GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

At first he was happy to hear that. But then his concern for the Heavenly Corporation turned into fear. However, that didn't stop him and many others from rushing into God's Domain to claim power for themselves.

Taylor shook his head thinking about it. Then he returned to his maintenance pod and logged back into God's Domain with the conviction needed to perform genocide on humans if necessary.

Meanwhile, in God's Domain, Legion-1 had finally managed to track down the headquarters of the human leadership in charge of the fortress. He found them at a good time too. They were having a meeting about the upcoming battle with the orcs.

A commander was sitting at the head of the round table. He was dressed in an ostentatious armor. It probably looked good to other humans, but Legion-1 didn't care about how it looked. The only thing that mattered to him was that it was a level 21 mortal armor.

That means it will add 20 points to his constitution used only for defense against attacks. It also means that if the armor were sacrificed to him, it would turn into a trash divine armor that will add 21 divinity to his Endurance.

So in his opinion, the armor is rubbish. Yet, it is the best piece of equipment any of the humans are wearing. Meanwhile, he has priests donned with several divine artifacts. It made him sneer in disdain as he watched the silly humans pretend to be ready for war.

The commander was seated at the table with some other officers in charge of the defense of the fortress. These officers were also wearing armor. They looked like knights preparing to defend their beloved realm.

His lips curled into a sneer. "How cute."

He didn't think they were men. To him, they look like children playing pretend in a sand castle.

He hid his presence both mentally and physically by standing behind a shelf. Only people related to the divine in one way or another, like oracles and priests, can see a god when they are trying to hide. There shouldn't be any of that here, but he still chose to hide his figure behind a shelf.

They couldn't see him, so his entry didn't startle them. They continued to talk about their plans while he listened attentively.

The commander asked, "What about the request for reinforcement? What did the king say?"

The officer that was asked sighed and replied reluctantly, "The king and the nobles have decided to reinforce us, but they haven't decided on how much of their armies they will send. According to the messenger bird, they are still discussing it."

The commander slammed his fist on the table. "This battle can start at any time. Things are very bad this time. There's news that the orcs have chosen to bow to gods. We can't underestimate them at all. This is a battle that will have huge ramifications for the human

race."

Another officer explained. "They don't think the orcs are so dangerous. They think we are exaggerating. After all, the fortress has stood its ground for more than a thousand years despite the numerous attempts by the orcs to destroy it." frёeωebɳovel.com

The Commander shook its head and said, "This fortress has stood for more than 2,000 years actually. But the attack this time is different. There is news that the gods have returned and people have begun gaining access to mana again. If that is true and the orcs have submitted to the gods, this fortress won't stand for another year."

He waxed on and on about the importance of the upcoming battle, but it changed nothing. Legion-1 eventually got bored of listening to their plans. Instead, he thought about finishing all of them off immediately and rendering the leadership of the fortress non-existent.

He thought with a sneer, "It will be so easy too."

They are an average of level 15, so it will take 15 divine energy to kill each one of them. Since they are 6, it will cost him 90 divine energy to kill all of them. That isn't even enough for him to use one of his newly upgraded divine spells.

But he didn't do that. It is because he knows that humans are very resilient and stubborn. This is especially so for soldiers that care about their home. They will appoint new leaders soon.

The new leaders might be more or less effective than the old ones. Either way, removing the leaders like this will only strike fear into the hearts of the army.

Besides, he doesn't need to eliminate their leaders because victory is already set for him. It all started because the humans rejected the gods that were assigned to them.

The orcs were not the only ones whom gods came to. The humans also received God's, but they refused to believe in the gods. They chose to believe more in the power of their gunpowder.

Gunpowder has been the foundation of their power for many years. It is how level 15 beings of a race with a potential of 20 managed to beat off orcs with a potential of 50.

Their nobles also refused to let go of their power, so they refused their gods. This meant they couldn't gain access to mana and would remain weak while the Orcs were growing stronger every day.

It also meant that the human gods he found during his routine harassment of his enemies turned out to be weak. The rejection of the humans made it easy for him to kill their oracles and priests.

So not only do these soldiers not have access to mana currently, they also won't be getting any assistance from their gods. All they have to rely on is their gunpowder.

That is already enough to ascertain their defeat. Not only do the orcs have greater levels, but they have also reached an average of tier 2 with a maximum mana boost of 400% after more than ten years of access to Mana.