Chapter 45: After the Great War
In the end, this great war ended with the victory of the human side.
It was a big battle that could change history. Although the time did not last too long (only two and a half days, less than three days), and the lives of the various races involved were not too many (the main participants in the war were the Elder Demon Gods, as well as Viren, Ciel, Lei Xi, Lady Sigh, the rebellious Apostle King, and those dragons, and those dragons played more roles as cannon fodder and death), but it was enough to affect the history of the entire continent.
Strictly speaking, this war was not very tragic, and it was not even a war, because the so-called historians of later generations put together the war between the Lady of Light Sigh and the Lava Lord in the southwest and the war between the human revival forces led by Viren and Hill in the northeast and the two ancient demon gods, the Goddess of Life and Li Yu, and gave it a very vivid name, called the "Demon God Servant Extermination War". This can indeed be called a war to exterminate the servants of the ancient demon god, because in less than three days, the servants of the three ancient demon gods, the lava lord, the goddess of life, and Li Yu, were actually sent to the Yellow Spring one after another.
Strictly speaking, the losses in this war were not so tragic, and the only ones who died directly at the hands of these three ancient demon gods were the thousands of apostle troops of the high-ranking apostle Kevlin, as well as some middle-level apostles, and those exiles from the northern Vault Dweller Empire, and the four dragons. At the end of the war, it was probably a pity that the wounded dragon did not die on the battlefield, but on the back of his companion.
However, just from these losses, you can see that this is definitely a great war that will have a terrible impact on future generations. The parties involved in this great war were hostile and hostile to each other, and it covered two areas, causing great damage to the ground. In particular, the war against the Lava Lord in the territory of the Denomah Empire directly turned a vast forest into a volcano. Although the Lava Lord is ultimately dead, the damage he has done is almost never remedy. The volcano he created was an active volcano that would erupt at any moment, turning a hundred square kilometers of land into a dead land with no grass and no life for a long time afterward.
In the Vault Dweller Empire, the damage caused by Li Yu and the Goddess of Life, the servants of the two ancient demon gods, was still smaller. Aside from the fact that hundreds of soldiers and some adventurers were killed by the goddess of life, there was basically no impact on the surrounding environment. Nor did it shake the foundations of the newly formed Vault Dweller Empire. Strange to say, even though the previous catastrophes had caused great damage to the Vault of Exile's Hill, this tenacious place had not been sunk by this, but had instead established a new empire.
Although the various forces on the continent now have all their attention focused on the apostles, coupled with the prejudice that has always caused these traditional powers to turn their noses up at countries that are basically made up of prisoners, exiles, and refugees, but doesn't this give the Empire of the Vault Dwellers a chance, a chance to revive and become strong? It was because even the Apostles felt that even if these exiles were occupied, they still needed to arrange people to manage them, so they simply regarded this vast Vault Dweller Hill as a natural barrier between the two hard bones of the barbarian and orc clans and tribes in the north. When the Southern Continent is completely overrun by the Apostles, they will turn their guns and turn the Vault Dweller's Hill into another base camp for advancement.
And this gives the Vault Dweller Empire a very good space to grow. Eventually, the Vault Dweller Empire became a powerful force that could influence the landscape of the continent. Of course, this is a digression, so I won't talk about it here.
In fact, there is no absolute winner in war. The same is true in this war of extermination of the ancient servants. For the human world, the little loss suffered is basically not worth mentioning. Because in any war, the losses are more than they lose. It is really difficult to withstand such damage, but it is Dragon Island, and the ancient demon gods.
The loss of Dragon Island is obvious. With only ten dragons in their prime, they will be the main force to protect and maintain Dragon Island for thousands of years. However, in this war, four dragons died directly at the hands of the goddess of life. And you must know that Li Yu in the back didn't even look at these dragons with his eyes, otherwise, I'm afraid that these ten dragons have a high chance of being wiped out. But there is no doubt that the loss of these four dragons alone is an unbearable consequence for the dragons.
However, although the old men of the Dragon Island Council have become more and more old and incompetent, those old men are still very sensible in this regard. They all knew that once these servants of the Valley Demon God wanted to do something, it would undoubtedly cause a serious disaster to this world. Yes, it is not only this continent that will be affected, but the entire world will suffer a devastating disaster because of these three servants of the ancient demon gods, and it is destined to be a catastrophe.
Although the dragons lost four dragons in their prime, this was indeed a very serious blow to the dragon island. But the rewards they received greatly outweighed their losses. First of all, although not many races and forces were involved in this war that could affect the course of history, because the exiles of the Vault Dweller Empire and many soldiers of the Denomah Empire experienced this war firsthand. Especially those exiles in the north, the Vault Dweller Empire itself is mixed, and the flow of people makes it frequent, especially after the establishment of the Vault Dweller Empire, they will even organize some exiles to go to other neighboring countries to plunder around, and even a few bold exiles dare to go to the places occupied by the apostles to loot, and it has also caused a lot of trouble to the apostles.
