novelraw Chapter 258 - 20: For the Emperor! Charge
Chapter 258 - 20: For the Emperor! Charge
And so, the people of the Northern Territory knew full well that continuing to resist was a futile waste of their precious time and lives.
It was utterly pointless.
However, a small number of cities chose to carry on the legacy of the Duke of the Northern Territory, insisting on opposing Qin Feng’s Divine Chosen Army.
And Qin Feng didn’t indulge them in the slightest.
He simply followed standard military procedure.
Arthas led the Undead Army in a frontal assault while the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry executed coordinated Beheading Operations. Siege Vehicles controlled by Crimson Flame and the Minotaurs were responsible for breaching the city gates, and the remaining Forest Sub-humans and the Demon Beast army handled the final mop-up.
Of course, these defiant cities already lacked sufficient combatants, to say nothing of elite soldiers and Heroic Units capable of fighting Extraordinary Creatures.
As a result, their resistance became a complete farce. They couldn’t even hold back the Undead Legion, which was considered mere cannon fodder, and their defenses crumbled in an instant.
Once these fringe cities of the Northern Territory—which hardly even posed a challenge—were all pacified, Qin Feng’s Divine Chosen Army continued its advance, marching straight into the Central Zone of the empire’s northern frontier.
And this area...
...happened to be the main foothold of the Lord Players.
Divine Chosen Lords like Xiaocao and Oreo, who had long since pledged their allegiance to the Holy Empire via correspondence, ordered the Northern Territory cities they occupied to throw open their gates and respectfully welcome "His Majesty Tingfeng," the Holy Emperor, for a personal inspection.
Unfortunately...
...the Lord Players were still a bit too weak.
As a result, they had been unable to conquer the core cities and fortresses in the empire’s Northern Territory.
So, Qin Feng had no choice but to take matters into his own hands, leading the Divine Chosen Army to conquer the major cities and fortresses in the Northern Territory that still refused to surrender.
But before that, he had to dispatch the newly incorporated Northern Territory soldiers and heroes to the various cities. Using the insight from his Village Management Talent, he needed to quickly raise the morale and Loyalty of the cities that had already surrendered and purge any hidden hostiles.
This would...
...effectively prevent potential problems like rebellions and the formation of a resistance.
Qin Feng’s move left the Lord Players in the Northern Territory completely dumbfounded, and a wave of discussion instantly erupted.
Xiaocao was the first to speak, stunned, firing off a series of questions:
"No way!"
"What’s going on?"
"Lord Tingfeng can actually turn Native Soldiers into Divine Chosen Soldiers?"
"There’s a Lord Talent like that?"
Oreo explained,
"They exist."
"Yeah, man, they exist."
"Before my Rebirth, I knew a super high-level player who had the ability to turn Native Creatures into Divine Chosen Soldiers."
"According to him,"
"The activation requirements for these Transformation Talents vary."
"And the types of Native Creatures they work on differ wildly."
"For example, some Lord Players can use gold to recruit human natives as Divine Chosen Soldiers, while others can only use gold to recruit dwarf natives. Then there are some who have to grind their affinity and Loyalty to a certain level before they can turn Heroic Units and Native Creatures into Divine Chosen Heroes..."
Meng Mengyue couldn’t help but sigh in admiration,
"That’s so powerful!"
"Hey, Oreo!"
"Do you have any idea what the effect of Lord Tingfeng’s Talent is?"
Oreo thought for a moment before answering,
"Hard to say."
"I’ve observed Lord Tingfeng’s Divine Chosen Team before."
"They’re always a mix of various Soldier Types."
"If I had to guess,"
"His Transformation Ability is most likely a top-tier Lord Talent that works on many different kinds of Native Creatures."
"But it doesn’t include the Undead Race."
"Because the Undead Soldiers on his team are all direct subordinates of the Native Creature, Arthas. They aren’t his personal Divine Chosen Soldiers."
"However,"
"even so,"
"Lord Tingfeng’s power is still absolutely insane."
"No wonder he dared to tackle the highest difficulty of the ’King’s War Event’—building his own player nation—and compete with those Native Powers that possess Destiny Heroes for the title of Heaven’s Chosen Ruler."
