On the throne, the pharaoh's face was tense, and he did not say a word.

Charles, the commander standing in the shadows, lowered his head and was silent, for fear of irritating the owner of the dog city.

The front line was full of good news.

[Capricorn Principality], [Underground Principality] and [Magician Principality] and other resource lands were destroyed by the rapid attack one after another, and the main battle force [God Principality] was bitten to death by [Wolf City]. The enemy's core [Willso] was blocked by the [Underworld] and the [Ark of Judgment and Law], cutting off the connection with the outside world.

The downfall of the whistleblower is just around the corner.

Who knew that he had endured until the critical moment, which detonated those civilians and the wolf guards infected with the sentinel at the same time, causing chaos within the wolf city. At the same time, the whistleblower also opened the worm hive passage that had been built for many years, and summoned a world-destroying curse insect swarm, and the situation was reversed in an instant.

The two main battle gods, the goddess of melancholy and the wolf god, all sent notices.

Although the words are different, the main meaning is the same.

- Due to the raging insect swarm, this divine war ends here.

Although he didn't know the specific situation of the battle ahead, Charles knew that Inujo had paid a huge price in order to invite these two title gods.

The first is the consumption of the ancient covenant with the City of Wolves, which was an alliance between the two worlds in the name of Anubis and the god Upot, but it will no longer be valid after this time. To this end, Dog City also replenished the Wolf City's military expenses of 100 million Faith Fire.

In order to invite the goddess of melancholy to join the war, the scarab beetle Menes paid 200 million faith, which is to use the [Underworld] and [Ark of Judgment and Law] of this title god to ensure that the whistleblower cannot escape.

In the end, Yao Shen was invited to help, and he also bought an insurance.

The goal is to blow the whistle and die.

It can consume so many resources and get a failed result.

This is something that Dog City can't accept.

What's more serious is that if the whistleblower escapes and recovers this time, Dog City will have one more powerful mortal enemy, and the future will be endless.

Strategically it has been a complete failure.

Charles was also worried.

From now on, I am afraid that it is necessary to further improve the defense force and carry out stricter patrols and investigations on the dog city. The whistleblower's family must still be in the shadows, ready to lurk and infiltrate at any moment.

It's going to be a long and difficult tug-of-war.

On the throne, the scarab beetle Menes stood up with a flail in his hand.

"It's good that the City of Wolves not only failed to finish the extermination of the whistleblowers, but also demanded compensation from me - because they have two vassal kingdoms that have been destroyed by the swarm. Requires me to pay an additional 60 million Flame of Faith, what a good ally for us. ”

"It's not even as good as the other side. The goddess of melancholy only said that the operation was aborted. ”

Menes paced slowly beside the throne.

"After all, relying on others can't be relied on, Dog City must form its own force, it seems that there are some mistakes in my strategic planning."

"Based on the black market, intermediary employment and entrepot trade, the conditions do not seem to be ripe at the moment. There is a lack of reliable and sufficient deterrent force, and the rapid development strategy focused on the interior lacks solid support, and it is necessary to develop Dog City's own external force......"

Charles listened silently.

Menes also consulted on the Inujo strategy after Kaejo.

At that time, Charles and the owner of the dog city had the same opinion: using the unique strong faith reserve of the dog city, as well as the characteristics of the world that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, you can contract out the threat of force to the outside, so that you can establish external influence in a short period of time, and then build your own power slowly.

The City of Dogs only aims to improve the city's defense and security system, and strengthens and extends it on the basis of undead warriors and black jackals.

Adapting measures to local conditions and introducing species that are suitable for the survival of the dog city in the outside world can gradually restore the world to life.

The advantage of employing foreign employees to protect the domestic strategy is that it can start quickly and can devote most of its energy to internal development and civilization restart. The sooner you connect with the gods of the outside world, the sooner you can integrate into the needs of various mythological systems and reshape the influence of Dog City.

