February 1st, 1073 of the Eternal Era, which was one month after John the Preacher of Life was martyred.
At that time, the Pope of the Eternal Church, Benedict II, held a religious meeting in the Sacred Square and gave an impassioned speech. He denounced the infiltration and subversion of the Life Church in the human countries and condemned the invasion of the Maple Leaf Territory and the Southern Territory.
It was also on this day that Benedict II solemnly announced a call to all the nobles, priests, knights, and mercenaries in the human countries. He called on all devout believers of Life to fight for their faith and launch a holy war against the Life Church to save the land that was infested by the infidels and expel the ambitious infidels.
The Eternal Church promised that anyone who fought against the Life Church to save the church of the Lord of Eternity for the sake of piety and not for vanity and personal gain would be able to replace all repentance.
The Eternal Church also promised that the land and wealth seized from the infidels in the holy war would be distributed to the devout believers who had made outstanding contributions in the holy war. Whether it was nobles, knights, or mercenaries, they all had the hope of getting their own hereditary land and titles personally conferred by the church.
Shocking news was sent out one after another from the Eternal Sanctum and spread throughout the world, demonstrating the Eternal Church's determination in this holy war.
For a time, the whole world's attention was attracted by this great holy war that was likely to be unprecedented in the world of Segers.
And with the Eternal Church's promises, whether it was Holy Mania or Ayres, or the large and small duchies and counties around the two great powers, almost all the nobles and ambitious people went crazy.
Land! Wealth!
In the transcendent world with gods, every time the world order was stabilized, it would be extremely difficult to reshuffle the cards. But now … with the promise of the Eternal Church, many people saw hope.
For a time, the nobles enthusiastically participated in the war and formed their own armies. There were also knights, mercenaries, and even free people of all sizes who sold their family properties and prepared materials to participate in the war.
The entire human countries were like a huge war machine that was slowly operating.
And as the convener of this holy war, the Eternal Church had formed an unprecedented Judgement Legion with an astonishing number of one million.
In the million-strong army, each of them had at least the strength of the upper Silver rank. More than one-third of the Judgement Knights had even reached the Gold rank.
Over the past few years, the Eternal Church had been silently preparing for war. Finally, they bared their fangs at this moment.
Apart from that, after the Eternal Church's call, more and more people responded to the call. Just the number of nobles and hereditary knights who participated in the war exceeded 50,000. If the private armies formed by the nobles were included, the total number of the human army was likely close to 5,000,000 …
Crazy, they've all gone crazy.
The generous promise given by the Eternal Church aroused the ambitions of all the ambitious people.
Five million troops.
This was an extremely terrifying number.
However, for the world of Segers with a population of hundreds of millions and the existence of supernatural powers, that number of troops still did not reach the limits of human warfare.
The increase in magic power led to the development of productivity, as well as a further increase in combat potential.
To this day, no one could say for sure how many soldiers the human nations could mobilize.
However, at the same time, the greater the number of people mobilized, the greater the pressure on society as a whole.
Of course, this also meant that the war would be unprecedentedly tragic.
However, this was not the concern of the fanatical participants.
The ambitious people never considered the whole world.
Because the symbol of the Eternal Church was a platinum sun emblem, all the soldiers who participated in the war would draw this symbol on their shields or armor, the Eternal Church army that participated in this holy war was also known as the Glorious Sun Army.
Apart from the human nations, when the Eternal Church formed the Glorious Sun Army, various large parishes also welcomed miracles. One after another, Angels of Judgment descended from the sky. Following the descent of the angels was the legendary Angel Army.
Although the power of a true god did not descend, the combat strength of a demigod, a Legend, and a Gold had reached a rather terrifying level.
Sensing the valiant strength and determination of the Eternal Church, the various forces that were secretly watching this holy war were all speechless.
This was only the strength of the Eternal Church in the world of Segers. If it were not for the fact that the world of Segers was still closed, no one dared to imagine what kind of army the Eternal Church could mobilize if they were to include other planes.
For a moment, many mythical existences suddenly felt a trace of sympathy for the Life Church and the ancient god behind the Life Church that had revived.
This legendary World Tree had developed its own force into the second largest force in the world of Segers.
However, the world of Segers was not the universe of Segers after all.
