Chapter 774: The Tipping Point

What is the Abyss Demon?

Victor has been trying to figure this out. From the perspective of human language and writing, the Glorious Church claims that the "abyss" is the abode of the devil, and the "devil" is the devil's minions. "Abyssal demon" has become a negative concept in theology, and believers often use "soul falling into the abyss" as a footnote to the broken part of the oath.

However, "Abyssal Demon" is not a word coined by the Church of Radiance, and the lingua franca of humanity has changed little since the time of the Chosen One. The ancient sorcerer-ruled city-states also had the term "abyssal demon", which must have meant something.

If we trace back from the perspective of language and writing, human language is born from elven language. The abyssal demon mentioned by the halfling brothers is obviously an objective existence that the elves and ancient humans are pointing to.

The information revealed by Bobo and Tian Tian once again verifies the puzzle of Victor's knowledge of collecting and completing them.

The Abyss, the plane created by the Chaos Serpent, coexists with the material plane created by Tyron Riel and the shelter plane created by the Bird of Light. The demon is the original inhabitant of the abyssal plane, and I don't know what the reason is, the abyssal demon and the sanctuary protoss have had contact with the intelligent species of the material plane.

About before the Dusk Era, the Ancient Behemoth Spirit King was exiled to the underground by the rest of the great beings, and the Gross Zerg he created once launched an attack on the demons deeper underground, but in the Dusk Era, the Spirit King's Zerg army was defeated by the Abyss Demons. The Gross turned to the surface for living space, and their actions completely angered the ancient elves.

A war broke out between the Gros Zerg and the Ancient Elves, and Freya, the ancient god of the Elves, defeated the Spirit King, seized his power, and divided the Moon Goddess and the Spider Lady, who created the Underground Elves. The Gros Zerg are all but extinct, leaving only a few swarms of insects to survive in the Endless Forest.

In the ensuing Dark Age, the ancient gods fell silent, and the vassal elves of the elves joined forces with the bear monsters to launch a rebellion, they stole the bloodline of the ancient gods collected by the elves, captured the native species, and created the barbarians as helpers, once occupied the advantage of war, and created a powerful and powerful high-level goblin empire.

In the war between the Goblin Empire and the Elven Empire, the Abyss Demons and the Sanctuary Protoss did not stand idly by, at least the Abyss Demons sided with the High Goblins, and the turning point of the war was precisely the betrayal of the Demon Prince Donal and the Abyss Dragon. The Celestial Donal took refuge in the Sanctuary and freed the barbarians who had been enslaved by the High Goblins, while the Dragons allied themselves with the Elves and became part of the material world.

There must have been a manipulation by the Sanctuary Protoss to thwart the Abyssal Demon's attempts.

There is no doubt that the first invasion of the Abyssal Demons known to Victor took place during the Dark Ages, when they were primarily targeting the Ancient Elven Empire.

With the decline of the ancient elven empire and the rise of human ancestors, the alchemy empire, ruled by human mages and alchemists, has stepped onto the stage of history. Then, they encounter a second invasion by the Abyss Demon. This time, the alchemy empire of the human race is the main force fighting against the abyssal demons.

Now that the Abyssal Demons are back and the ancient Elven Empire is at war with the Abyssal Demons in the ancestral land of the Endless Forest, can the Church of Radiance and the human kingdom ruled by the Knight Lord stay out of the way?

The answer to this question must not be assumed that there is any fluke, there is no second option except for active preparation!

Therefore, Victor is currently facing two options, first, first go to the elven clan's Silver Eagle City close to the prairie, understand the actual situation of the elves and demons, and use his sun elf bloodline to guide the elven empire and the human kingdom to form an alliance to fight against the demon invaders almost naturally;

Of course, the relationship between the Abyss Demon, the Elven Empire, the Human Realm, and the Ant-Man Monster is intricate, and even if the Human Realm wants to form an alliance with the Elven Empire, it cannot be achieved overnight. What's more, Victor himself is not yet able to decide the diplomatic strategy of the entire human kingdom, although he is the most crucial player.

First of all, the Abyss Demon is an invader from an outland who once waged war against the Ancient Elven Empire and the Human Alchemy Empire. However, the first to attack the Abyss Demon was the ancient giant beast of the Tyrone world, the King of the Spirit Realm. In other words, the Creator Tyron Riel has an intention to devour another Creator, the Chaos Serpent. From this point of view, the Abyss Demon is the great enemy of the elves and the native humans, and of course the great enemy of Victor.

