Chapter 945 · Great Divine Power (Part 1)
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Keep chasing! Don't stop!"
"Even if you are exhausted and can't breathe, you are not allowed to stop! Even if you are exhausted, you must die on the road of pursuit!"
"Use our swords to bring eternal peace to our descendants!"
The human soldiers roared, encouraged each other, dragged their tired bodies, and chased the equally tired orcs in front of them.
They were already very tired, but the orcs in front were even more tired - after all, humans still had priests accompanying the army, who could occasionally use magic to eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength. Although the orcs still had priests, they almost had no gods who could grant magic.
The outcome of this chase was already determined.
The orc soldiers were finally exhausted and could no longer run. They didn't even have the strength to turn around and resist, just lying on the ground, allowing the exhausted human soldiers to catch up and kill them one by one with spears or swords. When the cold blade pierced the body, there was no miserable wailing, only the lives that died with the sigh of despair.
In fact, many orcs were exhausted to death when they fell, and the so-called finishing blows were nothing more than creating some meaningless wounds on the dead bodies.
This situation was happening everywhere, and the completely collapsed orc army was like a pile of loose sand, and it was no longer possible to organize any decent resistance. The bravest armies of the empire, those heroes who could fight to the death in desperate situations, had already followed their old emperor to the battlefield. Now those who fled were just the remnants of the defeated who had lost their courage.
Maybe they all had their own reasons, they didn't want to die, couldn't die, and didn't want to die, but the battlefield was a casino with life as the bet, and if you were willing to gamble, you had to admit defeat.
There were also deserters who tried to escape into the orc village and hide among the civilians. But as long as they approached the village, a green light would fall from the sky and ruthlessly block them outside.
This was Sui Xiong's move.
He would not allow these deserters to escape into the civilian population, as that would cause a big mess.
As early as after the human victory, he found the Lord of Light and reminded him to restrain the army and not to massacre civilians. In response, the Lord of Light said that as long as the civilians did not protect the orc army, he would not order a massacre.
Sui Xiong was not very satisfied with his answer, but he did not continue to ask. It was just that whenever the human army was about to rush into the orc village, it would be stopped by a green light.
This was his attitude.
If you need supplies, buy them with your own money. If you want to play the "levy" trick, it won't work. In order to fight, the orcs have already squeezed out almost all the supplies, and if they are looted in the name of "levy", I'm afraid most of them will starve to death this winter.
In that case, what's the difference from a massacre?
Sui Xiong would not allow a massacre against civilians, no matter who comes to kill or who is killed. As for the "power of the conqueror" or something, Brother Xiong does not recognize it.
No matter how good the human gods are, in the main plane, Brother Xiong has the final say!
The gods of humanity naturally had a lot of opinions about this. Weiye went to Sui Xiong and advised him not to be so stubborn.
"The orcs are finished anyway, why bother to offend His Majesty the Lord of Glory for them?" Weiye said earnestly, "It's not worth it!"
Sui Xiong just smiled and didn't answer.
Whether it's worth it or not doesn't depend on others, but on his own opinion.
It doesn't matter if others think it's not worth it, as long as he thinks it's worth it, that's enough.
The God of Justice, Jorgadman, appreciated his decision very much. Even though He is a human being and has a bad relationship with the orc gods, He is first and foremost a god of justice, and He must first consider the issue from the perspective of justice.
It is of course unjust for the victors to massacre the civilians of the losers.
So He quickly followed up and announced that he firmly supported Sui Xiong in protecting the orc civilians and preventing the human army from slaughtering and looting them.
Immediately afterwards, many kind gods expressed the same opinion.
On the one hand, they were out of their own kind position, and on the other hand, they were also a little worried - the power of the Lord of Glory made them all worried. In this case, being able to cooperate with the Void Mask and the God of Justice to weaken the influence of the Lord of Glory, even if it will not have much practical effect, at least it can make them feel more at ease.
Regarding this matter, Morani, who was injured and retreated from the decisive battle, privately found Sui Xiong and sincerely advised him not to stand up.
"The Lord of Glory is not in a good situation." Because the battle incarnation that almost condensed all the divine power was blown up, the Iron Hero, who is still very weak, whispered in a one-on-one private occasion, "His strength is no longer normal."
"Abnormal? There is a gap between powerful divine powers." Sui Xiong was a little confused.
"The gap should not be so big." Morani shook his head and said, "His current strength does not seem to be a powerful divine power, but rather - it seems to be - becoming a great divine power."
