Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire

The invasion from the Underdark occurred when the Augustus family was completely unprepared, but the war did not break out because the distance was too far.

The human side did not need to make any extreme reactions to this, nor could they take any practical measures. The entrance to the passage connecting the Underdark was not on the map of the Augustus family.

Of course, after the night when the sky was illuminated by the fire gushing out from the depths of the earth, the location of this passage was also marked on the map.

But even so, a rough estimate shows that it is more than 300 kilometers away from the outermost front of the Augustus family's territory. At this distance, only the legendary Grand Duke can lead the pioneering knights personally. The other slightly inferior patrol knights can't even follow. It is a wild land that civilization has never set foot in.

"Is there no way to intervene?"

Noah asked.

"How to intervene? My father and mother have already taken the Knights to see it. My mother also recorded the scene, let me show you."

After becoming an adult, Teddel, who has been involved in the affairs of the territory, asked back, took out a photo stone, placed it in front of Noah, and then activated it.

A tragic scene suddenly appeared in front of Noah. The lava veins from deep underground tore the ground apart, turning it into a canyon extending nearly a hundred miles. Looking down, it looked like a long and ugly dark red scar.

The boiling lava surged at the bottom, turning into a long river of fire. Countless caves and cracks were scattered on both sides of the canyon walls. The scorching heat and slowly settling dust made the air full of poison, but there were still many lives moving.

They were creatures from the Dark Region, Deinonychus, Tunnel Worms, and many other creatures that Noah could not recognize at the moment. These underground creatures that were good at digging holes were constantly constructing complex and huge web mazes on both sides of the canyon and even in more hidden places, opening up countless entrances to the passages.

"This was a planned invasion. It must be said that the planners were very vicious. They detonated all the volcanoes created by the activities of the lava demons in the original passage, guided this terrifying energy, and opened up this long lava canyon.

Now, they sent out these large numbers of low-level monsters to dig and build tunnels frantically. It is impossible for us to clean them up one by one. These are worthless targets."

Although the distance is far enough and it seems safe, Teddel is fully aware of the long-term threats and hidden dangers brought by this narrow lava canyon.

The threats from underground are common all over the world. The underground also has an ecological environment that is no less than that of the ground, and the resources level is even better.

But compared to the wider ground, the living environment of underground creatures is extremely harsh, and the competition is particularly fierce. The weak are not qualified to survive. The most intuitive manifestation is that the aggressiveness of underground creatures is generally stronger than that of ground creatures.

They will grab and fight for all resources that can make themselves and their clans stronger, even at the cost of their lives.

"Even intelligent creatures can't be found?"

"At the bottom of the canyon, a small tribe of gray dwarves was found, but they don't know anything. They claim that they migrated here following the earthquake."

"How can it be such a coincidence? With a volcanic eruption of this scale, how could these dwarves get here unless they have iron ingots stuffed in their heads!"

"Yes, there are too many traces left there. My mother discovered a super-large magic circle and ritual that guides volcanic energy, and my father also captured two legendary auras, but if we can't find anyone, what can we do?"

Teddel spread his hands, with a helpless look on his face,

"I can't let my father stay there all the time, that place doesn't belong to the territory."

"There's really no good way."

Noah pondered for a long time and couldn't help shaking his head. Although it was an invasion from the Dark Region, they used a grand and upright conspiracy to directly detonate the volcano and blow up the entrance even bigger.

Not to mention that there is no way to defend such a narrow entrance, even if it is not blown up, it is not easy to defend, because it is far away from the territory of humanoid civilization.

This is also the most frustrating part. Although it is not even close now, anyone with a little bit of brains and a long-term vision can predict that the creatures from the underground will definitely bring disasters, and their existence is a threat.

"Now we can only prepare for war."

The young man's face was not decadent, and he was even a little excited.

"So, the family has passed a resolution to fully support me to establish the Griffin Knights and the Dragon Knights!"

"Good resolution!"

Legends are strategically significant. It is impossible to encounter any problems. They all hope to solve them with the highest combat power. Facing the creatures that will emerge from the underground in the future, establishing absolute air superiority is the best solution at present.

Since Noah's adoptive father was promoted to Legend, the Augustus family, which had already developed a bit of peace and tranquility, felt the huge threat from the underground and once again entered the long-term war preparation state of the pioneering period.

All policies and resources in the territory and the family are prepared to launch wars and guard against monster attacks that may come at any time.

The ridge farming method proposed by Noah was forcibly promoted throughout the territory. Even the vassal nobles were no longer allowed to make any excuses and had to solve the problem of shortage of agricultural tools in their jurisdiction.

If it is still unable to solve the problem, the Augustus family can intervene to help "solve it".

It is worth mentioning that the Augustus family also took back the independent taxation rights of its vassals with the toughest attitude. They were not allowed to increase or decrease taxes or increase the tax rate without authorization, and they must be consistent with the main family.

When it was implemented, there were indeed many discordant voices, but the Augustus family also showed the due majesty, and the voices within the territory became unified again.

Everything is to prepare for increasing the population of the territory. If you want to fight a protracted war with foreign races, population is the most basic premise and necessary condition.

This is only the first step. The second step is to lift the restrictions on breathing methods. A variety of basic entry-level breathing methods are printed in the third edition of the Book of Noah. Not only breathing methods, but also basic meditation methods that can become spellcasters.

The third step is to select talented people from a large number of civilian practitioners, recruit them into the Knights, and train them as reserve forces until they become qualified pioneer knights.

All these preparations and policies are to expand military power and deal with the war that will inevitably come in the future.

However, if this series of measures and policies are to be effective, it will take at least five to ten years and require long-term persistence.