When it is impossible to conceal one's disgust, it becomes common for everyone to simply ignore the benefits and choose "refuse".
Let’s not talk about the good men on Earth who knew betrayal would be better but still chose to be loyal. At that time, Yang Hao was even morbidly resistant and almost unwilling to believe Nalujia and Dr. Joseph. If it weren’t for Theresa’s care, he might be in a different situation now - so he understands everyone’s resistance...
And to put it bluntly, even if he himself hadn't recovered from what happened back then, it would be even more impossible for him to accept Cecilia.
…
So out of the three options, the only option is the second one, right? But how do we do it
Yang Hao sighed in distress. At this moment, as if she had listened to Yang Hao's inner thoughts, Lady Lalumia took out a handkerchief from her clothes and wiped the sweat off Yang Hao's forehead. She smiled and gave a suggestion in front of the two queens with staring eyes:
"If you choose 'conspiracy', I can help you. Although I am not a god of conspiracy, I can help you if you choose 'poisoning'."
“… “Poisoning”
Everyone seemed a little confused: You poisoned Cecilia's body? A poison that can harm gods, is it really okay? Wouldn't Cecilia die before the God of Light possessed her
Facing the bewilderment and confusion of the crowd, the gentle god just smiled and nodded, and explained to everyone the usefulness of "faith" to the god...
As we all know, the stronger the power of faith is, the stronger the power of faith is. On the other hand, what if someone deliberately poisons "faith"
Mortals can't do it, but gods can - by polluting the source of the other party's faith, mixing poison into the faith that the believers rely on to survive in order to severely damage or even kill the other party... This is something that every god can do.
Not to mention, the divine power stolen by the God of Light came from Lalumia!
Lalumia's desire to pollute her own divine power is as easy and pleasant as someone deliberately cooking dark dishes in his or her own kitchen.
And because of her own "light" characteristics, Lalumia's "pollution" will only manifest when the other party absorbs it into the body...
"In other words, I just need to secretly "put some tricks" on Cecilia when she is gaining faith normally.
The only problem is, I have no idea when Constantine will try to absorb the power again.
Perhaps it was the Roman Empire's heavy blow that brought him an opportunity, or perhaps it was the time when he hit a bottleneck...
In short, this "poison" will last until the day he possesses or absorbs faith, and I guarantee that even Cecilia herself doesn't know what will happen... So what do you think? Please tell me. "
Lady Lalumia's smile made everyone look at each other several times.
After a while, Theresa nodded with satisfaction: This is what she wanted. It would neither give Cecilia another chance nor kill this silly girl who did not deserve death. Everyone could get what they wanted, which was good.
Fen shrugged in dissatisfaction: This is not what she thought. But she thought, it would be fine to talk more with Yang Hao tonight. Since her man doesn't want to be so extreme, then let it be.
Where's Elena
As a synthetic doll, Elena never cared - she was happy that she had learned more about Yang Hao's inner qualities, but on the other hand, she felt very unhappy that her proposal was rejected...
Have you taken some time out today to go for a walk and talk with Yang Hao? The little doll muttered in his heart, and at this moment, Yang Hao also spoke up and agreed with Lalumia's plan:
"That's it. But the detailed plan—"
"It's okay. We're all tired. I'll find time to explain the details to you later."
"Oh... that's all for today - let's go."
The first trilateral meeting of the United Nations ended under somewhat strange circumstances.
The plan to kill gods was confirmed, the subsequent development plan was confirmed, the mutual benefit between the three countries was confirmed, and the fate of the Roman Empire was confirmed.
Everyone made domestic plan allocations according to their own plans. Shortly after leaving the meeting room, Theresa was in her office dealing with work. Looking at Fen, who was lying on the table with nothing to do, Theresa's face suddenly changed:
"No?! Why didn't I feel there was anything wrong just now?! Why did Lalumia go alone with Yang Hao to discuss important matters instead of discussing it with all of us?!"
"Ah? Is there a problem?"
Finn looked up and looked a little dazed. Looking at Finn like this and recalling Finn's once sensitive image, Theresa's face turned green when she realized what had happened.
She screamed and used magic to dispel the inexplicable remaining divine power in Fen. Then, the trembling little nun angrily cursed the god she believed in:
"Good you Lalumia?! I want to see what you want to say to our man alone?! Humph!"
Let’s not talk about the little nun’s scolding, Finn’s confusion, and Naluga and Natalia raising the child peacefully.
After being taken to the lounge by Lalumia to rest for a while, His Majesty Yang Hao was once again held in the arms of the gentle mother god.
He had recently become more and more accustomed to the life embraced by this deity—to put it bluntly, Lalumia was similar to the "mother" role in his impression...
Maybe it's because her concept is the sunny and positive "light"? Or maybe it's just Lalumia's personality
In general, this man who has been bearing the pressure of life alone for a long time does not resist the embrace of a mother -
This reminded him of the woman who had always been so tall in his eyes when he was a child, the woman he would never be able to see again in this world.