The only downside is that the gods entrusted with external deterrence must be strong and reliable.

Therefore, this time, Inujo hired a total of three gods: the [Goddess of Melancholy] at the top of the Temple of Gods, the [Wolf God] who has an innate relationship and covenant with Inujo, and the mysterious [Yaoshen] who maintains trade.

It's a pity that it's still a little bit worse.

Charles sighed inwardly.

It seems that Dog City will continue to be closed, and internal and external forces will have to be developed and reserved at the same time, and manpower will become very scarce.

It takes time to cultivate gods, it takes time to build and develop, it takes time for civilized species to adapt and grow, and there are whistleblowers in the outside world......

At this moment, an undead warrior came in outside to report: "Report to Your Majesty, the apostle of Yao Shen Fang Mao Cao came to visit, saying that he was adhering to the Yao God Oracle." ”

The tentacles on Scarab Menes' face moved slowly: "Let her in." ”

He sat back on his throne.

Charles stood in the audience.

Dressed in a black robe, Catgrass stepped all the way from the darkness to the foot of the steps of light. She is a cat person, with cat ears in her hair and eyes that turn into vertical pupils from time to time.

Maocao bowed slightly: "Meet the Lord of Dog City, I have come to inform you of the battle situation on the front line by the oracle." ”

Charles thought to himself, and sure enough, it came.

"The whistleblower has been eliminated by our side."

Charles twitched his fingers at the hearing.

Menes remained calm.

The Lord of the Dog City said, "I don't doubt the power of Yaoshen...... It's just that the [Goddess of Melancholy] and the [Wolf God] have sent apostles to give feedback, saying that the swarm of the world-destroying level has emerged from the passage......"

"The swarm did appear."

Maocao replied: "But it does not prevent us from killing the [Whistleblower], you can check." ”

Menes was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her head sharply.

"It's worthy of Lord Yaoshen! Well, great! ”

After receiving the confirmation, Charles was not too surprised.

To be honest, it felt that it was not normal for [the whistleblower] not to die this time. The only thing I didn't expect was that in the end, Yaoshen, a deterrent force, was needed, which was indeed much more difficult than expected.

"The other two main war gods directly chose to leave the battle and evacuate, but in view of the promise to Dog City, we had to kill the whistleblower against the worm nest and insect swarm, and the loss was not small. That's why Lord Yaoshen said, "I want to add money." ”

"Well said, this is easy to say! You're welcome! ”

"Please quote a price."

"Lord Yaoshen said, please pay as you like."

Menes' voice became lighter, and he smiled and said, "Dog City will pay another 200 million Faith to make up for the additional expenses and swarm losses of Lord Yaoshen's divine war this time. ”

Charles has followed the owner of the dog city for many years and is well aware of his style. He is not afraid of big expenses, and he is not stingy with investment, as long as he can achieve the core goal, then it is worth it.

It is not the same thing to continue to ask for additional military spending after defeat, and to add money to settle the unexpected return to the right track.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

Maocao also said politely: "I hope to have more cooperation with Inujo in the future." ”

"There will definitely be, definitely."

Menes said categorically.

Then the two sides chatted about the situation on the battlefield, but Mao Cao basically said that he was in the rear and did not know the specific situation on the front line.

Not long after, Cat Grass's body suddenly stiffened.

Her eyes were distracted and hollow, and there was a majestic force in her body.

After coming back to his senses, the cat's grass eyes regained their brilliance.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yaoshen is studying a feather man. Excuse me, do you know how to wake up the feathered people from their slumber? ”

"Huh?"

The tentacles on either side of Menes' cheeks widened curiously, but he pondered for a moment: "There should be only two situations when the feathered people fall into a deep sleep. ”

"One is that it spontaneously falls asleep, and the other is that it is forced to fall into a deep sleep because of self-detachment or some other reason."

Cat Grass said: "It is a long sleep, wrapped in a swarm of insects, and abandoning the past life when it wakes up." ”

"Completely forgetting the past?"

