Chapter 188: A ‘Friendly’ Reception

The rumored identity of the Conqueror King’s Dragonborn, and the symbol of a king, naturally gave birth to such an emblem: the Dragon-Scaled Lion.

The shape of a lion, with long horns and Dragon Scales, wrapped in flames.

To the Goths, this was a symbol of majesty that allowed no blasphemy, but in the eyes of people from other countries, that long-horned lion, covered in Dragon Scales and breathing fire, looked exceptionally ferocious.

Just like right now—

Facing the Goth Knights who were riding forward with compelling momentum and clearly had no intention of stopping, every guard of the Tier Territory had a look of tension on their faces, or even panic.

Dean scanned the identical expressions on his subordinates’ faces, couldn’t help but take a deep breath, and shouted loudly: “Alert!”

Buzz, buzz!

Dean’s shout was like thunder, echoing in the ears of the Tier Territory guards and the youngsters of the Ferrchelen Knight Order, causing them to stare blankly in a daze.

However, the next moment, the youngsters of the Ferrchelen Knight Order reacted, scrambling to mount their horses, holding up Crossbows in front of them, and seeing the reaction of the youngsters of the Ferrchelen Knight Order, the remaining Tier Town guards also woke up as if from a dream, placing the antlers used to block cavalry one by one at the entrance of Tier Town, while crouching behind the antlers and nocking arrows to their bows.

Looking at his subordinates who were a beat slow to react, Dean sighed slightly—clearly, these youngsters had done a good enough job, but they had experienced too little, and could not yet become true elites.

If the Goths had not advanced so ostentatiously just now, but had quietly approached and then launched a charge, in just one encounter, these young subordinates beside him and the guards of Tier Town would have all perished.

“Still need training… Goth, still bullying the weak like this!”

After the training plan for his subordinates in Dean’s heart changed slightly again, his gaze finally fell on those Goth Knights, with a thick chill in his eyes.

“Giddy-up!”

Dean gently patted his horse, bypassed the antlers, and just sat upright on the horseback, halting there. The Long Spear drawn from a guard was held in Dean’s single hand, carried on his back in a slightly strange posture, with the entirely iron spearhead hanging on the ground, occasionally contacting the snow and soil, kicking up flakes of snow powder mixed with soil.

As this snow powder drifted, the body of the Warhorse under Dean was almost entirely wrapped in it; only the hot air exhaled from the horse’s nose could prove that this was not a void. And those two thick streams of hot air exhaled by the horse’s nose in the snow powder were exceptionally conspicuous.

Neigh!

Tap, tap, tap!

With low neighs and the sound of hooves digging into the ground, the Warhorse seemed to feel the fire hidden in Dean’s heart, and began to keep circling in place, while the Long Spear in Dean’s hand tapped the ground at an even faster speed; the tufts of snow powder, constantly rising with the spear tip, made it look almost as if it were snowing.

Ding!

The iron spearhead of the Long Spear touched the ground again, but this time it did not kick up snow powder, instead releasing a crisp sound. Suddenly, the accumulated snow and floating soil had been scraped clean by the spearhead, leaving only the bluestone ground that existed at the entrance of Tier Town!

The spear tip struck out a cluster of sparks on that bluestone ground!

In the Darkness, it was so bright and eye-catching…

“Giddy-up!”

A loud shout that had been held back for a long time burst from Dean’s chest, and the Warhorse, already impatient, instantly shot out with a whoosh following this shout.

Woo!

Da-da, da-da!

The snow powder that had originally wrapped the Warhorse’s body tumbled in all directions the instant the Warhorse charged out, wrapped in bursts of loud whistling sounds.

The tumbling snow powder turned into a snow mist, and Dean and the Warhorse beneath him pounced out from the clouds like a Fierce Beast, rushing toward their prey.

Horse like a Gale, man like Lightning.

Iron spear sharp, killing intent overflowing.

Anyone seeing this scene would not doubt Dean’s determination to charge and kill.

Especially the targets of Dean’s charge.

What is this guy doing?

The Goth Knights, who had intended to continue showing off their power, could not help but be stunned watching Dean charging alone. However, when they sensed the Fierce Beast-like aura beginning to condense on the other side, their expressions changed, and they subconsciously tried to calm their Warhorses; but clearly, it was a bit too late—

Neigh!

Amidst the neighing of the Warhorses, the Warhorses under the Goth Knights reared up one by one uncontrollably, and some even fell forward.

Although these Goth Knights did not fall to the ground in a sorry state like the Mercenaries of the Defendi Territory, their forward momentum was stopped.

At the same time, the charging formation they had assumed was in utter chaos.

And at this time, Dean was already less than twenty yards away from them!

A distance of twenty yards was just an instant for a Warhorse that had already entered a fully accelerated state!

