Even if I didn't receive any news from the outside world, I knew what would happen.
The world would never revolve around a single person's wishes. There were plenty of examples of people being crushed by the "wheel of history". If someone was truly capable of predicting the future's development, it would be much more practical to make some preparations beforehand and earn some money. If someone wanted to become a major country because of this, then the butterfly effect they created would be enough to kill them.
"Those who obey the heavens shall prosper, and those who defy the heavens shall perish. Defying the heavens and changing fate? If you want to use your individual strength to change the entire world, you'll need to be mentally prepared to die several hundred times over. "
Even I had never thought of forcefully defying the heavens and changing fate. All I wanted was to slowly accumulate power and make some changes in the corner, attempting to become the "four taels" that could change the entire world.
"Directly wipe out all the enemies? I've never thought of that before, but I can start by weakening the enemy forces, increasing our combat strength, and delaying the enemy armies from reaching the mortal plane. I don't need to single-handedly defeat the innumerable demons and monsters, but I can increase the number and quality of the 'heroes'. Accumulating small victories will lead to a major victory, which will ultimately turn the situation around. "
The truth was that my strategy was already somewhat effective.
The Justice Points system and the currently developing magical engineering had doubtlessly increased the average combat strength and potential of the entire mortal plane. Once technology reached a certain level, it would be possible to upgrade it twice every ten years. These advantages of being in the lead would only become greater and greater as time passed.
The changes in the Underground and the Northlands gave us new hope. These were all important changes that hadn't been seen in the game's "history."
The Holy Church, which had originally been the "leader" of the Holy Church, had been shaken to its foundations. This might seem like a personal grudge, and fine, I did admit that I had a personal grudge, but if you looked at the game's "history," you would see that what was scarier than God-like enemies and pig-like teammates were idiotic superiors who thought they were Gods.
"I think that we have a great advantage. A, let's go over."
"Hold your ground and hold your ground. As long as you can last until next week, your victory will be a celebration for Pope Bardi's birthday. Reinforcements? Reinforcements might arrive next month! No, they're not here to collect corpses, nor are they here to steal credit … But one of them is the son of a Cardinal, you know what I mean … Damn it, you actually dared to hang up on me? Be careful that I don't judge you as a heretic! "
"… Alliance? With those heretics? And those dark-skinned aliens? May the Holy Light descend upon their heads and burn these villains to death. We need more Holy Wars! "
Perhaps the greatest taboo on the battlefield was having amateurs command experts in a strange battle. Yet, during that period of history, the Holy Church, at its peak, forcibly became the core of the Order Allied Armies with the help of many True God incarnations, God Envoys, and angels.
They sent bishops to every country to supervise the war. But the result was that these newly appointed "warlords" claimed that they were "here to comfort the warriors and deliver God's grace", but they actually played a significant role in the early stages of the war … yep, they played a positive role for the enemy.
As for why the Holy Light was only effective in the early stages, apart from the fact that the various countries began to make the "Grand Warlords" a figurehead, it was more because as the wars progressed, the accumulated failures and disasters caused more and more people to believe in the Holy Light. However, this also caused the reputation of the Holy Church, the executor of the Holy Light, to drop to the ground.
The reason? Warriors who were forced to the brink would be willing to do everything in their power to take down any bastard that tried to blindly command them. The cruel war would naturally cause these old officials to be eliminated.
And even if the Southern Sect didn't do anything, new sects would still appear in the game's history. The Holy Knight and Holy Light Priests would distance themselves from the high and mighty bishops. The strongest Holy Knight of the "Miracle Hand" would lead a team to leave the Holy Church. This was something that the game's "history" required, as well as the development of the situation at that time. It was impossible to stop or stop.
Of course, the losses they caused would be impossible to make up for.
And now, the future would be much better than in the game's history. With the Holy Church's current reputation, not only would they not send out bishops as warlords, they would have to first deal with the Southern Sect before deciding what to do.
