Every time she spoke a word, her body became brighter, and an invisible flame began to burn from the inside out. Countless invisible forces gathered from all directions and converged on her body. These forces were the source of this invisible flame in her body. The best combustion accelerant, with a bang, turned from a small flame into a sky-burning fire, but no one felt the burning heat, only the sacredness, and only the wisdom as deep as the sea, in which countless plans and strategies seemed to be brewing. There are countless secrets hidden in this world.
This is the divine fire, a flame ignited by faith. Not enough people believe that she is qualified for the priesthood of strategy, planning and tactics. This fire cannot be ignited, and this is the foundation of becoming a god. If there is not even this next step, it will be Not qualified to continue.
The voice of Ms. Strategy came again from the body of the blazing god.
"Regardless of the apparent balance of power, those who use the best plans, strategies, and tactics will win the war. Any fool can win by luck, but only a master strategist can ensure victory and make it last." Keep going, that’s the strategy.”
This is clearly the words of Ms. Strategy that Gavin quoted before. However, in this sentence, Gavin quoted it first, and now the Goddess of Strategy said it later, and regarded it as the fundamental core of the Godhead of Strategy, which always gives people a very strange feeling.
A bright light, which ordinary people cannot see directly with the naked eye, condenses and takes shape in the core of Ms. Strategy.
The whole world seemed to have stopped at this moment. Everyone was watching this scene blankly. Even if they couldn't see clearly the shape of the thing in the center of the light, they still couldn't move their eyes away, because even the goblins knew this. What is the thing.
godhead.
Strategy godhead.
This is something that countless lives dream of. According to legend, if one can obtain the foundation of a god, even if it is a fragment, after swallowing and digesting it, he will be qualified to step into the ranks of the gods and become a new god.
Only those ignorant fools would believe this legend. It is very difficult for a quasi-god to gather his godhood. He must have enough believers to support him before he can possibly step into the ranks of the gods.
How is it possible to step into the ranks of the gods with just a fragment of the godhead?
A greater possibility is that the soul consciousness is assimilated by the fragment of the godhead and becomes a sacred carrier for it, used to protect it until it finds its true home.
"War is composed of a series of battles. Losing a battle does not mean losing a war. Find out the enemy's weaknesses, recognize your own weaknesses, avoid the opponent's advantages, and play to your own strengths. Only by Only by attacking the enemy's weaknesses with our strengths can victory be guaranteed. This is a tactic."
Immediately afterwards, he embedded the second fragment of his priesthood in his godhead.
“Prepare for peace in time of war, prepare for war in time of peace, find the enemies of your enemies as your allies, and be prepared to compromise. Life is a series of skirmishes, with the occasional outburst being prepared. Be prepared and have a contingency plan in place, this is the plan.”
Then there is the third piece. The three will complement each other and form her way of war and her godhead.
Just when the light on her body shone to the extreme, countless people burst into loud exclamations.
"Ma'am, be careful."
"Your Highness, there are assassins."
"Be careful behind your back."
Just behind the goddess of strategy, a thin man appeared silently. His specific appearance could not be seen clearly. What everyone noticed was only the blazing black eyes, chalky white skin, and the foggy atmosphere. With a crazy smile that could not be concealed, a rose-red long sword was silently stabbing towards the core of the Yin Red Knight, the godhead that had not yet been completely condensed.
This reminder from everyone was of no use. Ms. Strategy seemed to be condensing her divine form in front of them. In fact, her body was not here at all. From beginning to end, all they saw was a refracted shadow, even in the scene of being assassinated. .
Ms. Strategy seemed to be completely unaware, or even if she was aware, there was nothing she could do, because this was the critical moment for her to condense her divine power, and there was no way to fight back.
No, to be more precise, even in her heyday, she could not avoid this sword because the strength gap between the two sides was too big.
