novelraw Chapter 1576 - 449: An Even Greater Sacrifice! (Part 2)
Chapter 1576 - 449: An Even Greater Sacrifice! (Part 2)
On the other side, the ten thousand strong army led by the "Alchemist" Jean had advanced to the borders of the Griffin Cliff Count's Territory!
According to the report from the front-line Scouts, the Salvation Army, waving the banner of the Holy Daughter, was camped in a valley less than fifty kilometers away, continuously dispatching forces to eradicate the remaining Green Forest Army entrenched in the area.
They seemed to be using very novel weapons, somewhat resembling Dwarf rifles but with much greater power.
Moreover, it's said that this group also involved the roaming Undead on this land.
Although they craftily fabricated a story, packaging those evil entities as the "Holy Spirit."
Faced with the Salvation Army's relentless assaults like tides, Ah Ka's remaining forces were already at their wit's end.
Although those fellows were still attempting to resist, it was clear that defeat was only a matter of time.
In fact, the only reason they were still resisting was purely out of fear of Ah Ka's brutality.
They didn't know that their leader had already died.
Standing on the hill, Jean raised his telescope, taking a glance at the surrounding terrain.
The view was wide and open here, ahead was a plain, with a small river running through the middle, connecting a few scattered villages.
They were just downwind.
Feeling the noisy wind, Jean smirked coldly and put down the telescope.
"The terrain here, we'll set up camp here."
The two Ten Thousand Captains standing behind him exchanged glances and spoke in a low voice.
"Boss, aren't we moving forward?"
"Brennan just captured Griffin Cliff Castle, his forces must be diminished, and his brothers are surely exhausted! If we attack now, we can catch them off guard, striking them unexpectedly!"
"Don't underestimate our opponents. Even Ah Ka fell at their hands, they might have some hidden trump cards that we don't know about... Selas, that old fox, might not tell us everything." Jean smiled faintly, a cunning glint flashing in his eyes, as if he had already seen through Selas's intentions.
He knew what that guy wanted, it was nothing more than wanting him to become that guy's sacrifice.
He wasn't stupid.
As one of the twelve leaders of the Green Forest Army, he would of course complete the task Selas assigned to him, avenging the fallen Ah Ka, but he had his rhythm and methods.
The officers standing behind him looked at each other in dismay, not believing that the always kind and benevolent Selas would do such a thing, and not understanding what their leader intended to do.
How could something be hidden from their own people?
What good would it do?
Jean wouldn't bother explaining to them.
Just a group of sacrifices.
"... If we're taking it easy, we'll just camp here."
Delegating the task of setting up the defensive line to his subordinates, Jean left the camp alone and went to the small river he had seen earlier on the hill.
He looked around, ensuring that no one was around, then took out a round-bottomed glass vial from under his robe.
The vial was filled with a dark green liquid, emitting a foreboding Chaos Qi.
It was the Chaos Magic Potion obtained through the sacrifice of 998 hearts, and also the wisdom personally bestowed upon him by Urgos, enough to bring eternal blessings to hundreds of thousands!
Jean tore off the bandage wrapped around his mouth, revealing the jaw disfigured by the potion's corrosion, along with the ferocity and madness at the corner of his mouth.
"... Heh, did you think I would be as stupid as Ah Ka, engaging in a head-on confrontation with these mysterious godmen?"
The selfish and deceitful false believers were still plotting who should die first, while the truly devout servant had already embraced eternity with open arms!
Jean had no doubt that he was the first, and only one, on this land, to truly understand the will of the "Eternal Hunger Claw."
With his thumb, he popped off the cork of the bottle, pouring all the blessings he had prayed for from Chaos into the river.
In an instant, the dark green potion silently dissolved into the river.
Not only was it the water source for tens of thousands of villagers downstream, but also for the ten thousand Green Forest Army troops camped in the area...
At this moment, they would jointly journey to the world beyond the Void, achieving eternity in the endlessly prosperous Nest City!
"Praise the Great True God Urgos!"
"Bestow upon the river flowing beneath my feet, endless grace and abundance!"
He spread his arms like a Martyr, stepping into the ever-flowing dark green river.
Scooping a ladle from the river at his feet, he drank it like a fine wine, pouring the clear and transparent sweet spring down his throat.
"I shall drink the first sip of the sweet spring—"
"I shall become the first to achieve eternity!"
Downstream, a scrawny child was fetching water at the riverbank with a bucket.
Hunger made him dizzy, his consciousness foggy, each step seemed to require all his strength.
If it weren't for having younger siblings to care for, if it weren't for his mother encouraging him to live with her share of strength, he might have given up long ago, and certainly wouldn't have made it this far.
In his daze, he smelled a fragrance wafting from the river, it was the scent of his favorite pumpkin soup.
How could there be pumpkin soup here?
He swallowed his saliva and instinctively searched forward, only to see that the clear and transparent river had somehow transformed into a golden, viscous ocean, like an endless stream of honey brew!
"Saint Sis above..."
Staring at the unbelievable sight before him, he could hardly believe his eyes.