Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 588: Chapter 0588: Bloodline (Additional 4200, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

“Indeed … taking up a command with troops versus without troops, the outcomes couldn’t be more different. In the end, it all comes down to strength!”

“The military power one controls is the most direct form of strength, while influence like family reputation is potential strength.”

Su Lu, garbed in a colonial-style mismatched shirt paired with black trousers, navigated through the crowded dock and the streets.

Too lazy to look at the fat man’s unpleasant countenance, he had quietly melted into the crowd of ordinary people after verifying that nothing unusual was happening at the Defence Mansion.

Dylan Port was vast with a series of streets and residential areas developed around the port nearby.

On the roads, the occasional sight of Horse People slaves could be seen.

With their human upper body and horse lower body, their male specimens had impressively muscular calves and triangular abdominals, making them perfect for labor.

While the females were rather plump. Even though they were dressed in clothes-like rag bags, their upper bodies nonetheless attracted the intense gazes of some men.

“In the Zotelan Continent, the Empire’s colonies are primarily a series of ports, forming a long strip… They are bordered most by the tribes of Centaurs and Jackal Men…”

“Among the two, Centaurs, though fierce, are loyal and conservative, and have potential to be tamed into slaves… But it seems they cannot adapt to the climate of the Old Continent, so they are rarely seen in the Empire…”

Aside from that, Su Lu saw numerous murals on the walls, all depicting ferocious werewolves and scenes of them being killed by a hail of spears and arrows.

“Kill the Jackal Men!”

“Kill even more Jackal Men!”

“Remember! If you encounter a Jackal Man in the wilderness and manage to strip its claws and fur, you can get a silver coin from the Empire. If you see a pack… May the Six Gods bless your soul!”

…

From the propaganda, Su Lu learned that Jackal Men were indeed incredibly ferocious and deceitful, with absolutely no chance of being enslaved.

The only choice was to exterminate them.

All the colonies had even introduced similar policies, rewarding a certain amount of money for Jackal Man’s claws, fur, and fangs, promoting the colonialists to hunt them continuously.

Of course, on the other hand, if a citizen of the Empire got caught by a Jackal Man tribe?

They could choose to be eaten raw or roasted, or perhaps even offered as a sacrifice to their gods.

The racial conflicts between the two sides had reached an irreconcilable impasse.

Either the Chris Empire retreats from the Zotelan Continent completely, or the Jackal Men will face extinction. There is no third possibility!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Su Lu even spotted the phrases “Special Horse Man Liver” and “Jackal Man Meat” on a few restaurant signs.

And there were such rumors around that these dishes strengthened a man’s kidney.

Once such rumors started spreading, no matter how disgusting, it certainly boosted the sales.

“Forget it… I do not have such taste. The first-generation colonists are indeed the most brutish…”

With a sigh, Su Lu left Dylan Port.

The wilderness here was quite deserted, even after the colonists have developed it, with only occasional patches of farmland growing oats, winter wheat, onions, tomatoes, and other crops.

From time to time, there were hunters patrolling nearby on horseback.

Jackal Men were a breed of violent animals, they were even capable of eating their own kind when starved.

Sightings of small groups of separated Jackal Men attacking human settlements were all too common.

Su Lu noticed a row of warning cross, with dried-up Jackal Man corpses nailed to it, serving as a deterrence.

But its actual effect?…

Su Lu felt that if it weren’t for the patrolling hunters, it might be taken back by its companions for use as pickled meat to gnaw on.

…

“Strange land, a vast amount of hostility…”

Su Lu muttered, spreading his Divine-level senses. He received a vast amount of information, chilling to the bone.

Within the gathered intel, a single detail caught his attention and his expression shifted.

The next moment.

He stepped into the Void and disappeared.

…

The frontier of the colony, scavenger’s camp.

“Hold them back… Release the Wolf Pups after she has been caged up!”

Outside a wooden encampment.

Hundreds of Jackal Men howled furiously, charging at the simple fence.

Inside the camp were several dozen ragged ‘Scavengers’, the pioneering team of Empire colonists. They were the vanguard of human conflict with the Transcendent species of the Dark Continent, proficient at locating various precious resources in the wilderness.

Of course, the danger they face is the greatest.

At this moment, this forward camp is being besieged by hundreds of Jackal Men.

Standing about two meters tall on average, covered in hard brown or hazel hair, they resembled upright wolves. Some were equipped with crude wooden clubs, large stones, and other weapons.

As they charged up to the camp, a line of muskets burst into smoke.

Pop! Pop!

Bullets flew, lead-filled projectiles tore into flesh and instantly burst, resulting in a terrifying wound the size of a bowl.

A Jackal Man who took a hit to its trunk was finished. One with shots in its limbs resulted in severed arms and legs, collapsed on the ground, wailing in pain.

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

Despite being driven back by the terrifying firepower of firearms, the Jackal Men howled and charged again under the ferocious roars from the rear.

“Muskets against Transcendents?”

Su Lu watched this scene, an interested expression appearing on his face.

“I never thought I would see this classic scene of ‘execution by firing squads’… The Jackal Men on the other side, the majority of them possess strength equivalent to a first-order [Soldier], even in the face of modern firearms, they still leave a mountain of corpses.”

However, he also knew that the firing squad tactic required courage.

This camp managed to hold out purely because of the fences, ditches, spiked wood, and other obstacles they had dug out and put in place.

Otherwise, after a round of firing, the Jackal Men would have charged up to their faces.

“Even so… the ammunition consumption of firearms is a big problem.”

He continued watching.

As expected, the next moment, along with the terrified and enraged shouts of the Scavengers, the sound of musket fire began to thin.

A Jackal Man bigger than the rest, with rage-filled eyes, tread on the corpses of its comrades and broke through the walls of the camp.

“Roar!”

It lifted its head and roared, its claws tearing left and right of the Scavengers. The claws of the Jackal Man were as sharp as daggers and were covered in various bacteria.

“Ah!”

Two musketeers let out wails, one having his stomach ripped open, the other seeing an arm severed with blood gushing like a fountain.

“Get the hell out!”

A female Scavenger’s right hand seemed to inflate by a circle, and she hammered a punch into the chest of the Jackal Man.

Bang!

The gigantic Jackal Man was sent flying back as if hit by a train head-on.

“Elena, well done!”

The other Scavengers were uplifted, who then managed to repel this wave of Jackal Men.

Su Lu’s gaze fell on this female Occupational Person too: “[Demon Hunter]? Moreover, I sense the bloodline of the Pottery Family in her.”