Chapter 006: The Black Panther Knights

“Chieftain Naixiu, are you too embarrassed to talk about your Duke Du Fan? Hehe.” Moses said with a smile as he saw Naixiu’s face turn slightly red.
“Elder Moses, what are you saying? I was just very nervous after what just happened, that’s all,” Naixiu quickly regained her composure and said seriously.
Ugh, where was my mind? How embarrassing, Naixiu thought to herself.
“Oh, you want to drive me away? May I ask, don’t you dwarves always be very hospitable? What’s the reason you want to drive me away?” Du Fan still smiled.
“Dirty humans!” said the leader, but before he could finish, Du Fan interrupted him.
“Dirty humans? Do I look dirty? It seems your clothes are a bit dirty. Look, your clothes are covered in dust! Oh, look at your collar—it’s completely black. You haven’t washed it in at least a month, right?” Du Fan suddenly pointed at the leading dwarf and exclaimed in surprise.
At Du Fan’s words, many dwarves lowered their heads.
Yes, compared to this human, we really do look filthy.
The dwarf pointed at by Du Fan blushed. His clothes hadn’t been washed in a month—no, a month and a half!
Damn it, this annoying human, how dare he bring this up!
“What I mean by dirty isn’t physical dirtiness, but moral filth! I call you dirty because of your heart—your filthy heart!” the leader shouted. It must be said that this leading dwarf had exceptional oratory skills among his people.
“Respected sir, I never expected you to have the ability to see through people’s hearts! But take another look—do I really seem like a person with a filthy heart?” Du Fan said with a smile.
Nonsense! Many dwarves thought in unison. If such people all had filthy hearts, then they would be nothing but filthy maggots in a cesspool!

Inside Du Fan’s body lay a massive mass of Divine Essence. What exactly is Divine Essence? It was extracted directly from the most sacred part of the Supreme God’s body—the creator of this supreme divine realm, from the very essence of the Supreme God’s divinity. This represents the purest power and the most fundamental existence in this world! Moreover, it was born within the Supreme God’s body, and it still carried a trace of the Supreme God’s majestic power—what an extraordinary existence! Though just a tiny amount, even this slight trace of the Supreme God’s power was enough to completely suppress these dwarves!

“If you didn’t have a filthy heart, how could you have tempted our Lord Bashah to abandon his brothers and enter the Divine Ruins by himself? Right after you entered the Divine Ruins, all of our brave warriors, facing twenty expert monsters, were killed—only Young Master Karu remained!” The leading dwarf began to showcase his eloquence once again.

“How can you say that? I remember that it was Lord Bashah who asked your Young Master Karu to enter the Divine Ruins together, but he refused. What could we do about that? It was your Young Master Karu who refused to enter!” Du Fan said with a smile.

“Hmph, who doesn’t know how dangerous the Divine Ruins are? Under such circumstances, how could our Young Master Karu follow you into them? Isn’t this purely harming others?” the leading dwarf said angrily.

Indeed, all the dwarves thought that entering the Divine Ruins was nothing but seeking death.

“Hehe, so it seems your Young Master Karu is afraid of death and doesn’t dare enter the Divine Ruins,” Du Fan said with a smile.

“How could our brave Young Master Karu be afraid of death?” The leading dwarf replied angrily upon hearing Du Fan say Karu was afraid.

“Nonsense! If he weren’t afraid of death, why wouldn’t he follow us into the Divine Ruins?” Du Fan presented another fact.

“Well…” The leading dwarf was stumped.

“Didn’t you just say, ‘How dangerous is the Divine Ruins? Under such circumstances, how could our young master Karu follow you into the Divine Ruins?!’ By saying that, aren’t you clearly implying that your young master Karu is too afraid of the dangers in the Divine Ruins to follow us in?” Du Fan immediately used the words of the leading dwarf to counter him.

“You! You’re making things up! Our young master Karu wants to protect the reputation of our dwarf race, that’s why he chose to fight against the magical beasts! We are a brave dwarf race! We enter the Divine Ruins to fight against those magical beasts in order to defeat them and uphold the reputation of our dwarf race!” The leading dwarf suddenly came up with such an excuse and immediately started arguing loudly with Du Fan.

“Haha, Chief Naixiu, see? Your Grand Duke Du Fan really has a sharp tongue. That dwarf was left speechless by what Basha said, but in front of Du Fan, he’s completely at a disadvantage.” Moses said to Naixiu with a smile.

