The so-called sacrifice was actually the sacrifice of a living person.
Or to be more precise, it was the life sacrifice of a creature of the same species as the sacrificer.
Life sacrifice was not limited to the evil gods, it also existed among the righteous gods. Some clergy would often sacrifice their own souls and lives when activating some special divine spells.
After all, although the power of the soul and the power of life were not as high as divine power, they were still one of the original powers of the world, and could be directly absorbed and used by the gods.
However, the righteous gods were rational and had the consciousness of the rules, while the evil gods were often paranoid and crazy.
Many righteous gods disdained the method of life sacrifice, but for the evil gods, this was the easiest method of sacrifice to please them.
After all … what the evil gods loved to see the most was the chaos and bloodshed between living beings.
Through life sacrifice, they could not only obtain the feedback of life force, which was one of the original powers of the world, but they could also obtain great enjoyment from the fear and despair of the sacrifice.
In addition, the stronger the life force of the sacrifice, the better. It would be best if it was a powerful extraordinary, so it would be easier to obtain the response of the evil gods.
Following Ao Tuo's command, the high priest quickly brought over seven professionals, each of whom had at least the strength of a Silver rank.
Each of them was tightly bound by the anti-magic rope, and their eyes were still filled with anger when they looked at Otto.
In war, there would always be some captives, as well as some rebels who were dissatisfied with the rule.
This was the origin of these people.
As the sacrifice of the gods, for Otto, they were the best choice.
After entering the temporary main tent set up by the army and dismissing everyone else, Otto once again ordered the High Priest and the accompanying ordinary Priests, "Don't worry.
"Alright, let's start the sacrifice."
The high priest nodded repeatedly, and used the materials that he had already prepared to draw a huge magic circle with grooves on the ground, almost occupying two-thirds of the entire tent.
Then, he ordered people to put the tied seven professionals on the sacrificial magic circle, and under their terrified eyes, their throats were slit one by one.
For a moment, blood spurted out, and quickly soaked the magic circle on the ground.
As the blood flowed into the grooves of the magic circle, a dark red light gradually condensed on the magic circle.
Seeing the light emitted from the magic circle, Otto's eyes flashed slightly.
"Alright, you can leave first."
He said to the High Priest.
The high priest opened his mouth and looked a little embarrassed, but in the end, he bowed slightly and obediently left with the other priests.
Not long after the High Priest left, the radiance of the array suddenly intensified. A purplish black smoke suddenly rose up and turned into a huge illusory face in the air.
The huge blurry face looked at Otto, who was standing on the ground, and a voice that could not be distinguished as male or female sounded.
"Otto, didn't I tell you not to disturb me recently?"
As he spoke, a powerful pressure suddenly pressed down on Ao Tuo.
Otto's face turned pale, and he subconsciously knelt on the ground.
However, his expression was still fearless, and he said calmly, "That's right.
"Lord Arnos, is this the cooperation you mentioned?"
The pressure suddenly dissipated, and a mocking smile appeared on the blurry facial features of the giant face.
"Ao Tuo, if it was two hundred thousand years ago, I would definitely make a rude guy like you regret being born in this world."
"If you weren't a descendant of Guy, you would be dead, and the entire Maple Leaf Territory would be destroyed!"
Looking at the cold expression of the giant face, Otto stood up, patted the dust off his body, and smiled slightly.
"But if I die, your plan to quickly restore your strength will also be delayed, right? And you will also lose a possible ally in the future. "
Looking at Otto's confident expression, the giant face said indifferently.
"Otto, are all you Vampires so confident?"
"Don't think that you can become another Blood Ancestor just because you got the Ancestor's divinity with Nidhogg's help. Guy's priesthood has a fatal flaw after all."
"If you can't get the Death Priesthood, even if you become an Ancestor, you're just a low-level Divine Power trash."
"Besides, if the current Death knows that Guy's priesthood is with you, I'm curious if you can still see tomorrow's sun …"
Listening to the giant face's mockery, Otto smiled faintly.
