Chapter 372: Siege (II)
Dionysus the binge-drinker couldn't help but be furious, and raised the verdant Bacchus staff with a heavy pause, a holy divine power, mixed with the ubiquitous force of nature, into a huge shockwave, and swelled sharply towards the enemies in front of him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Just passing the war spirits between the visible and the invisible, they peeled back layer by layer, first the outer armor, then the rotten flesh, and finally the dark bones, all disintegrating into powdery ashes, and rushing towards Orpheus not far away.
The commander of the Illyrian coalition army was shocked by this storm and had to stop advancing, and the surrounding coalition soldiers staggered and immediately fled to avoid being involved and suffering unnecessary casualties.
In the overwhelming ashes, Orpheus squinted his eyes and continued to observe, and the underworld war spirit summoned by the sound of the piano completely disappeared, and the loss was not small.
Suddenly, the commander of the Illyrian coalition felt a mortal danger, and the Templar warriors twenty paces away disappeared in place. He hurriedly crossed his hands, and the invisible soul strings played the song of the cage, not to trap the enemy, but to protect himself.
With a "shudder", the verdant Bacchus Scepter appeared out of thin air, passing through the dense force field as if nothing, nailing through Orpheus's interlaced hands, Lu Bin saw that the tip of the staff was only a hair's length away from his forehead, and couldn't help but exhale.
"Hold Him!"
Lu Bin gave an order, Orpheus did not hesitate to comply, grabbed the Bacchus Staff with both hands, and forced the invisible binge drinker Dionysus out of his body, and the soul strings sounded again, protecting his protective force field, like a cage trapping Dionysus.
"Well done!"
Lu Bin suddenly appeared beside Orpheus, casually drew the sword of Triton, and stabbed it into the body of the last temple warrior, killing Dionysus, the god of wine who was full of his body and mind.
The invisible wind erupted out, and both the flesh and blood of mortals and the spirit of the main god of the holy mountain were torn to pieces, turning into countless filaments and blowing away one after another.
"It's not a fighting god who dares to appear in front of me, you are asking for hardship, respected Highness Dionysus. ”
Lu Bin's sarcasm, with the help of the remnants of the aura of the god of wine on the battlefield, even spread to the foothills of the holy mountain of Olympus, staying in the ears of Dionysus, who was drunk in the mountains and forests, he was so angry that even his handsome face began to distort.
Unfortunately, the only doppelganger was also destroyed into an invisible aura, and the binge-drinker quickly regained his calm mind after recognizing the reality.
"To date, I am the only immortal deity who has ever dealt with two outsiders. I learned a lot of useful things from the first opponent with similar powers. Despite breaking the Bacchus Scepter and shattering the Endless Wine Cup, there was no loss. However, the second outsider seems to have a special way of connecting to the origin of the world like a mother, and has unique permissions. It really saddened me to die at his hands and not learn anything useful. ”
Killing the great enemy who could reverse the war, Lu Bin, who had successfully retired, consciously returned to Illyria, returned to the territory where he had been operating for a long time, and watched the goddess of Mizusawa Letis accept the faith of the mortals of the Seven Cities Alliance, and the immature buds bloomed into gorgeous flowers.
The goddess Mizusawa took the upper route, accepting the beliefs of kings, nobles, citizens, and the temple lineage, while Lu Bin received the inhabitants and slaves of the cities, adopted them as the soil of faith, and carefully cultivated his own priesthood.
"I know very well that mortals who are not blessed by the radiance of the gods fear and fear the most. The land of salvation in the underworld will be a paradise that is not inferior to the realm of bliss. Sisyphus and Tantalus, the judges of the underworld, will give a fair judgment to the souls who enter the underworld through the gates of hell and send them to different places according to their beliefs. This is an unshakable rule that even I cannot change. ”
In the dark and lightless underworld, the palace complex in the depths of the realm of bliss, Hades, the king of Hades, heard the words of another giant, and nodded approvingly.
"All souls must pass through the underworld before they can go to the kingdom of the gods. If it can be realized, it will increase the authority of the underworld to an unprecedented level. Unfortunately, all the gods will oppose it except for us, the gods will be opposed, after all, the balance of power will be completely reversed. ”
Lu Bin retorted disappreciatively: "As long as His Royal Highness Hades is willing, I will fully support it." The one in the sea will surely be neutral, and the combination of our two sides, together with the rebels in the Divine Prison and the awakened Ancients, will be enough to overturn the order of the Great Eagle ruling the Three Realms. At that point, the final victor can re-establish the order. I'm sure we'll have the last laugh. ”
"I still have doubts about the giants' combat power, and as for the ancient Titans, they have not yet recovered to their prime, after all, the curse of Ouranos has severed their connection with their origins. Not only did the Titans lose their authority as creators, but they also fell into a slumber with no end in sight. ”
"We all know that the Great Eagle does not have the authority of the Creator, and the creation of man in the Silver Age and the Black Iron Age is the product of failure. As long as the mortals of all the nations and nations of the earth are the descendants of the Titans, no matter how much blood of the Olympian gods is mixed in, and their beliefs and sacrifices are guided, it will not change the overall situation. Sooner or later, the Ancient Titans will awaken and will surely recover. ”
"As for the curse of Ouranos, it is maintained by Pandora's box, and look at the dimmering light above, the folly of the gods of the Holy Mountain, which has consumed the land. ”
Hades was persuaded by Lu Bin's words, and in addition to his misgivings about the rebels, he had decided to push the laws of mortal souls to go through the underworld in order to go to the kingdom of the gods.
