It's not the protagonist, what does it matter if you are trapped in the Shura field

Chapter 701 The War God Temple's Conquest Ritual
"finally coming?"

When Lovely received the news, she was in the military camp discussing the matter with everyone.

An army of 150,000.

Even Randall only brought 120,000 regular troops into the Shadow of Melendal. It's hard to say whether the 120,000 elite troops of the Lion's Garden are stronger or weaker than the main force of the Temple's blessed army, but now the Temple army's prowess will be tested by them.

At least one thing is certain: they are far superior to Lucas's Western Frontier Army.

“According to our previous intelligence,” Arttana said, “the real main force of these 150,000 people is still the troops personally led by the Holy Maiden of Dawn.”

“This part does indeed account for a small percentage.” Nasuxia pondered for a moment.

Although Saintess Xiaoguang brought 150,000 troops, it was impossible for them to all be gods. Even in temples that produce gods, the number of temple warriors who can be granted godhood is extremely limited.

Those who attain divinity are not a readily available resource.

In some small countries and neutral regions, a god can become one of the top combat forces in that country. Even in the prestigious Lion Garden family, the emergence of a god is something the entire family is happy about.

If all 150,000 people were truly gods or angels of the fourth rank or higher, then there would be no need for them to fight at all. Even if a first-level god came, they might be overwhelmed and killed.

However, the number will certainly not be low.

“If we include the Yellow Sun Temple and other support, as well as the fourth angel who has been promoted,” Rowe analyzed, “they should be able to field an army of at least ten thousand divine beings.”

"Ten thousand people..."

“There’s no need to be so nervous,” Luo Wei said helplessly, glancing at Vimir. “Most of them are just ordinary gods, the SSS level ones.”

You call SSS level "normal"...

The councilor of the united city-state twitched slightly, then chuckled wryly.

Generally speaking, the SSS-level rating in the combat power system is based on the gods of the major temples. This is also the theoretical upper limit that ordinary people can reach through physical and magical cultivation—that is, to fight to a draw with a god of the temple without a god core. This is probably the limit of humanity.

As for Anai Ning and Mena, they cannot be called ordinary people. Including those with divine cores of level three or above, they are too few cases to be considered outsiders.

We're all just ordinary people. No one will create a separate level for you to discuss things. You can be wherever you want.

Therefore, in the general evaluation of humanity, SSS is already at the top of the list in all aspects—what? You say you can defeat a level three god? Then can you even be considered human?

The reason for using the deities of the temple as the standard is that, in addition to the fact that exceptionally talented heroes and warriors can indeed approach this level on their own, it is also because the deities of the temple are basically all similar. They all obtained merits and received a speck of dust from the core of the current god to advance, making them representative in a general sense.

Luo Wei couldn't judge whether this was good or bad. After all, for those brave warriors and heroes, hoping to obtain a level three god's core on their own was basically wishful thinking. If you wanted it, there was nothing they could do if they didn't give it to you. For example, Lugda in the God War Ruins and the level three god he killed on the battlefield not long ago—Luo Wei asked for the former but didn't get it, and Luo Wei never even had such hopes for the latter.

The divine core of the third-level god "Golden General" Moric that he obtained before was a bargain he got from the blacksmith in the God War Ruins.

As for the second-level god's stone, it was entirely due to the Sun God Cult, and it was so corrupted that it couldn't be used for advancement at all.

Therefore, for heroes, joining the temple is the best and safest choice. It is much better than losing the honor of being promoted to a lower-level demon god. Moreover, over the long years, there have been people who have developed the temple's divine core to a level far beyond expectations. For example, the "Silver Lion" who was defeated by him developed the temple's divine core to the level of a second-level god on his own.

Although generally speaking, obtaining the core of a first-level god should only allow one to become a first-level god...

It has to be said that the dust the military genius brought them for promotion was indeed rather worthless...

“Don’t underestimate them either,” Liya Lan said dismissively. “If they are the elite of the Temple of War, it wouldn’t be surprising if they reached the upper-tier SSS level.”

"Ah."

Lo Wei agrees with this.

However, back in the ruins of the Gods War, the hidden paths they took were already teeming with SSS-level monsters, and the bionic angels that Icarus summoned at the top of the tower were all SSS-level as well.

Besides, it's not like they're supposed to fight ten thousand gods one-on-one.

Their army is much larger than that of the Temple of War. The troops recruited by dozens of churches and more than a dozen countries are close to 200,000. If you include the reserve forces of various countries and the troops of the churches that are fighting, the number is far more than that. Are such a large army applauding them from behind?

“In terms of military strength alone, we certainly can’t compare,” he said. “It’s unrealistic to expect ordinary soldiers to win one-on-one against temple warriors on the battlefield. Even if each country has deployed its most elite troops, they would still have little chance of winning against a god.”

The swordsman of the Dawn Cavalry lowered his head.

He himself could certainly defeat the deities of the temple, but to expect every member of the cavalry to be able to defeat a deity was still a bit of a pipe dream, and the blessing could only last a little longer.

Other world leaders also wore wry smiles.

It's not that they want to belittle their combat strength, but there are indeed reasons why the Temple of War Gods can become the number one military force on the continent; their individual qualities are incomparable to those of ordinary soldiers.

In the last battlefield in the valley, even though the warriors of the North were able to get up again after being knocked down by their faith in the God of the North, they could not avoid the embarrassing situation of being knocked to the ground by a god again.

“But just as I said, even gods are not invincible,” Rowe said again. “As long as the tactics are sound, they are no different from ordinary soldiers.”

