In this Crystal Wall Universe, the three most powerful gods are high above, and direct conflicts rarely occur, but there will always be many secret struggles.
The God of Vengeance has the support of the God of Chaos, and the God of Magic is also on good terms with the God of Justice. The two powerful gods cannot attack directly, so the God of Vengeance cannot do anything to the God of Magic.
As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The God of Magic can call on his friends for help, or he can join forces with the God of Magic's enemies to take action together.
Outside the city of Pompeii, a young man appeared out of nowhere on the road in front of the city gate, but strangely, the people coming in and out seemed not to see him. Even when someone passed by him, they would involuntarily turn a corner and pass by him, and no one noticed anything unusual.
Pompeii was the capital of the Pompeii Empire. The city was nearly twenty meters high and was a megacity with a population of half a million.
Yes, in this world with low productivity and no tall buildings, a city with a population of 500,000 is definitely a megacity, and even among the countries on the entire continent it is considered a famous big city.
Of course, this cannot be compared with the capital of the cave dwellers. The capital of the Underdark, located on the second level of the Underdark, has been expanded and reinforced by the divine power of the gods of the pantheon. It directly uses a stone wall hundreds of meters thick to enclose an area with a diameter of more than 10,000 kilometers. It only opens a total of twenty huge city gates at the top, middle and bottom, which directly accommodates hundreds of millions of cave dwellers, equivalent to an independent kingdom.
Lin Xiao walked into the city of Pompeii with his hands behind his back, and no one could see him.
He did not go to the Temple of Vengeance immediately, but wandered around the city alone, observing the local customs and building structures in the city, and comparing them with the images he had seen through the artifact magic net planet before to see if they were consistent.
It turned out that the images observed by the artifact were real. He walked around several streets in Pompeii and what he observed was exactly the same as what he had seen before.
Just as he was about to enter the palace to take a look, he suddenly stopped. The bustling street became quiet, and the whole world began to distort. Colors peeled off and the whole world turned gray.
He turned around and saw a golden light falling not far behind him, gathering into a golden figure slowly approaching. The projection of the God of Vengeance was a young white-haired man. A voice came from afar:
"I wonder which prince has come to Pompeii!"
"The God of the Cryptmen has met His Majesty Lezita, the God of Vengeance!"
Lin Xiao bowed and said the name of the visitor, who was the God of Vengeance.
This is normal. The Pompeii Empire is the parish of the God of Vengeance, and the city of Pompeii is its core. Mortals and even priests cannot find him, but the God of Vengeance certainly knows that there is a stranger in his home.
When he said his name, the face of the God of Vengeance, Lezta, changed slightly, and he whispered,
"So you are His Majesty the God of Cryptmen. Are you here for the matter of the God of Magic?"
Lin Xiao nodded:
"Just as His Highness Lezta guessed, I came here for the matter of the God of Magic. I wonder if Your Highness is interested in listening?"
"I am very interested. Please come down to my temple and have a seat."
"I couldn't ask for more!"
It can be seen that the God of Vengeance is very concerned about anything related to the God of Magic. After inviting Lin Xiao to the temple, he couldn't wait to say:
"I heard that Your Highness is about to compete with the God of Magic for the position of Magic Priest. Perhaps I can help to some extent."
Since he was so proactive, Lin Xiao didn't beat around the bush and said directly:
"If Your Highness is willing to help, the two kingdoms that the God of Magic snatched from Your Highness, as well as a neighboring kingdom and two duchies, will all belong to Your Highness, and I will owe Your Highness a favor."
After hearing this, Lezta's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately,
"Your Highness Lin Xiao is truly generous. Shall we make the Styx Pledge?"
He was indeed quite generous. The main territory of the God of Magic consisted of only an empire, five kingdoms and a dozen duchies. He gave away three kingdoms and two duchies at once. Even unrelated gods would be tempted, not to mention the God of Vengeance who had been the enemy of the God of Magic for thousands of years. He wanted to make a Styx Oath with him immediately.
This Stygian Oath is the same as the Stygian Oath in the Toril multiverse. This world also has the Abyss and the Styx.
