Chapter 61 People without Qualifications

Author: Crowtopia

Chapter 61 People without Qualifications

A person's life is made up of choices.

Perhaps just a small choice will cause the growth trajectory to tilt a little, and then continue to grow in one direction.

Like an unpruned sapling.

Greg couldn't remember why he became like this.

It may be that he gave up in a sword fight when he was young, it may be that he failed during a hunt, or he didn't have the courage to crush a spider when he saw it.

When he was still young, the slight sting of that small failure, and the vague ridicule of those around him, stirred up his dignity.

And when someone laughs at him, he only needs to stare back at the person, and the person who dares to laugh at him will be covered and pulled up to apologize.

Whenever Greg realizes his own weakness, his status as a famous family can help him solve the ensuing humiliation.

Rather than working hard to develop one's own strength, being a member of the golden clan can solve problems more quickly and conveniently.

Greg thought that maybe this was the reason why he was weak.

But it's also possible that it's simply because his bloodline is impure.

Greg is proud of his gold status, but he is also humiliated because his strength does not match the gold name.

For a long time, Greg believed that he was not to blame for his weakness.

That must be due to the purity of the bloodline.

Whether it was the blood of his ancestor King Godfrey or the divine blood of Queen Malika, they were already quite thin by his generation.

Therefore, the decline of demigods is also inevitable.

The people who served Greg comforted him in this way.

Greg also readily accepted this theory.

He believes that his weakness is not because of his cowardice, but because of his thin bloodline.

Blood cannot be replenished by hard work. Just like those who serve themselves, no matter how hard they work, they are still slaves.

The ancestors of the golden clan are indeed inferior to each other from generation to generation, but even so, gold is still gold.

Greg used this reason to comfort himself and lived a life of intoxication and dreams.

Until he saw Ratan and Rakad.

There is a strict classification of status in the border areas. Border tributaries are not as good as ordinary golden people, and civilians are not as good as knights.

Only knights who have made outstanding military exploits can be awarded the title of hero.

And even a hero is still far away from the king.

The origin of gold is the combination of kings and gods. That is the most supreme bloodline in the border area. In theory, they are all born kings.

Even if the bloodline is diluted, it is the diluted bloodline of kings and gods, and it is still much more noble than ordinary famous families.

In Greg's eyes, Latarn was nothing.

Latan, Rakad, and Lani, these relatives brought by the second generation King of Elden, Lada Gang, are nothing but a combination of heroes.

Radagan and Man Yue are both just heroes. At most, Man Yue can be regarded as a queen.

The union of a hero and a king, even the first generation of children, will not be nobler than the last generation of a god and a king.

At least that's what Greg thought.

He thought the same way until Greg provoked Latarn in the ring and was beaten into the dirt.

Even if he loses, he will still say that the other party cheated.

He can't attribute it to other reasons. Even if he has been beaten to pieces, he must ignore the reality.

Otherwise, he would have been living a lie for the first half of his life.

Greg couldn't understand why the lineage theory he had always comforted himself with failed.

Why are the last descendants of gods and kings inferior to the children of heroes?

He doesn't want to accept this result, he can't accept this result.

If he accepts it, it means admitting that his weakness is not due to his bloodline.

But no one cared about his thoughts or his inner struggles.

The greatest contempt is ignorance.

Even when Rattan slapped him to the ground, it was Godwin he was looking at, not him, Greg.

In order to save his dignity, Greg knew to find other reasons.

Greg always believed that Latarn became a general and Rakad became a judicial officer, not because of their strength, but because they had a good father.

Greg also believed that no matter how arrogant these relatives were, even if the late King Godfrey had become a faded person and left the border area, the remaining power of the Golden Clan would still remain, and the position of crown prince of the Golden Tree Dynasty would still belong to Godwin, the strongest demigod.

The descendant of King Furei.

Greg felt deeply proud of the power of Golden Godwin.

Even if this power has nothing to do with him.

When Greg inherited the Great Rune, through a ritual, he could gain strength by having his limbs reattached.

Greg never felt that the limb grafting ceremony was so embarrassing, or he couldn't let himself feel that way.

He is of the golden clan and has inherited the runes of the center of gravity. He is the orthodoxy of the border area.

Therefore, harvesting strength by appending limbs is like imposing taxes, which is reasonable and legal.

This is a necessary sacrifice to inherit orthodoxy.

Bloodline once again became his placebo, giving him a reason to justify all his actions.

The more intense the criticism from the outside world, the more paranoid he becomes - only paranoia can make him feel better.

Greg ignored the criticism of himself, indulged in the feeling of becoming stronger, and longed for the approval of his ancestors.

He knew that his ancestors had long gone away, the golden clan had declined and withered, and no elders would judge him anymore.

Therefore, Greg can safely look forward to the evaluation of his elders and fantasize about the approval of his ancestors.

Greg even deceived himself. He really no longer felt there was any problem with the limb replacement and was proud of his strong strength.

Whenever he feels threatened by a powerful enemy, the fear that his lies will be exposed will make him stressed.

Therefore, he wants to hunt down warriors, attack powerful faded ones, eliminate all enemies that may threaten him, and then absorb the enemy's power into himself.

He was struggling to maintain this false sense of security.

Until Dujuan attacked the city and Ge Fulei arrived.

He was overjoyed to see his ancestors. He saw the most prestigious king in the border area, his most admired ancestors, and the hope for the revival of the Golden Clan.

Then he heard his most admired ancestor say:

"You are too weak... You have lost all the dignity of the Golden Clan..."

For a long time, Greg has found various excuses to avoid that fact, and every time he has to face that reality, he will add another patch.

Latarn was a despicable and deceptive guy, so he lost, and he was crushed by the Valkyrie because the other party's bloodline was nobler.

Even if he escapes from the royal city and can only dominate the borderlands, he is still "Golden" Greg, and his ancestor is the greatest king.

Without strength, he only had the hope that his ancestors were strong.

The mind shrinks into darker and darker corners, and the walls that defend the mind become stronger and stronger.

Just like the persecuted pagans, the more they are ostracized and ridiculed, the more united and pious they become.

When such a strong heart was suddenly shattered, when the only comfort disappeared as the wound was opened, and when he was personally denied by the ancestors he admired, Greg collapsed.

At first, Greg was just stunned.

He didn't respond for a long time, and it took a long time to confirm that the ancestor was really Godfrey, and what he said really meant what he said.

Greg wanted to cry, but the men in the city were still watching, so he couldn't cry.

He is the monarch, the "golden" Greg, and he cannot be silent and miserable like a child.

Greg hid in his room silently, sealed the door, and saw no one.

He was locked up like this for three days.

The war in Stone City has been put out, and reconstruction work is in full swing.

The return of Godfrey diluted the soldiers' resentment towards Greg, and even the ugly Greg became less annoying because of his bloodline.

People believe that King Gefulei will take back his throne, and Gerik is a golden clan after all. Sooner or later, these Gerik soldiers will get the order and return to the royal city.

So some officials began to care about Greg.
To be continued...