Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

The God Emperor Neos, who is worshipped as a god, denies that he is a god! ?

This... is interesting!

(You are not God, then how did you become God?) Lind asked excitedly.

(Didn’t you understand what I just said?)

After a heated exchange, Lind thought of something. He turned his head and looked at the new beastmen who were praying devoutly, thinking.

(Is it... the same as I am now?) Lind asked tentatively.

(Yes...) Neos' words were full of helplessness and fatigue.

Linde was instantly horrified.

Subconsciously, Lind wanted to yell at the group of new beastmen, "Stop praying to me!", but he held back. The war was imminent, and denying his identity as the Son of God at this time would be a devastating blow to the morale of the army.

After being reminded by the Emperor of God, Lind vaguely felt the holy mark of Mother Earth on his chest getting a little hot.

What is God? This question had been crossed Linde's mind before, but he just had no idea where to start. But at this moment, he seemed to have some idea of ​​where the power of God came from.

The power of God comes from the faith of believers.

Then the question arises again, what is the power of faith and why can faith become the power of God.

(I haven't found the answer to this question yet.) After asking my question to Neos, Neos didn't give me an answer. (Even though I've been promoted to the position of God, I still don't understand what God is.)

(Don't refuse the stigmata I gave you, just like the stigmata of the Earth Mother, treat it as a help.) Neos chuckled. (After this war is over, go and take a good look at those two books, especially the sealed scripture.)

(I'd like to make it clear in advance that you are not allowed to call me the Son of God. I don't want to have another father.)

(Hehe.) Neos chuckled and the sound gradually faded away.

(Wait a minute, I have another question.) The God Emperor Neos was about to leave, and Lind called him back. (Are you still alive?)

(Yes, I am still alive.)

(Sitting on the Golden Throne for nearly five hundred years?)

(Yes, I have been trapped on the Golden Throne.)

(Then how do you go to the toilet?) Lind raised his eyebrows.

(Hello? Are you there?) Neos didn't respond. After waiting for a long time, everything was the same. Then Lind was sure that the other party had disconnected.

After Neos left, Lind carefully examined the warhammer stigmata on the back of his hand. The pattern of the stigmata was not simple, and there were many details if you looked closely. According to the Divine Emperor Church, the prototype of this stigmata came from the Divine Emperor's weapon, the Skull Crusher. Now this divine weapon is in the hands of the current Regent of the Holy Empire.

Looking at the stigmata on the back of his hand, Linde was overwhelmed with emotions. The original Linde, who had prayed devoutly for eight years but could not obtain the stigmata, was given to him by the Divine Emperor Neos himself.

"Your Highness, Son of God, have you... been chosen by another god?" Fran had been observing Lind's actions and knew that his communication with God had come to an end, so she asked cautiously.

"That's about right." Lind said noncommittally. "These gods are really..."

Other believers dream of getting a response from God, but the Son of God's disdainful tone... Fran's mouth twitched.

"Your Highness, I need to remind you something." Fran said seriously. "Based on my previous experience, being blessed with divine power by multiple gods is not a good thing. The powers of some gods are mutually exclusive. If gods with mutually exclusive powers bless you at the same time, it may become a distorted existence."

"I know." Lind nodded. "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Lind did not refuse the blessing of the Divine Emperor Neos, and kept it like the stigmata of the Earth Mother Goddess. However, after the war, Lind did not plan to continue to hold the title of Son of God.

For the next two days, the Allies prepared for war, and finally, the battle that would determine the future of Ivozhen Island was about to begin.

Chapter 225 Before the War

Central mountain range of Aiwozhen Island, East Pass.

Lind stood on a temporary platform and looked at the army that had already formed a battle formation in front of the mountain pass.

Next to Lind stood the sisters Katie and Kitama, who served as Lind's personal guards. In addition, on the platform stood Lady Ilufa and her daughter Alisa, both of whom were dressed in military uniforms and looked like two female knights.

"Madam, the army has been assembled." Ram, the nominal commander-in-chief, reported to Ilfa.

