Chapter 506: The flames of war spread
The Silver City was lost in just one day. Enwei Demon Kingdom’s army commander was killed and there were about 12,000 casualties. All remaining soldiers quickly withdrew to the south.
They didn't dare to stop, and they didn't even bring enough luggage, because they needed to run as far as possible before Princess Viola's army caught up.
After all, with the advantage of having a city wall, if they were intercepted on flat ground, the casualties would not be 12,000.
This run also means that the pincer offensive planned by Viola has come to an end. The Enwei Demon Kingdom army in the central part that failed to evacuate was cut off from supplies and was stuffed with dumplings.
And this matter is not over yet.
Since the Demon Kingdom of Enwei does not border the Demon Kingdom of Avarus, the army of the Demon Kingdom of Enwei originally used Daulak Shuria and transport ships to directly rush to the eastern coast of Avarus to transport supplies.
The sudden defeat meant that they did not have enough transport ships to take everyone home. They could only put the wounded soldiers at the port and wait for the arrival of the transport ships. The large army still had to borrow Daulakshuriya to go back.
But Lakshurya was the first among the four-nation coalition to jump back, and now that the feuding Tandelon Demon Kingdom was unprepared to launch a surprise attack and was fighting with them, it was really uncertain whether the Enwei Demon Kingdom army would be allowed to pass.
The senior officials of Enwei Demon Kingdom learned the news of the army's defeat immediately, but now is not the time to ask about the reasons and hold people responsible.
Since the retreat of the army in the middle of the Avarus Demon Kingdom has been cut off, we can only get back all the troops that can be transported back, otherwise the Enwei Demon Kingdom will be left undefended.
So after learning that the transportation capacity of the transport ship was seriously insufficient, the senior officials of the Enwei Demon Kingdom communicated with Lakshurya as quickly as possible, hoping that they would let us take advantage of the fact that we had no grievances in the past and no vengeance in the recent days.
No one except the two countries knows how the talks were carried out specifically, but the result is that Lakshurya did agree to borrow the passage, but only added some minor conditions.
For example, you can pass, but you have to leave all your weapons and armor. We will send people along the way to protect your troops and even give you some rations to survive.
This is not a borrowed passage, that's the point of escorting prisoners, but people have to lower their heads under the eaves. If you keep trying, Viola will catch up, and no one will be able to go back by then.
In the original Four-Nation Alliance, one was beaten to autistic state, another jumped back, one was busy dealing with attacks from above and below, and the third was beaten to a semi-disabled state.
When the Demon Kingdom of Avarus was breached a year ago, the four countries did consider turning against each other and eating this big cake, but everyone had checks and balances on each other, and no one took the initiative. It was even more impossible to imagine that they would be kicked out in just one year, and their own status would even begin to be in jeopardy.
The war caused by the Demon Kingdom of Avarus has a clear tendency to spread to other countries. It seems that wars are happening everywhere and it has become turbulent.
On Viola's side, there were only about 3,000 casualties. The main force was almost unscathed. The most important Silver City was also slightly damaged in this war. It successfully completed a pincer offensive and captured the remaining Enwei Demon Kingdom army. After eating the dumplings, they were left with only two choices: surrender and work as coolies, or break up and become bandits. The large army was too conspicuous.
However, after taking the Silver City, Viola did not immediately send troops to encircle and suppress them again. It was not because she didn't want to, but because she really couldn't spare any time.
The surrendered nobles in the City of Silver need to be purged, a complete government operating mechanism must be re-established, and military supplies must be prepared for war use. Therefore, after entering the city, the soldiers can have a good celebration banquet, and Viola immediately throws herself into In the midst of head-shaking administrative work.
At this point, Viola has basically completed the restoration of the country, but she still lacks the title of queen, which is just a false name, and her priority is ranked last.
At this point, things on Viola's side are basically over. Judging from Viola's appearance, it is estimated that she will not send troops easily for a long time. She has to take advantage of the current period of weakness and chaos in the other four countries, and the reconstruction has been destroyed. The Demonic Kingdom of Avarus.
She is fine, but Li Chengqi is fine.
He found that the faith value was not enough.
So far, I have obtained three Demon King's Rings, and the upper limit of faith value has reached 400,000. Compared with the faith value of hundreds and hundreds at the beginning, it is indeed an earth-shaking change. But before the war started, the faith value was almost full, and after the battle it was only three digits.
In a war that requires Li Chengqi's high-intensity intervention, a mere 400,000 faith points are simply not enough. Moreover, with Viola's restoration, the larger the territory, the faster the faith points will increase. In addition, believers will definitely increase because of Viola. After Ra set the Demon King's Cult as the state religion, the number increased significantly, and the upper limit of only 400,000 was simply not enough.
That is, the water is released too fast and the capacity of the reservoir is not enough.
In addition, it is too cumbersome to operate.
This cumbersomeness does not refer to Li Chengqi's interference, but that it is too troublesome to respond to believers' prayers and grant believers magical powers.
Even now, if Li Chengqi wants to see what the believers are praying for, he has to click through the dialog boxes one by one. To grant magical powers to the believers, he still right-clicks and adds them to the skill bar.
In the past, when there were few believers and the faith value was over 70, there were not many people who could become priests. Li Chengqi also mainly paid attention to the prayer content of Viola and her knights, so it was not very obvious yet.
But when Viola fights her way to the open city, the number of followers of the Demon King explodes, which is not enough.
Tens of thousands of believers, I really can’t tell what the content of their prayers is. Even if only one-tenth of them can become priests, Li Chengqi's hands would get cramped if he added magical spells to them one by one. What's more, bestowing divine spells is not just for one person, but usually for several, and Li Chengqi still has to choose. Among them the practical ones are given.
It's too much trouble.
The true God actually does not have this kind of problem, or in other words, the problem is relatively minor.
In terms of prayer, the true God will hear the prayers of all believers at the same time, so unless they are particularly concerned believers, ordinary believers will be instantly drowned by a large number of voices whether they are praying or asking for help.
As for magical arts, as long as God is willing to grant permissions to qualified people, there is no need to go through the same process as Li Chengqi. Once someone gives magical arts, they will have a complete set of permissions.
There will be differences, mainly because Li Chengqi, as the Demon King God, currently has incomplete priesthood and does not have a divine domain. This kind of matter is usually handled in the divine domain.
The divine realm is the home, office, and fortress of a true god, as well as the place where the souls of believers go after death.
According to Pharazma, after death, a person will first enter the long river of soul and drift to the sanctuary of the God of Death. After the judgment of the God of Death, it will be decided where the person will go.
Generally speaking, as long as there are special circumstances, in most cases a believing soul will be sent to the divine realm of the god he believes in and become a petitioner, which is equivalent to being reborn in the divine realm.
Occasionally, when the gods need manpower to work in the mortal world, they will send petitioners down to serve as envoys to help the gods accomplish certain goals.
Therefore, Li Chengqi is currently a true god, but he is a lame true god with incomplete functions.
Although Viola has returned to the country now, it actually just caught up with a good opportunity. Don't forget, there is an unknown organization operating secretly. Viola has to face many more dangers than before.
So Li Chengqi was thinking about whether it was time to get the Demon King's Ring...
(End of chapter)