Chapter 015: A Change of Dynasties

Without any fancy, as the two divine-level masters fought, a fierce force suddenly erupted between heaven and earth! Even a strong warrior like Du Fan felt overwhelmed by this force.
At the center of this force was Long Liu from the ancient dragon clan—the one who had been fighting against Fisher’s ancestor. His entire body was enveloped in golden light; from afar, he appeared as if carved from gold, standing out sharply amidst the violent energy.
Long Liu appeared suddenly, and due to the ancestor’s overconfidence, he failed to dodge Long Liu’s attack at all!
As a result, Long Liu struck the ancestor directly. The moment the ancestor came into contact with Long Liu’s ancient dragon power, he was instantly terrified! Without hesitation, he mobilized all his divine power to resist.
Failure to use his full divine power meant death! Under such circumstances, the ancestor had no choice but to unleash everything he had.
“It’s useless. Even so, your power is still too weak!” Long Liu smirked coldly.
With that smirk, the golden light in Long Liu’s hands flared even brighter! He pushed forward with both hands, and a fierce golden energy enveloped the ancestor completely.
“Ah!” The ancestor let out a pained scream amidst the golden light!
At that moment, a black figure suddenly appeared behind Du Fan. As soon as it showed up, it left behind a trail of afterimages and rushed toward Du Fan.
As the afterimages approached Du Fan, a intense milky white light burst from him. Once the light subsided, Du Fan sensed an ambush. When he turned around, he saw a four-armed monster standing behind him!
This monster was in its full Naga form!
After delivering a full-powered attack with no effect, the Naga froze in place. Du Fan glanced at it and suddenly smiled eerily.
While Long Liu and the ancestor were fighting, everyone else held their weapons tightly to prevent the ancestor from escaping. Du Fan, too, held his Sacred Radiance Staff, ready to deliver a Space Rending Slash!
The moment he saw the Naga, Du Fan didn’t hesitate and immediately launched a Space Rending Slash.

The black-and-white arc flashed into Naga’s body in an instant! Pain appeared on Naga’s face, and as soon as that expression showed up, the four-armed monster before him exploded! It split back into Chi and Xun. Meanwhile, Naixiu, who had been too slow to intervene when Naga attacked Du Fan, released her Elf King Arrow technique. The red and green arrows pierced straight into Xun’s body. The Church elder didn’t even make a sound before his body twisted and turned to ashes on the ground. As for the severely injured Chi, he was killed by another ancient dragon! Just as Chi and Xun perished at the same time, the ancient ancestor also couldn’t withstand Long Liu’s golden energy and was cut in two by a beam of gold light! The three divine-level experts quickly fell. Strangely, there was still a divine essence in the ancient ancestor’s mind, but no divine essence could be found in Chi and Xun’s bodies. Watching Du Fan still searching, Long Liu said, “There’s no need. That four-armed monster was also one of the ancient races. We ancient races don’t have divine essences.” … In the underground secret chamber, Fisher’s expression changed. Through the magic array in the chamber, he could monitor everything happening in the palace! With the deaths of the ancient ancestor and the two elders, Chi and Xun, Fisher completely lost confidence. “Du Fan, it seems I have no choice but to return to the Church and use the Pope’s power to deal with you!” Fisher said solemnly. After saying that, he held a deep blue gem in his hand, recited a few spells, his body twisted suddenly, and he vanished into the air. … The war ended faster than expected. Not only did the elves join the war, but the Bluebloods also joined in. With these two races involved, the situation progressed rapidly, like something breaking apart easily! The entire front line advanced swiftly! After searching the entire palace, Du Fan still couldn’t find Fisher. Anxious, along with George and Allen, they destroyed the entire palace. As the divine-level experts destroyed the buildings in the palace, they kept collapsing, and everything inside was clearly visible from outside. The continuous destruction of the palace further undermined the morale of the Gavin Empire soldiers who were still fighting desperately!

