Second Orc War (10)

The Orcs' Great Being had been sealed and imprisoned by the Empire, while the great nobles used their Extraordinary Legions to frantically devour the deity's Divine Essence.

This could be said to have terrified the entire world.

Deities, Great Beings, objects of mortal faith, were actually being hunted.

The kingdom nobles of the Norris Continent looked north in trembling fear. That vast Empire had become so terrifying.

Frozen Earth Territory.

When Ryan received word that the war in Hot Spring Province had entered the stage where deities took the field, and that Extraordinary Legions had crossed the Rainbow Bridge to join the battle, he knew the Orcs could no longer win their second full-scale invasion war against the Empire.

"The Empire's nobles never act without profit. Without sufficient confidence, they would never willingly place their Extraordinary Legions in danger."

Just like during the Orcs' last full-scale invasion, at Twilight Fortress, Grand Duke Mayers' Nightmare Knights had ultimately paid a devastating price to stop the Orcs from advancing farther south.

Back then, quite a few great nobles in the South had merely watched from the sidelines because they were unsure whether their Extraordinary Legions would return intact after being sent to the Northlands.

This time, the power of the Divine Remains threatened that Orc deity, and the Empire's collective act of godslaying erupted once more. Naturally, the nobles were willing to share the risk with others in exchange for immense gains.

Still, Ryan was shocked by the Empire's method of transporting Extraordinary Legions.

"The Rainbow Bridge? Is that the rainbow bridge surrounding the World Tree that the ancient Snake Spirit mentioned?"

Back in that Otherworldly Plane, that great and ancient being had told Ryan some ancient secrets: the relationship between the World Tree and the Abyss, the shattered Rainbow Bridge...

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