Cthulhu Gonfalon

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

A moment later, a great big troop of Oracles uproariously charged towards the formation of the Church of the God of Knowledge.

Watching this scene unfold, even Sui Xiong had to frown.

At that moment, the capability of every god system would be made apparent. The Human God System had a long history, so it knew various divine spells. For instance, a divine spell to open transportation portals to connect the mortal world to the God's Kingdom and then another divine spell to enable Oracles to directly step over. To deliberate and thoroughly research these spells required a great deal of time, resources, and Divine Power.

Theoretically speaking, opening a transportation portal between the mortal world and a God's Kingdom was not difficult. Sui Xiong had done so too, However, to limit the spell to take effect only within the "mortal" level, even if it was reduced to the level of legendary peak, that would still be extremely difficult.

The crux of the problem was that the power of mortals was too weak when compared to the power of gods. Such weak power would not be enough to support a temporary erection of a transportation portal.

Transboundary transportation was a very complex spell. The difficulty level of transportation to various places was different. Transportation to the World of Shadow was the easiest, and so long as one was at the level of a mid-ranked mage, it was achievable. On the other hand, transportation to a God's Kingdom was considered the most difficult level. Even if it was to transport oneself over, generally, it would require a legendary mage to be able to perform such a spell. As for erecting a stable transportation portal between God's Kingdom and the mortal world, even if it was only temporarily, it was still not something an ordinary legendary master could possibly achieve.

To reduce the difficulty level of this spell, not only must there be a corresponding transportation portal erected within the God's Kingdom, there must also be research conducted to specially devise a spell relative to this transportation portal—this spell must have no other purpose, it must only be used to open a transportation portal within the mortal world to establish a connection with the God's Kingdom.

Sui Xiong had the intention to study this spell and later found that the amount of time and energy required for it was simply astronomical. Eventually, he had to give up.

But the Human God System had long since completed a God's Kingdom Transportation Spell that belonged to them. At that moment when they opened this transportation portal, their Oracles were able to walk out in an endless stream, and thus, there was a sudden reversal in the situation, and the tables were turned.

In the face of such a situation, Sui Xiong was really at a loss.

The method he had invented, which was to perform a ritual to offer a sacrifice through a formation to summon Oracles, was considerably simple and highly efficient. If not for the situation he was facing right now, his method could almost be invincible.

However, meeting such a situation where a transportation portal was erected and connected right to the God's Kingdom to allow the Oracles to step through directly, using the method of a ritual to offer sacrifices through a formation to summon the Oracles was somewhat slow. It would not be able to keep up with the rate of consumption of the battle.

To resolve this problem, the simplest way was for Sui Xiong to intervene personally and to open another transportation portal that connected the mortal world to his God's Kingdom.

Then what followed next would be nothing more than the fighting out between the Oracle troops of both sides. No matter how the Oracles of the various human gods fought, Sui Xiong had never felt that the battleship maidens that he had created with his own hands would lose.

But he could never do so because this was a war between the Church of the God of Knowledge and the Church of the God of Aristocracy. He could intervene indirectly, but to directly take a shot would constitute a breach of the rules. If he had done so, even if the Church of the God of Knowledge managed to win this battle, the God of Aristocracy would not willingly concede defeat. This would only serve to intensify the estranged relationship between both sides, and the situation would evolve into a tragic war of attrition.

If they were to fight a war of attrition, the Church of the God of Knowledge would lose for sure.

What should I do?

He saw how the Oracles from both sides were throwing attacks back and forth, but it was obvious that the God of Aristocracy's side had the advantage because it had a greater number of people. Sui Xiong frowned as he fell into deep thought.

After a while, his eyes lit up. He had thought of a way.

Indeed, he could not intervene personally, but so long as he kept things obscured behind a pretty façade, it was not that difficult for him to find the chance to shoot an edge ball.

As time was of the essence, he headed for the treasure vault of the Sanctuary without further ado in search for suitable materials.

Very quickly, he found what he needed.

