At this time, due to the impact of the plague, the population of the Zacatecaz Empire was reduced by more than half, and the combat power of the army was greatly reduced.
Leylin's Castle of Hope, on the other hand, continued to absorb the nutrients of Bankz Island and grew more and more prosperous.
According to Leylin's plan, a new round of power expansion is about to begin.
"Judging from the actions of those earth-bound spirits and totems, what kind of big actions are they planning recently..."
Leylin touched his chin, revealing a pensive expression.
The totem spirit and the natural spirit on Bankz Island are essentially similar to the earth-bound spirit and the earth god, and the strength of this earth god is closely related to the opponent's domain and the number of believers.
The few tribes that were exterminated by Leylin before were all small tribes, and the totems among them had the strength of divine beings. Even in the field, Leylin was not afraid at all.
But in the entire Zacatecaz Empire, the strength of several large earth gods may have reached the level of [half-god]! And in the growth of the field, I am afraid that it has a power not inferior to that of the [True God]!
In other words, if the current Leylin directly enters the range of the Zacatecaz Empire, he will probably be surrounded and beaten to death by a group of local gods who are not inferior to the [True God] in strength.
But on the contrary, if these lands dare to come out, they will only have the original [half-god] strength at most, and it will continue to weaken after reaching the range of Fort Hope.
Under such circumstances, Leylin was of course not in a hurry to kill the opponent's totem directly, but instead resorted to the method of constantly encroaching on the opponent's totem.
Anyway, for him, those gnomes are already caged beasts, and they can still be weakened through the attacks of faith and the secular army, so why should he be in a hurry
With the assistance of the epidemic, the expansion of Leylin's forces on Banks Island can be described as unstoppable.
From time to time, natives who have abandoned their own totem spirits request to join, and there is even a situation where a tribe abandons all the upper nobles and beliefs!
After all, for the natives today, Fort Hope represents life!
If you don't join, you can only wait to die slowly in the plague! Under such a huge threat, all race and belief conflicts cannot be alleviated, and only fanatics will continue to persevere.
Facing Leylin's crushing, those monsters had nothing to do.
With their divine power, as well as the priests and priests they cultivated, it is commendable that the magical powers produced every day can protect a small group of nobles, but they are helpless for the largest number of civilians.
What's more critical and shameless is that unless Leylin's special vaccine is used for the germs emitted by Leylin, the human body will not produce antibodies even after being infected once, and there is a possibility of continuing to get sick!
Now the entire Bankz Island has unceremoniously turned into a "plague island". All the natives who disobeyed Leylin can only hide in the corners of the city and the altar, cowering and waiting. Diseases keep coming!
And when most of the believers abandoned their original beliefs, the original totem spirits and natural spirits became a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
——Relying on the few remaining fanatics, priests, and a small number of nobles, it is impossible to maintain the divine power of the [half-god], and this consequence directly leads to fewer divine spells that the gods can bestow, and the dead More, forming a vicious circle.
Not only that, but with the weakening of the opponent's control, the domains of those gnomes are also shrinking.
At least, the current Leylin has expanded his influence to almost a quarter of the island. Although it is only in some corner areas, the totem spirits of the empire are also unable to show viciousness in these areas, and this trend is still expanding. .
Leylin even suspected that, according to this situation, perhaps without his own action, those gods would become extinct because of the death of faith!
For this situation, those earth gods are not without countermeasures.
Now that the plague has broken out, large-scale wars are obviously impossible, but they all issued their own oracles and began to use all means to prevent refugees from flowing into Leylin's side.
There are even rumors that Brelin is the culprit of this plague, although it is true.
—'The giant devil snake from the west, it cruelly dug out the internal organs of the original aborigines, sacrificed blood to the evil, and only then summoned the terrible disease...'
—'The white-skinned people from the West came here with uneasy intentions. They coveted our wealth, greedily longed for our land, and even prepared to use our lives to please their gods...'
Rumors like this are very popular on Bankoz Island, and even vaguely circulated in Fort Hope.
It was also from these actions that Leylin smelled something unusual.
"Survival and reproduction are the two most basic desires of living beings, and the power generated from them is what all gods fear..."