I wonder if my mother is doing well on Earth? His Majesty the Regent was lost in thought while being embraced by Lady Lalumia. At this moment, Lalumia stroked his forehead and sighed:
"Although I said that I could "poison" the faith... But in the end, if Constantine chooses to take a different approach and does the same thing as the back door instead of the front door when young men and women have sex for the first time... Then there is actually no point in me "poisoning" you know, kid?"
"I know. After all, no matter what tactics are used, they have their own adaptability. A head-on confrontation is suitable for fighting reckless people or weaklings, but it is not suitable for fighting sinister villains... I know these principles very well, Lalumia."
Yang Hao muttered while lying in the arms of Lady Lalumia. Lalumia was happy to see such a considerate child, but she also felt helpless about his exhaustion.
She stroked Yang Hao's cheek and his eyebrows, and the delicate touch from her slender hand in white silk gloves made Yang Hao even more sleepy.
"In that case, kid, just take a good rest. Let's leave professional matters to professionals. After all, no one here knows these things better than me, okay?"
"Um… "
"Go to sleep, kid. Get some good sleep—you must be tired from today's meeting after all."
"Um… "
Yang Hao closed his eyes obediently as Lalumia called him softly. After a while, the man's snoring began to echo in this small lounge.
Lalumia smiled as she watched the man in her arms fall into a deep sleep. On the other hand, she also sensed signs that her other child was coming here angrily...
The evil-minded god chose to carve a bright hint outside the door—Lalumia really had no intention of stopping Theresa from breaking in, but Theresa still had to consider it, right
That message "He has fallen asleep, please do not disturb"... No matter what, Theresa would definitely choose to swallow her anger and go back to her room in shame, considering Yang Hao's health issues, right
It's really cute... The kind of person who really wants to come in but chooses to swallow his anger for the sake of his loved one's health and then looks aggrieved...
Lalumia really doesn't have the kind of bad taste to see people being twisted and doing evil things - but how to put it
Isn’t the greatest pleasure of being a parent to amuse your children
“Hehehe.”
Guangming chuckled.
At the same time, at the Ishgard colonial army base.
Siren Chino also came to the front line with her people under the personal escort of Black Dragonia...
They were ready to work.
Chapter 5 3/6: The Saint's Discomfort and... -8K
On May 13, when the Sirens, wearing engineering uniforms and laughing under the protection of elite soldiers, arrived at the halfway point of the mountain they were responsible for, Siren Chino was calculating how many times they would have to release magic and dig tunnels for this job.
Although the overall magic content level of the Elucia continent is very high, the problem is that the consumption of flesh and blood magic released by the Sirens is also very high.
According to Qino's calculations, they would need at least five days to completely open up the mountain tunnel from the Isgard Colonial Army position to the rear of the Roman Empire military defense line.
The only good news is that every Siren can get enough sleep for twelve hours during these five days.
“It’s just that the work area is very dry… It’s not comfortable for us.”
Chino reached out to wipe the sweat off her face, then turned around to watch the colonial soldiers moving in wood and bricks to reinforce the tunnel. She sighed and wondered why the place where she worked was always so dry.
But it just made it a little drier and it wasn't as fun to work.
Perhaps many people have a misunderstanding about Sirens, mistakenly believing that these alien races with fins and even some that can transform into fish tails underwater must survive along the coast or even underwater. But in fact, Sirens are an amphibious race that is more adapted to land life.
They can indeed breathe freely under the sea and build homes in the deep sea, but most sirens are more adapted to life on land. There are even many individuals who are so adapted to life on land that some of their underwater organs cannot function normally...
The only unusual requirement they have for their living environment is that it must be "a little humid". Other than that, they are as easy to feed as most normal humans.
That's why Kino said "not comfortable" instead of "terrible." She judged that her people could work well in this place, and in fact, they did.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, after the other soldiers were ready, Chino made a round of planning based on the terrain of the mountain at the scene.
They would need to use flesh magic to carve a tunnel into the mountain and then dig out on the other side of the mountain.
However, there is another mountain on the other side of the mountain, so they will probably have to repeat several rounds of tunnel digging before they can finally reach their target location.
"So we'll be busy from now on. I hope you don't have a date with a man during this period of time - okay, okay, let's get started." Chino held a sausage in his mouth, mumbling incoherently while chewing.
"Follow our training - if anyone digs out the glowing meat, then they can dig a hole and sell themselves! Get to work!"
Gathering the magic power in his eyes, Chino observed the rock wall in front of him, and then slowly channeled the magic power through his hands toward the cliff bit by bit.
Siren's flesh and blood magic is a very special kind of magic. If ordinary mages rely on their staffs to cast spells, and most aliens rely on their magic organs to cast spells, then Siren's spells require the use of both "eyes" and "hands" at the same time.