“A sharp tongue won’t fill one’s stomach.” After thinking for a long time and failing to come up with a good reply, Naixiu said that.

“Speaking of which, your young master Karu truly has a passionate heart,” Du Fan remarked with admiration.

“Of course! Our young master Karu always regards the honor of our dwarf race as the most precious part of his life!” the leading dwarf declared loudly.

“But your Karu is a fool!” Du Fan said.

“You! How dare you call our young master Karu a fool!” The leading dwarf flew into a rage upon hearing Du Fan call Karu a fool.

“If he weren’t a fool, how could he possibly dare to confront eight dwarfs and twenty expert magical beasts?” Du Fan quickly asked.

“You!” The leading dwarf was stunned by Du Fan’s words.

“What ‘I’! Your young master Karu is a fool! He clearly knows he can’t win. Why didn’t he just enter the Divine Ruins with us? At least that way, we wouldn’t lose! After we come out of the Divine Ruins, we can still fight those expert magical beasts, right?” Du Fan didn’t wait for the leading dwarf to finish speaking before continuing.

“But can’t you wait until you finish fighting against the magical beasts before entering the Divine Ruins?” The leading dwarf seized this as an opportunity to counter.

“That means you Karu are fools—fools who stayed here instead of following us in after seeing us enter. You even fought against those people, knowing full well that eight of you couldn’t beat twenty. What else is that but stupidity?” Du Fan pressed.

“You! Humans are so cunning!” The leader was furious, at a loss for words, and said nothing but that.

“It’s people like you—dirty and cunning humans, along with those hypocritical elves—who deceived Lord Bashah. We demand that you be driven out of Grass City! Grass City does not welcome guests like you!” the leader shouted.

As he spoke loudly, many of the dwarves around him joined in shouting as well.

Although the momentum wasn’t as strong as when they first faced Bashah, still two or three thousand people joined in the shouting!

That was enough.

Looking at the shouting crowd, Du Fan suddenly realized that the dwarves shouting along seemed to be trained, their voices in perfect unison.

“Well, since you welcome me, then we’ll just leave Grass City,” Du Fan said.

This time, the leading dwarf was stunned again.

He had originally run out of things to say against Du Fan, so he tried to rally the crowd. But with just one shout, this seemingly stubborn guy agreed to leave Grass City on his own.

What kind of thoughts could this annoying human have in his head?

“Are you really willing to leave Grass City?” the leading dwarf asked, skeptical.

“Of course. If you all don’t welcome me, why should I stay?” Du Fan said with a smile.

“Third brother! You can’t just leave like this,” Bashah cried out loudly when he heard Du Fan wanted to leave.

“Second brother, what are you talking about? We were planning to leave in a few days anyway. Since we’re leaving soon, isn’t it better to take this opportunity?” Du Fan replied with a smile.

Just then, loud footsteps came from outside. From the sound, it seemed a large group of troops was approaching.

Soon, a wide path opened up in the crowd, and through it came a unit of dwarf cavalry, riding on those large black leopards. There were a thousand soldiers in this cavalry unit.

The cavalry rushed over, and the leading dwarf quickly ran to Basha’s side. Upon arriving, the dwarf knight immediately dismounted, bowed respectfully, and said to Basha, “Lord City Master, given the chaotic situation in Glass, the third squad of the Dwarf Black Panther Knights has come to take orders!”
Seeing the arrival of this group of dwarf knights, the leading dwarf showed a tense expression.
The Black Panther Knights numbered ten thousand in total and were stationed in various cities of the dwarf race. It could be said that they were directly under the command of the Dwarf King!
This force was 100% loyal to the Dwarf King!
Naturally, they were also 100% loyal to Basha, the only heir of the Dwarf King and the lord of Glass City!
The Black Panther Knights were a unit personally created by the Dwarf King. Their combat strength far surpassed that of ordinary knight orders!
Just the mounts of each knight in this order were of magical beast level!
It was said that to acquire such a large number of magical beast mounts, the Dwarf King had negotiated for a long time with the Supreme Commander of Magical Beasts!
These magical beast mounts all had a name—Black Panther!
The name of this knight order came from the names of their mounts!
Black Panther Knights! The highest symbol of the dwarf race’s military power! The only knight order in the entire continent that used pure magical beasts as mounts—no others exist!