The dwarves and the underground creatures had never had much of a presence in the battle for supremacy on the Main Plane.
The dwarves had been one of the most powerful races on the Main Plane back then, but in the great human development movement, they had suffered many failures, and finally, they could no longer hold on. With the destruction of the last kingdom, they had quietly withdrawn from the stage of hegemony.
At that time, most of the dwarves on the Main Plane had left with the dwarf gods and retreated to other worlds. Only a few had stayed and become wanderers on the vast land.
Some of them had scattered in the towns and villages, becoming minorities; some had built small underground villages in the wilderness and lived in seclusion.
As for the underground creatures, they were known mainly because of stories such as "Dungeon Adventures". For example, some explorer had discovered an underground ruin and found a number of treasures; or some expedition team had discovered a group of underground monsters and killed them to obtain a number of benefits … and so on.
Apart from these stories, those races that lived underground were no longer known to the residents above ground, as if they did not exist.
In fact, they had always been there. Not only that, but they also had their own civilization and their own gods.
This time, the Orc gods had contacted various god systems to besiege the human god system, and of course, they had found their gods. Originally, these gods had not intended to participate in this meaningless war, but when they learned that the Master God of the Orc god system had driven his God Kingdom into a head-on collision with the God Kingdom of the human god system, playing a suicidal attack, and both sides had suffered great losses, they changed their minds.
If they did not take what the heavens gave them, they would be punished. Since the opportunity was already in front of them, it would be a pity not to try!
So they secretly contacted the dwarves and the dwarves, who were also good at underground activities, to discuss the issue of a joint attack.
The dwarves rejected this plan. This group of short, strong men who called themselves the "Sons of Rock" hated conspiracies. Even if they had to fight, they wanted to fight the enemy openly. But the dwarves and the underground creatures hit it off, and both sides immediately moved, concentrating their forces towards the Duchy of Griffon.
In the underground of the Main Plane, the conditions suitable for excavation were different. Among them, the most suitable place for excavation was the great plains in the east of the Duchy of Griffon.
This area was also one of the main territories of the dwarf country in the past, and it was the homeland that the dwarves yearned for. They had many arrangements here, all in preparation for the opportunity to fight back in the future.
Now was the time for these arrangements to come into play!
Relying on these arrangements and the strength of the various underground races, both sides gathered a rather large number of troops. They were not in a hurry to make their move. Instead, they patiently waited until the Orcs had opened up a third battlefield and the humans were overwhelmed. It was only after the Duchy of Griffon had sent out all the troops they had on the surface, that they suddenly launched an attack.
Taking advantage of the night, the mighty army rushed out of the ground and went straight for the capital of the Duchy of Griffon.
The defenseless Duchy of Griffon had not been able to put up any decent resistance at all. Moreover, their capital city was not some impregnable fortress to begin with. As a result, the Underground Coalition Army broke through in one go. When the sky was just beginning to brighten, the heads of at least a thousand officials and nobles, including the Griffin Archduke who didn't manage to escape in time, were hung on the city walls. Each head was like an ornament, hanging in a long stretch.
According to the underground creatures' plan, they wanted to kill all the people in the capital and conduct a large-scale blood sacrifice to increase the power of their gods. But the dwarves dissuaded them. The reason was very simple — breaking through the capital and killing and injuring officials, nobles, and soldiers was not a big deal. But if they carried out a massacre on the civilians, did they have the confidence to deal with the Void Mask in a fit of rage?
Even if the Void Mask himself did not make a move, the followers, oracles, and clergymen under his command would be very troublesome if they made a move!
The leaders of the underground races discussed for a while and felt that they really could not resist the mighty jellyfish god. They had no choice but to regretfully give up the plan of a large-scale blood sacrifice.
But this did not mean that they let the people in the capital go. Under their drive, the refugees who had been plundered were crying and screaming as they were chased out of the capital in a sorry state. They went to the nearby cities to seek help.
As for the fighting and killing that had taken place, Sui Xiong did not intervene.
Even though … he looked very angry.
"This war has developed to this point and is already a little out of control," he said to Wall. "If this goes on, I'm afraid the flames of war will spread to the entire Main Plane."
"It can't be …" The God of Knowledge, who had previously successfully predicted that the Human God System would be out of luck, was shocked. He said somewhat nervously, "Not to mention here, will there be a fight in the south?"
Sui Xiong shook his head and looked at the land in the south, his eyes full of worry.
Wall did not understand the power of the battlefield, so he could not see the clues. But in Sui Xiong's eyes, the battle clouds above the Great Marsh were constantly becoming thicker. It seemed that the natives of the Marsh were also ready, but he did not know who they were going to attack.
However, according to the battle clouds slowly gathering above the Duchy of Thunder, the target of the attack of the natives of the Marsh was probably still them.
And over at the Ancient Forest, the battle clouds were also gathering. That battle cloud was colluding with the battle clouds above the Dwarf Kingdom in the depths of the Broken Cloud Mountains. It was likely that the two sides were going to join forces and attack the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs.
This was not surprising. For a long time, the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs had been invading the dwarves and elves. The two sides could be said to be enemies. Now that the dwarves and elves had gotten the opportunity, how could they not retaliate?
As long as the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs was defeated with the help of this war, whether it was the dwarves or the elves, they could live in peace for many years in the future.
The only place where the battle clouds did not rise was the Mifata Federation in the south and the Dhaka Business Alliance next to it. The strength of these two countries was another matter. The main problem was that they did not have many enemies next to them.
The only one that could be called an enemy was probably the elves of the Ancient Forest in the north. But the two countries did not develop or invade the Ancient Forest much. Under the current situation, it was believed that the elves would still concentrate their forces to find trouble with the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs.
"Really … it's like the flames of war are everywhere!"
Sui Xiong muttered and shook his head helplessly.
As he spoke, he could not help but turn his head to look at the sky again.
In the void that was illuminated by the ball of light formed after the collision of the two God Kingdoms, a large number of gods were still conducting a carpet search, looking for any clues that the human gods might have left behind.
"Where did the human gods go? After all, hiding like this is not a solution. Jump out earlier and let everyone fight to their heart's content. The winner will stay, and the loser will leave. Isn't it the most straightforward way? What's the point of making mortals bleed madly for no reason? "
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