"You won't. Now you're the only one left in Titan. You need allies."
"Allies? Haha, I've never needed that kind of thing … Tell me, why did you summon me at this time instead of helping me spread my faith? "
The giant face asked indifferently.
Otto's expression turned solemn and replied, "My lord, Anos.
"Lord Anos, I'm in trouble. The elves have joined the battle."
"The elves? Are you talking about the long-eared elves that Yuktrashil made? Well, the few that you sacrificed last time tasted pretty good. If you have more in the future, you can sacrifice more for me. "
The giant face said as if it had not had enough.
Otto's expression froze, and then he sighed.
"My lord, don't underestimate those elves. They are elves from the Elven Forest. They are different from the elves you saw in the Maple Leaf Territory. Not only are they warlike by nature, but they are also extremely cunning. They are the opposite of elves in the traditional sense. At the same time … they have also received the favor of the Goddess of Life and can be resurrected from the dead. "
"Isn't that even better? They can sacrifice infinitely. "
The giant face said indifferently.
Otto was speechless.
Looking at his speechless expression, the giant face said mockingly, "Okay, enough.
You can't beat them again, so you want me to take action? Just say it directly. There's no need to beat around the bush. "
"However, since the elves have taken action, then the successor of Yuktrashil you mentioned will probably be involved, right?"
After hearing the giant face's words, Otto's expression turned serious.
"If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid so. When you really take action, it's very likely that you will also encounter the one from the Elven Forest."
The giant face nodded gently, and its blurry eyes moved slightly.
"She's called Eve, right? She inherited all the clergy of Yuktrashil? "
"Yes, it's said that an elf became a god through the faith of the Demiplane. She also used the power of her clergy to purify all the mixed-blood humans in that Demiplane into elves. It's rumored that the elves have different personalities because of this reason …"
Otto explained.
Hearing his words, the giant face narrowed its eyes.
"Then she believes in a true god."
"Oh … I've recently studied the power of faith. I have to say that this is indeed a wonderful ability that can allow mortals to set foot on the mythical level, but … it's still not enough."
"At most, she'll just accumulate a little more divine power. If she encounters a powerful ancient god, she'll eventually fall!"
Seeing the giant face's disdainful expression, Otto quickly reminded.
"Your Holiness Anos, this Goddess Eve is not ordinary. Although she's a new true god of faith, she easily killed a god at the peak of weak divine power!"
"Although that was also a true god of faith, it's enough to show the strength of the Goddess of Life. According to my speculation, her strength has probably reached the level of weak or even intermediate divine power …"
Glancing at Otto's serious expression, the giant face was a little surprised.
"You know these things well. Listen carefully."
"After all … becoming a mythical god is also one of my goals. The priesthood of an ancestor doesn't require faith, but it requires a lot of death and slaughter. You also need to expand your faith through war and fear. This is also the basis of our cooperation, isn't it?"
Otto smiled.
The giant face glanced at him and said coldly,
"Otto, sometimes … it's not a good thing to be too smart."
As he said, he narrowed his eyes again.
"Eve … I'd really like to meet her. I wonder if she's stronger than those Dragon Gods …"
"Let Yukthrashil pay for sealing me."
After that, the giant face looked at Otto again.
"Well, I've already heard about the matter. When necessary, I'll take action."
"It's the city in front, right? Hmm … I can sense that there are no less than five thousand beings with extremely rich life force inside! "
The giant face looked in the direction of Augus City, and a trace of ferocity flashed in his eyes.
Seeing the other party's tyrannical and somewhat greedy expression, Otto hesitated for a moment and continued,
"Your Holiness Anos, I'm afraid it's not just here. The elves claimed to have sent an army of two hundred thousand this time, and now they've divided their forces to attack the other nearby cities. Without your help, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on."
Hearing this, the giant face looked at Otto mockingly.
"Otto, are you treating me as your weapon of war?"
"No, it's only because only you can save the situation, and don't you also need to devour more souls?"
This time, Otto was much more respectful.
