sword sentient beings

Chapter 873 Variables

There was a flash of light, and a short man with fiery red hair walked out of the teleportation array.

"Son of Fire, Son of Fire is back!" Beside the flame teleportation array, many young men with the same hair were busy. When they saw Son of Fire coming back, they happily greeted him.

The Son of Fire nodded at them, and when he looked up, he saw that the most authoritative elder of the Fire Spirit Clan had also come over.

"Is Hui back?"

The Son of Fire bowed as a greeting. The Great Elder should not have been here at the teleportation array. His coming here was definitely not a coincidence, but because he cared about him.

It cannot be said that they are all concerned about themselves, but more of them are concerned about the situation on the front line.

The Great Elder exchanged glances with the Son of Fire, and the two smiled easily as they walked through the crowd of ordinary tribesmen towards the Holy Fire Land. When they passed the gate of the Holy Land and saw fewer people, they both looked gloomy.

"How about it?"

"Alas, it was a mess." The Son of Fire shook his head. "After I received the order to retreat, I relied on the power of my god and hid in a corner of Two Rivers City to observe the situation. I watched as our spiritual world people were chased and beaten by humans. We had the upper hand at the beginning, but it was overthrown in the blink of an eye. From the Wu priest to his soldiers, we watched helplessly as the whole army was wiped out."

The Great Elder made a sound of disgust and said, "How shameful! It was originally a sneak attack. Since you don't keep your word, you should at least win, right? Now it seems that you have lost face and formation. These crazy people..."

The Son of Fire waved his hand to stop the Great Elder from making rude remarks. Although he was also unhappy with Priest Wu's arrogant decision, he was now a favorite of the Holy Spirit, and he and others could not offend him behind his back.

The two finally entered the Holy Fire Hall. This Holy Fire Hall was renovated after the God's descent. It was very spacious and luxurious, with a golden red hue as the main color, like a large burning flame.

After entering the inner hall, it was empty except for a few cushions and the burning holy fire. The two relaxed a little - the burning fire meant that the gods were protecting this place, and safety and airtightness could be guaranteed, so they could talk openly.

The Great Elder asked again: "Why did you lose? Was it because you couldn't win? Didn't you say you had that person's blessing? How could you still lose?"

The Son of Fire shook his head and said, "The Wu Priests are still very strong. Their troops are actually not weak at all, but the humans are well prepared, with three times as many troops, and there are also three Sword Immortals. In this comparison, who will win?"

The Great Elder asked, "How could they know this in advance? Could it be that there is a traitor? Didn't you say that some people from the spirit world in your training class were really attracted to humans?"

The Son of Fire snorted, "Who knows? Indeed, if some people in our class were seduced by humans and became traitors, I would not be surprised at all. But at the same time, it would not be surprising if humans obtained the real information here by other means. I have studied for two years and deeply feel that humans are really powerful. Especially that symbol, it is complex and intelligent, just like..."

He said reluctantly, "It's as if they have really seen the truth."

The Great Elder said, "Humans are certainly formidable opponents. But they are also very despicable, actually seducing our young people! So it seems that the training class they proposed to hold was a conspiracy to screen their targets for rebellion! These young people are ignorant and have little experience. They have to stay in human territory for a year or two. How can they resist the temptation of benefits and beauty? They lost their footing without knowing it and fell into their trap."

Son of Fire had a strange expression on his face, and said, "That's not the scary part. If it's just the temptation of money and beauty, then it's not scary. It can only seduce a few greedy fools anyway, and the harm is limited. Their financial resources are limited, and they can't buy off everyone. However, the atmosphere they create is truly more open-minded and wise over there, and the atmosphere is better, which makes people yearn for it. If there is a plan for this training class, it is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy. It is naturally attractive to show people good things openly."

He was really frustrated, and said, "The courses in this training class are 50-50, and the instructors from both sides can teach young people from both worlds. If our side is good, we should be able to attract talents from the human side. But there is none at all. The instructors here are either arrogant or irritable. The only one who is better is the saint, but she won't take the initiative to get close to people. The other one is a believer of that god, and he spends half of the class time praising God and spreading God's will. Is this how missionary work? Don't you have to teach well first, show your charm, then gather people around, and slowly explain God's will after class? For someone like him, even if you have ten points of favorability, it will be reduced to three points, not to mention that there are not three points in the first place."

The Son of Fire angrily accused the Great Elder. He originally thought that he was going too far, and that it would only boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige. However, when he started to complain about the Holy Spirit believers, the Great Elder could not help but said:

"That's right! The followers of that god are so unscrupulous. Now that they are the big shot, they are putting on airs. When they were few in number, they did everything they could to gain followers! They even kidnapped teenagers and children from various tribes and forced them to convert! Not to mention other tribes, even several of our Fire Spirit tribe were captured."

