Chapter 927 - A War of Attrition (Part 1) (1/2)

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

The weather gradually became warm.

The development of the war situation on Earth was also gradually becoming detrimental to the humans.

The defense line at the Great Wall, having been built over many years and being heavily guarded, was still unbreakable, and the other countries were still continuously providing supplies and manpower. But the continuous harassing attacks by the Kingdom of Light was too much for the humans, who were gradually losing their hold.

The ruling foundation of the Kingdom of Light was based on an Oracle system comprising a large number of temples and churches. This country was practically an utter theocracy, where the regime depended on the existence of divine rights. When its theocratic system had been destroyed and scattered all over the place, their governmental system was also almost on the verge of collapse.

No matter how many people there were and how much resources a country had, once its governmental system collapsed, it would fall into a state of disunity and become nothing more than a heap of loose sand.

Could a heap of loose sand fight a war? A major war at that?

Of course not.

The good news was that the humans had many masters. Though their Oracle system could not hold out any further, they could still rely on these masters, who were free to run around, in order to maintain a basic transport line. This was, after all, something they could always do.

But in doing so, the lives of the refugees from the Kingdom of Light would meet with serious problems.

Their production tools had been destroyed. Their farmlands were burned down. They had even lost their food supply. They could only depend on the country for support. But now, the state system was on the verge of collapse and could no longer provide them with enough support.

Their kind of situation could almost be said to be “left high and dry.”

If this situation was allowed to persist, it would not be long before a massive famine would take place in the Kingdom of Light. Then there would be a serious outburst of refugees emerging—this was exactly what the Orcs wanted.

However, at this point in time, Sui Xiong finally made his move. He sent his Oracle to the refugees and asked them if they were willing to break all ties with this war and convert to a neutral position.

If they still insisted on fighting, then there was nothing Sui Xiong could do. The people that he wanted to help were only the refugees who did not wish to fight. It did not include the potential warriors.

But if the refugees were to give up on the fight, Sui Xiong’s Oracles would send them to the refugee camp that he had prepared for them.

There were houses, water sources and well-prepared food. There were also good fields and proper farming tools for the refugees to pass the time.

Sui Xiong did not need the refugees to do anything for him. His only requirement for these refugees was peace.

“The moment you all decided to go to the refugee camp, this war that was originally yours, has already ended,” the young lady Oracles, in their wonderful bodies of armor, warned. “You all can have peace and tranquility, as well as the insurance for security. In exchange, you all have to abandon all thoughts of fighting in the war.”

Sui Xiong felt that this was a fair deal.

“Your Majesty, you are much too kind!” Sui Xiong’s follower, Wall, could not help but sing his praises as he watched the refugees being sent off in batches. “Few gods would go to great extent to help refugees on such a massive scale.”

“I can do it if the others won’t. Anyway, it’s within my means to do so,” Sui Xiong said indifferently. “Since I can do it, why shouldn’t I?”

Wall smiled and nodded as he watched those refugees who had given up war leave in a continuous stream.

Sui Xiong’s actions won the unanimous praise and support of the good gods. Though there were also some who felt that he had not been thorough enough—for example, some gods felt that he should have stopped those Orc mobility troops from destroying the homelands of the civilians of the Kingdom of Light—but after Sui Xiong emphasized on his “neutral” position, they were all left with nothing to say.

Neutral did not necessarily mean he had to be impartial. But at least, he could not be explicitly biased and show favoritism towards any side. Sui Xiong stopped the Orcs’ mobility troops from carrying out a massacre of civilians, and then he rescued the refugees who had given up the war. He had done more than enough. If he had to go any further, he might really have to deviate from his neutral position.

The Orcs did not have much of an opinion on this. For them, it was a great accomplishment to be able to bring down the Kingdom of Light and oppress the logistics supply line of the humans. As for the matter of depending on a harassing troop to defeat the humans, even the Orc Emperor himself had never dreamed of using a means as such.