The Tables Turned

But Huo Ling did not choose to have his troops attack those defensive lines. Instead, he built an interplanar portal at the landing site.

He transported up the servant army from the fifth-layer plane.

Next, vast numbers of Bone War Division soldiers and servant troops would set out from the center to seize the many cities on the other side where the allied forces had no garrisons.

Those cities had defenders, but their strength clearly could not compare to Huo Ling's legions.

Huo Ling intended to seize those cities first, forcing the churches' allied forces out of their turtle shell to fight him properly in open battle.

Although Huo Ling had many undead soldiers, he had no desire to send them against well-defended enemy fortifications.

Huo Ling's plan was highly successful. As his army advanced without pause, more and more cities and towns were conquered by his legions.

Even if those cities were not loyal to Huo Ling, even if rebellions frequently broke out, Huo Ling did not care.

For the time being, he had no need for those cities to provide him with resources.

The churches, on the other hand, were plagued with headaches. Countless churches were destroyed, clergy members were beheaded, and believers were forcibly made to convert in order to save their lives.

All of it drove the entire situation headlong in a direction the churches' allied forces could no longer control.

Within the allied army's main camp.

The Dusk God's pope could not hide the exhaustion on his aged face. He was too tired. Pressure from the churches and pressure from the gods themselves had nearly left him unable to breathe.

His old voice rang out. "We cannot wait like this any longer. The enemy is digging at the foundation of our god's existence!"

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