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Omphalos's Journey: Chapter 13: Creating Sand Soldiers

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Inside the room, Ash opened his eyes and exhaled.

The golden halo gradually converged from his body.

"After my strength increased, the speed at which I absorbed the power of the sun also became much faster. In my current condition, even if I can't kill Wan Di, I can definitely suppress him."

"But these Goldens have very special abilities. I wonder what Bai'er's abilities are. And that Aglaya, if she has obtained the power of a Titan, she must be even stronger."

Ash feels that he is still far from reaching the upper limit of his abilities, and he hasn't even unlocked the Ascendant form, so he is not worried at all about his future good life. At least he is not a little Camilla and will not be easily killed by a fight between gods.

While thinking, Ash raised his hand.

The power gathered in his palm and turned into golden sand that fell into the house.

The sand gathered more and more, and finally formed a human form.

Sand soldiers.

It's different from building a house. The house is dead, and it's just the sand that is condensed and reinforced. This difficulty can be achieved even before he absorbs the power of the carrying rod.

But summoning sand soldiers is one of the abilities of the Desert Emperor. It is not only about creating soldiers in human form, but also about making these soldiers obey his orders and establishing a spiritual connection between them.

As long as Ash gives an order, the sand soldiers will execute it without hesitation.

To achieve this goal, Ash needs to keep some of his power in the Sand Soldier's body.

This means that creating a sand soldier is much more difficult than creating a house, and with his current strength, the number of summons he can make is quite limited.

On the one hand, because the power remains in the body of the sand soldier, it will slowly dissipate over time.

On the other hand, you can't use all your strength to summon sand soldiers, just like a mage can't use all his mana to release auxiliary skills. He has to keep some mana to release magic to attack the enemy or defend, right?

Unless Ash's power recovery speed can keep up with the speed of power loss in the sand soldiers, or there is a way to make this power last longer, but that probably requires his strength to be further improved, otherwise summoning sand soldiers will seem useless.

Summon them first and save them? No, who knows when the battle will start? By then, the sand soldiers will be gone.

Of course, the biggest use of this ability at present is to open up new land. When encountering danger, sending sand soldiers can greatly reduce casualties.

"Take a few steps."

Ash controls the Sand Soldiers.

"Go one step further and make great progress."

Da da da.

"Walk out with vigor and vitality."

Ta-ta-ta-ta.

"It felt like a lifetime ago."

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta.

"Not bad, not bad." Ash nodded in satisfaction.

"attack."

Swish!

The sand soldier thrust forward with his spear.

A faint sound of breaking through the air was heard.

The power is not quite enough, but it is barely enough.

The strength of the sand soldiers depends on the strength of his power. What Ash needs to do now is to absorb the power of the sun and try to summon the sand soldier army as soon as possible.

When the time comes, no matter whether it is Ohma or Xuanfeng City, the emperor will give an order and everyone will lose their heads!

...

"That black tide doesn't seem to be spreading. I checked, and at least it's not moving towards Tilkas."

In the village.

Ash walked side by side with Wandi.

The latter just went out to check the movement of the Kuroshio.

Tilkas was attacked by the black tide before, and although it was temporarily repelled, there is no guarantee that it will not sweep back again.

Ash's idea was to set up a line of defense, so he asked Wan Di to check out the situation first. This guy had dealt with the Black Tide many times, and judging from his experience, the Black Tide seemed to have a tendency to spread in other directions.

"Maybe those things like darkness, and Tilkas has light, so they don't plan to come." Wan Di speculated.

The Kuroshio has a 'will'.

Although this is mysterious, the monsters that emerged from the black tide are obviously acting with some kind of will, destroying everything they encounter.

It is difficult for Ash to judge this. If the black tide is really a stellar core disaster, according to his understanding, that thing cannot be afraid of light.

He thought of his previous speculation. If Omphalos was a man-made creation, then there would be more possibilities for the black tide. Maybe it was like a world "virus", which was consistent with the characteristics of the black tide that continued to grow and spread.

But how can we completely destroy the Black Tide?

Ash's intuition told him that the Titans' madness might be related to this thing.

Strange, this guess isn't difficult; someone must have thought of it before, right? Logically, then the way to save the world should be to eliminate the Black Tide, not kill the Titans. At least that wouldn't be the first reaction.

Or has someone already done this and failed?

Oracle, everything still originated from the oracle of Kephar.

"Wan Di, can you kill Titan?" Ash suddenly asked.

Wan Di glanced at him and said, "You mean to ask if I will follow the oracle?"

"That's pretty much it."

"Heh~ What I want to do is based on my personal will. Before I became the crown prince or the Golden Descendant, I was first the enemy of all enemies. What I want to do is to protect those who follow me, and then... take revenge on my enemies!"

"Revenge? King Xuanfeng?"

"Correct."

Wan Di doesn't mind telling his own story.

