Zongwang: Unspeakable fear!

Chapter 531 [Mercy and Redemption] in progress
Gao Yang turned around and sat back facing Garnard.

As he moved, the fighting spirit quickly formed a wide seat under him.

"First, tell me about the current strength of your empire and the number of Old Ones you face."

Gao Yang had fought with the old believers before, and he understood the fighting power of those believers who had lost their minds and only had fanatical faith in their eyes.

It is no exaggeration to say that without the resistance of various defense facilities, the Sanglong Empire would not be able to withstand the attack of the Old Ones who were several times their number.

Garnard lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "The current empire has six million troops stationed in thirteen massive fortresses like Moran Fortress. This is the entire empire's defense force.

As for the Old Ones, the number of Old Ones outside each fortress ranges from three million to nearly ten million.

For example, the Moran Fortress where I am stationed has more than five million believers stationed there. Among these five million believers, the number of fanatics is only one thousandth.

There are more than fifty regional bishops, including one Bishop of Twilight, who is Bishop Ethan, whom you captured alive.

Although the Empire's warriors are fighting hard, our manpower is still decreasing little by little in the face of the Old Ones' frenzied attacks."

Having said that, Garnard glanced at Gao Yang and continued:

"Don't worry if you laugh at me, but the Imperial Mage Alliance once predicted that if the current intensity of the war continues, within three years, all thirteen of the empire's giant fortresses will be breached, all the soldiers will die on the battlefield, and the imperial capital will be completely exposed to the attacks of the Old Gods.

In fact, this time is still too optimistic. According to my speculation, when the casualties of the resistance forces in the thirteen fortresses exceed the average, the Old Ones will be able to completely crush us with their terrifying numbers."

After listening to Garnad's explanation, Gao Yang roughly understood the current situation of the Sanglong Empire. He looked at Garnad and asked again: "Where is the Pope of the Old Gods? Is there any record of him taking action?"

"The last time the Old Pope showed up was at Thunder Sword Peak Fortress. According to the battle report at the time, the Old Pope, holding the Old Bible in his hand, simply recited the scriptures, and the approaching resistance forces were irresistibly converted into Old Ones believers.

According to statistics, the number of believers converted at that time was 4,126.

Before this, even the Twilight Bishop had only converted 389 people."

Garnard looked at Gao Yang. The meaning of his words was very clear. The nameless old pope completely crushed the Twilight Bishop, who possessed legendary power.

"I will try to deal with this old Pope, but before that, I need to know his whereabouts." Gao Yang took out a Kro fruit and said while eating.

After hearing this, a hint of relief appeared on Garnard's dignified face. He bowed slightly towards Gao Yang:

“Thank you for your help. Please rest assured that after returning to the imperial capital, we will start a decisive battle with the Old God Cult, and the Old God Pope will definitely appear on the battlefield.

If you have time, you can immediately reach the battlefield where the old Pope is."

"Well, then let's do as you say."

Gao Yang ate the Kro fruit in his hand and didn't worry too much about the plan proposed by Garnard.

No matter how strong he is, he is still alone. He wants to kill all the Old Ones. Although he can do it, it will waste a lot of his time.

Moreover, the experience these old believers provide is pitifully little.

The task of clearing out the miscellaneous soldiers naturally has to be handed over to the natives of this plane.

Although he was prepared to save this world, which was being eroded by the evil god and was on the verge of extinction, this did not mean that he had to be a meticulous babysitter for the natives of this plane. If he had such an idea, then it meant that the natives of this plane no longer needed to be saved.

At that time, if Gao Yang has enough ability, he will save this plane, but it will only be the plane itself.

After all, the first of the three unique tasks in his legendary promotion mission is [Mercy and Redemption].

[Mercy Redemption (version quest): The character needs to redeem five or more planes/worlds corrupted by evil gods and kill three evil gods (incarnation/believer's advent form/saint's advent form/true body)]

This is not an easy task, and the current world of Sanglong is a plane that conforms to compassion and salvation.

More importantly, the upper limit of the Sanglong world is not very high. At least there are no legendary strongmen in this world.

The only person who was suspected to be a legend was the Old Pope of the Old Gods. Before that, there had never been a legendary professional in the world of Sanglong.

This situation is just right for Gao Yang, as he can use the Old Gods Cult to find out the truth about the evil god who stole the power of Lieyang.

Gao Yang had a premonition that he would encounter this evil god again in the future.

After all, there is also an Old God Cult in the Holy Gold World.

It can be speculated that this person has extended his tentacles to more than one plane.

Garnard stood quietly aside. After Gao Yang finished eating the Kro fruit in his hand and stood up, he followed him half a step behind.

As for why he, the commander of a fortress with a population of more than 500,000 people, would obey Gao Yang so well, in addition to Gao Yang's "legendary" strength as he understood it, Gao Yang's permanent status of "slaughterer" was also a very important factor.

In Garnard's eyes, Gao Yang's body was surrounded by a terrifying blood energy, and the faint wails of ghosts accompanied him.

This kind of tyrannical aura, coupled with Gao Yang's legendary strength, if they are not careful, not only will the other party not intend to save their world, but they may even join forces with the Old Gods to destroy them.

Garnard didn't dare to gamble on such things.

Besides, anyone who can be promoted to a legend cannot be truly young, no matter how young they look.

Gao Yang is someone who might be even older than him, so he should be more respectful to him.

When Garnad and Gao Yang arrived beside the mage group, Garnad said, "Sir Gao Yang, we have prepared a carriage and a mount for you."

Gao Yang waved his hand, rejecting the other party's kindness: "That speed is too slow, I will fly to the imperial capital by myself."

Upon hearing this, Garnard didn't dare to insist.

"We may not be able to keep up with you. If you arrive in the Imperial Capital, mages from the Mage Alliance will come to entertain you. You should know Mage Bella."

"I understand. Just don't forget what you promised me. I don't have much patience."

Gao Yang responded casually, and his body rose from the ground as his fighting spirit rose.

(End of this chapter)