Victor laid out in advance, developed a new farming and pastoral system, implemented the tenant system, and implemented the strategy of the Great Army, and all the preparations he made were to deal with unknown disasters, which obviously included those abyss demons who invaded the alchemy empire.

The second is the relationship between elves and humans. The two sides share the same roots, and have been traditional allies from the Dark Age to the late Age of the Chosen One, fighting two demonic invasions together, but it is not necessary to say how good the relationship between elves and humans is.

The blood sacrifice war of the wizarding city-state is only an opportunity for the elves to break with humans, and the real contradiction between the two sides is that the offspring born of the marriage between the lower elves and humans are almost all native humans. With this alone, the upper echelons of the Elven Empire will inevitably put an end to the situation where elves and humans cohabit.

It has been more than 9,000 years since the Church of Radiance and the city-state knights joined forces to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Chosen One and seize the rule of the human kingdom, and the Elven Empire has never re-established diplomatic relations with the human kingdom, which is enough to prove that the rulers of the Elven Empire have an indifferent attitude towards humans.

This apathy and alienation is directly reflected in the case of the collective migration of forest centaurs and mountain dwarves. The elves knew that the Abyssal Demons had invaded the world of Tyrone again, and they recalled the vassal races close to the humans, but they did not warn their allies who had fought together against the demons.

You know, there is also an abyssal rift in the Arret Plateau, which is guarded by mountain dwarves and barbarians. Victor can be sure that the Barbarians are a powerful force left over from the Alchemy Empire, and they coexist with the mountain dwarves, monitoring the movement of the Abyssal Rift and suppressing the breeding of the Greylo Goats. These all prove the historical fact that the ancient alchemy empire and the elven race fought side by side against the abyss demons.

Now, the mountain dwarves have withdrawn from the Arret Plateau, leaving behind a group of barbarians with muscles in their heads, causing those monster-like Grero goblins to quickly occupy the dwarven tunnels, and their numbers have increased dramatically, seriously threatening the survival of the barbarian tribe.

With the help of the Church of Radiance and the Human Lords, the Plateau Barbarians can also deal with the sheep monsters. But what if the Abyss Demon crawled out of the Great Canyon of Arrett? After all, the barbarians are a small race, with a total population of less than 400,000, and if the Arret Plateau is lost, the Abyssal Demons and monster goats will entrench themselves on the plateau and threaten the Sassan Empire, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

That's the most important food producing area in the human realm!

Forest centaurs are even more interesting, they have lived and multiplied in the hilly areas of centaurs for thousands of years, are they also guarding something?

Victor believes that they are following the will of the Elven Empire, silently guarding the No. 7 Alchemy Tower to prevent the Ant-Man Queen from seizing the Elemental Rune Crystals of the Alchemy Empire.

The Gross Zerg of the Dusk Age are the arch-enemies of the Ancient Elven Empire, but the ant monsters cannot be equated with the Gross Zerg. They originated from the forbidden experiments of the Alchemist Esoteric Order in order to plunge the Alchemy Ant Clan into the Abyssal Rift, and they are secret weapons specially designed to deal with the demons of the Abyss. From this point of view, it was also in the interests of the elves that the Esoteric Society created the alchemy ant clan at that time, and it is possible that it had received the secret support of the elves.

Assuming that the Elven Empire is involved in the Esoteric Order's plans, they should have the means to restrain the Ant Clan monsters. The Moonlight Tree, Freya's Tears, and the Azorean Towers may be seen as interrelated clues that the AntClan cannot attack elven cities with a moontree.

However, Victor is sure of one thing, the elves do not have the alchemy technology of the Void Creation. During the Second Demon War, the Alchemy Empire was initially at a disadvantage, until the alchemists mastered the Void Creation Technique and built numerous alchemy towers to change the course of the war and drive the demon invaders back to the abyssal lair.

Judging from the records left by the alchemists of the Esoteric Society, that demonic war prompted the human city-states to unite under the banner of the Alchemist Council and form the Alchemy Empire. And the Void Creation and the Alchemy Tower were a turning point in human history.

Although the ancient elven empire passed the flame of civilization to the human ancestors, the elves could not use the void creation technique like the human knights, otherwise they would not have been defeated by the high goblins and abyssal demons in the first demon war. And the alchemy empire that has mastered the Void Creation has more say than the elven allies.

Who taught the Void Creation to the high-ranking knight alchemists of the human city-state?