“Indeed.” This time, Liya Lan also agreed with him.

In this respect, the church's influence is much greater.

In the previous battle in the valley, the theocratic organizations such as the Sunfire Church and the Azure Moon Church resisted the frontal offensive of the Temple Army, while the Blue-Clad Cleansing Guards of the Cleansing Court blocked the legion of angels on the city wall.

As a theocratic organization, they also have a considerable number of deities, as well as various divine protection abilities and secret techniques, but their overall numbers and army are not as large.

"Why are you two suddenly acting like this?" Nasuxia laughed.

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The others couldn't help but chuckle. They understood that what Luo Wei was saying was a very real issue: don't overestimate the strength of your own army, but don't think the enemy is invincible either. Only with a rational mind can you reasonably arrange the value of tactics.

The military depends on how it is used.

But they certainly wouldn't be willing to admit defeat; everything will have to be decided on the battlefield.

“Fifty thousand of the enemy’s troops are temporary troops from countries like Valais,” Lovely said calmly. “A significant portion of them are militia. We had already defeated twenty thousand of the Temple of War’s troops when we were restoring the entire territory of Lion Garden. Since the enemy’s main force is taking this seriously, we must win this battle.”

"I can't wait to teach these bastards a lesson!" said the King of the North, gripping his axe. "Tell us your tactics, and the warriors of the North will be the first to charge!"

“No need to rush,” Lovely said with ease. “The warriors of the North are the axes that tear apart the lines. Now that we have the initiative, I will place you in the most suitable place.”

She's starting to look more and more like a mainland commander.

Although it was such a small thing, a slap from it would probably make someone cry for a long time, but as a representative of royal power, it was indeed impeccable, and it was something it actively sought to achieve.

On the other hand, a certain traitor to the divine authority... well, even with the assistance of Lia Lan and Shatis, it would probably be difficult for her to command the army like Lovely suddenly.

But she had to step forward eventually. After all, the key people in this war were her and Elita on the other side.

Just then, a sound came from outside.

Mena rushed in almost immediately, then pointed outside to Rowe—"Outside!"

Stepping outside from the tent, everyone looked up and immediately saw something: dozens of comets were streaking across the clear sky, falling towards the earth and gradually sinking towards the horizon.

So you're not even going to act anymore?

Luo Wei smiled sarcastically. The Holy Maiden of Dawn had only just gathered the battle lines and was already creating this scene. Was she trying to put on a grand show to mark the start of the God War?

“They are all kinds of destiny stars,” Mena reminded her.

He recognized them, and two of them were falling straight down here, most likely from the Temple warriors who had died here.

Luo Wei immediately called on Anai Ning.

"You idiot, Mena, come with me."

"okay!"

The group of people in front of the tent paused for a moment as they watched the three of them prepare to leave.

What are you planning to do there?

"Is that even a question?" Anai Ning slung the scabbard over her shoulder, turned around, and smiled. "Of course, we'll split the stars in two."

……

The three of them soon arrived at the direction of the valley leading eastward to the plain.

The star of destiny is not falling towards the center of the valley.

Mena raised her head and said, "Please pause when you call me by my name in the future, otherwise I'll be given some strange nicknames for no reason."

"So can you figure out why?" Luo Wei shrugged and looked at her. "If you can, I'll put your name first from now on."

Although Mena the idiot sounds pretty much the same.

The astrologer girl stared blankly at the sky, her eyes reflecting the red life stars.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be some kind of 'war festival'."

"?"

Lo Wei never expected to hear this name here.

"The names of the deceased have faded in history, but fallen stars offer their sacrifices—"

Mena spoke with ethereal eyes.

"It was all predetermined, not a prophecy, but a salvation... not a prophecy, but a salvation..."

Luo Wei glanced at her in surprise.

Under his gaze, Mena slowly became filled with a dazzling blue starlight, her body glowing like a star, her eyes covered in brilliance.

What's going on? Is he possessed by a ghost?

"Child... I'm sorry, this is all I can do for you now. Please remember these words..."

"...!"

Luo Wei's eyes widened in surprise.

"etc…!"

The sky was already reddened by the light. Without waiting for him, Anai Ning jumped up. Luo Wei glanced at Mena and then turned to face the red star of destiny.

"Demonization, Root Liberation, Outer God Realm"

Dark red aura swirled around him, and his pupils were stained black and red by the power of the demon god.

"... "

Go forth and forge your own future—

Luo Wei's gaze darkened, and then he said nothing more. His figure instantly shifted and arrived in mid-air, carrying a violently howling black and red air wave, and crashed straight into that star.

"Magic Rune Sword - Origin Crimson Flash"

Swah——

The gray-red blade tore through the celestial body, cleaving the natal star in two from bottom to top with a single strike.

"..."

"Magic Pattern Sword - Crimson Night"

Red ripples spread across the sky. Luo Wei landed on the ground, gripping his sword, and glanced at the girl standing there with a complicated expression.

"Ode to the Earth Star..."

"Haha... I was recognized after all." Mena turned around and smiled at him. "Even seeing you like this, I'm very..."

As she spoke, the blue light dissipated from Mena's body, flying into the air and gradually fading away.

Luo Wei's gaze followed the light, watching it scatter and drift away in the opposite direction of the stars—behind him, the severed life star was trapped in a large red slashing ring, shattering the entire star along with the fallen star beasts that failed to land inside.

"... "

I'm very happy too.

Luo Wei gazed at the light and said to himself.

(End of this chapter)