"You heard what Marcus said. King Olipon threw me into the River Styx. He even killed my mother. I will avenge this." Wandi's eyes burned with rage. "Xuanfeng City has lost its former glory. Have you seen the Xuanfeng Army slaughtering people everywhere? This legion, forged with special soul-forging techniques, the blade that Nicardoli was so proud of, is degenerating into a cancer that destroys the world."

"I don't know what Nicardoli has been through, but no matter what, as a Xuanfeng, I have an obligation to stop this."

Yaxiu spread his hands and said, "Okay, when the time comes, call Xuanfeng City and let me know."

Wan Di said, "Don't worry about me. This is our Xuanfeng people's business. Tilkas doesn't need to get involved."

"You're overthinking it. I just wanted to say goodbye to you. Even if it's the last time we meet, we still have to see each other, right?"

Wan Di: "..."

"Haha~ Just kidding. Since Xuan Feng has joined Tikars alone, your business is also our business."

"Hmph, whatever you want. When you see Nicardoli, don't be so scared that you can't even stand steadily."

Ten Thousand Enemies taunted.

Ash smiled nonchalantly.

Nicardo? How many divisions does He have?

At this time, Julius came back from outside with some people.

They were all carrying things in their hands.

Julius came over, looking a little regretful.

"Master Ash, we found some supplies, but no medicine."

"Is it."

Ash nodded slightly.

Previously, many Tilkas people were injured and there was a serious shortage of medicine. This time, Julius took people out to explore and found some supplies, but unfortunately there were too few medicines.

There are not many people who understand the relevant knowledge. Using pharmacology to make medicines first requires materials, and the only places where these things must exist are Ohma and Xuanfeng City. Other places can only rely on luck.

"If that doesn't work, try to sneak into Okhma or Xuanfeng City and get a batch out."

"But the problem is that it's not easy to sneak into Ohma. I've been there before, and the entry procedures are very strict. We Tilkas people might be recognized if we go there."

"Then let's go to Xuanfeng City." Wan Di suddenly said, "It's not difficult to get the Xuanfeng people into Xuanfeng City. Although we have left Xuanfeng City, there are many ways to get in."

Ash asked, "Is it dangerous?"

"The Xuanfeng people are never afraid of danger." Wan Di snorted, "Besides, we have to do something while we stay here, or the Tilkas people will accuse us of eating and living for free."

"Ha~ As long as you're happy, I'll leave this matter to you then?"

"rest assured."

Wan Di waved his hands and walked towards the base of Xuan Feng’s lone army.

He also wanted to find out the news about Xuanfeng City. Marcus' words really stimulated him. Over the years, he never forgot to take revenge on Xuanfeng City and the king.

But blind hatred will only bring destruction. Before that, he must at least find out the current situation of Xuanfeng City.

After separating from his enemies, Ash went to the ruins, where he trained and summoned sand soldiers.

He discovered that near the sun disc, the rate at which the sand soldiers' strength would be lost would be much slower, and he could barely build up the team bit by bit... well, there was just no way to carry out a large expedition, unless he walked around with the sun disc hanging on his head, otherwise the sand soldiers would "melt" before they could reach the enemy's territory.

Three days later, Ash didn't know if it was three days, the people who went to the City of the Winding Edge had not returned, but Julius discovered a group of people approaching the territory of Tilkas.

"Lord Ash! It's bad, Ohma's army is coming!"

...

Oh no! Money, razor blades, and spicy strips are coming at me!

Omphalos's Departure: Chapter 14 Soldiers, Forward!

In order to prevent attacks from the Black Tide or other forces, the Tilkas tribe set up a frontline outpost at the suggestion of Ash.

It’s called a sentry post, which means sending a few people to guard in the direction of Ohma and Xuanfeng City, and report immediately if there is any situation.

The original intention was to take precautions, but unexpectedly we actually discovered the enemy's whereabouts.

"You're really here?"

Ash was a little surprised.

Not only did it come, but it also came quite quickly.

This is indeed somewhat unexpected.

After all, fundamentally speaking, the fault lies with Ohma, no matter whether it is the Senate or the Golden Race. This is the result of their internal strife. They should be pointing fingers at each other and cursing at each other. Even if they want to kill us, they should divide the blame first, right?

If it wasn't Aglaya who did this, the Golden Race would definitely not take the blame.

Then they should argue with the Senate to the end.

If it was done by Aglaia, how could the Senate miss such a good opportunity? What they should do is suppress the Golden Clan and firmly grasp the management rights of Ohma.

"...etc."

"Are you going to leave no evidence?"

Ash's mind moved.

Yes.

Whether it is the Golden Clan or the Senate, now that things have happened, in order to prevent the Tilkas people from getting anything from Marcus, the Tilkas tribe should be destroyed first and the evidence of guilt should be given to the other side.

Since there is no evidence after death, anyone can say anything about what happened next.

Ash suddenly realized that he was still young and overestimated the bottom line of human beings.

Tilkas was a victim caught up in the conflict. From the perspective of "righteousness", the death of Tilkas could break the cohesion of Ohma.