Chapter 125: Twin Divine Thrones! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
With the d*ath of the Demon God of Fear, the battle within the Divine Kingdom quickly came to an end.
A portion of the Dark Guardians died instantly, and the remaining Prayer Weavers fell in large numbers. These were beings bound by the Demon God of Fear, and with its complete demise, they also perished. The remaining Prayer Weavers reacted very quickly, immediately turning their allegiance to Vivian. Some of the surviving Fear Dominators almost instantly pledged their submission to Vivian. Although the main battle had ended, there were still many fights left to be fought. Vivian inherited the divine position of Fear, but there were still many things in the Divine Kingdom that she could not control, which needed Soren’s army to clean up.
Moreover, the Kingdom of Fear had accumulated wealth for thousands of years; even though a considerable amount had been distributed, the resources were still substantial due to the accumulation over time.
Modo City suffered heavy losses in this battle.
Soren’s Demon Legion was better off; at worst, they could return to the Bottomless Abyss and recruit anew, as demons were abundant there. However, the number of destroyed Golem Puppets in Modo City was quite large, almost completely depleting Soren’s resources.
In this battle, nearly 80% of the Clay Golems were annihilated, about 70% of the Stone Golems were damaged, while the Iron Golems suffered the greatest losses due to the self-detonations later on, with only around thirty remaining operational by the end of the tally. Half of the Diamond Golems were destroyed, and the remaining ones were similarly badly hit. Modo City lost over ten thousand Golem Puppets in this battle, almost wiping out the foundation of the Golem Legion accumulated since the Saint’s Cataclysm. The direct economic loss was difficult to quantify, but it certainly exceeded ten million Gind!
With such severe losses to the Golem Legion, Soren’s Golem Factory would have to be rebuilt from scratch.
This required a massive amount of resources, and the only way to compensate for the losses of the Golem Legion was to extract resources from the Kingdom of Fear.
The losses of the Heroic Spirit Legion were also significant.
Three Otherworldly Divine Servants were killed, half of the Demon Hunters perished, and the casualties among the Prayer Weavers reached around 30%. This almost caused Soren to lose a third of his assets. The outbreak of war in the Divine Kingdom was brutal; had the losses not been so severe, the Gods would not have restrained themselves from resuming the Divine War.
With the destruction of the Throne of Fear, Balroth Fire Demon Lord Soren returned with his Demon Legion.
Soren’s Prayer Weavers began to disperse and occupy the Kingdom of Fear, gathering various resources as much as possible. Vivian wanted to enter the Divine Kingdom at least until after the Saint’s Cataclysm ended, and Soren could no longer deploy another army into the Kingdom of Fear; thus, how much could be taken away this time would determine how much power could be regained during the Saint’s Cataclysm.
Although the casualties were astounding!
Everything was worth it; aside from the power gained by Soren, simply the advancement of Vivian and Lilian to Medium Divine Power was the greatest success.
Now.
Modo City already had two deities with Medium Divine Power. As long as Vivian successfully mastered the power of the Demon God of Fear, even an enemy with Strong Divine Power would not cause Soren any fear!
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Meanwhile.
In the distant Material Plane, many dark basements, wilderness caves, and shadowy corners of cities were transformed dramatically. Many organizations that originally served the Demon God of Fear, responsible for maintaining the altars and temples, experienced astonishing changes. Accompanied by a golden radiance, the statue of the former Demon God of Fear vanished, and two twin goddesses appeared, one to the left and one to the right.
These were the statues of Vivian and Lilian.
One took over the divine position of [Fear], while the other took over the divine position of [Conflict].
Such a huge transformation meant that the Demon God of Fear had completely fallen. Although the church of the Demon God of Fear suffered severe damage in the Material Plane, it was undoubtedly on the verge of collapse at this moment.
Many priests and believers who once served the Demon God of Fear abandoned their faith and flocked to other Evil Gods, such as the Goddess of Night, Lord of Storms, Ocean Goddess, and others. As a newly ascended deity, Vivian did not inherit much of the former Demon God of Fear’s faith; the already sparse believers decreased by nearly 60% after she took over the divine position.
However, this did not matter at all.
Because at the same time Vivian successfully became a deity, Modo City began to establish her temple, and the previously consolidated church quickly unified, building a basic outline. Not all of the former teachings of the Demon God of Fear would be inherited; as a newly ascended deity, the most suitable course for Vivian was undoubtedly to rebuild the church.
Modo City.
The grand harvest celebration was still ongoing.
However, the complete downfall of the Demon God of Fear could not be hidden from others; the first to learn was the Agricultural Goddess, followed by Soren’s subordinate, the Whip Maiden, and then other deities in the Material Plane also received the news, turning their eyes toward Modo Island, far overseas.
No one expected Soren would use the guise of a harvest celebration to deceive others and directly attack the Kingdom of Fear, ultimately emerging victorious.
This was unimaginable.
The war in the Divine Kingdom was far more intense than in the Material Plane. Even with Modo City’s mortal army, it would be nearly impossible to win with a million troops.
Yet now Soren had actually destroyed the Throne of Fear, which meant he still possessed very powerful hidden strength, a force they had consistently overlooked!
When Vivian and Lilian returned to Modo City, they fell into a state of half-sleep.
This was a necessary process of officially becoming deities, as they began to receive the prayers of believers. However, compared to the painful experience Soren endured immediately after his ascension, the two girls felt much more at ease, at least not plunged into that chaotic state of soul overwhelmed by enormous prayer information. They could accommodate all the prayers and faith and began to try to learn how to respond to the believers’ prayers and bestow appropriate divine techniques to the priests.
This was a very complex ability.
But it was something every deity must face. Soren could teach them how to respond to prayers and how to bestow divine techniques, but how to handle everything specifically was something the two girls would have to master themselves.
Since their ascension, they spent almost an entire day learning these things, especially the ability to grant divine techniques to priests.
Currently, nearly one-third of the priests in their church had not yet received divine techniques. After all, they did not have Soren’s data ability; in the absence of a divine network, each divine technique needed to be personally granted.
The grand harvest celebration continued.
However, Modo City seemed to have fallen into silence after the monumental battle; no one believed the Lord of Shadows, Soren, would stop so easily.
It was evident.
He was brewing a greater conspiracy, recovering and amassing strength while seeking his next target!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
