From Leylin's point of view, no matter in the past life or in the present life, those well-known big men have a certain quality.
That is the perseverance after choosing a goal! There is also firmness in your own path!
Because you have already established your own path, you can be fearless, even unscrupulous.
And for the sake of eternity and freedom, the current Leylin would not put the lives of those natives in his eyes at all.
"My whole life is only for the pursuit of eternity. Even if I fall halfway and get bitten by resentment, I have no regrets at all..."
The light of tenacity flashed from Leylin's eyes, it was the great awakening to strengthen his heart.
Driven by this kind of awareness, even killing people and burning cities and destroying thousands of countries is nothing but a sacrifice on the road to the supreme.
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The fighting between the two tribes of N'Gondo became more and more intense. In the end, no one even cared about the great chief who was captured by Leylin.
People who start wars often don't know how to end the war, and gradually forget their original goals during the killing. This is also a kind of sadness.
In addition, the Zacatecaz Empire also knew about the situation here, and dispatched an intervention army of ten thousand people and a large number of priests to accompany them. Their purpose was probably not just to mediate, but to prevent or even annihilate this group of outsiders like Leylin. It is also the top priority.
Unfortunately, the empire's intervention soon came to an end.
It wasn't any armed strike, but just the arrival of the god of death—on the way the imperial army advanced, a plague broke out without warning.
The pathogenicity of this plague was extremely high, and the death rate was also quite terrifying. It almost spread throughout the entire army in just a few days.
And with the density of the army and the miserable hygiene habits of the natives, if there is no magical treatment, it may be difficult to survive if they get sick.
The overwhelmed priests could only keep some officers and elites, but they could only sit and watch other ordinary soldiers fester and die.
With their limited divine skills, it is already very good to be able to do this.
In the era of cold weapons, it is very scary if the casualty rate of the army exceeds 30%, not to mention the psychological pressure brought by this invisible disease.
Under the threat of death, the army quickly forgot its purpose, and even deserted soldiers appeared!
After the death rate of the soldiers exceeded 50%, no matter how hoarse the officers were, beheading the defecting soldiers could not stop the determination of others to flee.
In fact, at this time, among the officers, there were those who absconded in fear of the epidemic.
Soon, this army completely collapsed, and the scattered soldiers brought the germs on them to other farther places, and a larger-scale plague spread.
Batches of natives died, and even entire villages were full of corpses, and the fields covered with weeds were completely barren, full of lost poultry and the like.
After the blight dissipated, the whole of Banks Island was crying.
For this reason, the upper echelons of the empire were very busy, but they couldn't stop the epidemic from spreading firmly into the empire. As for the possible invaders, they had long since left them behind.
After solving the external interference, Leylin set out to completely destroy the two tribes that had provoked the war before.
Due to the war and plague, the infection of these two tribes became more serious, almost 60% of the population was reduced, and the young and strong men almost died.
The result was that the totem spirits of the two tribes were also greatly weakened and could no longer block Leylin's attack.
The totem spirits of these two small tribes are naturally only divine beings. After absorbing the divine power of the two, Leylin felt that the killing divinity in his body had taken a big step forward. The critical point of accumulation is also getting closer.
After killing the spiritual beliefs of the two tribes, annexing each other is a matter of course.
The remnants of the two tribes were brought together, a new town was founded, and a gigantic statue of the Targaryen Winged Serpent was erected.
After the natives who abandoned their original beliefs experienced prayers and baptism with holy water (specific medicines and vaccines) before the statue, they found that the original diseases and pains disappeared immediately. This phenomenon immediately triggered a round of fanatical beliefs tide.
Even Leylin couldn't estimate the power of infection caused by pulling a believer when he was on the verge of death.
Those believers who were dying, and even half of their bodies were rotting away, immediately became fanatical believers of Feathered Serpent God after receiving Leylin's 'salvation', which made his power continuously grow.
Soon, after the surrounding tribes heard that the gods here had the ability to cure the plague, especially for the common people, they immediately came here with their families and asked to join with all their wealth.
