In an unknown private space, six deities from the Principality of Hilank meet once again.
Snap!
One of the gods distributed a pile of magical newspapers to everyone, saying calmly, "Take a look."
An unknown army of undead attacks Ironwall City, but the Church of Holy Light turns the tide.
The ongoing plague of the undead has sparked panic, driving up the price of the Holy Light Codex.
"I just want a sense of security"—Holy Light Church members become a dark horse in the matchmaking market.
The inaction of the Seven Temples has sparked panic, with the public calling for the Church of Holy Light to open branch temples.
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Without exception, the content praised the Church of Holy Light while subtly criticizing the Seven Great Temples.
Moreover, its credibility is extremely high.
The organization called the Holy Light Daily acted as if they were actually there, even taking close-up photos of the bone dragon and the spirits of the dead retreating in front of the believers of the Holy Light Church, leaving no room for rebuttal.
"Swiftwind, you came up with the plan, shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
After they finished reading, the gods stared expressionlessly at one of the gods in blue robes.
"Don't look at me like that. You all agreed to let the undead deal with that annoying Church of Holy Light, didn't you?" the Swift God argued.
He was also helpless. The Church of Holy Light was clearly a holy church, and in theory, it should be the absolute enemy of the dead.
But as a result, these undead, perhaps because they had drunk too much Sanlu milk powder in their previous lives, didn't attack the holy enemies, but instead launched a fierce attack on the temples where the undead were hiding.
"But the fact is that our Seven Temples' branch in Ironwall City has been destroyed, all the people are dead, and the believers have defected to the enemy, while the Church of Holy Light has grown bigger and bigger. You should bear the main responsibility."
“That’s right, you must expel these spirits that have come from nowhere and make up for our losses.” The other gods did not give in easily.
"That's impossible." The God of Gale's expression also darkened.
He could vaguely sense the powerful being of the undead type; although it was only a demigod, its strength was by no means weaker than his own.
As a god who cultivates the laws of wind, he always prioritizes safety. Even when facing enemies far weaker than himself, he resorts to sneak attacks, let alone facing a powerhouse of this level head-on.
"alright."
The mountain god, who had been sitting in the center without saying a word, interrupted the argument.
"These are minor matters. You can divide the Starfire Temple's power among yourselves later, which will be enough to make up for the losses. The important thing now is how to deal with these two forces."
"Yes." The gods considered it for a moment and realized that annexing the Starfire Temple's power would be enough to make up for the losses of Ironwall City, so they all agreed.
"According to the latest intelligence, this undead army has conquered the entire area north of Ironwall City, with a total number exceeding 500,000. What is even more puzzling is that in the areas they attack, members of the Church of Holy Light always take the opportunity to recruit believers."
Chongshan God said with some puzzlement, "What's strange is that these undead actually ignore them. This is unheard of. If it weren't for the fact that the Holy and Undead factions are mortal enemies and could not possibly cooperate, I would have thought they were in cahoots."
"It's not impossible. Maybe the Lord of the Underworld and the Lord of the Holy System have become one person," Gale God shrugged and joked.
"Then I'd rather believe you are the real Wind God."
“That’s certainly impossible, but the problem now is that they’re no different from each other now, so we have to eliminate them all at the same time,” Chongshan God said, frowning.
The other gods remained silent, and no one responded.
If the goal is to eliminate them, then who should go?
Although the god of the Holy Light Church only appears to be of the Gold rank, he can instantly kill gods!
The demigod of the undead is not only powerful but also has a mysterious origin. If she really comes from the Undead Empire, killing her would be a huge disaster.
They're not like Xinghuo, that brainless idiot who can just hide in the back and be a god.
With only tens of thousands of followers a month, why risk your life?
As fellow deities, Chongshan God naturally understood their thoughts and, without further beating around the bush, said directly, "I have a solution that doesn't require our personal intervention, but it carries some risk."
"It's worth taking a risk if we can take them down."
"That's right, Old Man Chongshan's brain is still the best."
Upon hearing that they didn't need to personally participate, the gods breathed a sigh of relief and showered them with compliments.
"Don't be too happy yet." Chongshan God shook his head and said slowly, "My method is to withdraw all the garrison troops of the temples in the Abyss Passage under the pretext of resisting the undead, move the defense line to Ironwall City, block the battle line, and let the Abyss monsters deal with the Holy Light Church and those undead."
The gods were stunned and began to ponder the matter carefully.
This is no small matter.
Once the Abyss Pass is lost, the battle line will be stretched indefinitely, and the defensive pressure will increase by at least tenfold.
If we were to try to suppress it later, it would probably cost at least a million soldiers their lives.
But if we look at it from another perspective, so what?
In the seven great temples of Xilank, apart from the core believers they cultivated, most ordinary people did not have a firm faith and usually sided with whichever temple offered the cheapest medical care and skills.
Therefore, later on, the temples simply quantified the faith of ordinary people, mainly to collect money and cultivate core believers.
This is why even though the temple's upper echelons are so corrupt, they are too lazy to intervene; as long as the amount due is not less, that's enough.
Do you worry about whether the pigs you raise are eating well or sleeping peacefully? As long as they gain weight, that's all that matters!
“I think it’s feasible,” a deity said.
"It can eliminate two major enemies and take the opportunity to rebuild the temple's prestige, achieving three goals at once."
"That's right. Anyway, most of the people still alive north of Ironwall City have gone to believe in the Church of Holy Light, so it's not a pity if they die."
"If all else fails, we can ask the league for help."
—Of course, that was the worst-case scenario. After all, it's easy to bring them in but hard to send them out. Even when faced with an undead invasion, they didn't think of asking the Alliance for help.
The gods all agreed.
Doesn't your Holy Light Church want to spread the faith?
Let's rescue them from the abyss!
We can't afford to mess with you undead.
But the monsters of the abyss won't give you any face!
Absolutely perfect!
"Then it's settled. Let's issue the divine decree together."
The Mountain God raised his hand and wrote a line of words in the void.
"Order: The seven temples shall immediately organize their troops and retreat to Gale City to defend against the undead. There shall be no mistakes."
At the same time, a yellowish-brown law condensed into an inscription and appeared in the lower right corner of the text.
The other gods exchanged glances upon seeing this and also affixed their own unique marks.
Instantly, the words seemed to come alive, unfurling from the void into a scroll that fell into the hands of the Mountain God.
He waved his hand, channeling divine power into the scroll, and then threw it forcefully, sending it hurtling through the air towards the abyss passage.
"Now, all we need to do is wait quietly."
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