The aura of the underworld, which had begun to settle, became chaotic again due to Hades's abnormal movements. This time the storm was even more violent than the tide of innovation set off by Lu Bin, after all, it touched the interests of the vast majority of gods, and the gods of the Holy Mountain had to face it.
"I gave me a gift wrapped in honey, without a hint of poison, and left everything to Hades to choose. For the sake of unprecedented gain, and to increase his authority, I don't believe He won't be moved. ”
Using the underworld to contain the sight of the gods of the Holy Mountain, Lu Bin continued to remotely control the coalition forces to attack cities and plunder land in the Epirus region. Ever since the news spread that the massacre had slaughtered the nobles and citizens of the city-state of Morosa, the resistance of the other city-states became very unbearable.
The Illyrian coalition plundered artisans, slaves, and looted grain, gold and silver, and spent half a year in Epirus before returning happily.
On the return of the army, passing through the triumphal arch of Rapids, Lu Bin led the king of the Seven Cities Alliance to review the strength of the army that had been sharpened in the flames of war, and his prestige reached its peak in the Illyrian region.
After a short period of only a month's rest, the disabled veterans retired one after another, replaced by new recruits who were eager to fight, and they rushed to the barracks with a roar, sweating their youth and exercising their martial arts.
In order to seize more land, in order to gain honor and victory, the Illyrian coalition army crossed Lake Ohrid and pounced on Macedonia, which had been cultivated by civilized barbarians.
This time, they brought better siege equipment - provided by Torrent City, led by Lu Bin, with more weapons and equipment. Countless wolves, carrying light female warriors, led by the accomplished Corey, searched for enemy tracks in front of the coalition as spearheads, reconnoitred the enemy's situation and observed the terrain, and recorded them as simple maps.
The cities of Epirus, which had been raided once by the Illyrian coalition and plundered with empty warehouses and miserable days, were terrified to learn that their vicious neighbors had sent troops again after a short time. However, when they found that the Illyrian coalition was pointing directly at Macedonia in the east, and the barbarians who had been cultivated by civilization and were still not civilized enough, they were relieved at first, and then thought about whether they could secretly send troops to seek war profits for themselves, so as to make up for the losses after the war.
As the mastermind behind the Illyrian coalition, Lu Bin, who generously shared the spoils, gathered the support of the majority, so after learning of Epirus's move, he discussed with the higher-ups of the Seven Cities Alliance—mainly because he was talking, and the others obediently listened—before approving Epirus' intention to send troops.
Thinking that they had all been trained by the conquest of Epirus, Lu Bin split into small armies according to the ownership of the city-state, and still adopted the strategy of feeding the enemy, attacking the rich Macedonia everywhere.
Lower Macedonia is bordered by the Aegean Sea, and the terrain is mostly plain and hilly, which is suitable for agricultural development and is the grain producing area of Macedonia. As for Upper Macedonia, after being eroded by the Illyrian coalition forces, the living space was further compressed.
Despite the mountains, the ancient forests and meadows were good enemies for large herdsmen, the Macedonian cavalry was not yet formed, and the guerrillas were no match for the wolf warriors.
Lu Bin successfully seized the mouth of the Aegean Sea, and on the other side of the sea was Asia Minor, and the Trojan battle involving countless demigods, heroes, and even gods was on the opposite shore of a few hundred nautical miles.
He looked far to the south and vaguely saw the outline of Mount Olympus, the snow-capped peaks, shining in the sun.
The palaces of the twelve main gods are distributed in different areas according to the order of persons and divine powers. Other deities, such as the Muse, reside on Mount Helikon, one of the branches of Mount Olympus.
"Patience, now is not the time! There are too many demigods, heroes, and descendants of gods who have the blood to roam the land. If they are not wiped out, after the world is promoted, all the nations and nations of the earth will still be the same. ”
Lu Bin reluctantly convinced himself: "I have to wait a few more years, when the apple is thrown on the chessboard, when Helen, the stunning beauty known as Pandora II, is taken to Troy by Prince Paris, and the Greek city-states form an alliance to fight across the sea." Until then, I have to endure!"