“Wait! We mean no harm, we came to pursue an escaped criminal!”

A leader among the Goths shouted loudly.

But clearly, it was too late.

Bang!

With a dull impact, the Goth at the very front was knocked flying by Dean along with his horse.

“Bastard!”

Watching their companion being knocked away, the Goths were instantly furious. They drew their Longswords and brandished their War Halberds, looking as if they wanted to hack Dean into pieces.

“Ha!”

Dean shouted without any fear, the muscles all over his body beginning to swell and knot. His figure expanded several times like a balloon being inflated, and then he just jumped straight off the Warhorse, threw the Long Spear aside casually, and rushed toward the Goth Knight nearest to him who was shouting the loudest.

The next moment, the people watching here saw a scene that left them dumbfounded—

“Die!!”

The War Halberd in the Goth Knight’s hand swung straight at Dean, but Dean had no intention of dodging at all, still rushing recklessly toward the Warhorse.

Bloodthirsty redness had already risen in the Goth Knight’s eyes, and he anticipated the scene of flesh and blood flying.

However, when the War Halberd slammed heavily onto Dean’s body, the sensation as if hitting a stone wrapped in cowhide gave this Goth Knight a huge shock. The recoil force coming from the War Halberd made his palm go numb, and instantly, the War Halberd flew out of his hand.

Although the Goth Knight was shocked, being a confidant of Fendel, his reaction was definitely not slow. Seeing Dean right in front of him, this Goth Knight pulled on the reins, and instantly, the Warhorse beneath him reared up, with two hooves stomping straight toward Dean.

“Turn into meat paste!”

This Goth Knight grinned ferociously.

But in an instant, such a ferocious smile froze on his face.

He felt a tremendous force that fixed the falling Warhorse in mid-air, and then it erupted with an even more ferocious momentum.

Woo!

This Goth Knight only felt the world spinning, but the people around clearly saw the sight of Dean grabbing the huge horse hooves with both hands and directly overturning the Warhorse to the ground.

Even the two Grand Knights leading the Goths couldn’t help but pause for a moment seeing this—

Fearless of ordinary blades, powerful defensive power!

Obvious physical changes bringing immense Strength!

Although that nearly endless Stamina had not yet been proven, one thing was confirmed!

“Giant Transformation!”

The two Goth Grand Knight leaders looked at each other and said in low voices simultaneously.

And the next moment, when they saw Dean’s fists start to ignite with Flame, looking as if he was going to fight to the death, and felt that scorching temperature, associating it with the power of [Giant Transformation], the Grand Knight who had spoken first before spoke up again preemptively: “Is it Regiment Commander Dean Ken? This is a misunderstanding!”

At the same time, he did not forget to turn his head and shout repeatedly to the rear: “Grand Knight Anluo, please explain!”

Instantly, the Goths made way, revealing Anluo sitting on his horse.

At this moment, Anluo still had that scholar-like appearance, with even glasses hanging on his chest. Apart from the Longsword at his waist, no one would have thought he was a Grand Knight.

“Dean, Dean, calm down. These are our Goth allies! Allies!”

With a smile that wasn’t hidden at all, Grand Knight Anluo greeted Dean.

“Allies?”

Dean pretended to be puzzled and looked around, then the flames scattered, and his enlarged figure began to shrink.

Watching Dean’s shrinking figure, the Goths present inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

The Grand Knight who had spoken before stepped forward again and added: “We meant no malice; we were just anxious, so we didn’t properly notify Your Excellency, which led to this misunderstanding. It is truly regrettable!”

“I sent the letter less than four hours ago?”

Dean scanned the surroundings with doubt, and finally looked at Grand Knight Anluo.

“At that time, we were searching for that guy within the Janel Territory. As soon as we received your letter, we rushed over immediately!” Grand Knight Anluo replied, while introducing the two Goth Grand Knights to Dean, “This is His Excellency Wudel, and this is His Excellency Chak. They are the persons in charge of this Goth mission to pursue the criminals!”

While speaking, Anluo turned around and introduced Dean—

“This is the Regiment Commander of the Ferrchelen Knight Order in our Tier Territory, and also the newly knighted My Lord by Lord Marquis, His Excellency Dean Ken. Of course, regarding the rumors about Dean, I think you two have verified them now, right?”

Anluo spoke the last sentence with a mocking tone.

Instantly, a look of anger flashed across the faces of the two Goth Grand Knights, especially Chak, who had been silent all along, but Wudel waved his hand to suppress it.

“Of course, of course. Dean Ken’s Strength is truly extraordinary… [Giant Transformation] and ‘Flame’ are truly an eye-opener!”

Wudel nodded repeatedly, speaking with a face full of smiles.