Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 988: Chapter 26: Show of Strength!

"Send out all the wanderers!"

The whole team quickly set up camp in a shady valley.

In the afternoon.

Over a hundred elite cavalry reached the crossroads, led by Prince Yasang. He greeted Duncan with enthusiasm, his expression showing a hint of gratitude.

Of course, Duncan wouldn’t start by slaying a dragon; asking others to risk their lives requires step-by-step groundwork.

First, sacrifice two beastman warlords to raise the flag!

It would also serve to prove their strength.

Adam stepped forward to greet as well, his relationship with Prince Yasang was both cooperative and competitive, having ambitions of his own while needing the support of the Comer Kingdom.

Duncan wasn’t interested in the scheming among these local powers.

He’s the superior, the Gold Lord.

As the wanderers sent out gradually returned, Duncan looked up at the sky and nodded slightly towards Sharella next to him.

The purpose of fighting here was also to expand the influence of the Wealth Church and the trade along the Golden Road.

Once it’s opened up, there’ll be a constant flow of wealth.

All that money would eventually be under Duncan’s control.

In the next moment.

Sharella began to kneel and pray, holding a pure gold holy emblem, and summoned a pale golden celestial horse from a torn teleportation portal.

—Celestial Horse (Otherworld Creature) (Four-Star Whiteboard).

Duncan stood in place, spreading his arms, while the attendants of the Pleasure Church immediately started to armor him. It was a set of legendary armor called ’Oath of Holy Gold,’ taken from the Wealth Church’s treasury, forged by the church’s Archbishop with "Starfall Gold," and inscribed with the proverbs of the Wealth Bible inside.

Of course, Duncan didn’t own it; he only had the right to use it.

Sharella voluntarily stepped forward to help Duncan wear the ’Golden Hand,’ a pair of pure gold +5 strength arm guards, which allowed Duncan to easily achieve ’Titan’s Grip.’

Amidst the crowd’s attention, Duncan slowly lowered his visor.

Sharella also took out a scroll and a scepter forged from pure gold. They were the church’s holy relics, the ’Scroll of Financial Sovereignty Contract’ and the ’Golden Seal Law Command Scepter,’ equivalent to legendary equipment for adventurers that could unleash Law Command True Words.

Duncan tightened his grip on the Holy Seal Lance, strapping the recently acquired Flame Demon Legendary Greatsword ’Beheader’ to his back, then looked at Prince Yasang and Adam beside him, and said in a deep voice, "It’s time to set off."

His figure led the charge.

Behind Duncan, Prince Yasang and Adam hesitated for a moment but quickly mounted their horses to follow, and behind them, about five hundred elite troops quickly assembled, with more than half being elite cavalry.

North of the Enooak Desert.

A standard beastman fortress stronghold.

Ever since the beastman door opened, Ferren faced the largest scale of foreign species invasion, and although the Neser Empire heavily damaged the beastman army, after the fall of many floating cities from the empire’s destruction, beastmen became increasingly active.

The Comer Kingdom has suffered beastman invasions for many years.

Prince Yasang was familiar with those beastmen born with extraordinary power, so upon learning Duncan’s tactical intention to directly launch a frontal assault, his expression showed a hint of hesitation.

They could certainly fight, but the casualties would likely be significant.

Adam beside him wore a more serious expression; he was worried Duncan would let his troops lead the charge. Tivanton did not have enough manpower and it wasn’t worth wasting living forces on a beastman stronghold.

But the facts proved he was overthinking.

"Golden Legion!"

"Follow me!"

Amidst the thunderous hooves, Duncan led thirty-two riders in a direct charge. After the accompanying priests finished casting divine techniques, Duncan himself took the lead, swinging his lance to lift the barricade outside the beastman fortress.

Prince Yasang was taken aback at the sight, hastily ordering the Purple Dragon Knight Order to charge.

This is the Gold Lord!

Duncan absolutely couldn’t have an accident here; otherwise, the aid Comer Kingdom secured would be wasted.

Adam also hurried to keep up, as he needed the support of the Wealth Church more.

But what happened next was entirely different from what they anticipated. Under the shocked gazes of everyone, Duncan led scores of Golden Legion knights like a hammer smashing down, seemingly overwhelming the beastman troops before them as a dozen beastman goblins were sent flying upon the sweeping of Duncan’s lance, with a flash of blood accompanying.

A standard beastman stronghold typically houses a population of thousands, centered around hundreds of beastmen and supplemented by goblins, gnolls, giants, etc.

Usually, such beastman fortresses have a warlord, most likely a legendary warrior.

Beastmen are born for battle.

In their race, mid to high-tier warriors are cheap, surviving guarantees promotion, and legends are commonplace.

Boom!

Dozens of heavy cavalry charged like runaway bulldozers, and Sharella hurriedly cast a healing spiritual energy, but it was too late to catch up. When Prince Yasang led the Purple Dragon Knight Order to accelerate their charge, Duncan already urged the reins as the celestial horse vaulted over the fence and rushed into the rudimentary beastman stronghold.

Flesh flew!

The beastman warriors who had just gathered at the sound of war drums were overrun by Duncan’s Golden Legion knights in the blink of an eye. From a distance, a towering two-meter-tall beastman warrior clad in half armor appeared, and Duncan immediately reared his lance; the celestial horse neighed once and initiated a lance charge from over a hundred meters away.

—Blood Skull Clan-Bonebreaker-Gorke (Warlord) (Five-Star Silver Gray)!

This extremely fierce and wild beastman warrior fixed his gaze on Duncan ahead, letting out a roar like frenzy and picking up a heavy great axe beside him. Facing Duncan’s lance charge, he showed no fear; true beastmen would never retreat at this moment, and he was confident in his combat skills.

Warhorses galloped.

A majestic golden figure cut across the battlefield like a meteor rushing towards the beastman warlord before him.

"Not good!" Prince Yasang’s face changed slightly.

Even from the rear of the battlefield, Sharella Tebron held her breath nervously; warrior duels with beastman warlords were rare in Ferren, as the difference in sheer strength was something most human warriors couldn’t match.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

As the figures of two individuals crossed paths, a lance pierced through Bonebreaker Gorke’s chest, and the celestial horse let out a resonant neigh, seemingly thrilled. Duncan’s figure soared up, the Flame Demon Greatsword in his hand executing a Great Tornado Slash, severing the enemy’s head.

Blood gushed fiercely!

Duncan’s formidable golden figure stood in the sunset, drenched in the blood of the beastman legend, expressionless as he lifted the opponent’s fierce head.

Not far behind him, the knights of the Golden Legion let out fervent battle cries.

They completely overwhelmed the enemy several times their size in one fell swoop!

Too brutal.

Sharella Tebron’s delicate body trembled slightly, her eyes sparkling as she gazed upon that heroic figure. It wasn’t until then that Prince Arthur’s Purple Dragon Knight Order charged inside the beastman stronghold.

The Ferren realm is known for small-scale legion battles, making Duncan’s difficulty in taking generals and seizing flags drop sharply.

Battles here typically involved one or two thousand troops, and he even dared to face mages directly.

Further away.

A bronze dragon’s figure gradually faded; since she accepted the gift, she had to look after the Gold Lord, though it was obvious not needing her assistance at this moment.

Spending Wealth Church money to forge one’s own connections.

Duncan’s reputation is now vast.

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