Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 296 Variables in War

On the border of the Serpent God Empire, lies the Great Mang Mountain.

The slow-moving creepers were dragging the boulders while trying to carve intricate symbols on them. After the carving was completed, David Day would be in charge of inspecting the boulders – those that could be used would be kept, and those that couldn't would have the writing erased and the carving continued.

This also caused Casaloron, who was standing to the side, to frown deeply.

"So, why not just build the portal in my camp? Why does it have to be on your side?"

"Your main camp...you're not suggesting that it would make it easier for you to lead a surprise attack, are you?"

Upon hearing Casaloran's words, David Day burst out laughing.

"Yes, your camp is very close to those native cities, which makes it easy for you to launch a surprise attack, and it's also easy for them to come looking for you... If you build a large teleportation portal, it will be right under the nose of the ancient serpent. If you build a small teleportation portal, how many warriors can come over?"

"..."

Casalon remained silent.

He did want to make the portal smaller, or rather, he did intend to control the intensity of the war—although he was willing to carry out the God of Courage's orders, this was still his home planet after all.

Even if a fight were to be fought, it would depend on how it was fought. In Casaloron's view, it would be more worthwhile to send elite troops to carry out a decapitation strike than to send a large army to destroy everything. In any case, the Four Gods also need the potential and power of these natives, so this would be the best way to maximize their benefits.

However, it is clear that David Day does not think so.

Just by looking at the massive portal base, one can sense just how enormous the portal David Day is building is—such a massive portal could probably teleport not only the demon army, but even the true form of a god.

Casalon could sense that this had nothing to do with carrying out the gods' orders anymore; David Day genuinely wanted to destroy the planet and everything in it.

Driven by this hatred, David Day accomplished an unprecedented feat.

Even though the Creep Walkers were extremely inefficient, David Day completed the basic structure of the portal in just two days. Now, all David Day, who was proficient in magic, needed to do was adjust the portal's frequency to match that of another portal on the other side of the starry sky, so that the first batch of vanguard troops could arrive on this planet.

For David Day, half a day would be enough.

It wasn't three days, but two and a half days. This was the time difference that David Day bought, and also the trap set by the traitorous Phantom.

Even if the Shadow of the Demon really revealed everything, it wouldn't matter. The local natives could only know that the army was coming. As for when they would arrive and where they would appear, all that information would be wrong.

Of course, David Day also anticipated that the intelligent local natives might not believe the news.

So he had other arrangements.

Those creep walkers who did not participate in carving the runestones patrolled closely around the perimeter in groups of five, led by warriors of the God of Courage, and any living creature that came near was killed on the spot.

That should solve the problem, or at least it should look like it does.

"But will it really be okay?"

Elias, who was leading five creepers, still had some worries.

Like Casaloron, Elias also felt that these local natives had no chance of winning—but as someone who had come into contact with those natives even earlier than Casaloron, and had even personally come into contact with the ancient serpent, Elias also felt that these natives might not be completely powerless.

With that ancient serpent around, these local natives might not necessarily lose. After all, although the ancient serpent lacks a certain understanding of power, its potential is not to be underestimated.

If that ancient serpent were to take action personally...

"If the legion commander were to take action personally, he would have some arrangements to make."

Although Casaloron did bring a group of Chosen Champions to protect the portal, a small group of Chosen Champions remained in the camp. They were responsible for building a small portal to deploy the vanguard of the God of Courage. If the ancient serpent were not outside the city, this detachment would immediately become the main force, launching a direct attack on the major cities of the natives.

"In the end, the planet's defenses are just too weak. Whether it's the outer physical airspace or the spiritual energy field itself... no one can stop them. Anyone who wants to come in can come in."

Thinking of this, Elias couldn't help but sigh.

Although he had indeed followed the God of Courage for a long time, and his iron boots had traversed many planets, he still thought of his homeland whenever he saw these weak and helpless natives. This made Elias somewhat dazed, and he even drifted off into thought for a moment.

But immediately, his keen senses as a soldier alerted him to something amiss not far away.

"Is there a bulge on that piece of land over there?"

Although it was only a very slight bulge, Elias was certain that when he looked at it just now, it was still flat ground—but now, that slight bulge was so noticeable in Elias's eyes.

"past."

Out of caution, Elias simply sent five of his creep walkers to scout ahead first.

The creepers walked over with heavy steps. Even if their bodies were slashed by swords, it wouldn't cause any fatal injuries. But right now, these creepers hadn't even seen the flash of swords before they fell into the ground one after another.

The area around that raised patch of land had been completely hollowed out, leaving only a long, sunken pit...

It's like some kind of passage?

"not good!"

Elias turned his head sharply and immediately used his consciousness to contact Casaloron!

"There's a tunnel! Over there..."

boom--

No sooner had Elias's warning been sent out than a loud explosion resounded in the center of the teleportation array.

The portal that had already been built was destroyed in half on the spot, and even half of David Day's body was charred. When they searched the site, they only found a few broken pieces of pottery in the wreckage.

The patterns on the pottery shards were extremely familiar to the chosen champions; after all, these things could even be considered their old rivals.

"It seems we underestimated these natives a bit."

As David Day stroked the charred marks on the pottery shard, his expression darkened.

"Made-in-the-mold explosives were placed inside the terracotta figurines, along with kerosene... Was this something the God of Mysteries taught them before?"

They could not even retain the souls of these terracotta warriors by directly shattering their own bodies. According to the intelligence they had, the souls of these terracotta warriors would go to the so-called underworld, and even take the information here with them.

This is the advantage of fighting on home soil.

"However... if you can go to a place like the Underworld, we can go there too."

As he said this, David Day looked at Casaloan.

Casaloan immediately understood what David Day meant.

With a wave of his hand, Casaloron sent hundreds of chosen champions to commit suicide on the spot.

This was not a pointless suicide attempt, but rather a suicide squad heading to another battlefield.

"Are you all ready?"

Looking up at the dim sky in the underworld, the chosen champion leading the team was the first to draw his rune sword.

Meanwhile, the other chosen champions also drew their swords.

The red light flashing on the runic sword signifies that it is a terrifying blade capable of killing even the soul.

(End of this chapter)