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Chapter 980: Chapter 981: Captive_1

Chapter 980: Chapter 981: Captive_1

Song Jian flashed a ferocious smile at Catherine, and with a wave of his right hand, the army behind him began to press forward slowly.

Though there were only ten riflemen and three griffins, they gave off the feeling of a million-strong army. In contrast, Catherine’s troops began to lose morale, with some riflemen even showing terror on their faces, their hands trembled as they struggled to hold onto their long spears.

Filled with regret, Catherine thought of the previous strike, which was comparable to the magical forbidden curse, “Doomsday Meteor,” and perhaps even more terrifying. She couldn’t understand why such a powerful hero would have so few troops. This led to her misjudgment, and now this slight mistake had plunged her into a hopeless situation.

“It’s simply impossible to defeat him, this freak, leading such a small force out here, isn’t it harming others?” In addition to regret, Catherine felt a bit of anger in her heart.

Originally, she thought Song Jian was just a down-and-out roaming hero; she didn’t expect him to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

“I am Catherine, the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas of the Kingdom of Eracia! To offend me is to be hunted by the entire Kingdom of Eracia,” Catherine said calmly. Normally, she disliked mentioning her lineage to others, but now she had to use it to scare off this powerful enemy, which she found ironic.

“Catherine, you now have only two choices, either submit to me and become one of my heroes, or face death,” Song Jian snorted coldly and said slowly.

Perhaps others might consider Catherine’s identity, but he wasn’t from this world. As long as he completed the assessment task and defeated the other Examinees, he could leave this world. He didn’t care about facing the entire world as an enemy, let alone a single Kingdom of Eracia.

“Don’t you know about the Kingdom of Eracia, foreigner?” Catherine was somewhat surprised and hastily said, “The Kingdom of Eracia spans thousands of miles; even the land under your feet belongs to the Kingdom of Eracia. Do you know what the consequences of killing me will be? You won’t be able to escape!”

“You have five seconds to consider,” Song Jian said expressionlessly, continuing to lead his army forward slowly.

The previously displayed power was causing Catherine’s army to lose morale steadily. Their charge formation was already starting to disperse, and she believed that once a battle ensued, her army would soon fall into disarray due to plummeting morale.

“We won’t even last that long; he could annihilate me and my troops with a single move!” Catherine’s heart grew increasingly anxious.

“I can pay you a ransom. How about ten thousand gold coins?” Catherine suggested, trying to hold her composure.

Paying a ransom was a common way for the defeated to gain freedom. Catherine didn’t think he would refuse, as ten thousand gold coins were no small sum.

“Two seconds left!” Song Jian said in a deep voice.

All the resources of this world were meaningless to him. His sole purpose was to achieve victory in this assessment, to make Catherine submit and enhance his power. Even if she couldn’t fight, using her to explore and seize resources was still a good deal.

Seeing that she remained unmoved, Song Jian immediately raised the Sky-breaking Sword, and countless Spirit Swords appeared around him, bringing the threat of death upon Catherine’s head.

“I, I choose to surrender!” Catherine’s face showed a look of humiliation. She dismounted and kneeled on one knee, head bowed down.

Being captured by a wandering hero would be a stain on Catherine’s life she could never erase. Although defeat was common for a hero, for Catherine, who was only sixteen and had always dreamt of joining the army, it was a hard pill to swallow.

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System: You have achieved a glorious victory!

System: You have defeated the Human Camp hero Catherine; you have the right to view her attribute panel!

System: You have gained five hundred gold coins!

System: You have acquired a group of riflemen, a band of archers, and a handful of crusaders!

System: You have gained a subordinate hero; you can assign her to fight!

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A series of system notifications appeared before Song Jian’s eyes, and at the same time, Catherine’s attribute panel was also opened to him.

[Catherine]

[Human Faction Hero]

[Attack 15, Defense 11]

[Specialties: Swordsman, Crusader Warrior]

Having captured Catherine, Song Jian found that the originally pitch-black map had suddenly lit up a large area; the scenery within hundreds of miles of his location became crystal clear. All the resource points, all the monster gathering areas, and even the troop recruitment spots were revealed on the map.

“This must be the area Catherine had explored before!” Song Jian thought to himself, “It looks like capturing the native heroes of this world can save a lot of time and effort, at the very least, no need to open the map every day.”

When he had first entered this world, the map was completely dark. Often, exploration was just aimless wandering, wasting both time and energy.

“Catherine, there are many resource points here, why haven’t they been occupied?” Song Jian asked after staring at the opened map for a while.

“These resource points are occupied by powerful heroes around us. If we were to rashly take them, it would lead to war with them!” Catherine said helplessly.

“Good, I’m currently in need of capable subordinates; do not let any of these resource points go, occupy them all. And these troop recruitment points as well, occupy them all!” Song Jian ordered.

“Also, what is this place with the shape of a treasure chest?” Song Jian asked.

The information learned from the City Lord Mansion was too scant, far less than what a native of this world would know.

“That’s the Griffin Treasure House. Inside is a hoard of treasures guarded by a group of griffins. Defeat them, and you can gain generous spoils of war; there might even be artifacts hidden inside!” Catherine said with a tempting tone.

“Excellent, that’s also our target. Artifacts, huh? I’ve never seen what an artifact looks like,” Song Jian said, stroking his chin and muttering to himself.

Catherine couldn’t help but roll her eyes and curse Song Jian in her mind as an egomaniac. However, upon hearing that Song Jian was planning to attack the Griffin Treasure House, a smile involuntarily crept onto her face. It seemed that the time for her to regain her freedom was not too far off.

Guided by Catherine, Song Jian led his troops toward the closest open-pit mine, which was said to be a resource point occupied by a powerful undead mage hero. Song Jian decided to make this undead mage his first target.

“How can a undead mage hero live so comfortably in the human faction’s territory?” Song Jian couldn’t help but complain, “Doesn’t your father, that human king, know of its existence? Why doesn’t he send troops to exterminate it?”

“Damn it, the human faction isn’t just made up of the Elassia Kingdom. That undead mage is very powerful, possessing advanced necromancy. Any failed battle against it only strengthens it. Without absolute certainty of victory, who would dare to challenge it lightly?” Catherine said angrily.

“Oh, is that so? That really is a sad affair,” Song Jian shrugged his shoulders, acting nonchalant.

“When you meet that undead mage, you’ll know fear,” Catherine thought bitterly, “Seeing the undead mage’s rotting face, you’ll probably wet your pants out of fear!”

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