"Yes." Ilufa nodded, and then asked Lind beside him, "When will the remaining reinforcements arrive?"

"I'm asking." Linde replied irritably.

(Amora, how long will it take for the rest of the new Beastman army to arrive?) Lind asked anxiously in his mind.

(I am contacting the shamans of other tribes.) The Earth Mother Goddess Amora also sounded a little anxious, and she did not pursue the matter of the Son of God not calling her by her name.

Calling someone by name, especially by name of a superior or elder, is very impolite. In ancient China, calling someone by name was like scolding them. The reason why Lind was so impatient now was because the promised army had not all arrived.

When the alliance was being established, the New Beastmen said they could muster an army of around 7,000 men, but now that the war is about to begin, only over 4,500 men have shown up.

The army's number was originally smaller than that of the Chaos Beastmen, and now someone was standing him up. How could Lind possibly stay in a good mood?

(I urged the new beastmen who had not arrived yet.) After a while, the Mother Earth Goddess spoke to Lind again.

(How long will it take for them to arrive?)

(Soon, they say.)

At this moment, Linde wished he could use his sword to cut something.

The sheep beastmen to which Benio belongs, taking advantage of their mountain mobility, have always been able to report the movements of the Chaos Beastmen on the other side of the mountain to Lind and others as soon as possible. According to the sheep beastmen's reconnaissance, the vanguard of the Chaos Beastmen will arrive at the mountain pass this morning.

The enemy is about to arrive and the war is about to break out, but our side hasn’t even got all the people there yet.

Since yesterday, while the coalition forces were making final preparations before the war, Lind kept calling Mother Earth to contact other troops who had not yet arrived and how long it would take them to arrive.

At this critical moment, the Mother Goddess of Earth did not put on airs, and tried her best to help contact the new beastman tribes that had not yet arrived, and received a lot of replies such as "They will be there soon," "They have already set off," and "I have seen the East Mountain Pass."

Hearing the answer from the Earth Mother, Lind was confused. Are these new beastmen pigeon beastmen!?

The answers from the new beastman shamans made Linde miss the group of old pigeons in the combat group before he traveled through time.

In short, whether it was because they were late or nervous, or something else, the coalition forces now only had more than 4,500 people. The rest of the coalition forces could not be counted on, at least today.

"No new reinforcements will arrive in the short term." After hanging up the connection with the Earth Mother Amora, Lind said helplessly to Ilfa. "This is all the troops we have now."

"How could this happen!" Alyssa was horrified when she heard this. "We were outnumbered to begin with! And now the reinforcements haven't arrived yet!"

"Alisa, calm down." Ilufa scolded her daughter. "You are also one of the commanders. Your every move will affect the morale of the soldiers. As a commander, you must not show panic!"

“Oh, oh.” Alisa nodded timidly. “I’m sorry, Mom. I was wrong.”

Looking at the lady who was so heroic and dressed as a female knight, Linde also sighed in his heart. Although she was a woman and a magician, the lady really fulfilled her duties as a noble lord, which was much better than her cowardly husband who fled from the battlefield.

However, Linde was somewhat puzzled by Lady Ilufa's behavior of taking her own daughter to the battlefield. It was not uncommon for nobles to take their children to the battlefield, especially heirs, who would often be taken to the battlefield to experience life at the age of twelve or thirteen. This was also a process of survival of the fittest, but Lady Ilufa taking her only daughter to the battlefield was inappropriate no matter how you looked at it.

After the fight starts, I should pay attention to Elisa's safety, Lind thought to himself.

"The reinforcements are just late, not absent. We have the advantage of terrain. As long as we can hold off the enemy's first wave of attacks, subsequent reinforcements will arrive." Ilfa said confidently.

Normally, this is correct. The reinforcements were just late, but Linde had a bad feeling. When Linde was chatting with Benio yesterday, he learned that the new beastmen came to the camp to form an alliance with him. It was Lu Ge, the shaman and chief of the Sami tribe, who proposed it and took the lead. After the alliance was concluded that day, Lu Ge incorporated some of the new beastmen's tribes on the grounds of convenient contact and became the small leader of these new beastmen tribes.

