Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 961: Chapter 17: Trading Pieces! Open and Hidden Confrontation!

Feichy-Silver Tongue watched as Blood Mark Priest-Velaris departed.

After the figure disappeared, a whisper came from beside the cunningly smiling old man, and an apparition like a ghost emerged, saying, "It seems the Torture Church has mobilized completely."

Feichy-Silver Tongue immediately looked shocked and respectfully turned around, saying, "Master."

A shadow soul controlled by a Lich.

The other party’s power is very strong, almost to the point where, among mortals, there are few qualified to be his opponents, excluding the Divine Spirits.

The head of the Red Robe Mages, future Supreme Regent of Tore (Sel), Sarzastan.

His profession includes a level 10 Necromancer/level 10 Red Robe Mage/level 2 Archmage/level 7 Legendary Lich (Seven-star Gold), chief of the Necromancy School, possessing Nether relics like the Death Moon Orb and Saqoshir’s Throne (Divine Artifacts).

This shadow soul gazed at the departing back of the Blood Mark Priest with a hint of sarcasm, saying, "Let them have their fun for now."

"The lady won’t intervene so easily."

After speaking, the shadow soul slowly faded away, instructing before leaving, "Don’t let this chaos end too easily."

Feichy-Silver Tongue respectfully bowed his head and said, "Yes, Master."

The Red Robe Mages’ forces wish to expand westward, and someone must step down. This kind of dog-eat-dog scenario is what Liches love the most; they don’t need to act personally. Once there’s a power vacuum, they can continuously infiltrate.

However, due to the presence of the Dragon Worship Sect and the Dragon Lich, the chief of the Necromancy School must act very cautiously. After all, True Gods are unreasonably strong, and they are not opponents of True Gods, while the Dragon Worship Sect loves to provoke True Gods.

Moreover, one of his enemies, Visharan (later raised as the God of Liches by the Lord of Storms after years), is also making moves.

This is a turbulent era where ambitious individuals yearn to usurp the power of Divine Spirits.

In the year 1359 of the Vale, the "Year of the Snake," after the Tukan army breached the Dragon Wall, Sarzastan and various sect leaders forcibly teleported Great Khan Yamen and General Chana to a meeting, using illusions to show them the fruits of defeat. Subsequently, a Tukan-Xel alliance was formed, directing their armies towards Rashaman.

Xel and Tukan launched a two-pronged attack, and Tukan cavalry swept across Rashaman. To repay allies, Sarzastan used spells to tear apart Lake of Tears, advancing the army westward until in the "Year of the Tower" 1360 of the Vale, they were blocked by Yasan IV’s coalition at Cormyr.

(Note: The Purple Dragon Knight Order was established single-handedly by Yasan IV, an epic figure among mortals.)

The stronghold of the Red Robe Mages, Xel, faced the ’Eastern Cavalry,’ a formidable group of nomads.

Tukan is the "Grassland Overlord" of the eastern expanse of the Feyrun Continent, possessing exceptional riding skills and archery comparable to elves, worshippers of the Horse God and the Spirit of the Grassland (embodied by the All Spirits Faith), currently led by Great Khan-Yamen (also translated as Yamon).

If it weren’t for the harassment by these Mongolian-like grassland cavalry, the Red Robe Mages of Xel certainly wouldn’t have been confining themselves to one place, and expanding eastward would be inevitable.

A fun fact, the Tukan people (Eastern nomads) refer to the people of Feyrun as "softshell shrimp."

Their catchphrase is: "The winds of the grassland will take away all troubles — except for the debts owed to us!" (The Tukan people are relentless with debts!)

Under the banner of the Spirit of the Grassland, the Tukan people are fearless.

[Note 1: The Feyrun version of the Mongol invasion.]

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Joyful Cathedral.

After the Mother of Great Bliss bowed and submitted to Duncan, he immediately took control of the entire combat force of the Joyful Church.

In the crowd, the clown’s eyes reddened slightly upon seeing Duncan’s heroic and upright figure walk in. He immediately bowed to indicate, while the shadow dancer-Kevin also bowed in greeting. Seeing their actions, other members of the Crimson Performers all expressed respect to this man.

Only those truly led by Duncan understand how strong his abilities are; by comparison, the Master of Revels just leads them to their deaths.

If they weren’t continually led to their deaths, they wouldn’t have lost so miserably, too.

"Gather the manpower immediately."

Duncan didn’t hesitate, nodding slightly to the clown in front of him, and immediately ordered, "The Hand of the Holy Coin has moved, and now the Joyful Church and the Wealth Church are acting in concert."

"Make sure to completely eradicate the enemy’s pawns in Xelgent."

After speaking, Duncan’s gaze swept past the elaborately made-up Mother of Great Bliss nearby, saying solemnly, "Clown, take people immediately to meet the Master of Revels, Kovor."

"The enemy may not easily give up."

"If he gets into trouble at this time, it will be a huge blow to the church’s morale!"

Hearing Duncan’s words, everyone present, including the Mother of Great Bliss, was surprised. No one expected Duncan to still spare a thought for the Master of Revels at this time.

The Mother of Great Bliss was very dissatisfied with this person right now. If it weren’t for him leading them into disaster, her situation wouldn’t have been so passive.

She blamed some of her wrongs on the Master of Revels.

The clown did not hesitate at all, immediately taking the order and leaving, saying, "Yes."

The Master of Revels, leading the Crimson Performers, was ambushed by the Torture Church and the Poison Plague Church. He was poisoned by the plague’s deadly toxins, and in the end, sought help from allies who mastered the ’Healing’ domain to escape calamity.

Duncan turned to look at the Mother of Great Bliss before him, unceremoniously saying, "Grand Priestess, hold the center and stabilize morale."

"Adapt to changes without changing."

"As long as the Grand Priestess can hold the rear, we can engage the enemy calmly."

In a word, don’t make a mess.

At a critical moment when you’re called out, you should achieve results, at least performing to the level expected of a Divine Chosen.

Once the Mother of Great Bliss appears, the enemy is very likely to mobilize completely. At that point, it won’t just be a matter of one or two Divine Favored; the situation will exceed Duncan’s control.

He needs to first accumulate some advantage for himself.

After arranging all this, Duncan immediately led the rest of the Crimson Performers away, as the Wealth Church also immediately took action. Under the command of the two leaders, the massive force of the Wealth Church, hidden underwater, operated frantically, and a large amount of information was sent to him through various channels.

Holding two armed contingents of the Divine Church, Duncan finally has the qualification to influence the board.

But before that, the ’blood sacrifice’ of the Master of Revels must be conducted.

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