Besides, with the incident at Oak Town where the Southern Sect falsely claimed military achievements, the Holy Church had a reason to refuse the Southern Sect's offer. It was obviously impossible to imagine the Southern Sect as the Holy Church in the game's history.
Just from these two aspects alone, history had already changed. However, the world's development would never go as one wished. While there were advantages, there would naturally be disadvantages as well.
For example, the Bardi Empire. In the game's history, the Titan Giants and Undead Emperors had fought to the point of mutual destruction. In the end, the Titan Giants became the Undead Emperors. This was a miracle that would be impossible to replicate. Although the Bardi Empire still existed, the Titan Giants and Undead Emperors were all real threats. Since the Titan Giants and Undead Emperors were called miracles, it meant that this was an example that couldn't be replicated. It was highly likely that the Titan Giants and Undead Emperors would become major problems in the future.
And now, although the overall situation was better than in the game's history, what should have happened had still happened. Now that the world was in chaos, it would be unrealistic to try to stop the wars one by one. Even if it was forcefully done, it would be a waste of manpower and resources with nothing to show for it.
After all, this was just like a boat with countless holes in it. Even if you tried to fix the holes one by one, new holes would constantly appear. By the time all the holes were fixed, the boat would have already sunk.
That was why, at this time, any small skirmishes in the corner would be meaningless. Since it was already time for blood to be shed, I was prepared to use any means necessary to obtain victory. To use a rather inappropriate phrase: "Come at me directly if you dare."
Cough, it seemed that there was a grammatical error in the translation. The original phrase should have been "Come at me directly if you dare!" It was all the fault of the naughty subtitles team.
"Are you ready?"
I patted the dust off my cape. This new set of clothes that had just been delivered to me by express delivery wouldn't have been cheap.
The brilliant blue crown had the emblem of Moonlight on it. Starlight gathered on it, and the God Equipment's crown was like a shining crescent on my forehead. I was still unable to fully control the God Equipment's power. My slightly closed eyes were filled with divine light. This was the Moon God's purest power.
[Patricia's Protection. High-level God Equipment, crown.]
[This is the Moon Goddess's most beloved crown. It is an extravagant crown created from the essence of moonlight. It is forever surrounded by starlight, and the wearer will feel as if they are surrounded by the stars. Actually, the wearer will indeed be blessed by the stars. This crown is also known as the most beautiful crown in the world. In ancient times, it caused multiple God Wars between the Moon Goddess and the Goddess of Beauty.]
[Ability 1: Seal.]
[Ability 2: Seal.]
…
[Function 7: Dazzling Starlight Summon. Summon countless stars to descend and deal a devastating blow to the surroundings with you as the core. Number of uses: 1 per month.]
[System Notification: Princess Peach, if you wear this crown that even the Goddess of Beauty would be jealous of, you will be the most beautiful flower at the ball. Ha, but considering the fact that the moment you activate this God Equipment's only unsealed ability, everyone will accompany you to watch a meteor shower. The entire Dragon City will ascend together with you, so you will also be the most dangerous flower at the ball. Another System Notification: Considering that the Goddess of Laughter, the Goddess of Beauty, and a dozen other Goddesses have yet to give up on this crown, if you don't want to die to 'Goddess Descending from the Heavens', 'Object Descending from the Heavens', or 'My Goddess Descending from the Heavens', please return this crown to Patricia as soon as possible.]
That's right, this was a God Equipment, a high-level God Equipment from Patricia. Although it was 99% sealed, the only ability that wasn't sealed was the most dangerous part of this God Equipment. As long as I activated this God Equipment, it would be just as if Patricia herself was using it … I didn't know the specific power of this God Equipment, but judging from the System's explanation, it would be far more powerful than a forbidden spell.
And right now, I didn't only have one God Equipment on me. I was now a full set of God Equipment!
