Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire
Chapter 444 - 270: The Chosen People from the Other Shore

Chapter 444: Chapter 270: The Chosen People from the Other Shore

"Your Highness Noah, a group of explorers at the border has discovered a coastline and is now mapping the coastal area."

When Noah regained his consciousness after experiencing the Divine Descent, receiving the perspective of the Divine, he received news from the eastern border.

The territory he now governs had its foundation in the former lands of the Augustus family, which was once a border noble of a now historically dissolved United Kingdom.

Uranos, the most prodigal member in the history of the Augustus family, in order to consolidate his power in the Capital, directly ceded the family’s foundation to Noah, thereby forcing a relocation of the family.

After Noah took over this vast land, his territory now extended to the border and had directions for external expansion.

Although Noah’s development strategy focused on managing the existing territory, the pace of external exploration did not halt.

Not only did Noah himself arrange for personnel to explore the wilderness beyond civilization, but even the populace included many fearless merchants attempting to find barbarian tribes in the wilderness, hoping to strike it rich overnight.

Some rare resources, highly coveted in the civilized world but useless for survival, signified that even if the barbarian tribes, isolated from civilization, possessed these resources, they would not cherish them.

This was the driving force behind merchants exploring the unknown wilderness, and so Noah issued a bounty for the discovery of the Eastern Coastline.

Of course, when issuing the bounty, Noah did not hold much expectation. Was the Eastern Coast really so easy to find? The vast wilderness that needed to be traversed was thousands of miles across, filled with countless giant beasts roaming and Monster Clans entrenched.

This piece of news counted as a genuine surprise for Noah because the exploration team formed by his Favored had only explored five hundred kilometers beyond the border, and the coastline seemed a distant eventuality.

"Very good. Which merchant team does this exploration group belong to? Contact them. I want to know the route map they took to reach the coastline."

As someone who had already ascended to Legendary status, Noah could certainly search for the coastline himself. It would not be a difficult task for him, capable of flying there in less than a day.

But what significance would it hold for the development of his territory? The unobstructed aerial routes of the Legendary Golden Dragon held no meaning for the vast majority of merchant teams, while ground routes remained difficult and rugged, theoretically impassable.

However, now that an exploration team had found the coastline, it signaled a traversable road from his territory. Although this road might still be fraught with danger and uncertainty, having one means the second and third can be established easier.

A trade route leading to the ocean is like a golden river flowing with gold. The immense profits from maritime trade speak for themselves; just look at the city-studded South.

Even though the South once suffered from an Abyss disaster, with the Demon Army running rampant over that land, a mere half-century after the collapse of the Abyss Gate, all traces of demons have vanished. This is both the power of civilization and wealth.

"Your Highness, this exploration team is affiliated with the Silver Cross Commerce."

Lu Tixiya, who had replaced Sifreya as Noah’s closest attendant, reported.

After completing the cleanup and reorganization within the Fairy community, Sifreya stepped completely into the public eye, filling the gap left by Elfino’s execution.

Now, the position of Governor of the Valley of Flames is held by this officially designated Fairy Queen. Her breakthrough to becoming a Legend is only a matter of time.

Interestingly, this appointment was issued by Holy Dragon Noah rather than the King of the Atlas Kingdom.

This was a textbook case of overstepping, an unforgivable act in any monarchical state, an affront to the Royal Authority.

However, neither the usurper nor the one being usurped cared, nor did the ordinary citizens, who took it as a matter of course; no one saw anything amiss.

Even though the Valley of Flames and its three-hundred-mile surrounding land were previously directly governed by the Royal Family, now with just a change of the Governor, the ownership of this land was altered.

In other monarchies, such an event would stir great waves, but in the Atlas Kingdom, it did not even cause a ripple. Noah’s subordinates and even Uranos’s ministers took it as routine.

Even when hearing the news, they pretended not to see it. Criticisms were nonexistent; who wasn’t aware that the Holy Dragon and the Augustus family were as one? Territorial sovereign changes were merely a transfer from one hand to the other.

Therefore, this appointment did not cause any commotion. The only one truly hurt was a Dragon Guard Leader who had already lost her name.

Once upon a time, she believed she was irreplaceable, that her position was unshakeable. But Sifreya’s single strike shattered all her pride, and now that the other had replaced her as the Governor of the Valley of Flames, doing well in her stead only deepened her despair.

Her presence or absence seemed to make no difference; the other not only fulfilled all her duties but did so even better, which was the most discouraging part.

"The Silver Cross Commerce?"