However, not all exiles simply want to raid everywhere, and some exiles do not want to live the rest of their lives in this chaotic Vault Dweller's Hill, and want to escape at every opportunity. And the Vault Dweller Empire is happy to see these exiles go to other places to wreak havoc, so they basically don't care.
Little did these exiles know that they would play an important role in history, that is, to help the human world resist the servants of the two ancient demon gods, the goddess of life and Li Yu, and pay a very heavy price. The legends about these dragons spread more and more widely, and gradually became known to the entire continent, although the final version is much different from the truth, because some versions are even rumored to be at the last moment of the war, a divine dragon suddenly appeared, killing Li Yu and the two powerful demon god servants of the life girl god with one blow, and then disappeared without a trace. But it is precisely because of these rumors that there is hope for the remnants of life under the apostolic reign of terror. The dragons have appeared, will the day when the apostles be defeated be far away?
The dragons had never expected such an effect, but no matter what, their losses were worth it. Because Dragon Island has not been invaded by foreign enemies in the future, not only that, but some races in the human world have also regarded the Dragon Race as a religion, and Dragon Island as a holy place. If it weren't for the fact that Dragon Island is indeed difficult to reach, I am afraid that tens of thousands of believers would have worshiped it every year.
Of course, basically no one is coming, just because no one is coming, it doesn't mean that no one is coming. For these believers who have crossed the hardships and obstacles, those dragons are also happy to receive, not only bear all the food, clothing and shelter used by the believers during the worship, but also give these worshippers some gold (these gold is naturally nothing to the dragons, but for the worshippers, these gold can even make them prosperous and rich for a lifetime), and as for the return trip, there is no need to worry, each worshipper will get a big ship that is enough to resist the powerful wind and waves, and some will even be carried back to the human world by those dragons。 To be able to ride back from Dragon Island on the back of a dragon is even more satisfying for those worshippers than the gold they receive.
It is such a relationship that later historians have called this honeymoon period between the dragon and the human world a "golden age", also known as the "golden age on the dragon's back". However, the eventual inaugurators of this era are only exiles who want to escape the Vault Dweller's Hill.
However, this war has been regarded as a superfluous war by some minority historians, and even named it directly as a "superfluous war". Because these servants of the ancient demon gods were not in the plan of the human world in the first place. During this period, the main events themselves revolved around the war between the Apostles and the resistance forces of the human world. And those servants of the Elder Demon God were completely unexpected by the whole event, completely superfluous. Because with or without them, the course of history will not be affected in the slightest.
And for the so-called "golden age" that began because of the servants of the two demon gods, those minority historians simply scoffed. Because they have sufficient evidence to prove that before Dragon Island decided to send ten dragons to kill Li Yu and the Goddess of Life, the best magicians and wisest strategists in the human world had already come to Dragon Island to discuss an alliance with the Dragon Island Council. And on the contrary, if it weren't for the loss of four of the ten prime-headed dragons of Dragon Island in this battle, it is entirely possible that Dragon Island would have played a greater role in the subsequent war with the Apostles.
Moreover, the more important argument that these historians refer to as "superfluous wars" is that according to legend, the reason why the ancient demon gods buried (in fact, let them sleep) the six servants was because they needed six servants to guard three treasures, and each of these three treasures was said to be comparable to all the riches on Dragon Island. But neither in the Denomah Empire nor the Vault Dweller Empire have seen the treasures left by the so-called Elder Demon Gods. Moreover, what is even more terrifying is the death of the three servants of the ancient demon gods.
Who can guarantee that the other three Demon God servants will not wake up and take revenge on this world?
Who can guarantee that the ancient demon god himself will not launch a terrifying revenge because of the death of his servant?
Therefore, the historians of those minorities regard the death of these three ancient demon gods as a watershed in the era. In other words, no matter what happened before, it is already something that belongs to the previous era, the previous era. And the new era is destined to be spent in the fear of the ancient demon gods, and none of them knows when the revenge of the ancient demon gods will come to this continent. And this era is also known as the "era of revenge" by those minority historians.
However, no matter what later historians think of this war of profound significance, it will not have the slightest influence on those who are at the very center of this history.
After the death of the Lava Lord, the Lady of Light sighed quickly converged with the large army of Lord Scar, who had rushed to the east, after a short period of preparation, but she did not expect that a series of things had happened. To the northeast, after killing Li Yu, Viren placed the bodies of Li Yu and the Goddess of Life on a high platform made of earth elementals, and after a short prayer, a fire wiped out the last evidence of their existence. This is a great irony for the respect for the strong, although they have caused incalculable losses, but they have also indirectly contributed to the alliance between Dragon Island and the human world, which has to be said to be a great irony.
After the prayer was completed, Viren didn't rush to find the dragons and Ciel, Leixi, and so on. Instead, they found the nearest small village to recuperate, and after paying enough to make the rest of their lives rich and prosperous, the head of the exiled village did not report the news of Viren's stay to the army, especially after Viren burned down an abandoned house with just a snap of his fingers, and they were even more determined not to betray Viren no matter what.
As for Viren, Li Yu and the Goddess of Life are just two unusual characters in many things he has experienced, and over time, Viren's memory of the two of them and the memory of this war will eventually fade with time.
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