Power of Faith around him was so abundant, it couldn’t just be wasted, the Word Spirit·Emperor perfectly fit his needs.