Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand years have passed.
The Augustus family has prospered and thrived. However, the descendants of those old comrades who once followed the elder Augustus to conquer the world do not fare well.
This is also the common sentiment of people.
In the common knowledge of the Mechanical Empire, any emerging noble wanting to grow stronger inevitably bleeds the surrounding subordinate forces.
After the first generation leaders of each of their families either entered frozen slumber or died of old age, the successors no longer shared the camaraderie through hardships, and the targets of leeching naturally fell upon those who were once their own people.
