Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 19 Countdown
After listening to Vincent's question, William smiled and said:
"Don't worry, even the Moon Realm invasion has to follow basic rules. At this stage, apart from summoning some Moon Realm monsters sporadically through worshippers to create panic, they are temporarily unable to bring legion-scale Moon Realm monsters to the world. We still have plenty of time to prepare for the invasion."
The large-scale invasion of the Moon Realm is like a tide, and there is a process of brewing and accumulating energy.
After all, it is impossible to anchor the Moon Realm monsters of a legion size just by signing a contract.
The Void Kings need to first indirectly influence the real world, making it produce an atmosphere that is sufficient for the Moon Realm monsters to "breathe", so that the Moon Realm monsters can maintain their existence in the real world for a long time.
And that atmosphere is the realm symbolized by the corresponding Void King. This is why the scale of invasion by the "Lord of Dead Blood" and the "Demon of Ruins" is often larger, because the realm they symbolize is destruction. As long as the invasion begins, the war can be sustained like a snowball.
The blight that is now spreading across the continent is part of Ms. Hungry's preparations.
William then said seriously:
"But there are a few things that must be done right now, otherwise the invasion of the Moon Realm might be brought forward."
We should continue to intensify our efforts to eliminate the Moon Realm Cult. It would be best if we could establish an elite response force to take charge of this matter...
Before a thorough solution is found, we must try to slow down the spread of the blight as much as possible to ensure that there is no large-scale famine...
All the star lighthouses in the Blackwater Swamp were taken control and shut down completely, and they were put on full alert...
Vincent stopped writing when he wrote this down. He looked up at William and said:
"There are two star lighthouses in the Blackwater Swamp, one is the Stranger Lighthouse in Thorn City, and the other is the Viper Lighthouse in Blacklight City. We have already done what you said at the Stranger Lighthouse, but the situation in Blacklight City is a little more complicated..."
"Is it because the demon general 'Mania' under the Mad Fool is sealed under that lighthouse?"
William asked curiously.
This was the information he had previously obtained from the Crow Feather Prophet.
Each demon general is the right-hand man of the Void King and an extension of the realm they symbolize.
It can be said that apart from the Void Kings who find it very difficult to enter the world in their original form, and the incarnations they created, the Demon General is the strongest Moon Realm monster standing at the top.
It is indeed a big trouble for a demon general of the divine level to be sealed under that tower.
But in response to this, Vincent just asked with some doubt:
"Demon General? What is that?"
"nothing……"
William thought about it and felt that there was no need for him to tell the other party that there was a divine-level moon-realm monster sealed there. After all, he was already under enough pressure at the moment.
William lightly passed over this question and then asked:
"Let's first talk about what kind of trouble is going on in Black Light City. I'm going to go there later, and if it 's not a big problem, we can solve it together."
So Vincent told William in detail about the "Gift Sect".
"You mean, they regard the entire Moon Realm as the object of their faith?"
While listening to Vincent's report, William confirmed it several times.
This is a rather rare thing. After all, as intelligent gods, the more devout the followers of the Void Kings are, the more likely they are to be favored by them. Not to mention believing in thirteen at the same time, the Three Goddesses Church, which believes in three at the same time, can be said to have reached the limit.
For a cult like this that directly incorporates the entire Moon Realm into its sphere of belief, let alone obtaining any blessings, it would be considered lucky if it did not directly anger the Void King.
But according to Vincent, they not only promote this doctrine, but also build a huge force there?
Vincent nodded and continued:
"Although Black Light City is still nominally under our control, they have been extremely perfunctory in responding to Rose Palace's orders. We previously urged them to speed up the clearance of the Moon Realm worship groups in their territory and explicitly asked them to prioritize the Grace Cult, but their response has always been - we can't find the target."
In other words, Black Light City may have been infiltrated into a sieve at this moment.
At this point, Vincent seemed to recall something and said:
"Also, according to the intelligence I received earlier, most of the Moon Realm worshippers who escaped in the last round of attacks also fled to Black Light City to join the Grace Cult."
This gift-giving sect really doesn't care about food or drink...
Previously, they had carried out a cleanup operation using the information in the Star Lighthouse Archives. However, due to the poor timeliness of the intelligence and the lack of manpower on Vincent's side, many Moon Realm worshippers escaped during the final stage of the net closing.
According to subsequent statistics, these people who ran away basically believed in all kinds of things. Not only the Thirteen Void Kings, but there were even some minority people who believed in certain Moon Lords.
How dare the Gifted Sect absorb all of such a complex composition?
You have to know that the Void Kings are not united, and some of them are even irreconcilable with each other because of the inherent contradictions in their corresponding fields.
If their believers get together, won't they beat each other's brains out?
Thinking of this, William suddenly asked:
"Did your former adjutant, the man named Leighton , also join the Grace Cult?"
Because the miners who had escaped from the Silver Stream Mine before were sacrificed by this person to Ms. Hungry and Corrupted in order to complete the second transformation of his Moon Realm Monster in the world, William had some impression of this person.
During the mopping-up operation, the enemy managed to escape with the help of a high-level Moon Realm monster called "Invisible Hungerer".
Vincent nodded and said:
"That's what the news said."
After hearing Vincent's answer, William recalled the information from the [Ghost of Death].
As expected, some forces within the palace secretly contacted the last descendant of the Wald family. Among those contacted were the remnants of the Mage Hall who had previously escaped, including Leighton.
If this is the case, the problems of the Gift Sect can be slowly solved along with the problems of the Rose Palace.
So William said:
"Then I guess you'll have to handle this matter yourself. It would be a waste for me to intervene. After all, this is a perfect opportunity to rectify the remaining conservative forces in the palace."
"Why ?"
"Because soon, they will come to you on their own."
After explaining the general situation to Vincent, the other party nodded heavily.
"If things have really developed to this point, I guess this is the only thing we can do."
Vincent sighed.
In fact, according to the safest plan, William should now directly transfer the control of [Death Ghost] to Vincent.
But he didn't end up doing it.
Before William left, Vincent asked:
"Your Excellency the Chief Judge, when will the large-scale invasion of the Moon Realm that you mentioned earlier take place? I want to be mentally prepared."
William's answer made Vincent feel like there was a sword hanging over his head.
"No later than the Grain Moon of this year."
In other words, they only have half a year at most to prepare.
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Outside the hall, several people sat on deerskin sofas, killing time in their own ways.
Nezemal was silently reciting the prayers from "Kane's New Testament" as he prayed at night; Cas was peeling an orange with a dagger; Liz was waiting for him to finish peeling with starry eyes; the Crowfeather Prophet was sitting quietly on the sofa with his eyes closed.
And Roy was the most restless of them all.
She kept getting up and sitting down, and from time to time she walked around the room restlessly.
After sitting down again, she looked at the leisurely crowd and asked in a low voice:
"So... is he really William Kane? The Eighth Holy Spirit..."
