Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 193 - 144 Noah, Everything is Up to You_2

But it’s not enough. To maintain their deterrence, Legends must make public appearances at regular intervals. If they stay out of sight for too long, they will be presumed missing or in trouble.

At that point, the Augustus family would face an extremely bleak situation. Therefore, what Noah can do now is,

"Maintain the status quo and summon Tidel!"

The young man summoned by Noah entered Mage City with a carefree demeanor, unaware of the gravity of the situation until Noah laid out the predicament he was about to face.

"How could things turn out this way?"

The youth, shocked by the terrible news, remained stunned for a long time, ultimately mumbling to himself, struggling to accept the reality. Learning suddenly that both of his parents were in trouble would be hard to accept for anyone, even a well-experienced middle-aged person.

"Okay, stop being sentimental. You don’t have the choice to hesitate now. You must ascend to Legend; the Augustus family needs you."

Noah didn’t have the time to comfort the young man’s emotions, as he had many things to do next.

"Alright!"

Although Tidel felt deeply saddened, he also knew that this was not the time for him to grieve. He had to take up the family’s burden, preparing for the worst.

That is, if his parents cannot return, or if the worst indeed happens to them, how should he maintain the prosperity of the Augustus family in such a situation?

"I’ve prepared the half-plane for your breakthrough and promotion. Go in!"

"How many do you need?"

Upon stepping into the half-plane, Noah revealed to Tidel the five Titan Blood Crystals he was responsible for collecting and safeguarding. Though each Titan Blood Crystal varied in size, even the smallest one, Noah estimated, would be enough to push the young man before him into the Legendary Domain.

"I’ll take three!"

The young man hesitated for a moment but didn’t take them all, choosing instead one large and two small ones.

"Yes, act according to your capacity. It’s enough as long as you can break through to Legend; don’t push yourself too hard."

Noah nodded slightly. As the custodian, although Noah couldn’t absorb or utilize the Titan Blood Crystals, he had also studied what kind of overwhelming force they contained.

Although Tidel had already awakened a small amount of Titan Bloodline, absorbing and merging the blood crystals derived from his father’s body, Noah thought he might greatly suffer, bearing a pain not much less than what his foster father endured and possibly even more severe, since this wasn’t a power inherently his own.

"I understand."

Tidel nodded and then remembered something, asking,

"What’s going on with Edith..."

"I’ll handle it for you."

"Handle? You’re not planning to tell her?"

"Tell her what?"

Noah retorted, then reiterated,

"Now is the most dangerous time for the Augustus family. There’s no room for error. It’s not that I don’t trust her, but we can’t afford mistakes now. I also don’t want to test anyone. After you break through, you tell her yourself."

"Fine."

Tidel sighed helplessly.

After settling Tidel, Noah contacted the Tower Spirit,

"Gugefer!"

[What are your instructions?]

"Am I now the user with the highest authority in Mage City?"

[Yes]

"Tell me, what preparations did the Tower Master make to deal with the worst-case scenario before leaving?"

[Are you inquiring about the Fairy Queen breeding project?]

"Fairy Queen?"

Noah, who initially had a solemn expression, suddenly brightened up,

"That’s right, give me all related project materials."

Noah recalled that when he first awakened, the Dragon Fairies that evolved alongside him were all taken away by his foster mother.

However, only after half a year of playing with his foster mother, they were released. When Noah asked what they had experienced, these little ones were shy and reluctant to reminisce.

Noah didn’t pay much attention then, didn’t ask further, just felt something indescribable happened. But looking at it now, it seemed his foster mother not only toyed with them but indeed made relevant preparations for the future.

[Confirming permissions, unlocking project materials, retrieving materials for you...]

It didn’t take long for Noah to see the so-called Fairy Queen breeding plan. However, after a brief perusal, the expression of the Golden Dragon turned somewhat awkward.

"No wonder they say they trust me. Does this still require me to bleed a little?"

No one knows when foster mother Selena got the idea, perhaps upon first seeing the Dragon Fairies, that this Legendary Mage believed they were all potential Legendary seeds to become Fairy Queens.

Thus, with this as the goal, the cultivation plan commenced. A large amount of research data related to this was interspersed within. The pathways for ordinary fairies to become Fairy Queens and part of the requirements had been partially researched by Selena.

It must be admitted, the advancement conditions for Fairy Queens are extremely harsh, which is precisely why Fairy Queens are incredibly rare and nearly legendary today.

The biggest obstacle for ordinary fairies to become Fairy Queens is how to earn the favor of Natural Will. Only by being acknowledged by Natural Will can fairies, as creatures of the fae, possibly wear a crown and become Queens.

But for common fairies, this is almost impossible, so most Fairy Queens do not ascend from lesser faeries but are innately born as Queens.

Yet, there’s no absolute truth in the world. Even the humblest Little Fairy has the possibility of becoming a Queen. Unfortunately, even Selena hadn’t figured out how to easily let fairies gain the favor of Natural Will.

This isn’t something that can be achieved by daily water conservation and gardening unless one indeed, with their strength alone, recreates natural forests in desolation, changing the heavens and the earth, thereby possibly gaining the recognition of Natural Will.

The problem is, how could ordinary fairies even do such a thing? It’s not possible even if they work themselves to death.

Therefore, Selena’s solution to breaking the deadlock was leveraging the Ancestor Dragon’s bloodline power to replace Natural Will’s acknowledgment, allowing Dragon Fairies, who were not pure fae beings, to ascend to Legend.

"This is still an incomplete plan."

Noah looked over this project Selena called her contingency plan once more and couldn’t help but criticize it.

Because at the end of the project, of the many feasible plans proposed, the most likely option was extremely radical and could even be described as cruel.

Because it was a sacrificial ritual that required the Promoter to forsake their future and all potential, solely to exchange for one chance at ascension. Whether successful or not, the Promoter would essentially be ruined; even if they became Legendary, they would be the least promising Gatekeeper Legend.

However, only as the Ancestor Dragon could Noah scoff at such schemes. For many ordinary and hopeless Transcendents, this was the path to gods, a godsend.

"One Legend is not enough."

Tidel’s absorption of the Titan Blood Essence left by his father to ascend to Legend was a certainty. Noah had no doubt about it.

But Noah didn’t think Tidel could bear all his father’s power; he could only absorb a portion of it, and he knew this himself.

So, with just him, it’s not enough. A second Legend must be cultivated.

"Edith or Uranos?"

Noah seriously considered the candidate for the second Legend’s ascension. He had no choice, given that the Queen’s breeding program left by his foster mother was so ruthless, sacrificing and burning all existing potential and the future to obtain a Gatekeeper’s Legendary Power was genuinely not worth it,

"Uranos? Too young, he shouldn’t bear such pressure. The Nine Swords Master is also not mature enough. Or, spend some money? Invite an Ancient Dragon for tea?"