Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 253 Destroying a Nation, Slaying a Legend!

Dimensional space.

On Duncan's projection screen, warships were already setting sail.

At this moment, a special mark called the 'Wisdom' domain appeared above the human form. This was Athena's blessing. Her divine incarnation had already set off for the Storm Islands. Whether or not they could reap the rewards depended on how helpful this divine incarnation was.

"The one who entered this world actually has the appearance of Sulis."

Duncan was also deep in thought, resting his chin on his hand. If it weren't for the presence of Athena and Minerva, some things would have to be reconsidered.

Different deities have different appearances, which are actually different personifications.

Sulis's appearance is wilder, bloodier, and darker; you can see this divine face as a version of Athena that has been corrupted to a certain extent.

Furthermore, Athena's appearance is that of a virgin goddess, while Sulis's appearance may not be.

"It seems they were at a disadvantage before, so this time they went straight for the dark version."

This dark version of the goddess Sulis seems to have collaborated with local deities. The Gold Coast goddess of fertility and sex has clearly been cozying up to Sulis.

The appearance of Sulis is likely a transformation of the original Sulis into a form that Athena herself had taken.

Many deities' identities were stolen.

At this moment, Duncan's gaze fell on the people on the deck. Because of the wisdom field enhanced by Sulis, his causal deduction seemed to have changed again.

—"Storm Ella (4-star Silver Grey): An Amazon warrior from the Storm Islands, she joined you to save her tribe and yearns for greater power."

(If you don't take any action, she might leave you one day and face Queen Oretia alone.)
The character markers from God's perspective have changed again.

In addition to the most basic indicators of strength, there are also some special causal deductions, but these are limited to his companions. The field of intelligence has also enhanced Duncan's causal laws.

Storm Ella stood on the deck, gazing at the distant sea, lost in thought for a long time.

Her long golden hair was blown by the sea breeze, and she occasionally turned her head to glance at Duncan and Hyjal.

—"Crete (3-star gold): A barbarian whose mind is only about killing and fucking. He respects the strong, especially you. He will not easily betray you and is willing to fight to the death with you."

(He is brave but not very smart, and sometimes he makes mistakes because of women. In his simple mind, fighting and women are the main themes.)
Ok.

This doesn't actually require causality. Duncan figured out exactly what kind of simpleton Crete was after spending a few days with him.

Most barbarians have simple personalities.

— "Ugal (3-star silver-gray): A rare barbarian with self-control. He is smarter and more disciplined than others, and has mastered a bit of the ability of clear-headed rage. He seems to have taken a different path from other barbarians."

(The target will not lose its sanity during its berserk state.)
(He values ​​honor, is not as lustful as other barbarians, and craves a sense of belonging.)
"It seems that wisdom can see through people's hearts?"

Duncan rested his chin on his hand, looking at the projected screen in front of him. After gaining the domain of intelligence, it seemed that he could directly see some of the things that the other party longed for deep in their heart.

—"Tamblin (3-star blank) (disabled): A castrated barbarian who has recovered from his injuries, but the loss of his genitals was a great blow to him. However, he is gradually recovering from his pain. After suffering a major setback, he is also undergoing a transformation. If he can regain his strength, he may go further than other barbarians."

(The target is immune to the temptation of beauty.)
(For a barbarian who is no longer interested in women, there is only fighting and killing.)
poor child.

Since his genitals were cut off by an assassin, Tamblin has been recuperating for a long time. Although he can fight now, he has become taciturn and spends his days training diligently, even more so than Hyjal.

Most barbarians have the weakness of lust, but he undoubtedly has one less weakness and doesn't need to divert his energy to women.

He was the barbarian who most wanted to kill Prames.

—"Hyjal (Four-Star Gold): A legendary hero chosen by the raging gods. He is bloodthirsty, brutal, reckless, lustful, and possesses extremely complex qualities, but he is not lacking in the courage, responsibility, and fighting spirit of a warrior."

His potential surpasses everyone else's; once unleashed, he will be a mythical hero like Hercules.

(His willpower has been severely weakened, and during this period he will follow your lead.)
(If it cannot gain glory, improve its strength, or learn anything, Hyjal will resume its autonomous actions.)
All of them were marked in uniform green.