The eyes are used to confirm the beginning of granulation growth, while the hands are used to transport and transform magic power.
It is said that the ancient Sirens could use their eyes to turn the enemy's armor into a pool of flesh and blood that absorbs nutrients from the host like a cancerous tumor, and could directly turn an entire group of living people into slime-like aliens. But to Chino, that was just a legend.
She calmed down and used her usual calmness to control the flow of magic. The magic power of the Elucia continent was very abundant, more abundant than she could imagine - but even so, releasing magic was still a physical job for the Sirens.
The engineer uniform on his body was soaked with sweat. Although he had long been prepared to wear absorbent underwear to prevent sweat from overflowing, now Chino had to face the problem of difficulty breathing...
"Huh..."
She took a breath. The rock wall in front of her gradually turned into a pink, wriggling strip of flesh under the effect of magic.
If you insist on describing its shape, Chino can only say that it is similar to the hole below a female...
It is deep, and it moves up and down with its breathing. It will even actively adhere to invading things, and it is constantly secreting strange mucus...
"Why do I feel like you accidentally made something very high-end, Chino?"
The companion who had turned the rock wall into rotten meat was stunned for a moment, then laughed and teased Chino for what he had done.
"Blame me? You know that we Sirens are not "backward compatible" because of our genetic defects, right? My ability allows me to make these more advanced things, so I can't just make a set of rotten meat. Is this my fault?!"
"Then you might as well stay here and watch the show! Don't waste our magic power, go away!"
Chino was driven out by her companions. Also driven out were many sirens who, like her, could only be "high-end goods".
Now, due to some unknown reasons in the past, the Sirens of Ishugard have lost the ability to freely control their magic...
To explain it in a more popular way, people who have learned calculus on Earth cannot use the simplest addition and subtraction to confirm the problem of 1+1=?, but can only use calculus to deal with it.
Under such circumstances, the problem that the Sirens are facing now is not just an ordinary embarrassment...
In Ishugard, the Sirens with advanced flesh and blood magic were useless due to the lack of magic power. In the continent of Elucia, the Sirens were in a mess because they could not control their abilities...
But it's better than nothing, isn't it
Chino sighed. After drinking ice water to quench their thirst together with the sirens who were driven to the rear to observe the situation, they saw that the wall of flesh and blood gradually formed in front of them began to turn into an arched structure with a radius of about 20 meters and a height of less than 10 meters.
On this arch, the newly grown flesh and blood showed a healthy pink color. This made Chino completely relaxed:
"It seems that there is nothing worth paying attention to on this mountain - such as geological problems, such as drainage, such as... Oh, if only the next two mountains were as easy as this one."
Siren complained, and after watching her companions "pull off" the flesh and blood and throw it aside, she quickly stepped forward and tried to dissuade them with a distressed look:
"Don't waste the meat! Even if we don't eat it, the griffins can still eat it... Besides, we have to consider emergency food reserves, right? So don't waste it!"
Kino stopped his people from wasting money.
In the distance, the elves were observing the Sirens' feats with strange expressions.
They really couldn't understand the principle of the Sirens' flesh and blood magic, but what was certain was that the originally hard and difficult to dig rock wall could be peeled off with bare hands after it turned into flesh and blood... This situation shocked the elves and made them realize the value of the Sirens.
Your Majesties must be informed of the situation here—the elves immediately began to use magic to record everything that was happening before their eyes. While the elves and Isgard were doing their respective work, the Hutot Khanate far away in the plains also began its attack.
When facing the defense line built by General Dreshuka, Hutot Khan was not stupid enough to let his precious centaurs and cavalry force a breakthrough. He began to consider a new tactic, a tactic that was both efficient and had little loss.
The tactic called "air strike" was developed by Hutot Khan after much pondering.
He knew the weaknesses and strengths of his army, especially considering that the existence of the harpies was an advantage that the Roman Empire could never hope to achieve. He boldly asked his Qiexue a question:
Can we let the Harpies' slack bombs move freely and let them focus on destroying the enemy's food storage points and armories behind the military zone
The Khan's words stunned the Qiexue.
But on second thought this is doable.
In this world, except for the army of the United Nations who can "transfer baggage" from the rear anytime and anywhere due to the convenience of magic, most countries need to move their baggage along with the army during the march. Even if they are defending a certain front, they need the baggage to be as close to the front as possible in case of emergency.
In this situation, the way most countries, including Isugad and Khutot Khanate, protected their baggage was to build a warehouse. This warehouse might be fireproof and waterproof inside and out, but it could not withstand direct attacks from siege weapons.
Normally, no one would consider aiming siege engines at baggage depots.
After all, it takes more than ten minutes for a siege engine to fire a stone bullet. Instead of wasting the bullets on the baggage warehouse, it is better to use them directly to bombard the city wall.