157 Plundering the Foundation (1/2)
No matter how unsettled and agitated the world below was, there was always a calming peace beyond the sea of clouds.
In my eyes, clouds moved, formed, and changed shape in sync with their own slow rhythm. Just looking at them was sufficient to slow down the heartbeat and mind, the heart would be at peace, but the aggregation of the wind before the eyes was certainly out of control.
Above the throne high in the clouds, a raging cyclone aggregated into a dark vortex, from which the Lightning Fury was overflowing without a halt, and his roar was as resonant as the thunderstorm.
Yes, it was him, not it, the powerful Wind Elemental God, Camdian, the last member of the four great Elemental Gods, and also the youngest among them.
”Puny little thing, do you mean to say, that dull-witted block of stone actually planned to open the main gate towards the Earth elemental plane, on the main plane? That is absolutely impossible! Even if it is him, he would never be able to sustain such an enormous rate of consumption. Besides, this is different from the agreement we had in the beginning!”
It sounded like an interrogation, it sounded like a question, and after hearing this, I just smiled.
”Agreement? Ow, Lord Camdian, did you just come upon the stage? You actually believe in verbal agreements? Let me guess, the agreement you had must be that each of you would fight their own wars, and the lands you win would be yours to keep.”
The storm continued whirling, an indistinct face remained solemn. However, this solemness was explanation enough, in a sense, this sketchy agreement is also the only agreement that could be accepted.
”Haha, speaking about honour with demons and dark gods, I applaud you for even thinking of that! Do you think, that if you were in such a position, someone would be willing to help you open the main gate towards the Wind elemental plane, the gate towards the territory of howling gales? But what about your relationship with Emordilorcan? Haha.”
”Besides a few special planes, a main elemental plane must maintain its balance. Regarding the reality of the situation of Eich Continent, the great philosopher Aristotle once brought up the subject of the four elements. In his eyes, everything was made up of Earth, Water, Air and Fire, and can be separated into solid, liquid, air, and plasma states. At the same time, the four elements were also the combination of dryness, wetness, coldness, hotness, and other properties. For example, dryness and coldness produce Earth, and Water contains wetness and coldness. The ensemble of all must remain balanced, and thus between the elements, competition for the land would always persist, this is the fundamental law of the world.
”From any perspective, the properties of the elements are all different. Yet they are always in pairs. The flames that represent high temperature and the ice that represents low temperature; the land that represents solid and the storm that represents a free state, they fight each other yet achieved balance, this was decided by the basic properties of the element. When this world and the rocky caves of the Earth elemental plane are chained together, do you think there is still a place in this world for you to interfere, Wind Elemental God? Perhaps you and your race, will forever be sealed within this world.”
The solemn silence continued, but from how Lightning Fury flowed over this entire gigantic body, my message was successfully delivered. As the two were old rivals, Camdian certainly knew that once the Earth Elemental plane and the main plane interlocked, it would not end well for him too.
”This time, I come to represent the God of Law, with the purpose of extending the hand of friendship, to a great existence such as yourself. Why should you bend your knee before the junior? There are many things we could discuss further.”
”Order faction? Hehe, do you think there are any differences between them and those bastards from the Chaos faction?”
”No, I only represent the God of Law. Of course, there are some big-shots that I can not reveal.”
He extended his arm, and within the white crystal ball was a message that could only be heard by the designated receiver, and just as the shining crystal ball finished transmitting the message, he crushed it with his large hand.
”Do you think, with a clever tongue, you can convince the mighty peak of Winds to serve you? Get out of my sight! I do not wish to look at you now.”
The order of expelling guests rang out like a thunderstorm. I turned and left without a word, but with a smile on my lips.
From what I understood about this old antique being, not only did he not order his guards to attack me, but instead gave out the order that I was to leave. This meant that he was convinced, and appreciated the gesture.
There were no complete secrets in this world, the news of my rendezvous with Camdian would not be utterly airtight, a bad parting such as this was, in fact, the best ending. From my view, as long as no swords were drawn, it meant that the deal was done. If that fellow actually wanted to repudiate, he would have crushed the ball without looking at it.