In any country, without a doubt, the best-defended place is the palace, which also symbolizes the royal power of that country! Such a symbol is constantly crumbling, and the morale of the warriors of the Gavin Empire is also declining steadily!
Just as Du Fan destroyed most of the palace, the war came to an end.
Duke Old Green’s reputation was already established as that of Du Fan, the most devout believer in history. Moreover, since Du Fan started the war, there was no record of him harming innocent people. The people of the Gavin Empire’s capital showed no reaction to Du Fan’s occupation of it.
In fact, the upheaval caused by this change of regime was even smaller than that caused by the previous coup by the eldest prince.
Only those royal relatives rebelled. But under Du Fan’s strict measures, any such rebels were met with the harshest suppression. As a result, the situation stabilized quickly!
Thanks to Du Fan’s military achievements, he accomplished what seemed impossible within just over two years through his formidable strength. Those provinces that had chosen independence during the Battle of Fisher also turned to side with Du Fan.
It took two months for Du Fan to fully assimilate the vast Gavin Empire. To express his grief for his father, he took the first two characters from Old Green’s name, Bronghilda Green, and named the new empire the Brong Empire!
After the establishment of the new Brong Empire, it aggressively drove out the forces of the Light Church across its territory. The Brong Empire became sworn enemies of the Light Church, which had existed on the continent for thousands of years, with a fierce rivalry that demanded one side’s death or the other’s!
The former Duke Green’s mansion was rebuilt in its original style, and it was placed under George’s management. It was named the Northern King’s Mansion, with George inheriting the title of Northern King.
Sitting in his former room, Du Fan’s thoughts seemed to transport him back a few years, to the time when he first returned to the capital with Naixiu, remembering the genuine happiness on his parents’ faces!
As Du Fan was lost in thought, Naixiu quietly entered.
“Du Fan, thinking about your parents again?” Naixiu asked, leaning closely against him.
Du Fan nodded but said nothing.

“Well, I’ve already assembled an army of 30,000 elves, all gathered in the imperial capital, ready to march on the Holy See at any time,” Nayixiu said softly.
“Good. Once my second brother’s dwarf army arrives, we’ll launch an attack on the Holy See!” Hearing Nayixiu’s words, Du Fan’s spirit was immediately stirred.
After capturing the Gavin Empire, Fisher went to the Holy See. As the pope’s godson and the second most powerful figure in the Holy See, he often appeared in public events there. Upon learning this news, Du Fan immediately set his next military goal—the Holy See itself!
To attack the Holy See, Du Fan was extremely cautious.
The Holy See’s influence across the continent far surpassed that of the former Gavin Empire; even the entire Holy Alliance was larger than the Gavin Empire! Over 90% of the people in these countries were loyal followers of the Light God!
The power of religion was fanatical! Once inside the Holy See, they might face crowds of fervent believers!
Coupled with the Holy See’s millennia-long heritage, even Du Fan’s current forces couldn’t claim certainty of victory against it.
Under such circumstances, Du Fan decided to seek aid from the elves and dwarves. As the husband of the elven queen and the brother of the dwarf king, both races promptly sent their strongest armies!
Of the elves’ 30,000 troops, 20,000 were archers, and 10,000 were mages of the Nature school—all of these elves were at level 7 or above.
This was practically their entire force.
As for Basha, he led his 15,000 Black Panther Knights, along with 10,000 Armored Tortoise Knights. After Du Fan took away 5,000 of the Black Panther Knights, Basha restored their numbers to 15,000. Thus, the dwarves also had 30,000 knights!
Those chosen as Armored Tortoise Knights were all dwarf warriors at level 5 or above!
Together, the experts at the Sacred rank and above numbered nearly 500, with another 30 being experts in domain powers!
Of course, in the eyes of the Earth Tiger race, the Bimong race, and even the Blueblood race, such forces were insignificant.
After transforming, Bluebloods were at least at level 9.

Among the Earth Tiger clan, Lambowan already possesses strength equivalent to that of a mid-tier god, while the thousands of warriors in the Earth Tiger clan each have strength on par with that of level nine! The Bimon clan also has strength comparable to that of the Blueblood clan and the Earth Tiger clan! These three major races are willing to join the war under certain conditions: after the war ends and Du Fan secures victory, he must designate territories on his own land for these three races to govern autonomously. Of course, the only requirement of the Dwarf clan is to live alongside the Dwarves. About ten days later, under Du Fan’s command, a force of five hundred thousand soldiers set off toward the Holy Church, with their target being the sacred grounds of the Holy Church! Although five hundred thousand is not as large as the one million troops that attacked Gavin’s capital, the quality of this army far surpasses that of the million-strong force that besieged Gavin’s capital! With 150,000 soldiers from the Northern Legion, 30,000 elves, and 30,000 each from the Dwarf clan, Blueblood clan, Earth Tiger clan, and Bimon clan, the total military strength of these three races amounts to 400,000! The Dwarf clan did not participate in the battle, but their newly developed weapons and equipment were extensively equipped in the army! It was only when the Dwarves merged with the Dwarf clan that Du Fan understood why combining them produced such significant effects!