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The atmosphere in the Pantheon has been tense during this time.

In the second row next to the Lord of Order, the Lord of Glory used unimaginable magical power and moved his seat next to the Sky-Eating Dog. He didn't speak, just sat quietly, waiting silently.

But the Sky-Swallowing Dog did not appear. Not only the main god of the orc pantheon, but also the gods of the entire orc pantheon did not appear during this period of time.

The Lord of Glory did not express any opinion on this matter. He just sneered and waited patiently.

The orc pantheon wants to expand its power through human wars, which is a common routine in divine wars. Both the human gods and the orc gods are gods of faith. As the number of people who believe in them decreases, their power will also be weakened, and there are examples of demotion and even death.

But... the war between orcs and humans has been going on for so many years, and there has never been a victory or defeat. Situations such as the general mobilization of the orc empire have also happened in history. Although the battles were extremely brutal every time, there was no such thing. Even once, the defenses of all human countries have been truly defeated. Can this time be an exception?

The gods of the Pantheon waited for several days, and finally the "Lord of Flames", the god of fire element who had a good relationship with the Lord of Glory, couldn't help but ask him questions about this human war.

The Lord of Glory did not play the trick of "silence is golden". He sneered and said: "For a long time, those dirty and hairy beasts have occupied a large and vast fertile wilderness, and they grow like mosquitoes on it. , performing all kinds of ugly things. Not only that, they always set their sights on areas where humans thrive, hoping to spread ugly ecology like a plague. Invasions like this happen every once in a while, and it’s no big deal. ”

"Is that all?" asked the King of Flames.

"That's roughly it." The Lord of Radiance replied confidently, "We humans never reject any friends, and we never fear any enemies. We welcome our friends with wine, food, song and dance, and defeat our enemies with swords and magic. They Want to fight? Let’s fight. Humans are not afraid of war!”

Such an answer obviously did not satisfy the Lord of Flames, so he asked the Lord of Glory if he had any specific counterattack strategies, but the Lord of Glory refused to answer. He said that this was a military secret and was not suitable to be discussed in public. If you are interested, you can ask privately.

After a while, the King of Flames found the God of War again and asked the main god of the war god system for his views on this war.

"What do you think? You know, I like war!" The rather old-looking God of War smiled, but there was no hint of kindness and kindness in his smile. Instead, it was full of ferocity and bloodthirst. "Whether it is attacking or retreating, , whether it’s invasion or defense, whether it’s raiding or raiding... as long as it’s war, I like it!”

"I like to see countless people fighting for interests or ideals or beliefs. It doesn't matter why, as long as they fight."

“I like to see them bleeding all over the ground and corpses strewn across the field. I like to see the victors cheering in the pool of blood, the losers wailing in the pool of blood, the dying struggling in the pool of blood, and the arrogant people. Slaughtering in the pool of blood, seeing the swift chasing in the pool of blood... Iron and blood, the smell of war is so charming! No matter who attacks, who fights for whom, who laughs or cries... …It doesn’t matter, I just like the war itself and all the scenes in the war.”

"When countless creatures are shouting, roaring, crying and whining, when they use all their strength to fight and fight for less than half the chance of survival, I will always be ecstatic Watch them from the sky and enjoy this rare and beautiful scenery.”

"You ask me what I think of this war? My opinion is, good! Very good! Very good! I like this war!"

The King of Flames was silent for a moment and asked: "I mean, do you have any opinions on the outcome of this war, which of the two sides is more advantageous, and what the outcome might be...such issues?"

"What will happen to the mortals who can only live for a few decades? I am not interested at all." The God of War smiled nonchalantly, "My power comes from the war itself. What I care about is that there are still other things in the world. I have no interest in anything other than whether wars have broken out, whether they have broken out enough, or whether they have broken out violently enough!”

"...Then you always have some evaluation of the fighting power of both sides, right?" The King of Flames sighed, "Just give me some face and talk about the outcome and other issues for a while."

The God of War smiled, touched his beard that was harder than a steel needle, and said: "The orcs have multiplied very much in recent years, and the number of young people has increased a lot. So some of them will definitely be consumed through war. On the one hand, through This method is used to screen out those who are weak or unlucky. On the other hand, it also reduces food consumption and population pressure. So from this perspective, the orcs should not care much about victory."

The gods all nodded slightly, feeling that what he said made sense.

"However, not caring about victory does not mean that victory cannot be achieved. As I said before, the orcs have multiplied greatly in recent years, which has made their number of soldiers extremely high, and their purpose of war is fundamentally just to To consume the population...then their fighting methods must be quite fierce, and it may be difficult for humans to withstand them.”

