Chapter 608: Chapter 608: The Game Of War
Lavender, as the queen of the Demon Night, exuded an air of superiority in front of anyone!
Even the war sages, or the Soul Sea Realm masters would have felt that they were a cut below her, if they were to face her powerful aura, not to even mention the top-level war lords in the Tower of Sin.
However, when only Zen was with her, she would drop her airs and become much more casual in her manner.
For example, over the past few days while Zen had been cultivating in the practice room, she would come forth from his body and walk around. She would even nag about certain things around Zen…
She was greatly different from how she had been before. This kind of contrast surprised Zen tremendously. Occasionally, she would even mutter a few curses, leaving him even more speechless.
At hearing Zen's ultimatum and seeing him summon his sword spirit, Maurice's face had darkened completely.
Maurice wasn't an idiot. How could he forget the existence of the prominent Heavenly Feather Sacred Place on this continent?
However, would the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place truly stand up and aid the Purple Heart Sacred Place because of this so-called 'queen'? Maurice could not help feeling doubtful about this.
It seemed that the top-level war lords of the Demon Night did have a great respect for their 'queen'. However, if a war really broke out among the many grand sacred places, he assumed that the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place would not necessary desire to become involved.
If Maurice had traveled with Zen on his last visit to the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place, he would have known that the Demon Night's great loyalty to their queen was indeed true.
To the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place, Lavender was like a spiritual totem. Even if she were to order the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place to attack the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place, Amber would not dare to disobey. If Lavender only asked the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place to lend a little help to the Purple Heart Sacred Place, it would be a small matter by comparison.
Lavender didn't say anything, but Esther understood what was on Zen's mind. Esther stood up and said, “If my queen gives the order, the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place will definitely commit, through thick and thin!”
Esther was the spokesperson of the Demon Night in the Tower of Sin, and what she said would also represent Amber's opinion.
“You will do as Zen says,” Lavender said with a wink.
Lavender wanted to take revenge. Therefore she had pinned all of her hopes for achieving her goals on Zen. So she would surely do her best to help him.
Maurice was brooding over the credibility of the Demon Night's words. It was true that the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place was indeed powerful, but if it had to face both the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place in combat, then all of the parties involved would have to pay a considerable price.
Weighing up the whole situation and making a decision was a painful process for Maurice now. His decision would affect the fate of the entirety of the ogre race.
Zen still waited patiently for his reply with a faint smile hovering on his face. After a while, he said, “That's why I have given you a month's time to consider!”
“What do you mean?” Maurice asked in confusion.
Zen shook his head. The ogres were not very intelligent, probably only a little smarter than the orcs and giants. “In this one month, you can try to flatten the Purple Heart Sacred Place! You can test the reaction of the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place…”
Maurice frowned. Then he finally understood why Zen had given them a month.
During this one month, the ogres didn't need to leave the Tower of Sin. Then the game within the Tower of Sin would shift to the many outlying grand sacred places outside the Cursed Land.
If the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place were to win, they could indeed use the Purple Heart Sacred Place to threaten Zen. If the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place were to lose, or they didn't dare to make a move against the Purple Heart Sacred Place due to pressure from the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place, then at that time, Maurice and the other ogres would have no choice but to leave the Tower of Sin! ṞÀΝộ𝖇ÈṠ
Thinking of this, Maurice's eyes suddenly began to shine with a brilliant light, as if he had realized something!
Leaving the Tower of Sin would bring no harm to Maurice personally. He was already a top-level war lord, and sooner or later, he would have to leave the Tower of Sin.
But if the worst case scenario happened and he was forced to leave the Tower of Sin after the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place lost the war, then he would have to shoulder a great deal of responsibility for the loss. He would then also have to face severe punishment upon returning to the ogres' sacred place.
However, what Zen had suggested about the one-month grace period meant that Maurice didn't have to take much responsibility for what would happen.
After all, if the decision were shifted and became the responsibility of the two sacred places, it was no longer Maurice who would have to decide whether or not the ogres could stay in the Tower of Sin, but rather the powerful Soul Sea Realm masters in the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place.
Thinking of this, Maurice was much relieved.
“Oh, now I understand it.” He then stood up and ordered the ogres beside him, “Remove Bradley's corpse immediately. Today's negotiations will end here!”
Maurice then prepared to leave the hall. But after taking a few steps, he turned his head to Zen and gruffly said, “Thank you.”
