Chapter 431 - 28: Helping the Goddess Spread Faith

Chapter 431: Chapter 28: Helping the Goddess Spread Faith

Lin Yu listened, imagining himself in such a society—bound by all sorts of rules, his life predictable from start to finish. The suffocating feeling made him shudder.

"So, those Civilian Lords are useless, then?"

"Not entirely. These Civilian Lords have also gained something from this competition."

"They haven’t systematically studied our Titan Race’s technology, so they can’t advance it according to our established technological path."

"But there are a lot of Civilian Lords. They’ve acquired all sorts of building blueprints through a random lottery system, so their territories are incredibly diverse, following all kinds of development paths."

"Any Civilian Lord who made it to this stage has a territory with a few tricks up its sleeve. I heard Kazaria’s territory is quite strong; he can even hold his own against the Noble Lords from the Central Region for a bit. That’s why he dared to step up at this stage and lead the other civilians."

"Although they can’t compete with us head-on, their ability to last this long shows they have some capability."

Al had a clear understanding of his own position. He didn’t excessively belittle the Civilian Lords just because he was a noble of the Titan Race; his overall assessment was quite objective.

After listening, Lin Yu asked, "What do you think about allying with them?"

"That depends on what you, my Lord, intend to do!"

"If you just want to conquer some territory, an alliance with them isn’t out of the question."

"However, these Civilian Lords are planning to have us do all the work while they reap the rewards from behind. We’d be getting the short end of the stick."

"Besides, once they occupy most of the territories, there’s no guarantee they’ll give them up."

"Also, if you want us lords who have pledged fealty to continue serving you in the future, completely wiping out all the Noble Lords might not be... appropriate."

"Hahaha, you’re certainly honest." Lin Yu laughed, quite satisfied with Al’s answer.

"Al, I’ll let you in on something. If all I wanted was territory, I wouldn’t have needed to attack your Titan Race at all."

"Let me ask you a question. Do you know why the four of our races were put together in this stage?"

"I don’t know! Isn’t it just up to the event organizers to arrange it however they want? To provide a spectacle for the audience?" Al was a little confused, but as someone who often watched slaves fight in the Gladiatorial Arena, he could understand such rules.

"Er..." Lin Yu was left speechless. But then he remembered the God of Wealth’s blessing from the second stage and figured that explanation wasn’t entirely wrong. After all, he knew for a fact that at least one deity was watching from the main Cosmos right now.

"Alright, I won’t keep you in suspense."

"In this stage, the event organizers will pull us into the main Cosmos."

"Do you know what the main Cosmos is? It’s the Cosmos where our respective home planets are located."

"The deities sent by the organizers need the spiritual light generated by our intense battles to pinpoint our location."

"From the intel you’ve provided and my own observations, the intensity of your fighting is too low. I need to up the ante, or this stage might not end so easily."

Lin Yu’s words sent Al into a state of shock. He had always thought they were just in an unfamiliar Star Realm, but he never imagined they weren’t even inside the Cosmos at all.

And now they were going to be pulled back into the main Cosmos. The sheer power of the event organizers was completely beyond his imagination.

"My Lord, you’re telling me such a secret just like that?"

"It’s fine. If any of you make it to the fourth stage, you’ll easily find out this information. It’s not much of a secret."

"I see! So, my Lord, you wanted to put pressure on us to unite against your Slime Sea?"

Al was deeply moved. He had never imagined this was the reason for Lin Yu’s invasion of the Titan Continent.

From what Lin Yu was implying, if the intensity of the conflict was too low, something bad could happen.

"That was the original plan. However, looking at your current situation, I think I’ll try a different approach."

"Go and tell that Mica this..."

"Yes, my Lord. I will see to it at once."

...

「The next day, in the reception hall of Als Territory.」

Mica had been invited here again. As soon as he sat down, Al got straight to the point and told him of Lin Yu’s decision.

"Mica, my master has decided not to ally with you."

"You didn’t explain the benefits of allying with us clearly, did you? Are you sabotaging this? Let me tell you, I’m going to tell your master and have him..."

Mica never thought that this mysterious force, which clearly wanted to seize Titan territory, would actually reject their proposal for a mutually beneficial alliance.

This was absolutely not a decision a rational faction would make. That left only one possibility.

The Noble Lord who had surrendered to this unknown power was sabotaging things, not faithfully relaying their alliance terms to the person he served.

"Stop. Don’t project your commoner treachery onto me. I am a noble who values my honor."

"I relayed the terms you offered to my master truthfully. However, your pathetic strength failed to pique his interest."

Hearing this, Mica couldn’t help but interrupt Al, saying with great displeasure, "Do you really think you can sweep across the entire Titan Race with just Slime Monsters?"

"I admit those monsters are formidable, but it’s just a matter of numbers."

"Have you forgotten the strength of the Noble Lords in the Central Region? They absolutely have the power to annihilate your Slime Monsters, or at the very least, halt their advance."