The other party is not only a god, but also a powerful god. He has many names and nicknames, Prince of Lies, Prince of Madness, Dark Sun, Black Sun, God of Madness and Lord of the Three Crowns, but the most commonly known one is Cyric, the god of conspiracy and strife, is the biggest lunatic in the continent of Faerûn. He doesn’t need any reason to do things, he only needs to do things that make him happy. However, this time he is not acting arbitrarily, because he will not act sooner or later. Waiting until the Godhead of the Goddess of Strategy is almost condensed to take action, it means that he is peeking at the Godhead of the Goddess of Strategy, plans and tactics. These priesthoods not only complement him, but also because he has too many conspiracies and too many plans. I want others to know, and of course I don’t want this priesthood to fall into the hands of others.
"Roar!" A terrifying roar resounded throughout the world, and everyone felt the anger from their hearts.
A huge bloody battle ax just appeared out of thin air, lying in front of the divine disaster sword of Cyric, the god of conspiracy, blocking the inevitable sword strike of the Prince of Lies. At this time, a man wearing a scarred and blood-stained sword A huge human figure wearing plate armor and a war helmet just appeared next to Ms. Strategy.
The next moment, this tall and strong man waved the bloody battle ax in his hand at the God of Conspiracy. The swing was so fast, like a violent storm, that people could not see clearly the appearance of the battle ax in his hand. In front of his attack , the God of Conspiracy has no ability to fight back at all, and can only parry in a panic.
Because he is now facing another powerful divine being, Tempus, who is known as the King of War. His seemingly ordinary chopping with an ax actually contains a myriad of changes. If he is distracted even a little, he will be on the spot. After being chopped down, the title of No. 1 in single combat in Faerûn was not achieved by blowing it, but by cutting it with the battle ax in his hand.
This kind of sneak attack by Cyric is just poking a hornet's nest. Let's not say whether Ms. Strategy is his illegitimate daughter or not. She is the seedling that the Lord of War single-handedly raised to create a future way of war for the war god system.
Putting aside these things, if the God of Conspiracy dares to attack people from his war god system, that is to break ground on Tai Sui, and that is a great disrespect to his God of War. This matter will definitely not be solved in one fight. .
Whether it is the phantom of the God of Conspiracy or the God of War, they are all short-lived. They are chased and then escaped. In the blink of an eye, they are completely lost. I don’t know if the battlefield has been moved or because it is beyond the scope of Ms. Strategy’s ascension projection. , I believe that the former is the majority. After all, this is a battle between two powerful gods. The movement is absolutely devastating. What they saw is just the tip of the iceberg. In the unknown world, the two do not know what kind of big collision will occur.
Seeing this situation, everyone who was originally excited couldn't help but fall down.
As for the person involved, Ms. Strategy seemed to be completely unaware of it. She carried out the third step step by step and said loudly again: "Strategy is the board, plan is the line, and tactics are the pieces. The name of my divine kingdom is Gun Edition Chess." Fortress, and you will be the first batch of petitioners here."
A huge shadow appeared out of thin air behind the goddess of strategy. It was a huge chessboard, with castles and fortresses shaped like chess pieces rising from the ground. The images of these chess pieces were biased toward international chess, but the chessboard was made from Chinese chess. , there are rivers similar to the Chu River and Han Dynasty.
Gun version of chess in Faerûn generally refers to those chess games with a board and chess pieces, including backgammon, checkers, watermelon chess, go and chess, etc. However, most of the time it refers to chess. Ms. Strategy also has another nickname: grab the board. A chess master, she has a heartfelt love for chess and believes that it can train one's strategic and tactical abilities. Her holy symbol is a red gun chess knight piece.
Now she has directly integrated Gun Chess into her Kingdom of God, turning this place into a huge Gun Chess. According to the various peculiar characteristics of the Kingdom of God, people have reason to doubt that the Gun Chess Fortress is not just like The gun version of the chess board is so simple. Those chess pieces and buildings can really be moved like chess pieces. You can even play them as a real chess board. Everything on it will be chess pieces. It's just a chess game like this. It is obviously not prepared for mortals. Only gods can play a game with the strategist as a chess player.