However, as the center of the vortex of this war of faith, the Life Church was not intimidated by the terrifying power displayed by the Eternal Church.
On the seventh day after Benedict II announced the holy war, Sophia, the CEO of Maplemoon Free Territory, and Frank, the leader of the Dao-Chaser Alliance, issued an announcement one after another, calling on all believers of Life in their territories to resist the invasion of the fallen Eternal Church.
A large number of believers of Life actively participated in the war. Escaped slaves, farmers, freedmen, mercenaries, merchants … Regardless of whether they were ordinary believers or professionals with extraordinary power, they all joined the armies formed by the two territories that believed in the Life Church.
Very soon, the number of participants in the two territories had exceeded a million.
This was a very shocking number.
It should be noted that the entire Maplemoon Free Territory and the Southern Territory that had yet to recover had a population of less than ten million.
It was almost a ratio of one-tenth. Even in the Transcendent World, it was a rather exaggerated number.
Most of the participants were people at the bottom of the hierarchy. Many of them had even fled from the Holy Mania Empire, the Kingdom of Iris, and other human countries.
Especially after the Eternal Church announced its commitment to the holy war, more and more people fled from the human countries.
On one hand, it was naturally because of the secret promotion of Demacia and a large number of players over the past month. Old John's story had been widely spread, arousing the yearning of the people at the bottom for the Life Church and their hatred for the Eternal Church.
On the other hand, the war mobilization of the nobles once again brought a heavy burden to the people.
The mobilization of the army, especially such a large-scale mobilization, would always bring pressure to the local government.
In particular, the promise given by the Eternal Church made many nobles go crazy.
The richness of the Elven Forest and Maplemoon Free Territory was well known throughout the world. Being able to own a territory there was a fatal attraction to many nobles, especially those with insufficient territories.
Many small nobles had put their savings on the line.
And the price of this was naturally transferred to the people at the bottom of the hierarchy.
The fragmentation of the entire human society was further intensified with the opening of the Great Holy War. It was even laid bare in front of the public …
On the second day after the Maplemoon Free Territory and the Dao-Pursuer Alliance announced their resistance to the Eternal Church's invasion, the Elven Forest also issued an announcement.
The chief priest of the Life Church, Tyler Rocksand, announced that the Life Church and all the elves would pledge their lives to protect the Elven Forest, protect every citizen of the Goddess, and protect every temple of the Life Church.
The Chosen Army formed by the legendary Elven Chosen Ones, who were like heroic spirits in the world, and the Elven Army formed by elves and half-elves, totaling about two million troops, announced their participation in the war one after another.
And this fact made the various forces suddenly realize that although the elves' population was still smaller than that of humans, they could already mobilize such a large army.
Not to mention, a considerable portion of them were the legendary Elven Chosen Ones, a powerful army that defeated the demon army that invaded the world of Segers …
For a time, as the Life Church gradually displayed their strength, the Eternal Church's overwhelming advantage gradually became subtle.
This Great Holy War in the world of Segers was very likely to be unprecedented in the past thousand years, and its future was faintly confusing.
Every force was guessing whether the Eternal Church would win in the end, destroy the Life Church, and defeat the World Tree again, or whether the Life Church would win, and the World Tree would regain control of the world of Segers, and the Eternal Church would be expelled from the world of Segers …
However, as more and more people focused on the Great Holy War in the world of Segers, a new unforeseen event occurred.
In the middle of February, half a month after the Eternal Church announced their Holy War against the Life Church, another shocking piece of news came from Pasha City in the Icy Plains of the Far North …
The chief priest of the Church of the War God issued a decree, announcing their alliance with the Eternal Church and also launching a Holy War against the Life Church. They called on all believers of the War God to march towards the Elven Forest.
The Orc Alliance, the Lizardmen Kingdom, the Troll Tribe, and the Free Half-Dragon Parliament that had broken away from the Dragonborn Kingdom and other forces that believed in the War God all announced their participation in the war at the same time.
Seeing this series of unforeseen events, the ancient existences all revealed astonished gazes, followed by complicated expressions.
For a moment, they seemed to have seen the war that engulfed the entire world of Segers a thousand years ago.
This time, almost all the forces that had participated in that war took part in it once again.
And their goal seemed to be no different from a thousand years ago.
However, not long after the War God Church announced their participation in the Holy War, an even more shocking piece of news came from the underground world of the world of Segers.