Menes said, "That must be caused by [White Fire]." There are also some feather people who are unwilling to strip themselves of themselves for various reasons, until the white fire surrounds and burns them, and then regenerates from them. ”

"Different feathered people have completely different characteristics, but as Yaoshen said...... To wake it up from this long-term recovery slumber, it may be stimulated by a strong external force, otherwise the natural awakening will be slow. ”

Catwoman asks: "You mean ......"

"Feathers don't die—so don't hesitate to strike. And because the [White Fire] destroyed all the past, the feather people at this time were in a state of ignorance and sluggishness, just like a baby, the more powerful the attack, the more he could get his approval. ”

"Understood."

"But a little." Menes also advised: "The Feathered People will quickly revive their instincts and hunt and devour the gods, and the Feathered People who have only awakened have the strongest desire to attack, because they need to acquire a lot of power to replenish themselves, and the Godhead is the most attractive to them." ”

"This instinct is hard to eliminate, but in the void, they will become weaker and weaker until they return to the zone. So in fact, it is very troublesome to wake up the sleeping feather people, extremely dangerous, and it is difficult to get anything in return. ”

Soon, the cat grass came to a standstill again.

This time, she waited for a long time before she came back to her senses: "Your Majesty Menes, that, the feather man was awakened, but there was no head. Will this have an impact? ”

“……”

Scarab Menes touched the back shell of the beetle on his face with his hand: "I really haven't seen this." Probably because he was still in the recovery period and was forcibly awakened, his head was woken up before it had fully recovered...... I think it will grow in the future. ”

I waited a little longer.

Catgrass asked again, "I found the head, but I don't know why, it's eating those spell worms, what's going on?" ”

"Oooh! My guess was right. ”

Menes clenched his fists: "Because the repair of the body has not been completely completed, it needs to replenish the weakness of the body." And the low-level curse insects that haunt the feathered people, who are born with the instinct to guard the feathered people, are not only the soldiers and servants of the feathered people, but also their food. It's like a lot of chicks eat their eggshells when they break their shells. ”

"These low-level spell insects, under normal circumstances, should be chasing the power of the feather people, and the closer they get to the feathered people, the easier it is to get the opportunity to evolve from the power exuded by the feathered people—that is, to become a spell clan."

"Only by becoming a spell can they learn to think and develop a complete sense of self."

"It's an exchange, it's either to be turned into food, or it's going to go further."

Cat Grass suddenly said: "I see." ”

Menes finally said, "The Feather Man is very dangerous, even if it is a weakened body that has awakened, please be careful with Lord Yaoshen. ”

"Thanks for the reminder, then I'll take my leave."

……

After the other party left, Charles couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, does Yaoshen want to subdue Yuren?" ”

"As far as I know, that can't be done. As I said earlier, if you are weakened to the extreme, the feathered people will return to the time stop zone...... But that's not important. ”

The tentacles and insect feet on Menis's face slowly relaxed: "For us, the most important thing is that the Dog City strategy has a strong external support. ”

"Yaoshen's strength is even stronger than expected. His greatest merit is that he will get things done as long as he pays enough for the fire of faith, and he will not and has no interest in interfering in other issues...... We don't have to pick the target of our bets anymore. ”

"After his triumph, I will negotiate this matter with our most important friend in the future, there is not much else in Dog City, but I have saved some faith."

"As long as we give enough, our powerful friends will be on our side. And Lord Anubis said many years ago that if you control death and corpses, you will hold wealth......"

The Lord of Dog City crossed his hands and fingers, sat down on the throne, and said, "Charles, go and prepare." Put the relics left behind by the fallen gods on the shelves, and the portal of [Western Elysium] can be opened at any time. ”

"Go to the Glass Country over there, and tell the outside world that our Dog City will start buying the Divine Body again."

Charles bowed: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

(End of chapter)