At the same time, the shadow of a bridge slowly rose from the ground, crossing the middle of the river. Its shape was the same as the Bridge of Humans and Gods where the conqueror's army was currently entrenched, and there were even a large number of people on it. Fei's shadow.
"It's Philip, it's Philip, hahaha... That's great, it's so great. That boy didn't die. He has now become the petitioner of the goddess."
"It's Alma, it's really him..."
"I saw Aka..."
There were countless excited exclamations from the army of conquerors of the Bridge of Humans and Gods. Although they didn’t know how far away they were, or even separated by one plane, they could clearly see the Bridge of Humans and Gods in the Kingdom of the Goddess of Strategy. Those phantom faces on the screen are not because their eyesight has improved, but because the goddess of strategy has done so intentionally, telling them that the souls of the soldiers of the conqueror army who died in the previous battle have been directly taken away by her. This is her today. The privilege of ascending to the gods, because these souls are the foundation for her to rise to the kingdom of God.
The goddess of strategy spoke again: "The brave should be rewarded. Noble warriors, you have two choices now. One is to stay in my kingdom of God and be reincarnated as a petitioner or even a heroic spirit here. The other is to endure death." And the pain of resurrection continues to exist as a mortal."
A petitioner is a special title. After death, outstanding devout believers will be brought to their respective kingdoms of gods by divine envoys to be reborn and gain eternity in the kingdom of gods. Each petitioner of a kingdom of gods has Your own special characteristics, such as dwarves or dwarfs. After becoming a petitioner there, no matter what race you were in life, you will become a dwarf when you go there. When you go to the Nine Hells, you will be called a petitioner. As soul shells, they will take on horrific forms of distortion, pain, and degradation.
Petitioners have no way to leave the Kingdom of God. They will not age and die naturally. They will appear in the best state of life. They can be killed. Although they can be resurrected in the Kingdom of God, except for a few Shura Fields or Joseph Gardens Outside the special divine kingdom, in other divine kingdoms, every time the petitioner is resurrected, his soul essence will be absorbed by the divine kingdom (usually one life die will be lost). When the life die completely returns to zero, he will be absorbed by the kingdom. When the Kingdom of God is completely engulfed and becomes part of the Kingdom of God.
These petitioners are closely bound to the gods they believe in. When the gods fall and the Kingdom of God is destroyed, it will also be the death of the petitioners of this Kingdom of God, unless other gods and Kingdoms are willing to accept them. They, therefore, petitioners will actively help their gods to protect their own kingdom, and even form petitioner legions. However, they rarely leave the kingdom of God to fight. That is a matter for heroic spirits and even divine envoys. As for heroic spirits, they have The petitioners with extraordinary strength are no longer trapped in the Kingdom of God. They can go outside to perform various special tasks of the gods. The messengers are more powerful humanoid creatures from other worlds.
Immortality, happiness and contentment, this is the paradise of the Kingdom of God that people often talk about, at least for those mortals, so those who petition for annexation will be called the people of the gods.
"I am willing to stay in the Kingdom of God and serve His Highness."
"I want to be resurrected, but I still have a dream that has not been realized. I will continue to serve the lady in the mortal world, spread your gospel, and guide more people to convert into your arms."
"I want to be resurrected."
"I want to stay."
"I will be resurrected too."
The souls of the soldiers of the conqueror army who died in battle have made their own choices. Only 20% chose to stay, and 80% chose to be resurrected.
Although the Kingdom of God is beautiful, they still have too many concerns and too many dreams in the material plane. How can they stay in the Kingdom of God with peace of mind until these are settled?
The current situation is like a new king ascending the throne and granting amnesty to the world. If you can't get it, you must seize the opportunity.
"As you wish." The goddess of strategy waved the long sword in her hand heavily, and countless rays of sacred light fell. One after another corpses were either from the bridge of the Bridge of Humans and Gods, or from the rushing river of the wilderness, or from Flying out from the pile of corpses, the scars on their bodies recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then souls fell from the sky and returned to the bodies of their original owners.