The gods were silent for a while, and the God of Knights couldn't help but ask: "So, what do you think humans should do to improve their chances of winning?"

The God of War laughed loudly: "So what if we win? Human beings have already abandoned their belief in you. Look at the world, how many of your temples are left? How many of your followers are there? Your ideas are still there How many people are following it? Who wins and who loses has nothing to do with you!”

"It does matter." The God of Knights said calmly, "Even if I die tomorrow, I will continue to pay attention to and protect mankind today. Even if I die next moment, at least I am still alive at this moment. When I am alive, I must fulfill my obligations to mankind." The oath I made.”

There was silence in the Pantheon for a while. The God of War shook his head and sighed: "Humanity will definitely suffer losses, it's just the size of the losses. If the human countries can unite and march from the east and south at the same time, then the orcs will fight on both sides. , maybe it won’t be much of an advantage, but you and I both know that this is impossible.”

Just as He said, the Orc Empire has the Holy Angel Kingdom to the east and the Eagle Kingdom to the south. The two countries are feuding and have been fighting endlessly in the Great Plains area in the eastern part of the continent to compete for that fertile land. No one believes that these two countries can put aside their hatred and join forces to deal with the outside world.

Not to mention, the Holy Angel Kingdom uses the belief in the Sun God as its state religion and does not pay much attention to the human gods. The Eagle Kingdom is a key area for the belief in human gods, and there are even many descendants of gods in the country. Even from a religious perspective, there is no possibility for the Holy Angel Kingdom to help the Eagle Kingdom.

"...Why do the orcs want to attack the Eagle Kingdom instead of the Holy Angel Kingdom?" At the high-level meeting of the Void Mask Church, Sui Xiong looked at the map and said in confusion, "Don't they have a strong army and a large population now? ? Wouldn’t it be more advantageous to fight directly to the east and use the vast terrain to deploy a large force? "

As he said, the area bordering the Orc Empire and the Kingdom of Holy Angels is a vast hilly area, where a huge formation can be fully deployed, enough to maximize the orcs' military advantage. The border between the Orc Empire and the Eagle Kingdom is a relatively narrow valley between the Greystone Mountains and the Behemoth Mountains. Here, there are fortresses built by the Eagle Kingdom over a long period of time to provide layer upon layer defense. If you want to fight in a place like this, what you need is not quantity but quality. Even if the orcs have more troops, not many can be put into the battlefield at one time, so how can they take advantage?

"Probably due to political and religious considerations." When it comes to war, there are not many people in the upper echelons of the Church of the Void who are truly visionary, and only Leon Igor, the former prince of the Eagle Kingdom, can talk about it. Talk, "As your Majesty said, from a military point of view, it is most advantageous for the orcs to fight eastward. But if they fight eastward, the Eagle Kingdom is likely to attack under the oracles of the human gods and cooperate with The Holy Angel Kingdom fights on both sides. After all, the Holy Angel Kingdom is also a human country. Even if they don’t believe in the human gods, the human gods should protect them out of their vocation.”

"So there is no such problem when fighting against the Eagle Kingdom?" Sui Xiong asked.

"Well, the Kingdom of Holy Angels mainly believes in the Lord of Light (Sun God). He is one of the leaders of the natural god system. He does not have a good relationship with the Lord of Radiance. He has been working hard to weaken the domestic human gods for a long time. In this situation, it would be a blessing if He did not allow the Holy Angel Kingdom to cooperate with the Orc Empire. It is impossible to expect Him to send an oracle and let the Holy Angel Kingdom help the Eagle Kingdom."

Sui Xiong thought for a while, shook his head and sighed.

"A group of guys who don't distinguish between light and heavy!"

"...It's not that the priorities are indifferent, it's just that everyone cares about different things." In Sui Xiong's world that has been named "Holy Light Sanctuary", the gods who have a good relationship with him gathered together to discuss this matter. Regarding the issue of the war, when Sui Xiong lamented that the sun god was indifferent, Weiye explained, "For the Lord of Light, the life and death of those humans who do not believe in Him are completely unworthy of concern. And the orcs passed by After a large number of people were lost in this war, it should be stable for a long time, and it is natural for the Holy Angel Kingdom not to send troops to help the Eagle Kingdom. "

"Don't they know the meaning of death and coldness of lips and teeth?"

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold... this word is used well!" Morani praised, but said, "But the Holy Angel Kingdom and the Eagle Kingdom are actually mortal enemies. They are not related by lips and teeth."

Sui Xiong frowned several times, and finally sighed in annoyance.

This is really upsetting!