Sui Xiong frowned and remembered the scenes of meeting and talking with the Lord of Glory these times.
He did feel the aura of great divine power from the Lord of Glory, but that level was not even as good as that of the Chaos Dragon. It should be quite far from a true breakthrough.
However... the combat power displayed by the Lord of Glory has surpassed that of the Chaos Dragon.
He kept an avatar in the Chaos Dragon's lair. After seeing the Lord of Glory showing off his power, he once asked the Chaos Dragon about it. At that time, the Dragon of Chaos was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, saying, "Even if we are one-on-one now, I can't beat him."
what does that mean? After becoming a great god, will the Lord of Radiance be stronger than the Lord of Chaos?
Or... the Lord of Glory has actually gone very far on the road to great divine power, but he just can't see it?
Sui Xiong was not sure.
In this decisive battle, Morani and several brave orc gods once rushed in front of the Lord of Glory, but unfortunately they were unable to force him to take action. But at that time, the Lord of Glory was already tempted again and wanted to take action.
At that time, Morani clearly felt the pressure as deep as the sea. That is a power that the orc main god Le Fond has never had, and a power that the God of Justice Yorgardman has never shown - not a difference in strength, but a difference in essence.
That's why He specially found Sui Xiong and persuaded Sui Xiong not to be an enemy of the Lord of Glory.
"I'm not sure whether he has become a great divine power, but even if he has not yet become a great divine power, the distance is not far away." Morani said worriedly, "Once he steps into the great divine power, I am afraid that he will become a great divine power." There's going to be a big liquidation. If you provoke Him now, you will definitely be a thorn in His side and will be His priority!"
However, Sui Xiong did not listen to his advice after all.
Before traveling through time, he admired a saying, "A true man should do what he should not do, but what he must do." At that time, he didn't have the strength to hold his head high and call himself a man, but he does now.
Now that you have the power, why don't you do what you want to do, and why do you tolerate things you don't like?
Therefore, green light fell from the sky again and again, stopping the human army from entering the orc towns and villages, and also stopping the orc deserters from escaping into the civilian population.
(Since they want to fight, let them fight to the end. Since they are on a battlefield where their lives are at stake, please leave after losing!)
Sui Xiong thought so.
The result was actually not that tragic. After several large-scale pursuits, the human army finally stopped and began to arrange follow-up work.
At this time, the Lord of Glory issued an order.
Races that challenge humans and lose in this battle will no longer be able to retain their country and church, establish military or commercial organizations, occupy territories, or maintain titles in the main plane.
If they still want to stay in the world, they can only become farmers, craftsmen, small businessmen, or mercenaries. Like the orcs in the past, they are scattered in various places and accept the rule of local lords.
If you don't want to, then you can, just leave the main plane.
Just like those races that were defeated and left in the past years.
In addition, those like the dwarfs who have been defeated and left but come back to cause trouble, must all get out this time, and no one is allowed to stay!
Generally speaking, this requirement is not particularly harsh, and is much more relaxed than many people expected - you know, among the human gods, many gods strongly demand cruel revenge on all races.
As the saying goes, "One must bow one's head when under a low eaves." Although they were very reluctant, the dwarves, orcs, and swamp natives finally began their retreat before the deadline given by the Lord of Radiance.
The only one who didn't move was the elf.
It's not that there is no movement. The elves' choice is to recall as many tribesmen as possible to the Ancient Forest, and then set up a large-scale barrier in the Ancient Forest.
It was obvious that they wanted to fight to the end.
Including Sui Xiong, no one is optimistic that they can win - when all the races joined forces, they were no match for humans, but now only the elves are left, how can they win?
However, the Great Council of Elves showed unusual determination this time. Elders and demigods came forward one after another, emphasizing that they would be able to defend the home of the elves.
Where did they get this confidence? Sui Xiong was very curious,
The gods were curious.
However, now is not the time to get curious.
There is another big thing to do.
Humans did not rush to deal with the elves who refused to admit defeat, but sent invitations to the gods, inviting them to come to the newly established "Court of Victory" in the human kingdom to watch the ceremony.
Visit the Lord of Glory, the main god of mankind, to ascend to great divine power.
Yes, as many people have speculated, the Lord of Glory will use the power of mankind to defeat all races and become the absolute overlord of the main plane. In one fell swoop, he will break through the limits of powerful divine power and step into a world that is unparalleled except for the four great gods. A realm of great divine power that a god can enter!