Richard didn't know if they were aware of their identity as alien invaders by now, but it didn't matter if they didn't notice it, it was too late now, and they couldn't get out of it. Now just looking at the three goddesses who are developing their beliefs regardless of a single thing, and trying to cross the divine power level in a row in just a few years, it can be seen that most of them have a good idea of their situation.

For any of the surrounding countries, the Crimson Grand Duchy was now a terrifying opponent covered in barbs, but fortunately, this monster was quite restrained, and did not show its claws and fangs to the human realm, but focused almost all of its energy on the ancestral highlands.

Today, a full third of the vast ancestral highlands have been occupied. The problem with this land is that while it is not known whether it is rich or barren, or whether it contains any rare minerals, such a vast land, coupled with a steady stream of migration, would be enough to sustain a vast empire.

Countless eyes are watching this behemoth that rises like a comet develop at an astonishing speed, and it is not that no one has ever thought of containment, but they have no chance.

Crimson has an overlord, so it needs an excuse for war, and it expands to what humans consider to be wild lands, so it loses its reason to interfere. There are also people who want to use the way of chasing fugitive slaves to stop the expansion of the Crimson population, but a fierce and short battle that seems to be the resistance of the 'slaves' has completely killed their hearts. The small nations were ashamed to admit that their regular army was no match for the Crimson Slave Army. Moreover, any containment requires strength and consequences.

During this time, the Crimson Grand Duchy was only in constant friction with the Iron Triangle Empire, and although there was no all-out war between the two sides, the scale of dozens of battles of all sizes combined reached an astonishing number.

After being crippled by three main legions and five local legions, the Iron Triangle Empire finally gave up the competition with the Crimson Grand Duchy. As the price of defeat, the Iron Triangle Empire's more than 100,000 square kilometers of frontier area bordering the Bloodstained Land were all occupied. Although this area is a barren land in the eyes of the Empire, its significance lies in the fact that the Iron Triangle Empire's road to the Western Regions has been cut off from then on. From the precious minerals of the Pale Highlands to the barbarian slaves of the Ancestral Highlands, all of them can only be obtained through the territory of the Crimson Duchy.

After the defeat in this battle, Sarenwell, who had regained military power, became a scapegoat again, and there was a voice of accusation in the country, so he had to surrender military power and return to his territory to fish again.

This ill-fashioned prince has achieved the prestige of another rival in addition to Richard, Anlekara. The mysterious Anlekara seems to be another general on the mainland after Richard, and his prestige has been loomed above Li Shilongtu.

But the high-level leaders of the Iron Triangle Empire knew that Li Shilongtu did not dare to lead the army to battle in order to protect his reputation. In the whole empire, only Sarenwell has such courage, and he has never been discouraged after repeated defeats and battles.

However, Sarenwell is good at the overall situation and strategy, but because of the existence of Raymond, Brain, and Brood troops, even if the two sides invest the same number of troops, it is actually the Crimson Duchy that has the advantage on the battlefield, and the difference in individual combat power makes the tactical advantage even more on the Crimson side.

Later, with the irrepressible development momentum of the Crimson Principality, the overall national strength became stronger and stronger, and no matter how capable of Dominating the sky Sahronwell was, he was unable to recover the defeat.

At this point, Richard had a general understanding of the current situation in Faro. He looked at the magic map in front of him, pondered, and after a moment, asked Quicksand, "With our current strength, is it enough to launch a divine war?"

Quicksand shook his head without thinking and said, "Impossible. The real war of God is not as simple as a church war. It's okay to win a war like Nei'an, but it's useless to eliminate a few gods, or even one or two incarnations, and it's not a fatal blow at all. The important thing is that we have not yet had the means to invade the kingdom of God, and therefore we cannot pose a fundamental threat to the true God. The gods are born according to the rules of the plane, and if they don't take away their godhead, even if we kill all their followers, he can survive in an endangered state for hundreds of years. ”

"So legendary ......" At this, even Richard himself shook his head. The biggest advantage of legends is not the ability of legends, but the ability to use the rules, whether active or passive, which makes them improve by leaps and bounds in various attributes.

Any legend, even a parallel commodity like Long Xing, is not so easy to deal with. The hardest part is not to defeat them, but how to trap them so that they can't escape.

With the current strength of Richard himself and his followers, if an ordinary legend is single, he will definitely be beaten miserably, but he may not be able to kill him on the spot.

In addition, what Richard feared was that the legend was hiding in the shadows and sneaking up, sneaking up on one today and assassinating another tomorrow. There is almost no solution to this method of warfare.