"Ahhh... I'm alive again, haha... I'm alive again, thank you lady for your grace, I will live up to your expectations and use the sword in my hand to carry out your strategies and plans."
"Hahaha... I can continue our unfinished journey. If I cannot witness the army of conquerors complete this road of conquerors, I will not be willing to die. Thanks to the grace of the lady."
"Thank you, madam, for your gift..."
"Thank you ma'am for your kindness..."
The soldiers of the resurrected army of conquerors shouted excitedly while not forgetting to pay the highest respect to Ms. Strategy. No matter how high their faith in Ms. Strategy was, at this moment it reached an unprecedented level. It is estimated that many people will become fanatical believers and regard belief in women as their lifelong career.
This can also be regarded as a strategic method of the goddess of strategy. This move is called sowing beans and forming an army. They are now the petitioners of the Fortress of Gunboard Chess, but they are just one. But if they reach the material plane, they will wait until they come back again. By then, it is very likely that she will no longer be one. Under their influence, many people will join the ranks of her own believers. These devout believers will be more useful to her while they are alive.
"Give me back what belongs to me." Another roar sounded, and a blurry blood cloud rushed towards Ms. Strategy. Exaggeratedly thick arms stretched out from the blood mist, and each hand waved. Wearing different weapons, "This time without the protection of that idiot Tempus, I wonder what else you can do?"
"Garagos, you are indeed alive. You are the stupidest idiot. You have been used by the God of Conspiracy without even realizing it. What he cares about most is not my strategy and planning priesthood, but your plunder and destruction priesthood. , this is the most suitable match for his priesthood of strife. If you stay there honestly and still survive by chance, since you show up again, then I will replace you as the King of War and finish you off completely." Ms. Strategy She was not surprised when she was attacked, as if everything was as she expected.
In fact, when she was attacked by Cyric, the God of Conspiracy, she did not show any surprise. Tempus, the God of War, roared more because of being provoked than because of surprise.
Ms. Strategy controls the priesthood of strategy and planning. Any planned actions, especially those directed at her, will be difficult to hide from her. Even if they are suppressed by the God of Conspiracy with her priesthood of conspiracy, she will not be able to do anything without doing a few tricks. How can an emergency plan be worthy of her planning priesthood?
Not only is Tempus, the god of war, guarding her, but even her preparations for ascension to the gods this time are far beyond those of ordinary gods.
Many gods can't wait to do so as soon as they feel that the number of their followers is enough to ignite the divine fire and raise the divine kingdom. The end result is that they leave huge security risks for themselves. Not to mention the process of ascension to gods. All kinds of accidents that may occur - because when you ascend to a god, it will inevitably cause shocks in the world and even the multiverse, completely exposing your whereabouts to the gods. Those gods who are hostile or have the same priesthood will definitely take action. Stop it, unless this kind of ascension is directly promoted by Io, the sacred and grand will of the multiverse, such as Cyric, the god of conspiracy just now, or Mystra, the current goddess of magic.
Therefore, ascending to the gods not only requires the strength to meet the requirements, but also requires human sophistication. Do you have strong allies among the gods who are willing to lend a helping hand to you and block enemy attacks for you at critical moments?
At this point, Ms. Strategy has a natural advantage. She is a member of the war pantheon, and her main god, her father, will naturally provide her with protection.
Even if under the protection of the allies of the gods, they have overcome this hurdle, ignited the divine fire, and raised the kingdom of God, it does not mean that everything will be fine.
Since the strength of the gods is closely related to the number of believers, when those hostile gods find that they cannot solve their opponents from the root, they will often turn their black hands to the believers of this god. Once his believers die in large numbers, the number of If it falls to the point where it cannot maintain the Kingdom of God, it will also be the moment when the newly condensed Kingdom of God collapses and the godhead is shattered.
(End of chapter)