Hearing this, a Lord Player named Want to hold Sister Yu and sleep every day suddenly popped up and interjected,
"I’m new here."
"I don’t really get it."
"I want to ask something, hope it’s not a dumb question."
"Please don’t get mad at me, everyone."
After a pause, Want to hold Sister Yu and sleep every day continued,
"Weren’t there a bunch of Evil God Players causing trouble everywhere before?"
"Lord Tingfeng is so powerful... could he be one of the Evil God Players?"
He cleared his throat and quickly added,
"COUGH, COUGH."
"Just to be clear,"
"I’m not trying to label Lord Tingfeng or anything."
"I’m just curious."
"How do you guys even identify Evil God Players?"
"And how can you be sure Lord Tingfeng is a regular player from a normal faction like us, and not some cheater who got strong super fast with a Blessing of the Evil God?"
Oreo explained,
"It’s simple."
"Evil God Players don’t appear on the event leaderboards."
"Their power grows too fast. If they could also get on the leaderboards, it would not only expose their identities, but they’d also be stealing the Event Rewards that are meant for regular players like us."
"Just look at Lord Tingfeng’s stellar performance in the ’Strongest Lord’ event."
"He was number one every single day."
"There’s no way he’s an Evil God Player."
Hafke Sniper Soldier interjected,
"That’s not right."
"Let me correct you on that."
"Sleeper players who have received a Blessing of the Evil God but haven’t transformed yet can still participate in Lord Events normally. They can get a personal ranking and receive the corresponding rewards."
"Judging whether someone is an Evil God Player based on event leaderboards alone..."
"...isn’t reliable."
"The best way is to look at the Void Gate and the Void Tide."
"As the first Void Gate Jinchuriki to fight the Void Tide, Lord Tingfeng has to be a Lord Player from a regular faction. Only they are qualified to seal a Void Gate."
"On the other hand, regular Evil God Players, and even sleeper players who’ve received the blessing but haven’t transformed..."
"...none of them are qualified to seal a Void Gate."
"They can only *unseal* them."
Hearing this, Oreo rubbed his nose in embarrassment, then broke into a relieved smile,
"Oh?"
"So that’s how it’s determined?"
"You learn something new every day!"
No Money Great Treasure Sword exclaimed loudly,
"What are you all mumbling about?"
"Haven’t you seen? Lord Tingfeng’s Divine Chosen Army is already on the move to take down the toughest capital city in the Northern Territory!"
"I’m going all-in with my entire army!"
"I’m gonna follow him and rake in the rewards!"
"Time to rack up some insane points!"
Xiaocao instantly grew excited,
"Oh?"
"He’s leaving already?"
"Holy crap! Send the coordinates! Bro! I’m joining in! For the Emperor! Charge!"
Oreo couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement,
"Damn..."
"That slogan... actually sounds pretty cool."
No Money Great Treasure Sword chimed in,
"Totally!"
"Lord Tingfeng calls himself the Emperor of the Holy Empire!"
"We fight for the Emperor!"
"Makes perfect sense!"
Meng Mengyue chimed in as well,
"For the Emperor, then!"
"Charge!"
With these chat channel regulars taking the lead, more and more people joined in. The channel quickly flooded with a rising tide of excited shouts: "For the Emperor! Charge!"
Several players from the Hafke Alliance spoke up together:
"Too bad."
"We aren’t Traitorous Ninjas from the Kingdom of Ventecenia yet."
"So we’ll sit this one out."
Ya Chongtian asked excitedly,
"For real?"
"This has to be the first player-built nation that can actually dominate Native Creatures!"
"So, if we can help Lord Tingfeng win the King’s War Event and pull off this unprecedented feat, we’ll probably go down in the history books for all Lord Players!"
"At a time like this, you guys in the Hafke Alliance can actually hold back from becoming Traitorous Ninjas of Ventecenia and joining the party?"
"I, for one, am all ready to defect!"
"A chance to be immortalized in history!"
"And that moment is now!"
Hearing this, mad madam suddenly appeared and said to everyone,
"Let’s not be hasty."
"Let’s at least see how the first fight goes."
"Don’t forget, for Lord Players like us who have already sworn fealty to a Native Power, breaking our oath means we can’t pledge allegiance to any other faction for three months."
"An action like that would seriously slow down our own progression..."