Duncan's own human form also has a unique mark: 'leadership'.

—"Leadership (leadership ability): One of the unique abilities of legendary heroes and legendary leaders. Your leadership will be able to recruit more followers. Unlike regular armies, they often choose to follow you because of your strength, reputation, personal charisma, etc."

(Sometimes they will leave you when you make the wrong decisions.)
(As you continue to win victories, they will follow you to challenge all enemies and fight to the ends of the earth.)
It's not the military.

Strictly speaking, this is more like a battle group.

Armies often possess extremely high discipline and coercion, while battle groups, often united by shared ideals, are smaller in number but more elite.

In ancient Greek legends, when a large-scale war broke out, many Greek heroes would gather together, each with their own followers. For example, Hercules, in the legends, did not have many soldiers, but he always had followers.

Finally, Duncan's gaze fell on the beautiful female pirate who was piloting the warship.

—"Annie Potter (Five-star Whiteboard): One of the legendary female pirates who roamed the seas, though her strength is not as great as her reputation. Her background is very complicated, and her fighting style is reminiscent of the Middle-earth elves. Legend has it that a pirate king once raided the East and kidnapped a beautiful elf."

She is ambitious and eager to make a name for herself in this era. As long as she can bring her benefits, she will be your most reliable partner.

(She is obsessed with your conquest and is willing to kneel down.)
As long as one's own strength is strong enough.

This beautiful female pirate is quite reliable. Although she is marked with a five-star white card, she can only bully Crete and others. She has no chance against Duncan and Hyjal.

Annie Porter's fighting prowess is largely inflated, just like her personality.

Trit Island.

On the vast sea, several warships suddenly appeared in the distance off Trit Island. The guards on the lighthouse immediately changed their expressions and then rang the alarm bell. Soon after, a large number of soldiers gathered towards the port coastline.

"Is this the island of Trit, where the legendary hero Barthius was born?"

Hyjal walked up to Duncan, fully armed, holding a warhammer, and wearing a horned helmet. He said in a deep voice, "Have they also fallen into piracy?"

Duncan said calmly, "Barrisius's descendants rule a small kingdom."

"But this wealth was not enough for them, so they secretly colluded with pirates to plunder merchant ships and occasionally raid coastal areas."

Kings are worthless these days.

In many places, it resembled pre-unification Germany, with hundreds or even thousands of independent regimes within a small territory, where the king was roughly equivalent to a village head or town mayor. Why could the story of Cinderella rally everyone overnight? Because the country was so small; a journey around it on horseback wouldn't take long.

Barthius is one of the legendary heroes of this world. His achievements include slaying the Gorgon, killing the Cyclops, and other miscellaneous feats. He was eventually elected king and became a legendary hero who predates them by hundreds of years.

"Ready to fight."

Duncan turned to look at Hyjal, and said meaningfully, "Are you ready to face a legendary hero?"

Barthius had long since died of old age.

However, the statues and shrines dedicated to him still exist, meaning they may have encountered some adversaries who are not mortals.

A lower-level godlike power, it should be considered a divine being, but it doesn't even reach the level of a demigod.

"I can't wait," said Hyjal, eager to try.

The island of Trit has three kingdoms, none of which are very large; each kingdom is roughly the size of a city. It produces the best slingers, the Balearic slingers.

A fierce battle soon broke out.

Under the suppressive fire of Baliari's slingers, the pirates were battered and bruised and dared not advance, forced to form a shield wall in place. However, with the arrival of a group of barbarians, the situation quickly changed. Hyjal charged ahead, carving a bloody path, and leaped directly onto the five- or six-meter-high city wall.

Duncan was also on a killing spree at this time.

Beside him, the beautiful female pirate Anne was like a moving red whirlwind, her sharp rapier locked onto the enemy's throat, stabbing accurately with every thrust. But such a thin sword could hardly kill.

The kingdoms of this era actually only had a few thousand soldiers, and the number that could be considered a regular army was probably only a few hundred.

—King Bernius Barisius of Trit (Four-star Silver Gray)!
at last.

