Pawn

"Marco, having you command the allied forces doesn't fit His Excellency's expectations, does it?"

After the banquet ended, Saint Marco of the Church of Light and Mana, the bishop of the Church of Light in Village Mountain Territory, walked out of Spark Hall together.

Once they were away from everyone else, Mana, whose identity had been taken over by a Faceless One bishop, spoke in a low voice to Marco, whose identity had been taken over by a Faceless One saint.

As the only Faceless One Huang Yu had planted in Xinluo Territory, the saint could be said to be one of the few with the most special status among the many Faceless Ones.

According to Huang Yu's plan, after crippling the Alliance of Gods, the Faceless Ones Desolate Wolf and the bishop would both disappear along with Village Mountain Territory.

By then, the only Faceless One remaining in the Alliance of Gods would be the saint.

The saint would also become one of the keys to Huang Yu's punishment of the remaining human believer forces.

What Huang Yu had not expected was that Lord Xinluo would send the Faceless One saint to Village Mountain Territory to serve as commander of the Alliance of Gods Allied Forces.

Once the war began and Huang Yu cut off the allied forces' retreat, the Faceless One saint, serving as their commander, would also lose the possibility of returning to Xinluo Territory.

This pawn Huang Yu had buried deep in Xinluo Territory would therefore lose its future usefulness.

Hearing the bishop's words, Marco answered helplessly:

"It wasn't my choice."

"If those Supreme Lords were unwilling to come to Village Mountain Territory themselves, so be it. Now they aren't even willing to send a single saint or sage."

"Lord Xinluo doesn't trust Lord Village Mountain