Chapter 344: The Army of Yan, Appears!

On Lord Hawk's lands, unprecedented bustle had erupted.

With the opening of Hope Avenue, a small marketplace had formed at the edge of Lord Hawk's territory.

Many commoners came to this marketplace to buy Divine Beans.

Especially those without physical strength, unable to travel twenty kilometers to Yan City for Divine Beans.

And today, it was utterly packed with people.

Princess Ying was gathering her army here.

And today, Yan's army would emerge from Hope Avenue to aid Princess Ying in her revenge!

"Princess, I support you."

"I want to enlist! I want to join the army!"

Though only two days had passed, Princess Ying had already gained massive public support—now, she had assembled an army exceeding ten thousand!

Remember, she had once been powerless and obscure, and she had only begun gathering troops the day before yesterday.

Two days. Ten thousand.

Given enough time, the number of troops she could gather would be even greater.

Of course, these ten thousand were mostly commoners.

These commoners had not yet been armed.

But Princess Ying never intended to use them for battle.

Their sole purpose was one.

To create momentum!

The more people who joined, the greater the momentum.

This revenge war was also a war of faith.

She had publicly declared herself a follower of the Lord of Flame—those who supported her naturally became followers of the Lord of Flame too!

The more support Princess Ying received, the smaller the resistance to her becoming queen afterward—even making it seem inevitable!

Therefore, momentum must be built!

From the eastern region, commoners continued arriving in endless streams to join Princess Ying's army.

These commoners came for reasons including support for Princess Ying, but her two promised conditions had also won them over!

To make people fight for you, you must offer sufficient rewards!

People are inherently drawn to benefit—otherwise, even if they supported you spiritually, after weighing costs and gains, they would never act.

And on this day, Yan's public opinion campaign continued.

The fourth day's public opinion campaign was simple: commoners from all other regions could join Princess Ying's army wherever her forces arrived.

Of course, most commoners still watched, and the nobles watched too.

The reason was simple—they were unsure whether Princess Ying would succeed.

After all, Princess Ying's opponent was a god, and this god controlled both the Royal Family's army and the Wangshiyu Sect's army.

On the highlands of the Hutton Kingdom, the million-strong army of the Xiling Kingdom had grown even stronger.

Once the Xiling Kingdom's million-strong army achieved a decisive victory, and the church freed its hands, what could Princess Ying use to resist?

Currently, fewer than ten nobles openly supported her.

Among them, two counts each armed ten thousand warriors to support her—yet that was only twenty thousand troops total.

Moreover, on the high-end combat front, Princess Ying's side had only one senior princess.

The senior princess was still perceived by the public as merely a Seventh Rank Grand Mage.

But the church had no shortage of experts!

So even though public opinion had fully turned in Princess Ying's favor, mental support was one thing—taking actual action was another!

Many were watching, waiting—for Yan's army to arrive, so they could see just how formidable Yan's army truly was.

Because Yan's army was Princess Ying's greatest asset!

Thus, over one hundred thousand Xiling Kingdom civilians had gathered outside Lord Hawk's territory today.

Among them were many nobles.

Most of these nobles came from the eastern region.

Nobles from other regions had mostly sent spies here.

In fact, among these civilians, there were also many spies from Wangshiyu Sect and Junduiyu Sect.

Tens of thousands chattered noisily, all waiting for Yan's army to appear!

"What do you think of Yan's army?"

A group of nobles gathered there, staring toward Hope Avenue.

"It should be powerful—those two thousand winged men's armor isn't much worse than the church's elite troops, is it?"

Said a minor noble, who still vividly remembered the event just days ago when three thousand members of the Slo family were wiped out in one minute outside Lord Hawk's territory.

The equipment worn by those winged warriors had left a deep impression on him.

"Orcs are naturally strong and immensely powerful—give them better weapons and armor, and their strength could be terrifying. Didn't you see those bear-men last time? Huge bodies, clad in thick armor—in battle, even our Third Rank knights might not defeat them."

Said another minor noble.

"The cat warriors guarding Yan City weren't poorly equipped either—all their armor bore magical runes. Besides, in the Beast Kingdom, the most powerful tribes should be the Lion Clan and Tiger Clan—neither has appeared yet…"

Said a third minor noble.

Though Yan had opened Yan City, humans still had no right to enter deep into Yan's territory, so they naturally did not know that the Lion Clan and Tiger Clan had already fought a great battle, and the Tiger Clan had been utterly defeated.

"The beasts' iron smelting and forging skills are terrible—I think Yan must have used its best equipment only to dress up these warriors for show. Think about it: how many warriors have you actually seen? At most a few thousand. What can a few thousand beasts do on a battlefield of hundreds of thousands?"

Said another noble.

"Yes, it's not impossible that Flame Nation gave its best equipment to those warriors to keep up appearances, but Flame Nation's army should be arriving soon—exactly how it is, we'll know momentarily."

The moment this last noble finished speaking, a dark mass of human silhouettes appeared on Hope Avenue.

The rhythmic sound of footsteps rang out as well.

Everyone stopped their discussions and turned their gazes over.

"They're here, they're here!"

Some commoners craned their necks to look.

Walking at the very front were bearfolk warriors of massive build!

These bearfolk warriors were still forty abreast, and when they moved, the very ground trembled.

Many people present had already seen these bearfolk warriors before, but even so, upon seeing these hulking fellows, quite a few still revealed expressions of shock.

Some were already thinking to themselves: if they met such bearfolk on the battlefield, probably ten men wouldn't be able to take down a single one, right?

Because the bearfolk warriors' builds were far too enormous, they blocked the troops behind them, so those people couldn't see the units in the rear.