The giant face sneered.
"Aren't you also good at talking? If you can, then talk more … "
After saying that, he narrowed his eyes.
"There's no hurry. Let's deal with the city in front of us first. I want to find out the background of Her Holiness Eve. As for the rest of the cities, if they fall, we can take them back. If their beliefs change, we can force them back. With me here, what are you afraid of?"
"If I can use this war to seize the power of this Life Goddess, I think … I can achieve my goal faster, and your army will become invincible in the whole continent!"
Otto sighed.
"That's only three years. According to the secret information I got from the Eternal Church, after three years, the whole world will be open, and all the True Gods will descend. At that time … everything I've done will be for naught."
"Three years? That's enough. When you become a Legend, you won't care about these worldly things. You're not like those people who believe in True Gods who take shortcuts! "
The giant face sneered.
"Alright, I'm going to continue digesting the power of those angels. As usual, pay attention to the artifact I gave you. When the battle ferments to the point where the life force and the power of souls are enough to support my descent, just summon me …"
After saying that, the giant face turned into purplish black mist again and slowly dissipated in the air. The terrifying pressure in the tent also gradually disappeared …
Only the bloodstained magic circle and Otto, the Maple King, who was standing beside it was left.
Otto put away the smile on his face and looked at the magic circle with a hint of inquiry.
"The Titan King … huh?"
He was silent for a while, then he left the tent and gathered his personal guards and generals.
"Inform everyone to prepare for the siege."
…
Augus City, Forze Fortress.
This fortress that was occupied by players had become the stronghold of the players. The players who were guarding the fortress were members of various guilds who had volunteered to stay behind.
Li Mu and the others had already left. Sophia also followed the army and rushed to Zeloran. The people who were in charge of commanding were the higher-ups of the All-Star Guild Alliance who stayed behind. All-Star Ah Can was temporarily acting as the castellan.
Among the 5,000 players, most of them were players of the second open beta.
Among the players who participated in the war, they had less battle experience and could easily fail during the battle. Therefore, this kind of siege mission where the teleportation circle was already set up and the defense of the divine spells was the most suitable for them.
This was the first time they participated in a large-scale war mission and also the first time they participated in a siege mission. Therefore, everyone was quite excited.
Including Yeye and Nainai who had chosen to stay behind.
"Is that the catapult that the human army is building? So it's really made from local materials … Are they going to attack the fortress later? "
On the tall walls of the fortress, Nainai looked at the huge army outside the fortress with a hint of excitement.
"It's not as shocking as when we players set out for war. It feels like there are fewer people."
Yeye said.
"Hey, it's already a lot! Just now, the guild went to catch a tongue. There are probably close to 30,000 people here. It's enough for us to fight. "
Next to the two, Gale who was fiddling with the ballista laughed.
The ballista was a spare that the players found in the warehouse of the fortress that had not been completely destroyed. It was used to defend the fortress and was very suitable for Archers to add skills to.
"Will there be high-grade professions? What if there are high-grade professions? We don't seem to have any high-grade NPCs … "
Looking at the continuous army in the distance, Yeye was a little worried.
"What are you afraid of? We have the Goddess' divine spell defense barrier. It's useless even if a legendary NPC comes! If it's really impossible, don't we have the teleportation circle? Alice, Serrandier, Sammir, Rose, and even Big Sister. Isn't it just a matter of a word if she wants to come over? If Big Sister comes, then we'll definitely win! "
Facing Gale wiped his face and said.
"Big Sister?"
The two newbies were a little curious.
"Hey, you probably haven't met her yet. She's God's Chosen, Zero, an NPC who can summon the Goddess."
"Wow … Big Sister!"
"Yeah, yeah."
The few players chatted casually.
While they were chatting, suddenly … the sound of a distant horn could be heard.
Gale turned serious and looked at the army of the Maple Kingdom outside the fortress.
The countless gray figures suddenly began to move slowly.
"The horn sounded. The war … is about to start."
He clenched his fists and said excitedly.
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