Hyper-Dimensional Player-Chapter 525 - 90: Heroes of the World as Numerous as Fish Crossing the River (Part 2)
A warlike female Barbarian, and a Half-Giant.
On her first day, she violently beat many Barbarian Warriors and even clashed with Storm Eira once. Her arrival made many Barbarians howl as if they were in mating season.
In Crete’s words, whoever conquers her would gain great glory.
A few days later, in the military camp.
Duncan gathered everyone to issue the attack orders. He looked at Hegel before him and said in a deep voice, "Hegel, Blu, Crete, and Lagasha, you will lead a fleet to blockade the Karn Island route, advancing toward the Golden Coast."
After speaking, he glanced at the others beside him and slowly said, "Ugar, Eira, Annie, and others, you will follow me to advance towards the estuary of the Dibite River."
"We must first collapse the alliance of countries on the Golden Coast."
The time has come to seek revenge on Prometheus!
Moreover, compared to the barren Storm Islands, the Furious Gods clearly pay more attention to the prosperous Golden Coast.
Using a Root World analogy, the entire Golden Coast is like an Otherworld version of the Mediterranean, with the Golden City occupying a position similar to Alexander’s port, while the Storm Islands are like the North African region, yet to be developed, with many scattered islands, more than in the Root World, analogous to the other island countries in the Mediterranean.
Duncan would seal the coastline, equivalent to cutting off most of the economic life of the Golden Coast.
This is the first secular confrontation between the Furious Gods and the gods of the Golden Coast. Only after their mortal strike forces determine a victor, can the gods decide whether to sit down for negotiations or flip the table and go to war.
When true fire is ignited, even divine spirits wield blades and slash.
In the late era of mythology, the territorial control of secular kingdoms is less important; what truly matters is who dictates faith!
"Either conquer Egypt."
"Or be driven back by the Egyptian gods."
If it were only a matter of secular fighting, Duncan reckoned he would have already swept through them without restraint. However, with divine spirits able to walk in the real world, everything becomes far more complex.
Duncan’s fleet, assembled from conquered island countries, quickly set sail.
The first step was to cut off the trade routes of the Kingdom of Gold, preventing their grain from being transported to numerous nations. Grain trade is key to maintaining the large population of the Golden Coast.
Robbing money, seizing grain.
Over in Hegel’s camp, he was more domineering, eager to prove himself, leading his forces to directly attack the city-state of Nome on the Golden Coast. This land has upper and lower divisions; there are ten states on the upper Golden Coast and six on the lower.
Their structure resembles that of ancient Greek city-states, combined to somewhat resemble ancient Greece.
The current era lacks the administrative capacity to govern a vast empire.
Facing the fierce attacks of the Barbarians, the gods of the Golden Coast finally began to retaliate. From the Dibite River to the Nepal River, from the desolate desert oasis to the flourishing Golden City, large numbers of troops started gathering towards the coastline. Although they were incapable of engaging the Barbarians at sea, they possessed an absolute advantage in troop numbers on land.
Without doubt, the Egyptian civilization’s capacity to produce soldiers is indeed vast.
All these developments.
Reminded Duncan of a mythical tale, ’The Trojan War,’ albeit without Helen and the Trojan Horse, but still summoning many heroes from two civilization systems.
Those legendary heroes began to appear successively.
Aswan Kingdom.
As Duncan cut off the trade routes of the Golden Coast, many city-states of the Golden Coast became restless.
This conflict was stirred up by Prometheus’s arrogance; not everyone was willing to fight desperately for him. Hence, as Duncan blocked the Aswan Kingdom, a group of envoys already arrived here by a small boat.
—— Elephant Lady-Ashati (Beast Worship Sect) (Divine Favored) (Legendary Hero) (Five-Star Gold)!
As Duncan’s warship approached the coastline.
In the distant view appeared a group of armored elephants, with the leading war elephant nearly six meters tall, resembling a mobile small house. Such enormous beasts left many Barbarians marveling, murmuring about the glory of slaying such giant creatures.
Their line of thought is really incomprehensible; ordinary Barbarian Warriors would likely be squashed by the giant elephants.
—— Aswan Elephant Cavalry (Mythical Troop) (Four-Star Silver Grey)!
As Duncan leapt forward from his position, the priests of the Lady of Fury chanted incantations behind him. The waves of the sea lifted Duncan’s figure, as if he were a hero from a mythical tale, standing atop the waves, carried by them toward the coastline.
The momentum must not lose.
The opponent appeared with the aura of a mythical hero, and Duncan naturally responded by appearing in a mythical hero’s fashion.
The enemy numbers were indeed vast; the natives here were exceptionally fertile.
Duncan, accompanied by a dozen Barbarians, showing no trace of fear in his expression, marched forward towards the military array, where thousands awaited in full formation. At the forefront, there were dozens of giant elephant cavalry, whose steps caused the ground to tremble slightly.
If facing an ordinary army, just one giant elephant cavalry could easily rout a thousand.
Elephant Lady-Ashati.
One of the Legendary Heroes of the Golden Coast, she was said to be a mortal favored by the Elephant Goddess. During her active time, a group of giant elephants wreaked havoc in the southwest of the Golden Coast, destroying fields and estates, toppling river banks, nearby city-states repeatedly dispatched armies but failed to drive them off. Many notable figures were defeated by them.
