Chapter 926 - : The Impasse (Part 2) (2/2)

And the losses of their clergymen were just as heavy. Many churches of the gods that had tangible presences had been utterly destroyed. Not a single temple or altar was left. Only a few clergymen who were lucky enough to escape, could build temporary altars—these altars were, of course, built inside the camp. And only the altars within the camps could be free of worries from being attacked by Oracles.

The gods and Oracles could not directly attack an army. This was the rule that the Master of Order laid down after the battle of the Sun’s Death Day.

After all, be it the gods or the Oracles, they were all too powerful relative to any mortals. If they were to attack the army directly, it would definitely result in serious injuries.

The Master of Order clearly did not wish to see such a situation happening, so he laid down that rule.

This rule was obviously beneficial to the humans, but even the Orcs did not voice any opinions.

Rules were rules. While they might benefit the humans now, they might not necessarily disadvantage the Orcs in the future. Moreover… no matter what, now the Orcs with the upper-hand in this war.

Since they had the advantage, there was no need for them to care so much about other things.

The Orc gods were still mainly more concerned about finding and exterminating the human gods.

Only by destroying the human gods could they truly be considered to have won victory in this war.

But, where on earth were the human gods?

No one knew.

What they all could do was to continue the search.

In this case, when the Orcs’ mobility troops asked for help, the Orc gods did not hesitate to send the troops their Oracles to render assistance.

And what these Oracles had to do was to cooperate with the Orcs’ mobility troops to attack the human convoys.

Of course, they would not be doing anything on a personal level. That would be going against the order of the Master of Order. But they could create a favorable terrain with suitable weather and even provide consistent help to the Orc soldiers before and during the war.

With these advantages, the Orcs’ mobility troops would still dare to launch attacks on the human convoys no matter how lacking they were in military strength.

That attack happened in the wee hours of the morn, probably around three o’clock.

It was the late winter season, and this was the time where it was cold and dark, and also, just the time when the humans were the most tired. The human convoys had consistently stayed on guard with daily precautions. But when the Orcs, with the powerful aid provided by the spells of the Oracles, came roaring and storming towards their tents where they stored their food supplies, the humans were still somewhat flustered.

Some of the soldiers hurriedly got up to fight while the others felt that they should protect their rations. There were even some who completely fell into a state of confusion and did not know what they should do at all.

Amidst the chaos, the Orcs’ mobility troops succeeded in burning down a large number of the humans’ rations. Then they left, leaving the blazing heaps of fires, as well as dead bodies that were strewn all over the ground in a mess.

Among these bodies, there were those of the humans, but also those that belonged to the Orcs.

Fortunately, the Orcs’ mobility troops did not manage to burn down all the rations in the end. And the moment the humans at the defense line at the Great Wall learned of this news, they were quick to send reinforcements to the human convoys to help strengthen their defensive ability.

In the end, probably only less than a third of supplies of the originally planned amount was sent to the defense line at the Great Wall in time.

Upon seeing these provisions, the commanders at the defense line at the Great Wall expressed their dread with heavy expressions.

And the Orc Emperor who received the news, showed an equally awful expression.

They all knew that this war was far from ending. They all most probably had a long way to go…