Behind the enemy lines, in a rather luxuriously constructed palace, a burly middle-aged man, surrounded by guards, arrived to provide support. There was only one decent small city here; the rest of the area consisted of villages and even primitive tribes.

Duncan and Haigar exchanged a glance. Haigar launched a reckless charge, while Duncan picked up a javelin.

boom!
A chaotic scene unfolded, with the King's Guards on the opposite side being knocked off their feet by Hyjal's charge. This guy, clad in heavy armor, was practically a human tank.

Duncan calmly reaped the kills, his javelin piercing the air and instantly killing the enemy king. However, before his death, a hazy, illusory figure appeared, seemingly trying to protect him.

But His divine power was insufficient.

Duncan didn't kill Prames because his background was too powerful; his invincible body was unbreakable, making it difficult for him to die suddenly. But here, there was just a minor king, a descendant of some legendary hero from hundreds of years ago; he didn't have any invincible body.

After Hyjal broke through his royal guard, Duncan killed the king with a single shot and then killed the prince with the three-star silver-grey mark with a second shot.

Soon the small kingdom fell.

Some pirates were eager to rape and plunder, but Duncan picked up an axe and walked over unhurriedly. With one blow, he split open the skull of a bearded pirate, who died instantly. The woman he was holding screamed in terror as her face was splattered with brain matter, and she fainted on the spot.

"You should straighten out the discipline yourself."

Duncan threw the axe to Annie Porter behind him. This beautiful female pirate was also ruthless, and she immediately raised her hand and chopped down another pirate who had been looting and setting fires without permission.

They're a bunch of scum. If Duncan didn't need them, he could have killed them all without a second thought.

Crete led a group of people out of the palace ahead, escorting out a large group of beautiful women, some of whom were the concubines of the king and princes, and some of whom were the king's daughters. There were dozens of them in a dark mass. Crete lifted the face of a beautiful wife and said to Duncan, "This is the king's wife, the queen here."

"Do you want it?"

"There are five or six princesses over here, and twenty or thirty women over there are the wives and concubines of the father and son, all of them very beautiful."

In this era, the victors enjoy everything.

Before Duncan ascended to the throne, Hyjal had also killed a minor king and taken his wives and daughters as his own.

This idiot.

Duncan ignored him, gestured behind him, and Annie Porter immediately took over. They came to rule, not to loot and plunder and then leave.

Hyjal watched all this expressionlessly, seemingly unmoved by beauty for the first time.

Crete, standing opposite him, froze on the spot.

Duncan goes without saying; he has beautiful female pirates and their concubines by his side. He doesn't need to rush to enjoy these wives and daughters of the king. Recently, he has been breaking through to become a legend and has not been interested in women.

Needless to say, Hyjal has not been close to any women since returning from the Storm Islands.

Tamblin, your penis has been cut off, it's no longer needed.

Ugal was quite restrained; he wasn't particularly fond of women, only relaxing occasionally.

Finally, only Crete remained standing there in a daze, feeling somewhat out of place with the others. He could only awkwardly let go and pick up his battle axe.

Why does it seem like people don't like women as much anymore?

Killing people is fun, sleeping with women is fun too.

"The battle is over, we'll send a few to your room."

Haigar's gaze was stern as he reprimanded, "If you do this again, don't blame me for being impolite."

In front of the palace.

The group came upon a magnificent statue of a valiant young man, wielding a sharp sword and a shield made of sea dragon skin, with a serpent-bodied gorilla pinned beneath him. Not far away, the palace walls were covered in murals: some depicting Barithius wielding his sling, others showing him slaying a sea dragon with his sword, and still others showing him reclining in the arms of a group of mermaids, a look of blissful ecstasy on his face.

The experiences of heroes in ancient myths are all pretty much the same: they kill their way through life, have sex with other women, and eventually marry a princess and become a minor king, supported by mortals.

What ordinary people yearn for is the daily life of legendary heroes.

"Tear down the idols!"

"Destroy these murals!"

As Duncan gave the order, a thunderous roar suddenly echoed in the sky.

Sever the bloodline of legendary heroes and sweep them off their pedestals.