All Victor could think of was the Sanctuary Protoss. In the current situation, they may be the fifth force after the elves, humans, abyssal demons, and Ant-Man monsters.

The relationship between the Sanctuary Protoss and the human realm is indescribable, the sudden demise of the Alchemy Empire seems to be their handiwork, the blood sacrifice war of the wizard city-states seems to be related to them, and the Radiant Church seems to classify the Sanctuary Protoss and the Abyss Demons as evil gods and demons. They are hidden, mysterious, and none of the information that Victor has about the Protoss can be verified, so it cannot provide any basis for his decision-making. But he vaguely felt that there was some kind of connection, even cooperation, between the Sanctuary Protoss and the contemporary Elven Empire.

It is precisely because of this uncontrollable factor that Victor is at the crossroads of fate, feeling confused about the road ahead and difficult to make a decision.

If the existence of the Sanctuary Protoss is not considered for the time being, purely from the available information, once the news of the Endless Forest invaded by the Abyss Demon reaches the human realm, the Radiant Knights and the elites of the kingdoms should be on strict guard against the great rift in the Arret Plateau. Victor's plan to gather the elite of the human kingdom to stop the Ant-Man monsters on the savannah will surely fail.

In a sense, the battle between him and the ant clan is a personal matter, even if the No. 7 Alchemy Pagoda absorbs the elemental rune crystal used to restrain the ant queen, it is also the strength of His Highness Randall. And the Abyss Demon is a human kingdom that must face foreign enemies together, and even Victor himself will not put the threat of Ant-Man above the Abyss Demon.

The elites of the kingdoms and the Knights of Radiance can't come to the prairie to stop the Ant-Man army, and with the strength of the Gombis Kingdom alone, how many elite war beast cavalry can fight mobile field battles with Ant-Man monsters?

The elite strength of Gombis is insufficient, so he can only abandon the strategy of defending against the enemy in the field, and let the flames of war burn to the centaur hills in the west of the kingdom.

Victor thought about it, and decided that he would either be able to successfully find the elemental rune crystal that controlled the queen ant and eliminate this looming crisis, or he would need to find another reinforcement and continue to carry out the battle plan to stop the Ant-Man army.

In fact, Victor knew very well that the chances of finding the elemental rune crystal were very small, and even if he did, it would probably be useless. Otherwise, how could the Esoteric Cultivation Society of the Alchemy Empire let the Alchemy Ant Clan get out of control?

There may be a secret in this, but in any case, there seems to be only one option left in front of Victor.

So, where exactly should Victor get reinforcements from?

The answer is obvious, the Forest Centaurs are not alone in stopping the Ant-Man invaders, and the forces of Silver Eagle City are fighting in concert with them.

Enlisting the help of the elves of Silver Eagle City should not be difficult for Victor, but this result made him shudder.

He is the tower master of the Alchemy Tower, and he also manifests the blood of the Sun Elves. His advent has an unclear relationship with the wizard and the evil god behind the wizard. If the Forest Centaurs have guarded Tower 7 for thousands of years, Victor descended behind Baron Wimbledon shortly after they abandoned their homeland and migrated, and he activated Tower 7 in the Centaur Hills.

This looks like a conspiracy no matter how you look at it.

Assuming that there is some kind of agreement between the Sanctuary Protoss and the Elven Empire, the terms of their cooperation may be to pack a Sun Elf and the tower master of the Alchemy Pagoda and give it to the Elves.

For the first time since setting foot in the Sanctuary, Victor has lost confidence in the direction of his destiny and has a deep sense of powerlessness. He understood that the thread of fate silently woven by the Sanctuary Protoss or the evil gods and demons had finally reached a critical point in his body. As long as he takes one wrong step, he will lose his own will, or even break his bones.

How do I decide?

Victor recklessly summoned the No. 7 Alchemy Pagoda Rune Crystal in his body, causing it to constantly transform between runes and crystals around his fingertips. The four beautiful and enchanting and incomparably powerful dragon maids felt the master's heart, and all of them stayed by his side, their pupils turned into vertical pupils of dragons, and the aura of danger spread around the carriage hut, prohibiting anyone from approaching and snooping.

Putting away the glorious and beautiful elemental rune crystals, Victor let out a long breath and fell backwards on the floor, his head resting on the smooth white and elastic thighs of the dragon maid Lyra, closing his dark golden eyes, and falling into a deep sleep.

Victor wasn't thinking through hibernation at the moment, he was just feeling physically and mentally exhausted and wanted to sleep.