Even though other totem spirit priests can also use divine spells to remove diseases, the limitations of divine spell slots and divine power make them only serve the upper class, but they cannot prevent the lower class civilians who are trying to survive from fleeing.
Under such circumstances, even if the belief in the Feathered Serpent God cannot even obtain a single divine spell, it is enough to defeat other beliefs.
Knowing this, Leylin even sent out his own priests to attack around, carrying holy water and the like to publicize his abilities and achievements to the surrounding tribes, and achieved very good results.
In the face of life and death, it is useless even if those powerful people try to stop them.
Groups of natives came to pray for Leylin's blessings, and soon the town was filled.
Leylin named the town built on top of the original two tribes "Fort Hope", which meant the hope of a new life, and it was also the beginning of their conquest of the entire Bankoz Island.
Relying on the ability to cure diseases, Leylin controlled the beliefs and the army of the natives, and began to expand everywhere with one hand a carrot and the other a big stick, and his power developed rapidly...
Before I knew it, a year had passed.
This year's winter is particularly cold. Even in the southern ocean, there are snowflakes falling, covering the islands with a layer of snow.
The same is true on Banks Island. It seems that the gods are lamenting the withering of life and venting their sorrow. The heavy snow on the land is very thick. Even in the memory of many old people, there is no such terrifying white snow. Many natives who had no defenses froze to death.
Although the severe cold weather slightly curbed the spread of the disease, it could not completely stop the footsteps of Death.
The terrifying plague that started last year continued to spread on the island, wiping out a large number of indigenous populations, and even deserted dead cities appeared! It was full of corpses of natives. Many rats and crows roamed the roads and houses like no one else, gnawing on everything. Even the wild dogs on the roadside had red eyes because they ate too many dead people.
For the natives, since last year, the entire Bankoz Island seems to have fallen into hell.
And in this time of mourning, the Castle of Hope standing by the sea, and the legendary all-powerful winged snake god, are the hope of all the natives!
According to legends from certain channels, that god possesses the power of killing and healing, and any of his followers can obtain gifts, even those who have already suffered from the plague, can receive treatment there and restore their health and vitality.
Under the 'rumors' that were deliberately spread, there were groups of natives fleeing to the sphere of influence of Fort Hope, and it would be useless to stop them even if those dignitaries tried to stop them.
East of Fort Hope, in a mountain range close to the Zacatecaz Empire.
"Hoo hoo... hold on, you'll be within the range of Fort Hope..."
A wave of natives wrapped in thick furs were trudging through the snow, and one of the native girls was constantly cheering up her younger brother.
"As long as we get there, will we be saved? Sister Aya?"
The native boy next to the native girl Aya looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, wrapped in thick fur, but his face was still purple from the cold, and he said timidly at this time.
"Yes...the totem spirit there is a giant snake in charge of life, which can remove the disease..."
Aya kept cheering up her younger brother and helping him so that her younger brother would not slip among the juniors, but her heart fell into confusion as the army moved forward.
Thinking back to what happened a year ago, it was like a dream.
An unrecruited epidemic broke out so suddenly. The infected person will first have a little blue and black spots on their body, like sesame seeds, and then they will have low-grade fever and coma symptoms. When it reaches this point, even priests It is difficult to save the magic.
And in the end, the muscles of the patient's body would even rot and fall off piece by piece. Aya once saw a dead person, and that scene made her unable to eat for several days.
This disease came so violently that it was only a rumor on the border of the empire at first, and then it spread to the big cities within a few suns.
High-ranking priests and nobles hid in the altar all day long and prayed for blood sacrifices, but to no avail.
And some other witch doctors have nothing to do with this.
Soon, the plague spread to the city where Aya was located, causing her to lose all her relatives, leaving only her brother.
After that, she blankly followed the flow of people fleeing famine, and ran towards the direction of Fort Hope.
Although that rumor might just be a lie, this is the girl's last hope!
"I will definitely be able to bring my brother there safely..."
Aya kept talking to herself in her heart, and prayed: "If the Feathered Serpent God in Hope Castle can really cure the disease, please come and help us! Aya is willing to give her everything..."