readsfreenovel Chapter 567 The Conspiracy of the Survivors
Chapter 567 The Conspiracy of the Survivors
"Such an attack can make the whole world lose its color... Is this... really coming from the offspring of an evil god? The one who invaded our temple last time?"
After calming himself down, the tenth priest raised a question.
The second priest next to him was silent for a long time, and then asked:
"You are the one most favored by my Lord, what do you think?"
The tenth priest shook his head and said cautiously:
"It's not an overstepping of one's bounds. I just think that this kind of attack that can wipe out our entire naval port in one blow is far beyond the scope of the descendants of the evil god. It's more like..."
As it spoke, it lowered its voice and squeezed out the last few syllables:
"God's punishment..."
"Heh~ It seems that you have the same idea as me. Long-term hard training has not made you stupid, but more sharp."
The second priest first smiled sarcastically, and then continued:
"Obviously, the situation is worse than I expected."
"How bad is it exactly? I think I need to know."
"So far, we have not been able to unlock the seal of the temple, and we still don't know what the enemy has done there..."
"We tried to ask the envoy of God to look for the enemy's relatives in the world to obtain intelligence about him. However, just before the military port was attacked, the envoy of God lost contact..."
"We also lost contact with the forces we carefully cultivated in the mortal world... You should know that I have always attached great importance to this. For this reason, I even sent my most capable and trusted confidant to manage it, but he has also disappeared with the messenger of God..."
"Finally, that meritorious military port is not only a witness to our glorious past, but also our largest and most complete shipyard. More than half of our warships were manufactured there. At the same time, it is also our first bridgehead to resist foreign enemies, with a large number of brave soldiers stationed there and a large amount of armaments stored there..."
"In addition, it is also our most convenient channel for external communication. Without it, it will be difficult for us to maintain control over the world."
It kept on talking about a lot of bad news, which made the tenth priest feel cold in his heart, and there was a hint of fear in his tone.
"The situation is even worse than I expected. Even the God's messenger has fallen? And so many soldiers and laborers have been sacrificed. In this case, isn't our situation very bad?"
There was obvious worry in its tone, and it continued:
"Let's not consider whether the next divine punishment will come, but the destruction of the military port means that we will be trapped here? Even if we are not completely trapped to death, it will be very troublesome for us to go out and expand the territory and spread the glory of our Lord, right?"
"It's an extraordinary trouble. After losing the most convenient military port, it's even difficult for us to maintain contact with overseas territories. Although there are also high-level priests in charge there, you know, we have always lacked trust in each other."
The second priest continued to tell bad news, and as if it was not enough, he added:
"Of course, these problems may not be the most serious. The biggest problem right now is that I can no longer see what kind of existence the enemy is. Is he the offspring of the evil god as previously estimated? Or... is he a being the same as my Lord?"
"Could he be the enemy of our Lord? Would he want to hinder our great plan?"
"I prayed to the Lord, hoping that He could answer my questions, but I received no response... Obviously, the situation in the temple is not optimistic..."
After hearing this, the tenth priest was silent for a long time before he asked:
"If they are really our Lord's enemies, how should we deal with them?"
"Oh? Do you even need to ask this question?"
The second priest asked back.
So the tenth priest was stunned for a moment and thought of the answer himself.
"I understand. I don't need to do anything. I just need to continue my ascetic practice."
"Haha~ Not a bad answer..."
The second priest smiled and helped explain:
"In front of a truly great being, you and I are just ants. No matter what we do or what we resist, it is doomed to be futile. So there is no need to worry about it. Let everything return to its original state and continue to advance our great plan. Even if it has been interfered with and destroyed, it is just starting over."
"Well, the naval port can be rebuilt, the temple can also be rebuilt, and my Lord will surely revive! The world will also be under our control again!"
"now it's right."
The second priest's tone revealed a slightly satisfied smile, and he continued:
"The most important thing right now is to restore external communication. We must rebuild a new military port as quickly as possible. We cannot let ourselves be trapped here. Even if there is another divine punishment, we still have room and opportunities to move forward... However, the recruitment of craftsmen is not going smoothly. This is the real reason why I am so angry."
"Oh? Are you in any trouble?"
The tenth priest asked hurriedly.
"Our people have been indulged in comfort and ease for too long, and have even forgotten their piety to our Lord, so I must show the appropriate anger to wake them up."
"What about the original military port? Are they just abandoning it? Is it possible to repair it? There is an important warship production line there. If we abandon it completely, it will be very difficult to rebuild it..."
"I don't know. The place was destroyed too thoroughly, and there are still a lot of dangerous aftereffects in the air, as well as many complex and deadly toxins... But I suggest you give up on your luck. After suffering that level of attack, there is a high probability that nothing will be left."
"Well, I understand. After all, it was a divine punishment..."
The tenth priest spoke, and although his tone was still fearful as before, it unconsciously carried a hint of longing.
"That is the power of divine punishment. When our Lord returns, we will all be his agents and will be able to master this great power that can annihilate everything! That is our future. This is truly exciting!"
"Haha~ If you want that day to come sooner, then don't just focus on hard training. Get ready to bring a glorious and necessary victory to our Lord."
"Oh? You mean..."
"Mizkatok, we need the craftsmen, technology, and hard labor there. Making them surrender will speed up our efforts to rebuild the military port."
