In this Crystal Wall Universe, the three Great Divine Powers were high and mighty. They rarely had direct conflicts, but there was no lack of open and covert struggles.
The God of Revenge was backed by the Master God of Chaos, and the God of Magic was on good terms with the God of Justice. The two Great Divine Powers could not directly attack, so the God of Revenge could not do anything to the God of Magic.
As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. The God of Magic could call his friends to help, and he could also join forces with the enemies of the God of Magic.
Outside Pompeii, a young man appeared out of thin air on the road in front of the city gate, but strangely, the people around him did not seem to see him. Even if someone passed by him, they would involuntarily turn a corner. No one felt anything unusual.
Pompeii was the capital of the Pompeii Empire. The city was nearly 20 meters high, and it was a super metropolis with a population of 500,000.
Yes, in this world with low productivity and no high-rise buildings, a city with a population of 500,000 was definitely a super metropolis. Even in the whole continent, it was considered a famous big city.
Of course, this could not be compared with the capital of the Crypt People. The capital of the Underdark, located on the second floor of the Underdark, had been expanded and strengthened by the gods with divine power. An area with a diameter of more than 10,000 kilometers was directly surrounded by a hundred-meter-thick stone wall. Only a total of 20 huge gates were opened. Inside, hundreds of millions of cavemen were directly accommodated. It was equivalent to an independent kingdom.
Lin Xiao walked into Pompeii with his hands behind his back. No one could find him.
He did not go to the Shrine of Revenge immediately. Instead, he wandered alone in the city, observing the local customs and the structure of the buildings in the city. He compared it with the images he had seen through the artifact Magic Net Planet to see if they were consistent.
It turned out that the images observed by the artifact were real. He walked a few streets in Pompeii and observed exactly the same as what he had seen before.
Just as he was about to enter the palace to take a look, he suddenly stopped. The bustling streets quieted down, and the whole world began to distort. The colors peeled off, and the whole world turned gray.
He looked back and saw that not far behind him, there was a golden light falling and converging into a figure shrouded in golden light. The projection of the God of Revenge was a young white-haired man.
"I wonder which highness has come to Pompeii!"
"The God of the Crypt People greets His Highness, God of Revenge! “
Lin Xiao bowed and said the name of the visitor. It was the God of Revenge.
It was normal. The Pompeii Empire was the parish of the God of Revenge, and Pompeii City was its core. Mortals and even priests would not be able to discover him, but the God of Revenge would definitely know that there was an outsider in his home.
When he said his name, the expression of the God of Revenge, Lezita, changed slightly. He said in a low voice:
"So it's the God of Crypt Men. Are you here for the God of Magic?"
Lin Xiao nodded.
"Just as Your Highness Lezita guessed, I'm here for the God of Magic. Would Your Highness be interested in hearing about it?"
"I'm very interested. I'd like to invite His Highness Lin Xiao to my shrine."
"I couldn't ask for more!"
It could be seen that the God of Revenge was very concerned about anything related to the God of Magic. After inviting Lin Xiao to the shrine, the God of Revenge couldn't wait to speak.
"I heard that Your Highness is about to compete with the God of Magic for the Priesthood of Magic. Perhaps I can help."
Since the God of Revenge was so proactive, Lin Xiao didn't beat around the bush and said directly,
"If Your Highness is willing to help, the two kingdoms that the God of Magic took from Your Highness, as well as the neighboring kingdom and two duchies, will all belong to Your Highness. I'll also owe Your Highness a favor."
Lezita's eyes lit up and immediately nodded.
"Your Highness Lin Xiao is really generous. Let's make a Styx oath?"
He was indeed very generous. The main territory of the God of Magic was only one empire, five kingdoms, and a dozen duchies. He offered three kingdoms and two duchies at once. Even an unrelated God would be tempted, not to mention the God of Revenge, who had been the archenemy of the God of Magic for thousands of years. He immediately wanted to make a Styx oath.
This Styx oath was the same as the Styx oath in the Toril Multiverse. This world also had the Abyss and the Styx.
The Abyss was the gathering place of the world's filth. It was the gathering place of the world's ugliness, evil, and chaos. As long as there was evil and chaos in any world, there would be the Abyss.
Perhaps the Abyss would appear differently because of the different rules in different universes, but there would definitely be one.
It was the same for the Styx. As long as there was birth and death in a world, there would be the Styx. It also had mysterious power, and the Gods liked to use the Styx as a witness to make oaths.
Lin Xiao came with sincerity, and both sides hit it off. He made an oath in the name of the Styx. When the Darkness God System and the Magic God System fought, the God of Revenge would join in as an ally.
After making the Styx oath, Lin Xiao was relieved. He then said to the God of Revenge, "I've never seen the God of Revenge before.
"I have never met the God of Chaos, His Majesty Guinier. Please introduce me to him, Your Highness."
The God of Revenge immediately understood what he meant and nodded.
"Please come with me."