”Earth Elemental God? Fort of Elements? Haha, Emordilorcan, I have found you a worthy opponent. Hmph, if you could lure the Elves from the Order faction, why I couldn't lure the Wind elements from the Chaos faction?”
Before a country, a war is the birth of politics. A war is for benefits, and behind every sudden war, there are the invisible arms and batons.
At this point, I could almost visualise the plan from the Chaos faction.
In this whole sacred war, the invasion of the elements was just the appetizer. Their core benefit was still to increase the degree of the elemental tide, to prepare for the upcoming Entree.
Perhaps it was unfair to the Beastmen and the Elves, but in a sense, their actions of war were just a form of voting, and more importantly, it was but a camouflage of the real strategy of the Chaos faction.
”The interlocking of Elemental planes? What a joke.”
If the elemental tide being blown up by the four great Elemental Gods was one on the scale of 1 to 10, then the complete interlocking of an elemental plane was, fearfully, at least ten. Then, all the strategies of the Chaos faction could then be brought forward.
”If the invasion of demons and the arrival of dark Gods happens now, who can stop them! Most importantly, this is not some game where you only need to accomplish your mission, and the enemies will not come one at a time to increase your level, they will come all at once! The elemental gate must not be opened!”
To increase the elemental tide is a gradual process, countless elemental creatures on the main plane would be killed, or banished to their own elemental plane. Remaining elements would be dissipated across the whole world. The Elemental Tide would then rise because of this.
Not to mention the influence of elemental Fort of Elements and tremendous Earth elemental reinforcements towards the situation on the battlefield, just based on the strategic significance, I did not wish in any way to see the Elemental gates being opened.
But if I were to stop it, there was one problem.
I would not be able to defeat it.
Yes, I could not do it, there was no chance at all. The opening of the Earth Elemental plane will of course be done personally by the Earth Elemental God. Should one stop him from that, he would definitely fight you to the death.
Although Emordilorcan was not highly ranked among the Elemental Gods, and did not have any notable achievements, just the fact that he could survive to this day albeit his horrible relationship with the other Elemental Gods, was more than enough to prove his astounding might.
It had been said, as the oldest existence of the four Elemental Gods (if a God of Element dies, a new King of Element would be ascended to the God of Elements), he was thus reputed by all as the strongest Elemental God. I was afraid his abilities weren't below any of the Gods.
SemiGods could be killed by being swarmed by a sea of soldiers. But with such an existence, unless there was an intervention from the gods, with such an opponent, sending any number of people was to no avail.
Therefore, I thought of looking for help.
The group of true Gods from the Order faction need not be considered, but the one going on a hunting trip with the Black Winged people, wasn't he Camdian, the nemesis of Emordilorcan?
Was he an enemy? Indeed, but what could be done? The Elves and the Elven Gods were still the allies of humans, every sacred war brought about a reformation of the forces across the whole continent, such events like the switching of sides and betrayals, were too common.
Therefore, after finding out that Camdian and the Black Winged people were not far from the Northland, I rushed here personally without a word, even though this ”not far from here” was at least half a month's journey.
”Realising that the Earth Elemental gate is not something that could be done at once, the Chaos faction would definitely not like to see the final battle take place yet. Antuen, on the other hand, will be safe.”
Regarding Camdian, it was still handled by me. These old antiques were very particular about reputation and ostentation, and if these were lacking, you were considered lucky if they just showed you the door, as normally they would just destroy you. Especially in such an important persuasion, sincerity was even more stressed upon. Obtaining the anticipated answer, I was now a little more relieved.
Stepping into the long-awaited vulture-shaped assault ship, I started my own journey home. Even with the short-noticed preparation, the signals from the front lines remained unbroken.
The drivers started preparing themselves.
”A strange peace remained on the battlefield, the Elves seemed to be reorganizing their troops, the main legions of four countries are moving, the total numbers have already exceeded one hundred and fifty thousand. Taking into consideration the adult Elves are at least Silver rank in terms of their battle strength, they could be a formidable strength.”