This happened when the Son of Fire was training. He didn't know about it and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Is there such a thing? Has he been rescued?"

The great elder said, "I joined forces with elders from several other tribes to rescue them, and we managed to save them, but several of them have already converted. It is difficult to convert them back, because once they convert, they will be taking food from the tiger's mouth and offend the god. We can only allow them to exist, which is like someone driving a nail into the tribe. Fortunately, our children are very steadfast, because our god is merciful and generous, and his grace is deep, how can we betray him?"

The Son of Fire remained silent after hearing this. After a while, he sighed, "Although it's a bit unfair to say this, but you should be more cautious with the children who come back, right? Try not to train them to the core."

The elder was silent. Son of Fire was right. He was afraid that they were disguised under the orders of the other side. It was a truth that one must be on guard against others. However, those children did nothing wrong, but lost their future for no reason. This was also a sin.

The Son of Fire said, "I heard during the seminar that the spirit world has changed. Has that person reached the point where he is so powerful that he can cover the sky with one hand?" The Great Elder said, "Although it is a slight exaggeration, it is not much different. Now the statue of that person has been placed at the highest point of the Pantheon. His archbishop in the spirit world is the High Priest Songtian, who is on an equal footing with Haotian. In fact, there has been no news about Haotian in recent months. He said he was retreating and meditating, but in fact... who knows? It is very easy for the believers of the Pantheon to convert now, but it is impossible for them to convert back. Except for a few high-level gods, the believers of other gods, the believers of the Holy God, can fight and kill at will, and when they see the good things of other believers, they can just take them away, and there is no god to judge justice. Seeing them doing whatever they want, the less determined believers want to join."

The Son of Fire shook his head and sighed, "Fortunately, I have my God, and I have my God's protection..."

He didn't say the second half of the sentence. What he actually wanted to say was, if there was no God, I would also yearn for the human world.

The Great Elder didn't know how the latter part of his sentence was so blasphemous, but his expression became worried, and he said: "Our God has indeed been blessing us all the time, and he is very generous. The younger generation is growing very fast. But who will protect him?"

The Son of Fire was startled and asked, "What do you mean? What kind of protection does my God want?"

The great elder said, "It is no longer satisfied with just making small moves among its followers. It wants to organize a 'Gathering of All Gods' and invite gods from all races to gather together. It says that it is to deal with the war with the human world and to concentrate the power of the spirit world. But I think it wants to make a real name for itself. And the invitation to the gathering of my god has been sent to the Holy Fire Land."

He had a gloomy look on his face, and he recalled the face of the apostle who had delivered the invitation. His words implied, "I don't know what kind of god your God is. I could have ignored you, but my Lord is generous and gave your God a place. Don't be shameless."

The Son of Fire was startled. Although there was no such story as the "Hongmen Banquet" in the spiritual world, the principles were often the same. He suddenly thought of the bad intentions of the Holy God. Could it be that it was going to take advantage of this conference to kill all the other gods and unify the world of gods?

No, it probably doesn't have that ability yet. But maybe it will kill a few minor gods, intimidate most of the gods, and then do something big, such as establishing a new god organization different from the Pantheon.

  And aren’t those little gods who were killed as a warning to others their own gods?

Although he was grateful and admired Taixiong God for his generosity and favor, he did not think that his own god was very powerful at all. Although he often heard in the past two years that Taixiong God's power was getting stronger and stronger, and his grace was getting more and more abundant, he always felt that Taixiong God was like their Fire Spirit Clan, who could only survive alone in a small corner and was not worthy of being on the high stage.

A god like this without any backing would easily become a victim, right?

"Then... is my God going?" He asked a question in a not very good way.

The Great Elder shook his head and said, "I have reported it, but there has been no response yet."

Even the Son of Fire felt guilty, how could he have confidence? He knew the details of their "God" best.

He saw with his own eyes that human swordsman came out of the fire, and after a deal, he acquiesced to that person pretending to be a god. After all, they had a pleasant cooperation in the past two years, so there was no need to expose it, and he took the initiative to protect him. The elder felt that this person was not even as good as the lowest god.

What's more, he is a fake. It's okay if he keeps it to himself behind closed doors, but how can he show himself in front of so many true gods?

He even thought in his heart: This "God" has not responded. Could it be that he is afraid to go and has run away?

If that were the case, he would have to make up a lie to fool the tribesmen and the Holy Spirit...

However, at this moment, the sacred fire suddenly lit up!

A figure slowly emerged from the flames.

The Great Elder and the Son of Fire bowed respectfully and listened to the oracle.

It took a long time for the flame to return to its original state.

The two priests who received the oracle looked at each other.

"My God... agreed?!"

"He's going!"