Now that he was in the situation, Richard understood why Noland had such respect for legends, regardless of their character. The key is actually that you are unwilling to offend a legendary powerhouse for no reason. If a legend is disgraced, no one can resist it.

"Then it's not the time to go on a big attack. Richard frowned.

"If you're just worried about Legend, it doesn't really matter, as long as he falls into my sight, there's a one-third chance that he won't be able to escape. Quicksand said.

Richard still shook his head: "That's still more than half a chance for him to run." The legendary powerhouse has suffered a big loss once, and he will definitely not be fooled a second time. I don't think there's a need to take this risk, now that time is completely on our side, it's better to develop steadily for a few more years. ”

After a deep sigh, Richard asked a little in a certain area on the ancestral source heights: "Is the new Grand Temple of the Highland God of War built here?"

"That's right. Clarke's voice trembled a little as he replied.

"The guy who left you with no way out......"

Clark calmed down a little and said, "His current title is Aratu, which means Lord of the Highlands, and he is already the Pope of the Highland God of War. ”

"Arathu, Lord of the Heights?" said Richard with a faint disdainful smile, "he can quite give himself a title." It's okay, I'll let him see who is in charge of the high ground!"

"Master, do you want to ......" Clark's voice trembled even more.

Richard clicked on the magic map and said, "Since we can't fight the Divine War yet, let's fight a mortal war first." First put the old nest of the highland god of war, and use it as a training soldier. ”

From the division of the god system, the highland god of war is a resurrected god, so he has a priesthood so similar to Ludrith, the god of war of Faro. He has established a foundation in the ancestral highlands and has become one of the gods of the barbarians, and he is still weak in divine power.

Richard's followers continued to expand, and the area currently controlled by Zhì was only two hundred kilometers away from the Grand Temple of the Highland God of War. However, when Richard was not in Faro, the followers would control the scale of the war on their own and stop their march in the direction of the Temple of the High Ground God of War. The self-proclaimed Pope of Aratu was also interested and did not take the initiative to attack.

"Inform the church of the three goddesses and ask them to send elite clergy to prepare for war, and the preparation time for this war is only three days. After saying that, Richard pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Send messengers to inform the god of war, the god of courage, the god of stability, and the other gods on the side of the chaotic human race, saying that we are ready to wage war against the alien god of war in the highlands, and let them also send people to support." ”

"Support?" Gonde was stunned first. In the past wars, he personally slaughtered many clergy on the side of the human gods, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a blood feud, so he doesn't feel that those godly churches are willing to support.

"God is selfish, too. The highland god of war is now an alien god, and if we purge its mortal church and believers, then he will be in an endangered situation, and then for the gods, it will be the same as having one more priesthood and corresponding godhead, and this is the greatest temptation. And they don't have to do much to do this, so they will give some support. Richard explained with a smile.

"But don't we still have the three goddesses on our side, where is their turn to intervene?" Gonde continued. He has an advantage, that is, if he doesn't understand anything, he will ask directly, and he is not afraid to show his shortcomings at all.

Richard said, "The three goddesses are not fighting gods. Even if the Highland God of War is endangered, it is still very dangerous to enter his kingdom to fight. The gods will surely take a fancy to this, and will take the kingdom of God after the battle is decided. ”

"But isn't that cheap for nothing, those bullshit gods?" Gonde was still puzzled.

Richard smiled and said, "There are gains and losses." Conquering the Kingdom of God is a huge loss, and even if you get it, it will take a lot of energy to assimilate and maintain it in the early stages. Therefore, in this war of the kingdom of God, no matter who gets the kingdom of God, it will take a long time to repair and stabilize. Powerful? That's for later. ”

After a pause, Richard said meaningfully, "Will we give him a chance to recover?"

This was the end of the first meeting back to Faro, and in the afternoon, the entire Blue Water Oasis City began to boil, and the Grand Temple of the Three Goddesses rang a long fourteen bells in succession, which was the most urgent sign of summoning the high-ranking clergy.

Later, the various military camps were instructed to begin an inventory of soldiers and equipment and to check the state of armaments. Huge warehouses open heavy doors, and massive amounts of strategic materials are transported out of the warehouses, and then through a series of tedious but orderly procedures, the supplies are distributed to everyone who needs them.

Richard's army, supplies and supplies were so abundant that they simply exceeded the common sense of the entire plane. Even the warriors were equipped with special pots and pans for cooking in rainy or wet areas, not to mention necessities such as crossbow arrows and armor. Coupled with the fact that the Crimson Grand Duchy is home to many powerful and famous generals, it has become a sacred place for any man who makes war a career.