NOVEL NEXT Chapter 161: The God of War Invades
"Have these people gone insane?!"
"The priests from the Church of War over here are going crazy attacking everyone around them!"
"You call that bad? My castle's been surrounded by my own guardian knights—they want to wipe out my entire family!"
"The Gray Fort Empire just launched a war against our Kingdom of Dawn. That's way bigger than anything you guys are talking about!"
"There are Church of War people everywhere, dammit!"
"What's even scarier is that the influence isn't just these big scenes. I'm traveling through a village right now, and the people here are already fighting to the death over a beehive!"
"What the hell did the Church of War do?!"
"Today's the Church of War's festival day. They're not trying to push the world into that legendary 'ultimate war,' are they?"
"Hahaha, you pigs actually still have time to chat on the Magic Net? Looks like our divine arts aren't powerful enough! But don't worry, as the chaos keeps growing, the dark side of bloodlust, impulse, and violence will take over every single one of you!"
Right now, Magic Net users had reached a staggering 1.5 million people spread across every corner of the continent. But the more widespread it was, the more terrifying it felt—the influence of "war" had covered most places. Conflicts were everywhere. It was like suddenly, the whole world had gone hot-blooded.
Crazy slaughter, countless acts of violence, massive looting—it was happening in pretty much every area known to humanity.
Those who'd still held onto a bit of hope, thinking they just happened to be in a contaminated zone and that if they escaped everything would be fine, had completely given up now. It seemed like every place had fallen into this state.
At first, people thought it was just a normal blood sacrifice from the Church of War, maybe even an attack by heretics. But now, people finally realized—the Church of War clearly wanted to drag everyone into war!
Dammit! These damn war fanatics!
But this situation made everyone feel deeply powerless.
Inside the divine realm.
As their humanity grew richer, Ren and the Goddess of Magic had gradually started doing things that human couples do. But just today, right when the two had just embraced and were preparing to rest, a sudden wave came from outside.
It was Book, who knew he couldn't disturb them at this time, so he could only call from outside.
"What happened?" The Goddess of Magic frowned slightly, but her tone was no different from usual.
"Goddess, Lord Ren, this is bad—a massive war just broke out in the mortal realm, covering... almost everywhere. The flames of war have covered nearly the entire continent. Except for a few races like the elven kingdom, everywhere else from entire nations down to villages has started fighting. It seems like the God of War's doing. A while back, the first news story we published was about the Church of War preparing for this event..."
Book quickly shared the information he knew. Betty had also shown up at some point, saying that their faith income had started fluctuating a bit—some believers must have already died... Besides that, the rate of holy spirit generation had also started speeding up.
"What's that God of War guy trying to do?" Ren frowned. "How does this benefit him? His believers should be the first ones dying, right? Oh yeah, with wars everywhere, a lot of people should turn to praying to him. But is that really worth it?"
Originally, they'd thought the God of War's recent moves were just to expand his faith, launching something like a holy war to forcibly convert other gods' believers into his own. But this operation clearly went beyond their expectations.
This wasn't in their plans at all.
Things seemed to be spinning out of control!
In Ren's plan, he wanted to control public opinion, boil the frog slowly, gradually influence the God of War's faith, and constantly weaken him. But now, with such a massive war suddenly breaking out, everything would naturally change. Just thinking about it gave Ren a headache.
"Hard to say long-term, but in the short term, his strength will increase somewhat, while other gods' combat power will be significantly weakened..." The Goddess of Magic seemed to have experienced plenty of similar situations and immediately gave an answer.
"If that's the case, when the war ends, his wife's power will definitely surge too." Ren followed the Goddess of Magic's train of thought. "But what's the point of boosting strength in the short term? What exactly does he want to..."
Before Ren could figure out what the God of War really wanted to do, suddenly, the Goddess of Magic's divine realm shook. She instantly realized—the barrier was being attacked!
All these moves by the God of War were for revenge!
"With faith power suddenly surging, the God of War..."
Before Ren could finish, the Goddess of Magic cut him off directly. "Didn't our faith power surge a lot too? And for a long time? Just stay here and wait!"
The moment the Goddess of Magic finished speaking, she vanished.
"I was going to say that the God of War might not have finished converting all that faith yet. I mean, shouldn't we find a way to keep some of his faith stuck in the mortal realm? Plus, we could totally get a bunch of gods together to fight him!"
How could Ren not know what the Goddess of Magic was thinking? But in this situation, they weren't the only ones affected. Way too many gods would have trouble collecting faith power because of today's events.
With just a little maneuvering, they could get them all to gang up on the God of War—at least when they saw even a glimmer of opportunity, they'd attack together!
Plus, the war in the mortal realm had just broken out. Compared to the weakening of other gods, the God of War's own growth was actually pretty small. That was something they could work with.
After thinking it over, Ren didn't chase after her. His divine power was still a bit lacking compared to these old-school gods. If he went out there directly, the God of War might devour him completely, not even leaving bone fragments. The reason the God of War came here probably wasn't just for revenge—he also wanted to take back the authority he'd lost.
He was definitely the God of War's primary target.
After briefly thinking things through and organizing his thoughts, he quickly opened the Magic Net, typed on the keyboard, and sent a message to the Goddess of Writing.