Global Game: Developing a Knight Clan-Chapter 179 - 154: Saint Tiers Enter Dawn City, The God War’s Greatest Secret

Chapter 179: Chapter 154: Saint Tiers Enter Dawn City, The God War’s Greatest Secret

Three months was too long!

Lince couldn’t just wait in the Demon Beast Mountain Range forever.

So, after subjugating the eight Saint Tier Magical Beasts of the Demon Beast Mountain Range,

Lince left the Forest Giant Elephant to guard the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

He then dispatched Amos and three other Saint Tier Magical Beasts to begin moving into Dawn City.

This development naturally left the three Saint Tier Magical Beasts utterly shocked.

But when they learned that this world was teeming with Giant Demons, who were likely the enemies of the Oakland Continent—

the very enemies behind the truth of the Deities’ fall—

the three Saint Tier Magical Beasts cast aside all other thoughts.

’Siding with an Alien Race means becoming a dog!’

Little did they know that the Transcendents of Carter World had been completely wiped out by the Giant Race.

They didn’t even get the chance to be dogs.

The only ones given that "opportunity" were the powerless human slaves from the Otherworld.

Faced with such a situation, even if the three Saint Tier Magical Beasts considered betraying Lince in this world, they would have to think it over very carefully.

Besides, given the methods Lince had demonstrated,

and especially after learning that the Deities of the Oakland Continent were in the process of reviving, the three Saint Tier Magical Beasts would have to be complete fools to choose to betray the Oakland Continent.

Not to mention, they felt that by following Lince, a much greater future awaited them.

They might even be able to touch upon the Demigod Tier, something they previously wouldn’t have dared to dream of.

A Demigod! In ancient times, that was a being who could truly enter a Divine Kingdom and become a true Divine Attendant, serving directly by a Deity’s side.

With such hopes, they naturally understood the pros and cons of their situation.

However, the three Saint Tier Magical Beasts were still apprehensive about Carter World.

After all, if the Deity behind this world’s Giant Demons could force the Oakland Deities to sacrifice themselves, just how powerful must it be?

’Are the Deities and the Dragon Race of the Oakland Continent truly a match for them?’

But then they remembered that this was all being done under the guidance of the Dragon Race’s Highness before them, and furthermore, guided by the drive for the Dragon God’s return.

This put their minds at ease.

’There’s nothing more to say!’

’We just have to eliminate all the enemies His Highness points us to!’

「Thus, on the thirty-second day of the current Inference Day.」

Dawn City finally moved again!

And this time, it wasn’t a small skirmish like before!

This time, Lince had the Saint Tier Magical Beasts pair up, each pair leading a Demon Beast army to attack two of the Giant Demons’ southern cities.

One was, of course, the Giant Demons’ Phantom Sea City.

The other was a land-based city 350 kilometers northeast of the Mist Forest.

Amos and one other Saint Tier Magical Beast were responsible for attacking Phantom Sea City.

The other two Saint Tier Magical Beasts were responsible for attacking the northeastern city.

As for Lince himself, he had already used the power of his contract to quietly rendezvous with the Shadow Wind Giant Eagle that was tailing the Giant Demon Fleet.

This time, the Giant Demon Fleet was enormous.

It consisted of over a thousand large and medium-sized warships, with as many as three hundred Airships.

This fleet of Giant Demons had been sailing the ocean for over a month and still hadn’t reached its destination.

This, naturally, caught Lince’s attention.

In fact, as the Shadow Wind Giant Eagle tracked them, the fleet’s journey was anything but peaceful.

From time to time, they would encounter sneak attacks from beneath the sea, each attack causing anywhere from a few to over a dozen of the Giant Demon Fleet’s ships to sink.

Faced with these ambushes, the Giant Demons were naturally furious.

But the strange thing was that the ones ambushing the Giant Demons weren’t Human Professionals from overseas at all.

They were a group of beings that resembled Water Elements.

These creatures weren’t particularly strong, but their most peculiar trait was that after their physical forms were dispersed, they seemed to be able to slowly regenerate.

They relentlessly trailed the Giant Demon Fleet, creating undercurrents or even directly attacking the bottoms of their ships.

Sometimes these creatures appeared in a giant-like form, other times they took the shape of Sea Beasts.

The strongest among them were no more than Tier Seven, and most only possessed Low Tier Power.

But their strength lay in their numbers; at least a thousand appeared each time. And the more of these Elemental Life forms the Giant Demon Fleet killed, the more would arrive in the next wave.

They were entirely transparent, their physical bodies like water, and they had cores.

But when their cores were shattered, or even when the creatures were captured by the Giant Demons, their cores would instantly vanish as if they never existed.

Even a Tier Nine Strong Person among the Giant Demons couldn’t completely kill or capture them.

In short, the Giant Demon Fleet was thoroughly sick of these Water Element life forms throughout their journey.

Lince, of course, was extremely curious about this.

And so, arriving above the endless ocean, Lince finally saw these strange life forms with his own eyes.

"Dammit!!!"

"Will these detestable Elemental Sea Spirits ever stop?"

"They’ve been targeting us this whole journey, and we can’t kill them for good. It’s a real headache."

A High Tier Giant Demon swung a terrifying Giant Sword, a single slash cleaving the ocean current for nearly a thousand meters ahead, reaching a depth of a hundred meters.

A torrent of seawater exploded and rained down, mixed with the shattered forms of many dead Elemental Spirits.

In the sky and under the sea, many Middle-High Tier Giant Demons were frantically chasing and killing these Elemental Spirits that caused them considerable losses each time.

The entire battle lasted no more than half an hour.

