landbeastnovel Chapter 794 - 478: Divine War (4K)
Chapter 794 - 478: Divine War (4K)
However, although the battle between the two Gods had ended, the Divine War was just beginning.Alice was about to speak when the weak voice of the Master of Thunder reverberated in her ear: "Declare war, do not give Daylight any chance to regroup."
"Huh? Daylight is injured?" Alice was about to ask for more details, but the Master of Thunder fell silent.
It seemed he was in too much of a rush to sleep, as he only conveyed this message to Alice, the Pope, while the surrounding priests only felt the Thunder Master’s aura flash and vanish.
They immediately understood that the Pope had received a divine message, and collectively turned their inquiring gazes toward Alice: What divine oracle had the Master of Thunder just delivered?
[Alice sensed the eyes of the surrounding priests and naturally understood their thoughts. With a serious expression, she spoke earnestly: "The Roland Cathedral was destroyed by Daylight, and my God is extremely enraged, ordering the eradication of the Daylight Church."]
[The priests stared wide-eyed at Alice.]
[It’s not that we don’t understand this order.]
[But is it really okay to say it right in front of the Daylight Pope?]
[No, this is actually the Pope’s strategy!]
[The Pope surely wouldn’t be so foolish, there must be a purpose behind her actions.]
[The priests showed expressions of understanding.]
[This puts pressure on the Daylight Church, leading them to misjudge our plans.]
[Alice is just quick-tongued.]
Indeed, once you ascend to a high position, no matter what you do, it’s seen as correct, and your subordinates will naturally fill in the gaps with their imagination.
Judging by the Master of Thunder’s last performance, he probably didn’t gain much from Baris.
Since the Master of Thunder was asleep, Alice certainly wouldn’t miss this opportunity to stir trouble.
She first used the preparation for a Divine War with the Daylight Church as an excuse, transferring all church troops from the Roland Empire originally intended for defending against the Twilight Legion to the front lines bordering the Daylight Church’s forces.
Yet, she did not grant any priest the authority to initiate combat, issuing an edict that any military action must receive her approval as Pope.
This was a very tricky order.
As for the supply work on the front lines, Alice handed it over to several notoriously corrupt individuals within the Thunder Church, ensuring that any supplies passing through their hands would be heavily marked up.
[Once the anger on the front line accumulated to a certain level, they could be executed to quell rage and simultaneously confiscate their assets.]
[Ding! You’ve obtained a Spell Card: Battlefield Micro-Operation]
Impressive, Alice had considered matters to this extent.
Shen Sui could only mourn silently for the future of the Thunder Church.
When you allow an enemy undercover to become the leader of an organization, this is the cost, silently undermining you.
[The sudden outbreak of the Divine War disrupted Alice’s plans.]
[However, Alice quickly adjusted her target.]
[Since killing a God was no longer an achievable goal, it wouldn’t be prudent to waste Claude’s recently restored state, so I’ll deal with the Pseudo-Dusk Council first.]
[With this thought in mind, Alice temporarily separated from the Daylight Church with the Thunder Priests.]
[Upon returning to the Thunder Church’s territory, she received an abundance of messages from the Thunder Archbishops.]
[Seeing the hundreds of messages, Alice felt a headache, waving her hand and instructing the messenger priest: "Tell them that since the Divine War between the two sides is now inevitable, the attitude of the War God Church is crucial. The Daylight Pope Aivia is also preparing to attend the appointment ceremony of the War God High Priest Harms. If I leave, it will push the War God Church toward Daylight. This ceremony is vital for victory in the war, so do not act rashly before it happens."]
[After a pause, Alice continued: "Also, let them discuss and come up with a battle plan. Although our strength is formidable, the Daylight Church won’t be easily defeated, so we must devise detailed plans. I expect them to also provide tactical simulations based on this plan."]
"You don’t plan to participate personally in the plan’s formulation?" you asked, "Wouldn’t that make it easier to sabotage?"
[While manipulating the puppet by Harms’ side to converse with him, Alice explained to you: "No rush, let them revise a few versions of the battle plan then we’ll see."]
"...And then you plan to use the first version?"
[Alice was somewhat surprised: "How did you know?"]
"Typically, clients and bosses torment their employees like this." you replied.
[Getting more animated, Alice started telling you about the ideas she had just conceived on her way here to use this opportunity to undermine the Thunder Church.]
"Looks like the Dawn Continent is going to be lively for quite some time," Vivian said, glancing at the match on stage, "The waves of a Divine War are enough to awaken other gods, even if they are just trivial matters, it will be a lot of trouble for the people of the Dawn Continent."
"Leave it to Alice then," Shen Sui said, "She might quite enjoy this kind of work."
"Besides, she can help you collect divine followers, right?" Vivian said with a smile, "If your deck is entirely composed of fifteen-star deities, you’ll really be stuck."
"I have some peculiar thoughts on this."
"If you really want Divine Cards that much, you could head to World No. 2," Vivian suggested, "There, every mythological system has numerous gods."
"Forget it, without thorough preparation, I’m not planning to go."
This was indeed Shen Sui’s honest statement.
If he were alone, he would naturally be willing to venture into World No. 2, just getting to meet those mythical characters up close would be rewarding enough.
But if Shen Sui were to take Alice along, he wouldn’t dare take such a risk.
The Mythical World had far too many strange artifacts and divine objects; even Shen Sui wasn’t sure if he could protect Alice in World No. 2.
This stirred Vivian’s memories and she agreed with Shen Sui: "World No. 2 is better not to tread lightly."
The Saints only cared about their own world, harboring no desires for other worlds. However, this didn’t mean other mighty beings had no desires. Moreover, the power system in World No. 2 is extremely complex, possibly leading to disasters that would be hard to recover from, impacting both the real world and other worlds.
The reason they suddenly started discussing World No. 2 was that Louise, who was in the duel, used a deck from World No. 2.
However, her deck’s mythological system seemed to be the Greek or Roman mythologies, unrelated to the Eastern mythology system Shen Sui and Vivian were talking about.
Louise, after all, was a millionaire’s daughter and presented Shen Sui with a fourteen-star Follower Card as a thank-you gift. During the duel, she also utilized numerous mythological figures familiar to Shen Sui.
Despite discarding a purely mythical system to enhance the deck’s strength, after blending two or more mythological systems, Louise’s deck reached a level of strength that surprised Shen Sui.
This even made Shen Sui suspect Louise might have intentionally lost to Lak back then.
After all, with such a deck, could she really be defeated by Lak?
This error tolerance rate was already very high.
Just as Shen Sui was thinking this, Louise on stage suddenly stopped narrating, and she began to appear agitated, seemingly because of a mistake in the order of effect activation, causing her to draw fewer cards.
This did not really affect the outcome.
However, judging by Louise’s state, the impact on her was significant, leading to serious oversights during subsequent battle phases, overlooking the opponent’s set cards, nearly blowing up her own field.
Of course, Louise’s deck was still strong enough to prevent a brief mistake from causing a complete turnaround, and eventually secured her victory in the duel.
But compared to the strong start, the victory seemed somewhat lackluster.
Louise’s ability to handle psychological pressure seemed not very strong.