Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire
Chapter 91: The Collapsing Fairies

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: The Collapsing Fairies

"Oh dear, there’s no other way, you’ll all have to bear with it!"

Noah truly didn’t expect that when he brought fairies back from the Duke Mansion, his foster mother didn’t stop him. He thought she was magnanimous, but it turns out she was waiting for him here.

Setting up multiple golem production lines and maintaining their operation was the task entrusted to the Golden Dragon by the Duchess.

But what choice did the Golden Dragon have, naturally, he delegated it to the fairies under his command. There’s no way he’d personally get involved in such work; it’s too hard and tiring, and he’s not willing to suffer such a fate.

Since the Golden Dragon refuses to suffer, the fairies have to take the brunt.

Besides, even if he was willing, he couldn’t handle so much. After all, he’s just a juvenile dragon. Even if he exhausted himself, he couldn’t set up a single production line, let alone maintain its operation.

Thus, the fairies, freed from the tedious bureaucratic paperwork, once again threw themselves into the intense and heavy construction of the golem production line, with less than a month’s break in between, under the Golden Dragon’s call.

Nowadays, the fairies have only two choices: either enter the Duke Mansion and engage in administrative work or stay by the Golden Dragon’s side, working on site, on the production line.

"Once the Mage City construction is complete, we’ll be at ease."

Noah, feeling a bit awkward, could only comfort the fairies like this, as for letting them return to their leisurely pastoral lifestyle, that was not part of the plan at all.

To be frank, the evolved Great Fairies are particularly suited for the assembly and maintenance work of golems. They have a talent in it, being extremely sensitive to magic power, making them highly compatible with this type of work.

Therefore, amidst the meticulous preparation, a production line for rock golems was quickly set up, primarily because the foster mother was exceedingly generous with money, and with money in place, the assembly materials naturally followed suit.

Moreover, with the Great Fairies working around the clock in three shifts, the work progress advanced swiftly.

Of course, Noah was not idle either, with the Golden Dragon handling the centralized command and scheduling.

Once the golem production line components were completed, the next step was naturally the operation test. When the first rock golem came off the assembly line, installed with a power core and started moving, the fairies couldn’t help but cheer.

However, this joyful sound disappeared in a very short time because the Extreme Intent Mage Selena, who was in charge of planning the production line, appeared.

This made many Great Fairies realize that their hard days might just be beginning, with heavier work awaiting them. With this thought, the fairies’ eyesight inevitably dimmed.

"This production line can officially operate now!"

Noah stepped forward to speak with his foster mother, also quite satisfied as he looked at the three-meter-tall rock golem.

Although it’s not refined, with many parts done rather crudely, not as intricately crafted as the golems sculpted by mages, this can be mass-produced, and that’s what really matters.

A mage capable of independently creating golems is extremely rare, requiring deep research in fields like alchemy, rune studies, and magic guide dynamics. But it’s different with a production line; even newly initiated mage apprentices can participate.

"Mmm, not bad. I’ve already instructed the Lord Mansion to draft a recruitment notice. Some wild mages have already come to apply. In the future, most of the work on this production line can be assigned to these mages.

Fairies only need to teach these mages how to operate; they no longer need to engage in such low-technical tasks, which wastes their magic perception talent."

Upon hearing these words, the Great Fairies, whose eyes had dimmed like dust-covered gemstones, immediately brightened up, but before the smiles on their faces could fully unfold, they heard the Duchess, comparable to a hellish demon, continue,

"Great Fairies need to learn from me how to make power cores for golems, and Little Fairies must attend classes to study magic guide dynamics and rune engineering.

Rock golems, being low-level golems, are fine temporarily but for long-term use, at the very least they should be steel golems; only these can carry out the most onerous tasks."

"Oh oh, alright, no problem."

Noah was taken aback but hastily agreed on behalf of the fairies.

"You too."

Selena glanced at the Golden Dragon and said calmly.

"Ah, do I have to attend classes too?"

"Of course, I will only go through all the course content once, and you must remember it all, then you’ll teach it to the fairies who join later."

Noah was stunned.

"You’re a juvenile dragon now, time to take on some responsibilities. Your infancy is over."

Thus, the leisurely and beautiful pastoral times came to an end and became memories for the Golden Dragon to reminisce, as he could never return.

However, although he attended classes with the fairies, Noah did not suffer from the fairies’ pain of not understanding. No matter how advanced Selena’s teachings were, even those briefly mentioned, he quickly memorized and understood them.

In such circumstances, learning became not a torment but a satisfaction for Noah as he grew more fulfilled.

In contrast to Noah’s enjoyment, the fairies felt completely different during the lessons.

If all the content heard in class was incomprehensible knowledge, then every minute in the classroom was torture, especially when after learning they had to perform offline practical operations, leaving the fairies dumbfounded.

The majority of fairies had such reactions, even for those who could be called geniuses among geniuses, the knowledge taught by the talented Selena set too high a threshold to absorb.

Fortunately, Noah could empathize with the fairies’ discomfort and pain, able to teach them hands-on, repeatedly explaining the confusing points—because if he didn’t manage to teach them, he’d have to do it himself, making Noah very patient.

Even so, it was a very exhausting process because some knowledge simply requires ample comprehension; if you don’t get it, no matter how much you’re taught, you still won’t get it.

Therefore, ultimately, Noah could only conduct selection through exams, identifying which courses fairies were good at and arranging tasks based on their specialties.

Under such conditions, the steel golem production line began to be assembled with much difficulty, its challenge increasing several times over compared to rock golems.

During this process, Noah gradually mastered a wealth of knowledge related to golems, deepening his understanding through practical operations. With an abundance of materials, before the production line was set up, he practiced and manually crafted a steel golem.

"A bit too fast!"

Noah admired his handiwork for less than three minutes before dismantling the golem himself, returning it to basic materials.