The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

The enormous vines still clung tightly to the twisted god, but the god of war exuded a terrifying aura. Although his movements were slow, he used the blades held by his six arms to continuously clear the vines from his body.

"Two monsters..."

A bold and determined high-level professional stared at the scene before him in disbelief.

It's hard to imagine what kind of power is blocking the gods. It has completely transcended the realm of magic. The once proud and powerful high-level professionals who could roam freely across the continent seem to be insignificant nourishment in front of these two monsters.

What this high-level professional found even more incomprehensible was that a squad of Lars Knights was actually approaching the moving god, trying to scrape something off its enormous body, as if they knew nothing of fear.

However, the God of War's power seemed inexhaustible, and the black silt continued to pollute the vines that grew out of nowhere. In the end, the God of War broke free of his restraints and began to move in a certain direction.

Within Anjou, some towns and fortresses have already seen this colossal war god. Some believers kneel in devout prayer, but many more have fallen into a semi-mad state after being mentally shaken.

As the Anjou frontline troops collapsed and people scattered and fled, information was spreading at an extremely rapid pace.

Although Alberto quickly brought the situation under control, claiming everything was normal, and directly sealed off the capital to prevent the flow of information, this action itself indicated something was amiss. Even though he forcibly stabilized the area around the capital, he only made people more chaotic.

Moreover, the enormous body of the God of War could not be deceived. More and more people who had escaped claimed to have witnessed the God of War's descent. In an instant, those who wanted to go on a pilgrimage, those who wanted to flee, and those who wanted to make a fortune in the chaos were all kept in place by Alberto's tough measures.

The area around the capital city is now like a pressure cooker on the verge of exploding, just a hair's breadth away from detonation.

"Almost all the residents of the border witnessed the God of War moving slowly while entangled in vines."

Cassius gave his report with a deathly expression; now only Anjou's true decision-makers remained in the meeting room.

The Avars did not attend, and the high-ranking professionals were nowhere to be seen. The Church of the God of War only sent one inconspicuous bishop.

"More than 60% of the residents developed mental problems after seeing the God of War. This is just a rough survey result, and the actual number may be much higher."

The border residents are very important to Anjou. In Anjou's military system, they not only undertake a large amount of military supplies transportation work, but are also excellent soldiers. However, the arrival of the God of War, merely by walking in the world, has already destroyed most of the social relationships that Anjou's border has built up over a long period of time.

Upon hearing this data, Alberto couldn't help but sigh in front of his senior officials, while the military representative was even more worried than Alberto.

Border residents and the army suffered heavy losses after just one glance at the God of War. The war was over, not to mention that the God of War was still moving within Anjou's territory, and even more people would be affected in the future.

The god of war descended upon the war, but ended it in an ironic way.

"If only the God of War were moving in the direction of Capet."

The military general sighed involuntarily and turned his gaze to the only church member present.

Clearly, this church member was different from his colleague who had been ranting and raving at the meeting, wishing the whole nation would convert to Christianity. He appeared more refined and quiet, and retorted, "General, this is obviously a disaster for the entire continent. Even if the God of War is indeed moving towards Capet, we should not gloat. We should cooperate with Capet to find a solution."

"The God of War has been corrupted by some kind of power. According to the description I heard from the God of War's saints, in addition to being held back by the vines, the God of War seems to be resisting movement, so his actions are very slow."

The bishop explained to those present, “It is clear that the God of War did not descend of his own volition. Someone has exploited a loophole in our church to force the God of War to descend into the real world against his will and is now controlling him. We must help those vines to stop the God of War from moving.”

It's hard to imagine these words coming from the mouth of a follower of the God of War.

Alberto nodded and said, "That's right. The governor of Capet also had a similar guess. He sent me a message... and claimed that this God of War might just be a projection, and the real God of War is still fighting against the so-called pollution in the divine kingdom."

It's hard to imagine that the once high-spirited Alberto is now in such a sorry state.

Cassius continued, "Although the projection of the God of War is moving within Anjou, judging from its current path, its destination is not here."

Cassius paused, then pointed to the map on the table and said, "It's Savoy, that small country that was previously taken over by the Avars and the demons."

"To say 'take them down' is to overestimate those beasts."

Alberto shook his head and said, "It was my oversight. I didn't expect those guys to carry out such a bloody massacre. They actually killed everyone above the wheel."

"Isn't this normal in wartime?"

The military general asked doubtfully, "If it were us, we would kill them too. This is something that must be done for long-term rule and to change the race, and it also preserves the labor force to the greatest extent possible."

"The wheels are down."

"..."

This is no longer about achieving long-term rule; it's about changing the system altogether.

After a moment of silence, Cassius continued, "But even so, we cannot ignore it, because according to calculations, the royal city will be able to directly see the projection of the God of War passing by. Even if we can control the residents of the royal city to draw their curtains before the God of War leaves and avoid looking directly at the projection, the projection of the God of War will still pass through most of our territory, which will cause us unimaginable damage..."

Even if people don't look at it, the destructive power of the God of War projection along the way is already astonishing. It can be said that just this one trip can directly accelerate Anru's path to destruction.

"That governor reminded us."

Alberto solemnly stated, "The projection of the God of War, or rather, the corruption that controls the God of War, feeds on people's negative emotions. The reason for going to Savoy is probably because of that place... the resentment there is extremely strong. The governor said that if we cannot control the projection of the God of War, he will send troops directly into Anjou to try to stop it."

"I think we should take his opinion seriously this time."

After Alberto finished speaking, everyone present looked at each other, somewhat at a loss. Even when Zhan Shen had spoken, all the people in the capital closed their eyes and had a way to carry it out, but how could they stop that terrifying monster?

Of course, Alberto didn't expect the people below to actually stop the projection of the God of War, after all, he was the king and had the greatest obligation to protect the country.

"Cassius, use the modification surgery on me for Anjou's sake!"