After all, these Water Elemental Spirits were too weak. As long as they were discovered and surrounded, the Giant Demon Fleet could easily annihilate them with its terrifying power and numbers.

This time, over three thousand Water Elemental Spirits had ambushed the Giant Demon Fleet.

But compared to the Giant Demon expeditionary fleet’s total of over 150,000, and with the Giant Demons on guard, this attack only managed to destroy two small-to-medium-sized ships.

"The fact that we can’t kill them is certainly frustrating."

"However, the continuous attacks from these Elemental Ocean Spirits also confirm that we’re headed in the right direction."

"According to a long-standing inference by the Empire Army Department, the Elemental Ocean Spirits are actually the leftover creations of a fallen native Deity."

"After the native Sea God fell, he merged his Divine Body into the ocean. His residual Divinity created these mindless Ocean Elemental Spirits to protect any human survivors within the sea’s domain."

"Therefore, the more Ocean Elves we encounter, the more it proves that there must be a massive stronghold of human survivors ahead of us."

"Native Deities are native Deities, after all. So dim-witted, they deserved to be defeated by the Empire Gods. This method of protecting their believers is practically a beacon guiding us. Haha, I bet that native Deity never expected this, did he?"

After killing the surrounding Ocean Elemental Spirits, a High Tier Giant Demon approached his comrade, laughing heartily.

"I wouldn’t say mindless. Deities live for a long time; their wisdom is certainly not low."

"Although there are arrogant ones, no matter how arrogant, as Deities, they can surely come up with numerous countermeasures instantly."

"As for this beacon-like thing the native Sea God created, he was probably killed by the Empire Gods too quickly. He simply didn’t have time to prepare more backup plans, and in his haste, he created this motley crew."

Another High Tier Giant Demon gathered nearby, voicing his own opinion after a moment of thought.

"That’s true. Ah, Deities... I wonder how many New Gods the big shots in the Empire can create using the vacant divine positions in this world."

"However, it’s only been a little over a hundred years since we conquered this world. Even if the Empire’s big shots are preparing for Ascension to Divinity, it will likely still take a considerable amount of time."

Speaking of the Empire Gods, the High Tier Giant Demons seemed to have opened the floodgates of conversation.

"If I recall correctly, in the first world the Empire conquered, the shortest record for a big shot’s Ascension to Divinity was 223 years, wasn’t it?"

"That’s right. The last world took the Empire over a thousand years to completely control, and a total of thirty-one big shots achieved Ascension to Divinity."

"This world, as the second one conquered by the Empire, should have a much higher concentration of Mana—’Magic Power’—than the first."

"However, the process of Ascension to Divinity is surely more complicated here. They even face backlash from the residual Divinity of the native Deities. If things go wrong, a good number of big shots will probably die."

A goat-horned Giant Demon looked grave as he laid out the full situation regarding the Giant Demon Empire’s Ascension to Divinity.

"It doesn’t matter to us how many big shots die. The spots are too limited; it will never be the turn of us scions from marginal Giant Demon families."

"Besides, if I’m not mistaken, according to unofficial rumors, the Empire lost over fifty Deities in this world’s Star Realm war, including many powerful ones. Although the Empire Elder Council is actively trying to revive Them, it won’t be a short process."

"Fifty? Isn’t that more than half? Are you sure your source is accurate?" one Giant Demon asked, completely stunned.

"Believe it or not. In any case, the other New World the Empire is currently conquering was chosen after a long selection process. They picked a relatively weak world with Mana, or ’Magic Power’."

"The Empire needs time to recover its strength, so conquering a relatively weak world fits its plans. But even so, the current war situation isn’t great. I heard that although that world’s Mana content is low, the power of its mortals is strangely strong. This has caused a huge uproar in the Empire Elder Council."

"A low-Mana world can produce a few to ten Deities at best. Although the Empire crushed and annihilated all of the enemy’s gods in the Star Realm battlefield with almost no losses, the mortal war, the war on the planet itself, has really stumped the Empire!"

"The losses are too great. The Empire Elder Council is even considering abandoning that world. After all, the gains and losses are completely disproportionate."

The surrounding High Tier Giant Demons listened to the inside information this one knew, all of them inexplicably stunned.

"So that’s what’s happening. No wonder the Empire has been demanding more and more resources and population from our garrisoned cities in this world lately."

"If only the war of Deities wasn’t restricted to the Star Realm. Alas, the Deities are the reason for our success, but also the reason for our failures."

"But in the end, it’s worlds with Mana that place too many restrictions on Deities. After ascending, a Mana world will reject the Deity. The cost for Deities to enter the Mortal World—the planet’s interior—is too high. Deities not native to a world face even more unimaginable suppression."

"If they expend great effort to descend upon the Mortal World of an Exotic Star, only to be weaker than a Saint Tier mortal, then there’s not much difference between descending or not. Conquering the Mortal World can only rely on us mortals."

"Isn’t that the truth. Still, Deities are immortal and possess unimaginable Mighty Power in the Star Realm. Becoming a god is still the best outcome."

"It’s just that for people like us, it’s probably hopeless."

"..."

’???’

Lince, using his formidable power to listen in on the Giant Demons’ conversation, was completely dumbfounded.

’I just came over for a look, and what incredible information have I stumbled upon?’

’The Giant Demons’ Deities have so many convoluted rules? Even after becoming a Deity, the cost to enter the Mortal World—the planet’s interior—is that high?’

’Star Realm war.’

’The fall of Deities creating opportunities for New Gods.’

’Mortal war.’

’So the world has this many rules?’

’Are these the common rules for all worlds? At least, for worlds that have Magic Power?’

’In that case, the True Game’s Rule Erosion Level that I know of... it seems there’s a lot more to it than I thought!’