The Era of Gods

Chapter 154 Dividing the Spoils

Translator: 549690339 I

After summoning twelve transcendent-level whale knights, the second batch consisted of about three hundred Supreme Nagas.

According to Lin Xiao’s plan, if one were to summon a clan in a harsh environment, it was necessary for this batch of powerful subordinates to break the ice and establish a safe environment first, and then a large number of Small Fishman cannon fodder would be summoned.

Continuously, Small Fishmen were summoned and spread out around the teleportation gate, until a group of Fishman Magicians were summoned and they jumped into the river to start summoning Water Elements.

The Water Element was the same as before, but now there were more Fishman Magicians than before.

During the Summer Camp challenge, the summoning of a tide to flood Li Shengyuan’s forces and Slarda witnessing the power of the Fishman Mockery Magicians on the battlefield led him to encourage Fishmen to advance as Magicians if they could awaken their bloodlines, in an attempt to maximize the number of Magicians.

By now, there were already over two thousand Fishman Magicians, while the total number of Fishmen had exceeded sixteen to seventeen thousand.

The number of Wise Goblins hadn’t changed much, with less than a hundred newly bred, and their reproduction ability also decreased after being transformed from ordinary Goblins into potent Wise Goblins; they were lower than the Fishmen and even more so than the Supreme Nagas.

Currently, there were about thirteen hundred Supreme Nagas in the Divine Realm, including adults, children, and even newborn infants, which was significantly more than before.

This was because Lin Xiao used his reproductive divine transcendental ability to tirelessly impregnate the Supreme Naga mothers whenever he had the chance, plus the long lifespan of the Supreme Nagas. Since their birth, not one had died of natural old age, leading to the current population.

The beginning is always the hardest; the Supreme Nagas just started with slow reproduction, but given their longevity, once the base number grows, the reproduction speed will naturally increase.

After three rounds of summoning, the Fishman Magicians summoned a total of six thousand Water Elements. These Water Elements stood on the water surface as humans would stand on the Earth, with massive amounts of river water converging toward them, forming rings of waves that surged back and forth.

But in Lin Xiao’s eyes, each Water Element emitted a faint dark current invisible to the common people, radiating in all directions—this was the Water Element’s talent for controlling water.

A single talent wasn’t much, but when a large number of Water Elements converged, the overlapping dark currents could form a tide-turning force that would move the river water and create towering waves.

Even without doing anything, the river’s water started to undulate slowly, the inherent power causing palpitations.

“Boom!”

Lin Xiao sharply turned his head and saw a massive, fiery blue lightning strike a solitary mountain kilometers away in the clear sky. Narrowing his eyes, his superior vision saw that the fiery blue pillar of lightning struck a figure. In the next second, countless tiny bolts of lightning exploded from that figure as its center, and a tremendous aura soared into the sky, accompanied by a declaration filled with gravitas:

“Thunder lies in the palm of my hand; I am the Lord of Wrath!”

“An Epic Hero?”

In Lin Xiao’s view, it was a humanoid creature about five meters tall. Its face and ears back to the back of its head were a mass of jumping silver lightning, where one could occasionally see small bolts of lightning exploding like hair. Behind the figure was a pair of wings, over ten meters wide, made of pure lightning that sparked as they moved gently.

“Why does it look so awesome?”

He glanced at Slarda and then at the being called the Lord of Wrath. The strength was hard to gauge, but just by appearance, it indeed had an imposing presence.

Yes, even the nickname exuded gravitas.

Lin Xiao glanced back at Slarda, pondering whether to give his beloved general a similarly impressive nickname.

“Hmm, I’ll bestow a nickname next time!”

He made a mental note of this matter, deciding to address it after the Summer Camp had ended.

In contrast to Lin Xiao and Shen Yue Xin, who each had an Epic Hero on their side, Lin Xu had only one elite hero—a Half-Elf Ranger, whose appearance didn’t come with any earth-shattering anomalies. However, it would be a huge mistake to underestimate the opponent because of this.

One should know that this was a transcendent-level Half-elf Archer. In a face- to-face duel, it might be average, but once on the battlefield, the archery was more frightening than a sniper.

This time, Lin Xiao summoned fifteen thousand Fishmen, a thousand Supreme Nagas, and only two hundred Wise Goblins were dispatched.

They weren’t there to join the battlefield but to clean up after taking down the Vampire City and castle. Wise Goblins had extremely high intelligence, unlike Fishmen who would just pile things up haphazardly during cleanup, which could easily damage valuable objects.

Assigning Wise Goblins to the task might allow the plundering of valuable artifacts such as books.

Various powerful mythic technologies in the Main World also stemmed from the conversion of extraordinary knowledge from the Different Domain, like Alchemy and Magic Weapon Crafting and so on.

Although the Main World’s transcendent craftsmanship currently far surpassed the Different Domain and was more advanced, it didn’t mean the Different Domain’s craftsmanship was entirely worthless; they could be used as references.

If they were lucky enough to find some new technologies not yet available in the Main World, bringing them back could be exchanged for immense contributions and honors with the military, along with tangible rewards.

About two hours later, all clan members were summoned, and Lin Xiao closed the teleportation gate.

As the Divine Realm Master, Lin Xiao could summon the teleportation gate again at any time by spending a certain amount of time and the Power of Faith, without the need to maintain it constantly.

Furthermore, the summoned clan members had to be on the same plane of existence as him. If he were to leave this plane, all clan members would automatically be teleported back to the Divine Realm.

