Hyper-Dimensional Player-Chapter 570 - 104: Barbarian Race’s Downfall! Civilization Corrupted, Soft Knife Pierces the Heart_2
On the path to godhood, countless traps and thorns are scattered.
Duncan barely fused the laws of war and slaughter, almost falling into a pit. If he hadn’t reacted in time at that step, he would likely have turned into another War God Ares.
"Master the divine position, rather than being mastered by it."
"War is merely a tool, a means."
"Not an end."
"Once war becomes an end, it’s putting the cart before the horse."
Duncan found that the position of War God had indeed become too heavy with slaughter, yet he had to find the future’s path from it.
"If you wish to amend all of this."
"You can only focus on battle, extending concepts such as protection and courage."
"Only then can the Divine Spirit’s countenance be pulled back."
Duncan fell into a long contemplation, murmuring: "In this way, the domain extended from war, destruction, plunder, etc., I cannot touch. At most, I can bear the name of Conqueror."
"Otherwise, they will drag my Divine Spirit’s appearance into the faction of chaos and evil."
"Influencing the Human Form itself."
"The ancient Greek War God Ares, he took pleasure in war, but I absolutely cannot do this. If I enjoy pleasure from war, then future followers will use war to please me."
"It seems I need to seek a bit of Athena’s wisdom."
Unlike Athena’s military god, Duncan’s fusion of concepts is much more complex and purer, for they are the core laws of war and battle.
"Currently, there are only two directions."
"One is the god of battle, abandoning part of the war, strengthening battle, protection, and courage."
"The other is the Lord of War, becoming a concept of slaughter."
Duncan rose and walked down the temple steps.
After he completed the first step of law fusion, the mark on the Human Form changed as well, the initial Divine-like Power transformed into Ascender, but it has yet to be activated. Once activated, Duncan will transform into a demigod, or even directly become one of this world’s Divine Spirits.
Duncan’s blood-red eyes gradually faded, and the witch Gleya nervously ran up, gazing into his eyes. Seeing the clarity within them, she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Gleya softly said, "Earlier, I was very worried."
Duncan reached out to calm her emotions, slowly saying, "This touch of murderous intent is not enough to affect me, but the road of the War God is indeed harder than I imagined."
Without chopping down others, he can’t promote.
Chopping down others, he might be consumed by murderous intent, ultimately having to restrain himself while chopping down others—cutting while applying iodine, staying healthy and disinfected.
He is the King of Kings—Duncan, not the ancient Greek War God—Ares.
The side effects of war laws cannot bind him.
At this moment, Gleya seemed to think of something, hurriedly taking out an intelligence report: "Just sent from the Desert Country."
"The army of the grassland tribes was greatly defeated."
"They encountered a mythical legion called the ’Immortal Army.’
Hmm?
Duncan’s expression turned solemn upon hearing the news, reaching out to take the report and glance at it, saying in a deep voice: "Immortal Legion?"
In an instant.
He couldn’t help but think of the 300 Spartans, for Spartan King Leonidas had died at the hands of the Persian Empire’s Immortal Legion. After his defeat, he was beheaded, yet he gained precious time for many city-states in ancient Greece to unite and defeat the Persian Empire.
In the sent intelligence, this Immortal Legion seemed to be a mythical unit, heavily wounding the grassland cavalry, and even killed a tribe’s Khan.
The initial Immortal Legion was an elite force of ten thousand heavy infantry.
Subsequently, Xerxes II conducted military reforms on them, somewhat similar to Sassanid Persia, adding a large number of heavy cavalry, even including the distant East’s Elephant Army.
The united army of grassland tribes was led into an ambush, then blocked in a valley region, eventually routed by heavy cavalry and the Elephant Army, followed by the Immortal heavy infantry advancing under a rain of arrows, decisively defeating over ten thousand grassland cavalry.
These enemies are rumored to be extremely difficult to kill, and regardless of how many die in battle, upon re-deployment, they’re again in the number of ten thousand.
This means they possess excellent logistical replenishment capabilities.
"I understand."
Duncan put away the intelligence report, saying in a deep voice: "Summon the leaders of other tribes."
"It’s time to unify the grassland nations."
This defeat stopped the Eastern nomads’ offensive abruptly, and the Desert Countries are not entirely without resistance. The declining Persian Empire still holds considerable power in this world, and with the presence of gods, the Immortal Legion might genuinely have a bit of supernatural ability.
After all, those initially followed his Khan’s Personal Guard have all turned into ’Grassland Wind—Divine Favor Khan’s Personal Guard’ due to All-Spirit’s favor.
Duncan took several months to conquer the subcontinent.
Then, he divided it into autonomous provinces, enfeoffing some kings, and also enfeoffed Klee Khan as a king, thereafter supporting the belief in the Feathered Serpent God, replacing the old gods of the past era.
With the Feathered Serpent God overseeing, Duncan need not worry about any major issues at the rear.
In case any dark old gods of the past era attempt a revival, the Feathered Serpent God himself will be the first to act.
Half a month later.
Duncan led tens of thousands of cavalry back to the Europe and Asia plain, while recruiting eight thousand indigenous warriors from the subcontinent, these feathered indigenous warriors exist as a vassal army, they can somewhat compensate the nomads’ inadequacies in infantry.