This involved two powerful God Systems and would eventually involve hundreds of true Gods. It would definitely attract the attention of powerful Gods.
The God of Magic and the God of Justice had a good relationship. There was no guarantee that the God of Justice would interfere in the battle. Even if he didn't interfere directly, just his verbal support would lead to unpredictable consequences. Many true Gods who wanted to ride on the God of Justice's coattails wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity to join the battle. This would be very disadvantageous for the Darkness God System.
Of course, because this was a battle for the priesthood, once the victor was decided, a new powerful God would be born. It would be the powerful priesthood of the God of Magic. The God of Sun and the God of Chaos wouldn't be willing to let the God of Magic, who was on good terms with the God of Justice, succeed. They would most likely interfere.
However, this interference was different from the interference of the God of Justice. To them, it was enough to stop the God of Magic from succeeding. As for Lin Xiao's ending, they wouldn't care.
Furthermore, they would directly seize his divinity when he was about to lose. This was considered stopping the God of Magic from succeeding.
Lin Xiao wanted to avoid this situation, so he had to find a backer. There was only one choice.
Among the three great Divine Powers, the God of Sun had just been promoted to a great Divine Power not long ago. Regardless of strength or background, he couldn't compare to the other two Gods. The only one who could compete with the God of Justice was the God of Chaos, who was also a great Divine Power.
Under the introduction of the God of Revenge, Lin Xiao obtained the permission of the God of Chaos to go to the God Kingdom of the Chaos God System — the Kingdom of Chaos.
Compared to the easy alliance agreement with the God of Revenge, it was very difficult to obtain the support of the God of Chaos. Before going to the Kingdom of Chaos, the God of Revenge had told Lin Xiao that it would be very troublesome and that he might have to pay a huge price. However, Lin Xiao didn't expect the request of the God of Chaos to be so harsh.
In other words, it couldn't be described as harsh.
An avatar of the God of Chaos received Lin Xiao's avatar in the God Kingdom. There wasn't much politeness. After the God of Chaos heard Lin Xiao's intentions, he directly stated his request —
With the Styx as an oath, he would be loyal to the God of Chaos for ten thousand years!
Even for a true God with immortal life, ten thousand years was a very long time. Immortality was immortality. Except for a few true Gods, most true Gods couldn't live that long. They would fall halfway due to various reasons and various challengers.
For Lin Xiao, ten thousand years represented ten thousand days in the Main World, which was equivalent to twenty-seven years. This was more than the twenty years that Commander Xie had given him.
He tried to tell the God of Chaos that he was willing to pay other prices in exchange for half the time. However, although the God of Chaos agreed, the conditions were even more unacceptable. He had to give up the priesthood of the crypt man.
Five days later, Lin Xiao left the Kingdom of Chaos in disappointment.
Of course, he didn't agree, but he didn't turn hostile either. He just said that he needed to think about it.
Half a month later, another avatar of a god quietly left the Underdark and met the third great Divine Power of this world, the God of Sun, without being noticed.
Two days later, he returned in disappointment.
When all the avatars returned, Lin Xiao also learned about the gains of the two avatars.
"Maybe I shouldn't be so anxious!"
The God of Sun didn't ask for any harsh conditions, but for some reason, he directly refused to help him, even if he was willing to pay a huge price.
Lin Xiao didn't expect this result. He expected that the operation wouldn't go smoothly, but he didn't think that it would fail directly.
Yes, it was a failure for him. Not to mention the God of Sun, he couldn't agree to the request of the God of Chaos.
Without the support of a great Divine Power, he couldn't defeat the God of Magic.
Of course, he wouldn't lose either.
With the power of faith provided by more than 13 billion crypt men, even the God of Justice couldn't do anything to him.
With enough Divine Power, even if two great Divine Powers attacked his God's Kingdom together, he wouldn't be afraid. He could withstand it.
Needless to say, the strange terrain of the Underdark could weaken the advantage of the surface races to the minimum. The surface races couldn't attack at all.
This was why Lin Xiao dared to seize the priesthood of the God of Magic. Even if the situation was bad, he could protect himself.
But he couldn't just protect himself. He had to expand. He had to seize the priesthood and become a great Divine Power. Only then could he conquer this world.
Unfortunately, his real body wasn't here now, and he had lost the favor of many big bosses in the fifth theater of operations. Otherwise, he could think of a way to break the situation from an external perspective.
But his real body was now in the Wizard World and couldn't come back to help.
"Maybe I can do this?"
Lin Xiao thought carefully about whether he could change his way of thinking.
Even if the God of Magic had the God of Justice as his backer and the help of many good friends, the God of Chaos would definitely interfere in the future, and the God of Sun's attitude was unknown. Whether it was him or the God of Magic who wanted to become a great Divine Power, there would be many obstacles. He believed that the God of Magic couldn't become a great Divine Power even with the support of the God of Justice. If he could, he would have done it long ago.
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