The black-handed staff in my right hand had the emblem of a snake and dragon entwined on it. There were no magical wavelengths around it at all, and it faintly made others unable to detect its existence. However, I could say that this was the second most dangerous God Equipment on me.
[Unfathomable Fate. High-level God Equipment. Staff.]
[Paired with this staff is a pair of presbyopic glasses. The sly and cunning God of Fate often wears a cape, a staff, and a pair of presbyopic glasses. He pretends to be a fortune teller, a sage, or something similar. He hides in a dark corner and acts as some sort of guide to fate. If you listen to his guidance, everything will be fine, but if you don't … Heh heh, do you want to taste the feeling of eating noodles, burping, falling, and having all the bones in your body shatter? Actually, he doesn't even need to do it himself. This staff is more than capable of doing it.]
[Ability 1: Seal.]
[Ability 2: Seal.]
[Ability 3: Fate Is Watching You. Choose a target and reduce their luck stat. The luck they lose will be added to you. This effect will last for two hours. This ability ignores all magic immunity and magic resistance. Even True Gods are unable to resist it. Note: This ability can only be used once on a target. After that, the target will be immune to it for the rest of their lives.]
[Ability 4: Fate Is Watching You. After using this ability, you will become the luckiest person in the entire world for ten minutes. However, after using this ability for three hours, the additional luck you just obtained will become double misfortune.]
[System Reminder: Do not use this ability unless absolutely necessary. Changing your fate will only bring misfortune.]
The third effect was quite easy to understand, but the fourth effect was quite confusing. Plus, my System gave me a rare serious explanation. In order to make sure that I didn't make a mistake when I needed to use this ability, I found a test subject and had him use it once … and then I understood everything.
Cough, the test subject was a mercenary who loved gambling as much as his life. The moment he used this ability, I told him about its effects, and he impatiently ran off to gamble. In less than five minutes, he used only two copper coins to gamble and won the gold coins of a mansion … And then, one hour later, he accidentally stepped on a banana peel and shattered a noble colleague's family heirloom. While I was sighing at how ancient this mechanism was, I was even more astonished to find out that the family heirloom's value was exactly the same as two mansions … Actually, using this God Equipment would definitely be a loss for you, but as long as you used it properly, it would be an excellent tool to turn the tables.
"Ha, my female companion didn't embarrass you, did she?"
"… Actually, I think it's better if you stand further away. You're too tall. Do you want me to wear high heels? Cough, I mean height shoes. "
In front of me was a tall and beautiful elf who was also wearing an extravagant dress. She was so tall that I had to raise my head to look at her. Her naturally proportioned body didn't look fat at all, and her elegant golden dress perfectly complemented her snow-white skin. Her overly extravagant dress seemed elegant and beautiful on her. Her soft back accentuated her beautiful curves, and her silky blonde hair reached all the way to the back of her ears. That golden glow that seemed like the sun was unique to the Gold Elves.
Harloys lifted her dress and gave me a courteous bow. Today, she would be my female companion. We would be attending a banquet that Dragon City had prepared for us.
"Where did you find this dress? I thought that it was too small, but it's actually able to adjust itself. "
"… That's the God Equipment's automatic adjustment function. Don't break it — no, don't dirty it. Otherwise, Beyana will definitely give us an astronomical bill."
That's right, this golden dress was also a God Equipment. I had only asked her for a God Equipment that represented her status, but she maliciously gave me her own dress and even demanded that I use it no matter what. However, I wasn't an idiot, and I unhesitatingly brought Harloys along as my female companion.
Although this dress was extravagant and sexy to the point where it revealed all the parts that shouldn't be revealed, it was indeed an excellent God Equipment.
[Beyana's Wealth Barrier. Armor. God Equipment.]
[This is a piece of armor created from gold. Yes, it's a piece of armor, not an extravagant dress. Beyana has never been a foolish and extravagant God. In fact, she's quite practical and thrifty. She used the symbol of wealth to create this armor that can change endlessly. As for why she's using the form of a dress in front of you … Should I tell you that Princess Peach's drama is selling like hotcakes in the heavens? Your Highness, you're so embarrassing.]