—Barisius (Legendary Hero) (Perfect Shot) (Blood Sacrifice) (Divine Power) (Five-Star Gold)!
Rumble.

A bolt of lightning struck, leaving the pirates who were toppling the idol half-dead. Then, a majestic figure descended from the sky, and an ancient hero, seemingly from a mythical era, appeared before them.

He had a heroic and resolute face, wore sea dragon leather armor, carried a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, had a legendary sling at his waist that was said to never miss, and on his back were wings given to him by a sea nymph, said to be the wings of a pegasus, which allowed him to fly for a short time after being attached to his body. Barthius once used them to fly across the strait.

He stood up and was nearly three meters tall, taller than everyone else. This was a characteristic of divine power. Some gods could descend to earth and be tens or even hundreds of meters tall, and could easily flatten city walls and palaces with a wave of their hands.

Why did you destroy my idol?

"Hijra!"

He remained unmoved when Duncan and his men killed Barithius's descendants, but he immediately became agitated when Duncan ordered the idols to be overthrown and the shrine destroyed.

Hyjal raised his head, held up his battle axe, and said in a deep voice, "Because you are not worthy!"

As a legendary hero, Barthius enjoyed endless glory and wealth throughout his life, slept with countless beauties, and finally married a princess, fathering dozens of children. In his old age, he was still surrounded by dozens of beautiful concubines, and after his first wife aged and lost her beauty, he married a young princess from an island nation. He eventually died at the age of nearly one hundred, and his descendants ruled the island of Trit for nearly two hundred years.

What he has gained far exceeds his achievements.

But when he erects a statue of himself, that's a different story. Sometimes, once you step forward, you have to face all challenges head-on.

Duncan and Hyjal flanked the legendary hero Barisius.

Storm Ella and Annie Potter are slightly behind; the former has already picked up a javelin, while the latter is chanting a spell. The female pirate seems to have the air of an early magic swordsman.

Crete and the rest of the barbarians were all ready for battle.

Heroes slay monsters!

The hero eventually turned into a monster!

The successors killed the monster that the legendary hero had turned into!

The truth of the world is sometimes so simple and unadorned. Barthius's direct male lineage has been almost wiped out today, and he himself will fall at the hands of new heroes.

Some things, even legendary heroes cannot easily touch.

His achievements have been swept away by the tides of time; they can no longer make a significant impact.

boom!
In an instant, the stone slabs beneath Duncan and Hyjal's feet shattered inch by inch. The two men went berserk almost simultaneously, charging towards Barisius like rampaging giants. He swung his shield to parry Duncan's attack, then raised the legendary giant's sword, the very sword that had once slain sea monsters, and slashed at Hyjal.

The first encounter was a resounding success for both sides.

Hyjal marveled at their legendary hero status, while Barisius was astonished by the terrifying brute strength they possessed.

He swept his sword in an instant, forcing everyone back. Then, he flapped the wings of his winged horse and took off. Barisius took out his sling and spun it, trying to aim at the others. This weapon had a major flaw: it was very troublesome and slow to fire.

boom!
Storm Ella hurled her spear in an instant, the power of the Amazons transforming into a rapidly spinning whirlwind.

Barthius raised his Noble Phantasm, the Sea Dragon Shield, to defend himself.

But at that moment, he suddenly sank down, and when he looked down at his feet, Duncan had already leaped up, grabbed Barrisius's ankle, and then soared into the air.

next second.

Duncan practically pounced on his back. With a furious roar, the savage reached out and grabbed the Pegasus wings that Barrisius had attached to his shoulder blade. Amidst a bloodcurdling scream, he actually managed to rip the Pegasus wings off Barrisius's right shoulder. Blood gushed out, and the torn Pegasus wings were still connected to Barrisius's bones.

boom!
The two figures fell from the sky at the same time. Duncan punched Barrisius in the jaw, deforming the legendary hero's skull, then stepped on his back and slammed him to the ground with a thud, shattering all the stone slabs in front of the palace.

A tooth-grinding sound.

When Duncan stood up again, he had already torn off another wing of the enemy's Pegasus.

Beneath his feet, Barthius's figure changed.

………………

(End of this chapter)