Many warriors in the hall felt it strange that Maurice would say thanks to Zen. Only the few intelligent ones, like Lavender and Esther, got it, while all the others were all dumb struck.
Zen had killed Maurice's comrade and just forced him to possibly take all of the ogres out of the Tower of Sin. So why would Maurice have felt grateful to Zen after all this?
Zen smiled and shrugged. “You don't need to thank me. We're in different positions.”
After the ogres had left, Fabian said to Zen in a low voice, “Zen, will the Demon Night really aid our Purple Heart Sacred Place?”
“Let's wait and see. Besides, if the Demon Night doesn't help, I can choose not to drive the ogres out of the Tower of Sin,” Zen said with a smile.
Zen's words made Fabian extremely uneasy. No matter what, he had to send this news to the Purple Heart Sacred Place as soon as possible, so that they could prepare in advance!
On the Sea God Continent, an intense game of war now raged around the Tower of Sin.
Even though the Sea God Continent was an extremely chaotic place, the past ten years had been a peaceful time. Except for the constant expansion of both the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place in their territories, the other races were all relatively stable and peaceful.
In the face of the growing oppression by the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place, the other races had been forced to keep their resentments to themselves. Whether it was in the Tower of Sin or on the Sea God Continent, the many races could only suffer the expansion of the ogres in silence and tolerate them bitterly.
Recently, there were new movements from the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place. The two sacred places had actually declared an open war on the Purple Heart Sacred Place!
This unprecedented breaking news shocked trillions of creatures on the Sea God Continent.
The sacred place of the Giants stood between the sacred places of the ogres and the human's Purple Heart Sacred Place. Normally, when an open war was declared among sacred places, such a war would mean that one side was going to completely wipe out the other.
However, the creatures on the Sea God Continent didn't know why the ogres would suddenly wage a war against the Purple Heart Sacred Place.
The destruction of the Purple Heart Sacred Place wouldn't do much good for ogres, not to mention that there was still the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place which was situated behind the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place.
All sorts of reports and analyses were being researched in every sacred place. Of course, the other races wouldn't want to be involved. Now that the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place had made their collective move, the Purple Heart Sacred Place was surely doomed to be annihilated. All of the other races were happy to watch from the sidelines as they fought.
However, the information which followed was something no one had expected.
Purple Heart Sacred Place had actually initiated the declaration of war on the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place!
The Purple Heart Sacred Place and the two sacred places of the ogres weren't even on the same level. What could possibly give the humans such great courage that they would declare war on the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place?
The combined might of the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place was like an armed adult who told a helpless kid that he wanted to kill him.
And the human race was that helpless kid.
Right now, not only did this kid not run away, nor did he beg for mercy as expected. Instead, he declared war on that adult! This was not something that common sense could explain as their behavior was quite illogical.
A war between the races was not child's play. It promised to be a war in which blood would flow like rivers. Every step that each side could take had been discussed and analyzed countless times. If the humans dared to challenge the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place, then they must have someone or something powerful to rely on.
However, the creatures on the Sea God Continent couldn't figure out what the humans had at their back.
However, as more news was gathered, they soon realized that the person whom the human race relied on was actually Zen!
There were countless spies from the many sacred places in the Tower of Sin. They closely watched the situation unfold within the tower and were informed about every strategic movement in the tower. There were more than one hundred trillion creatures on the Sea God Continent, and there would always be some extremely wise ones among them.
After the Purple Heart Sacred Place had declared war on the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place, some of the more intellectually capable creatures immediately predicted that the Demon Night would also declare war on the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place.
As they foretold, ten days later, the Demon Night also declared war on the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place.
During the one month which Zen had given the ogres to weigh and consider, the Tower of Sin continued as was usual, immersed in slaughter and plunder. It had been like this for countless decades.
However, the three races of the Sea God Continent were repeatedly playing the game to test the waters.
The Purple Heart Sacred Place was now on high alert. Many of the powerful Soul Sea Realm masters leading the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place had marched towards the Purple Heart Sacred Place.
But at the same time, from the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place, Amber had led a large number of their elite warriors and they landed beside the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place.
The intention of the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place was very clear: if the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place attacked the Purple Heart Sacred Place, then the two ogre sacred places would also be razed to the ground by the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place!
Although the Heavenly Feather Sacred Place would suffer heavy losses itself if it was attacked by the Flaming Ogre Sacred Place and the Dread Ogre Sacred Place, they couldn't defy the order given by Lavender, and now wasn't the time to consider what price they had to pay.