"Is it that prestigious academy? I don't know much about it. I only know that it is quite far from our territory. They have survived from the apocalypse to now? Then why didn't they take the initiative to submit to us?"
"Because the wise men among them have all died long ago, and the remaining ones are a bunch of fools who chose to stand with the untouchables outside and rejected our invitation twice!"
When the second priest said this, the anger that he had suppressed with great difficulty began to rise again, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"I recently sent a messenger, but he never came back. He probably died there quietly."
"How dare these nerds kill our messenger?"
"Haha~ They have been away from our rule for too long, and have long forgotten what a terrible disaster the anger of the nobles would bring to them."
"In that case, I really need to go there. How dare a small academy in a remote corner challenge our dignity? These lowly people must pay the price for this!"
"Very good! But don't let your guard down. Although you are the most favored one among us, it is precisely because of this that we cannot lose you. We must be fully prepared!"
"Take all your retainers with you. I will also allocate a group of loyal and brave crusaders and most of the existing warships to you. Take them with you and conquer that stubborn little place together."
"Yes, I understand!"
The tenth priest agreed without hesitation, but immediately raised doubts:
"But now that we have lost our largest military port, it will be very troublesome to carry out such a large-scale expedition again, right?"
The second priest patiently explained:
"That's true, so I have arranged for several other docks that can still maintain contact with the real world. I asked them to quickly capture a group of hard laborers and expand another temporary military port to ensure your expedition and subsequent supplies."
However, the Tenth Priest still has a lot of problems...
"Well, since Mitzkatok is in the same space with us, this is definitely much easier than an expedition to the real world... But if we want to capture the slaves, and we lose the guidance of the military port, it will be very dangerous to enter and exit the real world with only those small docks, right?"
"It is indeed dangerous, but now that we have reached such a critical juncture, we must take some necessary risks. I also believe that many of our civilians will want to seize this opportunity to be promoted to the nobility."
Hearing this, the Tenth Priest was slightly surprised.
"Oh? I didn't expect you to offer such generous conditions? Granting those commoners the status of nobility?"
"Yes, as long as we can capture enough untouchables, they can be promoted to nobles. I believe this is a condition that many people cannot refuse... What's more, we have started planning in the human world a long time ago and have trained a lot of loyal dogs. Now it's time for them to show their value."
"Hmm! You are worthy of being the Second Priest. You are still as far-sighted as ever!"
The tenth priest complimented him sincerely at first, but then he remembered something else and asked another question:
"But...will the enemy's followers in the real world hinder our actions?"
"I don't think you need to worry about this at all. The leaders of the untouchables are far from having the ruling power that we have, and they lack the management and protection of the untouchables. As long as we act secretly, they won't notice it at all."
"Well! When we conquer Mizkatok and complete the final great cause, I will strangle those followers with my own hands, including their loved ones!"
The tenth priest said viciously.
"Don't think about things that far ahead. What you need to do now is to patiently accumulate strength, prepare military supplies and wait until the temporary military port is built."
"Okay, I hope you can hurry up. I can't wait to vent my anger on the untouchables of Mizkatok!"
"It's just a temporary military port, so it will be built quickly. Under the most optimistic scenario, if everything goes well, it will only take a year. Maybe before you can even finish a routine prayer, I will have finished the preparations."
"Well, let's hope everything goes well."
The two monsters chatted for a long time in collusion, finalized a plan to invade Mitzkatok, and then began to make their own preparations.
But before the tenth priest left, he suddenly thought of something and asked another question:
"By the way, does His Excellency the Highest Priest know about these matters?"
"Of course not. He is still in a deep sleep. How could we disturb him because of such a small matter?"
"Yes! You are right. The High Priest is the most important part of our plan and must not be disturbed."
The tenth priest said this and then said goodbye and left.
But this time it was the second priest who thought of something and called him again:
"I almost forgot one detail. No matter how you plan to prepare your conquest plan, I suggest that you do not rely on divination, but rely more on your own wisdom and experience, and use the bravery and wisdom you used to conquer other tribes."
"Oh? Divination?"
"Yes, our enemies seem to have some means of interfering with divination, and are continuously disrupting our divination for unknown reasons. I have previously tried to have fortune tellers search for the enemy's followers in the real world, but they all went crazy..."
"I have already lost five experienced fortune tellers for this, so I had no choice but to ask for help from the oracle. But I didn't expect the result to be... Sigh..."
The second priest said, and warned very seriously:
"So I have reason to suspect that the existence has interfered with us to a very deep level. It is best not to use methods like divination that may lead to danger."
After hearing this, the tenth priest couldn't help but recall the scene in his mind where the whole world turned black and white. He nodded vigorously with fear in his heart.
........................
At this time, Lloyd had no idea that someone was planning to attack his own academy behind the scenes, and he certainly did not expect that his surprise would achieve such fruitful results.
In his most optimistic expectation, it would be good if he could kill dozens or hundreds of ancient survivors when detonating the lead barrel.
After all, if he were facing such an explosion...
I'm afraid I'll have to use up all my spiritual energy to remain unscathed, right?
So if we use this standard to estimate, being able to kill so many ancient survivors is already worth the money.
He would never have thought that the power of the lead barrel, after a series of subtle reactions, could explode with such terrifying destructive power...