Under the banner of the Son of God, Lu Ge recruited the princes. This action reminded Lin De of someone who was obsessed with his wife.

Coincidentally, those late-coming beastmen were basically tribes recruited by Lu Ge...

The beastmen have very simple minds and cannot think of any complicated strategies or operations. This is the stereotype of the beastmen. Linde used to think so subconsciously, but when he recalled several contacts with Lu Ge, the other party gave him the feeling that he was a grassroots cadre who ran a small group. Linde had a bad feeling.

However, at this time, Linde had no time to distract himself and take care of this matter. He could only let the Mother Goddess of Earth continue to urge the other party to hurry over and prepare for battle.

"Beep~" At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded from above the mountain pass. The sheep beastman in charge of reconnaissance on the cliff blew the whistle.

The whistle in the sheep beastman's hand was provided by Linde. Whistles are not difficult to make, and they also exist in this world. Linde improved the whistle in this world by enlarging the speaker and adding a core to make the sound sharper and transmit farther.

When they heard the whistle, everyone knew that the enemy had entered the mountain pass and would soon appear before their eyes. Soon, a hideous blood-red color appeared on the other side of the mountain pass, and a bloody smell seemed to be smelled in the air.

"Mother Earth, please give me strength!" As the enemy appeared, prayers began to be heard in the ranks. Before the battle, the soldiers prayed to the gods they believed in.

Lind stepped forward, drew his sword, raised it above his head, and shouted, "God Emperor! Mother Earth is here...Give us strength! Waaaaagh~!"

Chapter 226 Who is on top?

Morale is a crucial factor when two armies are facing each other. When there is no qualitative difference in the weapons and equipment of the two sides in the battle, morale is a crucial link. The blessing of religion on morale has been terrifying since ancient times.

Not to mention this world where gods really exist, even before the time travel, the effect of religion on military morale and combat effectiveness can be seen from the Crusades in the distant past and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the recent past.

In short, the importance of religion to military morale is unquestionable, at least at this stage. This is why, although he dislikes it and even feels disgusted, Lind can only accept the title of Son of God.

Speaking of the Son of God, after the battle on the battlefield is over, Lind will have a good chat with that slutty fox Fran. Recording his own quotations is fine, but inventing his deeds is pretty weird. These days, Lind has heard rumors that he likes a big guy more than once.

Even if it's true, you can't tell everyone about it!

This coalition was formed because of a common enemy, but the army did not believe in a single god. Almost all of the new beastmen believed in the Mother Earth Goddess, the Sisters of War believed in the God-Emperor, and the human militia had both. If the magic god believed in by Ilfa and Elisa was also counted, that would be three gods.

In order to prevent his soldiers from feeling that he was neglecting one thing while focusing on another, Lind could not just shout one slogan. After weighing the pros and cons, Lind decided to shout it all together.

So there was a mixed battle cry.

Linde's voice was not very loud, but due to his position, it could be heard by the warriors in the front row. Many of the new beastmen were confused, wondering who the God Emperor was and why he was in the front. The war sisters turned their heads and glared at Linde angrily, as if he were a victim.

The sisters of war were very dissatisfied with the war cry of the Son of God, but most people did not think too much about it. Under the leadership of the Son of God, the new beastmen and militiamen also started to war cry one after another, with all kinds of sounds, messy, and for a moment it seemed as if the camp was blown up.

"Big Sister..." The war nuns in the front row all looked at their leader.

In this battle, due to the terrain, the coalition forces adopted a tactic of taking turns to fight. In order to get off to a good start and boost morale, and because the enemy was the mortal enemy of the Sisters of War, the followers of the Chaos God, the Sisters of War took the initiative to request to be the first to go.

Considering that the Sisters of War were indeed the strongest among all their forces, after a brief discussion, Ilufa and Linde also agreed to let the Sisters of War take the lead.