Leylin looked at the increasingly prosperous Castle of Hope with a bright smile on his face.
"And the desire to survive exceeds the need to reproduce... Under the strong survival instinct, even if I really kill the aborigines here and sacrifice their hearts, livers and blood, as long as I can provide them with the baptism of God, If the disease is cured, there will still be refugees coming over... Before the indigenous gods develop special medicines, this trend cannot be avoided at all. The spread of rumors is at most just adding a little task to the teaching and the church... "
Genetic germs refined at the level of a Leylin wizard, especially using the blood concept of warlocks from other worlds, and after adding the specificity of the blood, it is almost impossible for these gods to decipher it and find a special medicine. thing!
"My God... You are the giant snake that devours the world, the master of killing, one day, you will turn into stars in the sky..."
At this moment, the huge door behind Leylin opened, and Tifa walked in wearing a clean white priest's robe.
In this blessed place, Leylin finally put his church building on the agenda.
The constant conquests and battles not only provided Leylin with a large number of believers, but also made the preparatory pastors trained before go through a baptism, and a large number of talents emerged.
With the pastor group provided by Tifa as the backbone, as well as the talents of its own family as the restraint, and a large number of grateful and fanatical natives as the foundation, the establishment of a church is a matter of course.
This church was named "Giant Serpent" by Leylin, and it used the abstracted Targaryen winged snake as its holy symbol. As for the teachings and other classics, it is being produced urgently with a group of people.
As Leylin's first infused body of soul power, and also the only legendary powerhouse in the Serpent Church at this time, Tifa was naturally promoted by Leylin to become Pope.
Based on his achievements in cultivating the first generation of pastors, this position was originally his, and Leylin also cared about it so much from the beginning.
And Isabelle would not snatch anything from him.
"What's up?"
Leylin turned around calmly, with a huge majesty emanating from his body all the time.
"We have caught several suspects, who are spreading rumors in the dark and slandering the credibility of my god!"
Although it is almost possible to guess what happened by mentioning it, neither Leylin nor he will admit it.
And this kind of thing, unless he was caught poisoning on the spot, where is there any conclusive evidence
As for the special medicine and holy water, it can be entirely attributed to the fact that Leylin's own divine power can restrain the plague.
Having said that, he himself did not condense domains and priesthoods such as [Plague] and [Disease], so he was not afraid of investigation at all.
In fact, if it was true, only that plague lady would take the blame for Leylin. Who made Leylin always like to release viruses and plagues
Instead of relying on divine arts, to configure this kind of giant plague with one's own medicine refining attainments, this is almost unheard of in the world of the gods. This is completely a technology from another world.
"My God, do you want to punish them directly?"
Tifa asked in a low voice.
The so-called sanctions were naturally settled in private. Anyway, the proposal was born in the dark world. I don’t know how many such things have been done. Even the good gods on the mainland have special departments in the church to do these dirty jobs.
"Tifa..." Leylin's voice was very calm, but it seemed to carry some kind of unfathomable majesty, which immediately made Tifa put on an expression of listening, and his body tensed up.
"The church is bright. For those rats in the dark trenches, we should also give them a fair trial, especially when it comes to this incident..."
"I see… "
With a thoughtful expression on Tifa's face, he retreated respectfully.
What Leylin meant was to directly judge those spies who were caught, and to impose a strict punishment.
Although superiors and wise men can't hide it at all, what is this? No matter what era, the number of civilians at the bottom is always the largest.
Official statements, some plausible evidence, coupled with state power propaganda, are enough.
And Leylin and the church also need a fig leaf, and it would make people feel guilty to settle it privately.
But as long as the momentum builds up, the formed wave may even sweep in people who could see through it at the beginning.
Sometimes, it is very important whether there is such a set of things on the surface.
In this aspect, Leylin, who has a devil's memory, can be said to have surpassed all Bankaz gods in his grasp of people's hearts.
A few days later, under the watchful eyes of the natives, the mighty trial began.
The formulation did not blindly pursue the responsibility of the other party for spreading rumors, but only raised a sum during the prosecution, but put the key point on "intent to destroy the altar and destroy the baptism of God"! This immediately caused an uproar!