It was a golden-green piece of leather that came from an aged dragon at the demigod level. There was no trace of resentment on the leather, which was probably a piece that was skinned off a fallen limb after the dragon was injured, or it might be from the shedding of skin during molting—though there were not many dragons that shed skin, there were some that still existed after all. It was also possible that that aged dragon had wanted to regain its youth, so it underwent a body replacement… but none of this mattered. The important thing was, this piece of leather was sturdy enough for him to use to make what he wanted—a magic scroll.

What Sui Xiong wanted to make was a magic scroll that could cast the "Door to God's Kingdom."

In his God's Kingdom, there was no transportation portal leading to the human world. He still had time to start building one now, but if he really could not erect one in time, at most, he could temporarily transform into a transportation portal. Anyway, no one could see whatever was happening within his God's Kingdom.

As for that scroll, it was nothing more than a cover-up tool. The spell engraved on it was indeed powerful, but without Sui Xiong's guidance within his God's Kingdom, it was impossible to solely depend on a single scroll to establish a transportation portal to connect the God's Kingdom and human world. Even if such a portal was barely opened, time that it could be sustained would be so short that not even a handful of people could make it through.

To put it simply, the key to this spell did not lie with the scroll but with Sui Xiong himself. Of course, the scroll was useful in its own way. It opened up a transportation portal leading from the human world to the God's Kingdom. This was an indisputable fact. Well, that should be enough.

It would take up more time explaining such matters, but the actual work could, in fact, be done very quickly. In less than two minutes, Sui Xiong had completed this scroll and handed it over to an Oracle. He told that Oracle to head down to the battlefield by answering to the summons and then to use this scroll on the battlefield.

A moment later, a blue Door of Light appeared beside the formation set up for the summoning. From the Door of Light, Oracles from the Sanctuary of the God's Kingdom walked out in an endless stream.

With their support, the Church of the God of Knowledge that was originally in a most disadvantageous position speedily salvaged the situation. Once again, both sides were back on the same starting line, where the balance between victory and defeat was restored again.

And at this time, on the other side of the God's Kingdom, the human gods were all whispering to one another.

"How long is this battle going to last?"

"Isn't it getting a little too massive? It has already progressed to a battle between Oracle troops…"

"If this fight goes on, will it likely escalate into a war of gods?"

"That will not do! Human affairs should stay within the world of humans. This situation, having developed to this stage, should be considered the maximum. Any larger scale than this would be too much!"

"But from observing the current stance, I'm afraid we won't be seeing a victory anytime soon. As you all can see, the number of Oracles deployed by both sides is in fact, not that many. From how they are throwing attacks at one another in mutual retaliation, don't be cheated by all the hustle and bustle. In fact, the loss is not a big one. I have estimated that the number of Oracles on both sides add up to only two to three hundred, and with such a small number, fighting up to a year and a half is certainly no problem at all…"

"Fighting for a year and a half? That would be dragging on for far too long, isn't it so!"

"What else can we do? Both sides refuse to concede defeat, so the most they can do is continue to consume their power and energy.'

"How about… we expand our transportation portal by a little?"

"You take the other side for fools? If we can expand our transportation portal, they can do likewise. Then we are just fighting a larger scale battle, that's all. Even if the number of Oracles is doubled, it is still, in fact, not really a big deal…"

The human gods shook their heads and sighed as they spoke. All of them were simply at their wits' ends.

On the other side, Sui Xiong laughed heartily as he looked at the Oracles who were in line before the transportation portal that would lead them to the battlefield. Then he said to Wall, "Seems like there will be a battle to fight after all, and I'm afraid there won't be an immediate outcome for this battle, it might last for at least ten days or even half a month."

"In fact, fighting up to this point in time, everything seems so meaningless," said Wall. He continued to say, "Mobilizing the Oracle troops to fight this battle, and yet we cannot expand the scale of the battle. A battle as such can go on forever without a winner or loser."

"Then we shall fight this for as long as it takes," Sui Xiong replied easily. "Anyway, we are just idling time. We can just take this chance to train our army. Usually, when they are back in my God's Kingdom, they often engage in military exercises.

Wall thought about it and nodded.

Although it felt a little awkward to him, this was one battle that he truly did not want to lose. Since he did not want to lose, then no matter how long it took, he had to persevere and fight on…