[Wealth Connects the Gods: This is a piece of armor created from the concept of wealth. The more money you have, the more additional defensive power this armor will provide. And if you're attacked, your wealth will decrease.]
[System Notification: In Beyana's hands, even a Main God would be unable to break through this armor's defense. In your hands … it's nothing more than a sexy dress, but it's definitely perfect. I recommend that you try it. System Notification 1: Harloys's defensive power has already surpassed that of an entire country's ruler. So, you understand … Squeeze out all of her money. A pet's pocket money is also its master's! Friendly Reminder 2: If you put on the Moonlight Crown and a skirt, a certain narrow-minded goddess might be satisfied and calm down.]
Due to the efforts of a certain Goddess who was good at holding grudges, the other Gods didn't send me any God Equipment or clothing. However, a certain God helplessly sent me the robe that I was most familiar with. It was a silver judge's robe.
[God Equipment: Dignity of Justice (Bound). Mage robe.]
[Special Effect 1: Self-Judgment of a Sinner: Sealed.]
[Special Effect 2: Iron Mask of the Judge: Sealed.]
[Special Effect 3: Soul Equipment: Sealed.]
[Special Effect 4: Equipment Equipment: Sealed.]
[Special Effect 5: Wumianzhe's Will. The user can summon Wumianzhe's divine power and use up to three True God Divine Arts per day.]
[System Notification: Can you not be so obvious when you cheat?]
It was a tradition for mages to wear mage robes as formal attire. The silver Wumianzhe's robe was dignified and extravagant. It contained Wumianzhe's divine might, so it would never be lacking in manners in any situation. Coupled with the moonlight crown and scepter, it seemed even more mysterious and dignified. Even the young archmage I saw in the mirror felt rather smug.
Harloys smiled brightly as she coiled up her hair and placed her arm on her hand. At this moment, I didn't have the time to kiss her hand, because I was currently biting an extremely showy white rose in my mouth …
This wasn't because I suddenly wanted to cosplay as a Pisces. It was because this was the most dangerous God Equipment that I had ever borrowed. That's right, Fate's Scepter was far more dangerous than the moonlight crown. However, this seemingly ordinary rose was capable of making any God stop in their tracks.
[Aillé's White Rose. Mystical item, top-level God Equipment.]
[When the highest God of Death, Aillé, smiles at a certain God, that God will probably pee his pants in fright. And if Aillé flashes a white rose at a certain God, I personally recommend that the God quickly end his or her life.]
[Effect: Causes the chosen target to instantly die.]
[System Notification: Yep, it's that simple. There are no other effects. But trust me, even a Main God wouldn't be willing to be chosen by this rose.]
As for why I foolishly kept the rose's stem in my mouth, it was because Aillé said that this would allow the God Equipment to get used to my aura. That way, it wouldn't kill me when I attacked. However, I kept feeling like something was wrong.
A certain shady organization:
"Ahh! He actually didn't wear my dress! I spent so much effort designing it!"
"… Pfft! He really kept the rose in his mouth! He really believed me! Hurry up and record it in my memory crystal! "
A mysterious evil intent caused me to shiver. However, it was already time for me to head out.
Of course, I wouldn't dress up in such a flashy manner for no reason. Compared to the effects of these God Equipment, the most important thing was the fact that a True God of the Aillé Faction had lent me these God Equipment of Origin. This represented the bottomless support of the entire Aillé Faction for me. And in the upcoming battles against the Dragons and Titans, these God Equipment would become my powerful trump cards.
From now on, we would no longer be mercenaries that they could casually hire. Instead, we would be partners of equal status. And in order to prove my trump cards, I could only choose to appear in such a high-profile manner.
"Ha! Is it too much? Compared to the 'grand plan' I'm about to carry out. This appearance probably isn't enough. "
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