At this moment, hearing the blasphemous words coming from the commander's position in the rear, the Sisters of War had an indescribable feeling, like anger and excitement.

The battle cry of the commander was fine, it wasn't too excessive, but it was different for the others. Most of the new beastmen didn't know the God-Emperor, but since the Son of God was shouting it, they followed suit, and then all kinds of variations came out, such as "Mother Earth Goddess above! The God-Emperor gave us waaaaagh~", "Mother Earth Goddess gave us the God-Emperor! waaaaagh~", all kinds of permutations and combinations, free to play with.

The most abominable thing was that in the beastman formation following closely behind the war sisters, a rabbit beastman shouted "Mother Earth Goddess above! Emperor God below! Waaaaagh~!"

Then, the bunnies behind him started a heated discussion about which one was on top.

Such blasphemous words made the weapons in the hands of the war sisters eager to move, wanting to taste the taste of rabbit meat. They all looked at Shanoya, waiting for the decision of the elder sister.

At this time, the crosses on Shanoya's forehead appeared one after another. She said such blasphemous words, but she couldn't turn around and chop off these heretics.

"Don't worry too much, sisters. The God-Emperor has never stipulated what words we should use to praise his achievements. Besides, these new beastmen are also our comrades-in-arms. They fight with us for the Corpse Emperor. It doesn't matter what they shout." At this moment, Cynthia, the heresy expert of the Blood Rose Monastery, comforted the sisters.

After hearing this, the war sisters thought about it and felt that it made sense, so they didn't think about it any more.

but……

"Who did you just say you were fighting for?" Shanoya frowned.

"Ah? Of course it's the God-Emperor, who else could it be?" Cynthia looked at the nun with a strange expression.

Maybe I heard it wrong. Shanoya shook her head and threw away the messy thoughts in her mind.

As they spoke, the enemy's silhouette could already be seen on the other side of the narrow mountain path, and the smell of blood in the air became increasingly strong.

Seeing the clear followers of the evil god, the war nuns standing in the front raised their weapons, prepared for war, and silently recited the words in the "Holy Words of the God-Emperor".

As the mountain path was narrow, not many people could fight at the same time. In addition, the militiamen from the camp had urgently built some fortifications in the past few days, placing as many defense angles as possible. In order to facilitate the use of javelins, two simple platforms were built. In order to fight this defensive battle, the coalition forces had done everything they could.

As the distance got closer, the Sisters of War at the front could already see the faces of the Chaos Beastmen on the opposite side. At the moment their eyes met, the Chaos Beastmen at the front howled and launched a charge.

The Chaos Beastmen who were charging in the front had no obvious signs of being distorted by the Blood God's magic power, and they still roughly maintained their original appearance. They didn't even have cloth to cover their private organs, and they rushed towards the defenders, waving simple weapons and howling.

"Get within range! Throw javelins!" Seeing that the Chaos Beastmen were about to touch the front corner, Shanoya shouted immediately.

Shanoya's voice was very loud, and the strong new beastmen in the back row raised their javelins and threw their javelins at a farther range than the human militia.

Suddenly, javelins rained down like raindrops on the Chaos Beastmen running in the front. Some of them were pinned to the ground, but more of them continued to rush forward fearlessly and were stabbed in the corners of the enemy's body.

There was no other way. Those in the front had no way of braking. If they wanted to stop, they would be pushed into the corner by their companions behind. The mesh fence below the corner further slowed down the enemy's speed, buying more time for the new beastman wielding the javelin.

After the sixth round of javelins were thrown, the Chaos Beastmen, as the vanguard, finally overcame the obstacles of the horns and mesh fences. However, at this time, as the vanguard, they were already at the end of their strength.

When the first group of Chaos Beastmen finally rushed to the enemy, they were greeted by heavily armored big sisters emitting a cold light.

"God Emperor above!"

"For the Empire!"

"Blood sacrifice to the God Emperor! Head sacrifice to the God's throne!"