91. Holy, High Heaven Opens Its Gates to the Gnolls

Hogger's grand gesture of dropping to his knees the moment they met left Diakum a little bewildered. He had crossed paths with this gnoll before, but they were nowhere near close enough for this.

But the gnoll chieftain saw nothing wrong with its behavior.

It had made it all the way to heaven. What was wrong with kneeling beneath the sacred stairs?

Consider it building virtue for the rest of its life. Besides, standing before it was the Solar Incarnation himself, Lord Diakum Zastinus, wielder of the Glory of Ten Thousand Suns, and he had answered its call.

Who would dare mock it for cowardice now?

For this alone, countless people would have killed for the chance to kneel, yet had no way to do so.

Though Diakum had not asked, Hogger knew the Vigilant had countless matters demanding his attention. How could he have time to play guessing games with it here? It immediately spilled everything, describing its current situation and troubles in one breath.

The gnoll was fairly eloquent. It could not make flowers bloom with its tongue, but it could at least explain things clearly.

When Diakum heard that it had received the Black Wolf God's command and was preparing to conquer the Gnoll Kingdom of the Dragon Isles, he blinked.

This had nothing to do with him.

Even judging it from the standpoint of a Savior and defender of the world, he had no reason to get involved. The matter was simply beneath him; openly joining such a conflict would not sound good once word got out.

What kind of thing was it for the dignified Vigilant to bully gnolls?

Besides, Hogger itself had said it had the support of six Loa Gods, along with a military alliance of Blue Dragons, Centaurs, and Tuskarr. If it