The subordinate of the Lord of Death and the Underworld, Hella, Demon Wolf Fenrir, announced in the Holy City of Death, Itcazar, that the Church of Death and the Life Church had formed an alliance and would advance and retreat together with the Life Church.
The Church of Death, which stood aloof from worldly affairs and had almost never participated in the war of faith between the Gods and the Ancient Gods, had joined the war.
With the fall of the God of Darkness and Shadows, the entire underground world, which had almost become the backyard of the Death God Hella, announced a high-profile alliance with the Elven Forest and officially joined the Holy War.
From this moment on, except for the Megalosaurus on Dragon Island, which was far away from the continent, and the Ancient Gods who had withdrawn from worldly affairs, almost all the major forces in the world of Segers were involved in the war between the Life Church and the Eternal Church.
Even the Dwarf Kingdom, which had always withdrawn from worldly affairs, did not fall behind. Although they did not declare war on the Eternal Church, the Dwarves in the southern mountains strengthened their communication with the Elven Forest and began to secretly provide all kinds of resources to the Elven Forest …
And outside the northwest of the continent, in the depths of the lonely Dragon Island.
Ancestral Dragon Ulinos woke up from her sleep and looked at the Platinum Dragon King, Reinhardt, who had come to report the changes in the world of Segers with a stunned expression.
"What? Itteo officially declared war on Her Majesty Eve? "
"Yes, Her Majesty Mother Goddess. Not only the Human Gods, but the War God Church has also declared war on Her Majesty Eve."
Reinhardt replied.
Ulinos' expression became more and more unsightly.
"These fellows! It's been a thousand years, and they're still the same! "
She said angrily.
"Her Majesty Mother Goddess …"
Reinhardt hesitated for a moment before saying, "The war can't be stopped.
"The war can no longer be stopped. The elves are friends of us dragons and have helped us a lot. You see …"
Ulinos fell silent.
A moment later, she sighed softly.
"Pay attention to the movements of the war at all times. If the situation is critical, come with me and save Her Majesty Eve and the Elves that can be saved …"
"Are we … not participating in the war?"
Reinhardt could not help but ask.
Ulinos smiled bitterly.
"Participating in the war? What's the point of participating in the war now? There are already very few Megalosaurus … "
After saying that, she looked at Reinhardt's hesitant look. Finally, after thinking for a moment, she chuckled and said,
"Speaking of which … I remember that Tystan's Dragon Kingdom. Haven't they always hated those who betrayed the Church of the God of War? It's understandable that they want to take revenge on the Church of the God of War at this time. "
"Hmm … It's not participating in the Holy War. It just so happens that they want to take revenge on the Free Half-Dragon Council at this time …"
Ulinos said meaningfully.
Reinhardt was stunned for a moment before his eyes lit up.
In a sense, the Dragon Kingdom could be considered a subordinate force of the Megalosaurus.
The Megalosaurus could not participate in the war, but they could. Furthermore, it would not involve Dragon Island.
Ah … as expected of the Mother Goddess. Just as the Elves said, the older the ginger, the spicier it was.
Although Reinhardt did not know what ginger was.
"In addition, if any Megalosaurus has an Elven friend and wants to participate in the war as a dragon, let them go. However, the Dragon Island officials will not relent."
Ulinos pondered for a moment before speaking again.
Reinhardt's eyes lit up even more.
However, while his eyes were shining, his expression was a little strange.
He coughed lightly and could not help but ask,
"Cough, are you sure? Your Holiness Mother Goddess, can any Megalosaurus who wants to help the Elves participate in the war? "
"Of course, this is their own matter, not the will of Dragon Island. Anyway, there won't be too many Megalosaurus, and it's their own thoughts. Even if they are dissatisfied, Iteo can't say anything."
Ulinos shrugged.
However, after hearing her words, Reinhardt's expression became even more subtle.
The Platinum Dragon King did not say anything else. Instead, he nodded slightly.
"Yes, Your Divine Decree."
After saying that, he left with light footsteps.
After Reinhardt left, Ulinos looked in the direction he left in strangely and muttered to herself, "Reinhardt, Reinhardt.
"Eh? Could it be that there are still many Megalosaurus who want to participate in the war? "
After pondering for a moment, she got up and walked out of the cave.
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