He ordered the Clan to stand by as Lin Xiao flew ahead to the solitary peak, and halfway there, he joined up with Lin Xu. From a distance, they could see Shen Yuexin sitting on a huge and luxurious magic carpet. Behind her, to her left and right, stood two tall Wingmen, around 2.6 or 2.7 meters tall, with lightning entwined around their wings. Next to them stood the powerful Epic Hero known as The Lord of Wrath.

At the solitary peak’s midsection below, the sky was full of Wingmen as well as a small number of powerful Wingmen with lightning around their wings.

“These are my Thunder Wings Clan!”

Shen Yuexin raised her hand, pointing to those Thunder Wings, who were bowing their heads to them in greeting as she continued to introduce them:

“My Clan is comprised entirely of aerial units. Most of them are ranged Shooters combined with Magic-based Thunder Magicians, so you’ll have to rely on your own forces for the frontal assault later.”

Her gaze was on Lin Xiao, whose main forces were Half-elf Archers, not suitable for the front lines.

Of course, her Wingmen also had melee fighters, but in close combat, Wingmen warriors were not at their best. They were more suited and skilled at flying in the air, maintaining distance and striking at their targets. Once they were dragged into close range and down to the ground, it was as uncomfortable for them as it was for an ordinary person to be dragged into water, and their combat power would be greatly affected.

“No problem!”

Lin Xiao heartily slapped his chest, promising confidently while his eyes swept over Shen Yuexin’s Wingmen with envy and inner surprise.

He knew Shen Yuexin was strong, but he hadn’t expected her to be this strong.

Wingmen were naturally a higher Race, and it seemed that she must have tens of thousands of them. They were all well-equipped, and most crucially, she had seventy to eighty Thunder Magicians with wings and thunder around them, at the Transcendent Level – several times more than Lin Xiao had.

Even though he didn’t speak of specific Strength, having all aerial units meant Lin Xiao’s side would be crushed in a real fight.

“Yell my foot! I need to cultivate a group of Frost Magicians, otherwise, not having ranged support is a huge loss.”

Although he had loaded the Frost Magician occupation, there was too little time and not enough Power of Faith to open the ancient arena. Currently, he didn’t have many Frost Magicians, and those he had were not high-level, hence not ready for real combat.

After discussing around the virtual map for a while, the three of them devised an attack plan based on the situation of their three Clans.

The plan was simple: move down the river, taking advantage of the Fishmen Mockery Magicians to incite the Tide during the siege.

Everyone knew that the Duke of Vampires’ city was built along a river, with the river adjacent to the city’s interior. There were no walls along the river banks, allowing the Tide to crash directly into the city.

Then, of course, came the frontal siege.

No matter how good the plan was, it was just an auxiliary measure. In the end, the siege would depend on sheer force.

Once the plan was confirmed, Shen Yuexin immediately ordered the camp to be uprooted. A dense swarm of Wingmen shot into the sky, escorting the magic carpet toward the riverside. Halfway there, they saw Lin Xu’s summoned army also uprooting and setting out.

His principal Clan consisted of Half-elves, and the cannon fodder was over ten thousand Forest Lizardmen, mostly warriors with a few Lizard Shooters.

Together, the three sides’ main fighting Race combined with cannon fodder totaled nearly forty thousand troops, already a very sizable force. The wasteland along the river was trampled into a kilometer-wide clearing by the massive army, extending all the way to the Vampire City of Alfonso.

The city was named after the Duke of Vampires, Alfonso, which was the norm for this realm. Many cities were named after their Lords or some legendary figures.

As the army drew closer to Alfonso, it was inevitable that they would be spotted. About ten kilometers away from Alfonso, Shen Yuexin’s Wingmen had already detected no fewer than ten scouts, and their vanguard scouts had already seen Alfonso preparing for battle.

When the two sides were about three kilometers apart, Lin Xiao ordered the Fishman Magicians to control summoned Water Elements to begin Mockery, stirring the river water in preparation to summon great waves and Tides.

Even though the enemy would be forewarned and prepared, it was of no use. In that short time, it’s not like they could instantly build a wall along the river. Even if they knew he planned to flood Alfonso, all they could do was watch helplessly as the Tide approached.

A frontal siege, flooding the city – these were overt strategies.

When the army was only about a kilometer away from the city walls, the urgent sound of alarm gongs could be heard from the city, and countless warriors with weapons ascended the walls.

Back in the city, waves of transcendental, blood-scented auras soared into the sky, and a myriad of bloody shadows gathered from various parts of the city. Inside the castle of the Duke of Vampires, Alfonso, behind the city, the Duke of Vampires, Alfonso, watching the enemies displayed within the Water Mirror Technique, recalled the advice given by his partner before leaving.

“Such a powerful army; he is doomed!” Whether Lin Xiao or Lin Xu Shen Yue Xin, as adventurers from the Main World, they all had different attitudes and ways of interacting with the human natives.

The belief in the equality of all people in the Main World civilization was deeply ingrained. Although, in reality, there would definitely be differences in status, at least on the surface, everyone was equal. Even True God Level Powerhouses and civilians without the Strength to truss a chicken were equal on some level, capable of conversing on even terms.

But equality in principle is one thing, and real-life encounters are another.

Just as a working man must lower his head to his boss, the ordinary mortals of the Main World have to do the same with Deity players.

Yu Xiu wasn’t far from Alfonso City at this time.

He had intended to leave the place of trouble early, but not long into his escape, he received orders from the company to find a safe place to stand by and wait for further instructions.