The Abyss is a place where the filth of the world is gathered. It is a collection of the ugliness, evil and chaos of the world. As long as there is evil and chaos in any world, there will be the Abyss.
Perhaps the manifestation of the bottomless abyss will be different in different crystal wall universes with different rules, but it will definitely exist.
The same is true for the Styx. As long as there is birth and death in a world, there will be the Styx, which also possesses mysterious power. The gods also like to use the Styx as evidence to swear oaths.
Lin Xiao came with sincerity in mind, and the two sides hit it off immediately. They swore an oath in the name of the Styx, agreeing that when the dark pantheon and the magic pantheon fought, the God of Vengeance would join the war as an ally.
After making the Styx Oath, Lin Xiao felt relieved and said to the God of Vengeance:
"I have never seen His Majesty Ganir, the God of Chaos. Please introduce him to me."
The God of Vengeance understood what he meant immediately and nodded,
"Please follow me."
A war between two powerful pantheons, which will eventually affect hundreds of true gods, will definitely attract the attention of powerful divine powers.
The God of Magic and the God of Justice have a very good relationship. There is no guarantee that the God of Justice will interfere in the war between gods. Even if it is not direct interference, mere verbal support will lead to unpredictable consequences. I believe that many true gods who want to cling to the God of Justice will not miss this good opportunity to join the war, which is very unfavorable for the dark pantheon.
Of course, because this battle is a battle for the priesthood, once the winner is decided, a new powerful divine power will be born, and that is the powerful priesthood of the God of Magic. The God of the Sun and the God of Chaos will not be happy about the God of Magic who is on good terms with the God of Justice succeeding, and they will most likely interfere.
But this interference is definitely different from the interference of the God of Justice. For them, as long as they can stop the God of Magic from succeeding, they don't care what will happen to Lin Xiao.
What's more, directly seizing his divinity when he is about to be defeated can also be regarded as preventing the God of Magic from succeeding.
If Lin Xiao wants to avoid this situation, he must find a backer, and there is only one choice.
Among the three powerful divine powers, the God of Justice is excluded. The God of the Sun has just been promoted to a powerful divine power not long ago. No matter his strength or background, he cannot compare with the other two gods. The only one who can compete with the God of Justice is the God of Chaos, who is also a senior and powerful divine power.
With the introduction of the God of Vengeance, Lin Xiao obtained the permission of the God of Chaos to go to the kingdom of the chaos pantheon - the Kingdom of Chaos.
Compared to the easy alliance agreement with the God of Vengeance, gaining the support of the God of Chaos was extremely difficult. Before going to the Kingdom of Chaos, the God of Vengeance told him that it would be troublesome and might cost a huge price, but Lin Xiao did not expect that the requirements put forward by the God of Chaos would be so harsh.
In other words, it's more than just harsh.
The incarnation of the God of Chaos met with Lin Xiao's incarnation in the Kingdom of God. Without too much courtesy, the God of Chaos directly put forward His request after listening to his purpose -
I swear by the River Styx to be loyal to the God of Chaos for ten thousand years!
Even for true gods who possess immortal life, ten thousand years is an extremely long time. Although they are immortal, except for a few true gods, most of them cannot live that long. They will die halfway due to various reasons and various challengers.
For Lin Xiao, ten thousand years represents ten thousand days in the main world, which is equivalent to twenty-seven years, which exceeds the twenty years given to him by Commander Xie.
He tried to tell the Lord of Chaos that he was willing to pay other costs in exchange for reducing the time by half. However, although the Lord of Chaos agreed, the conditions were even more difficult for him to accept. He needed to give up his priesthood as a crypt dweller.
Five days later, Lin Xiao left the chaotic country in disappointment.
Of course he didn't agree, but he didn't get angry either. He just said he needed to think about it.
Half a month later, another incarnation of God quietly left the Underdark and met the third most powerful god in the world, the Lord of the Sun, without being noticed by God.
I returned home disappointed two days later.
After all the incarnations returned, Lin Xiao also knew the gains of the two incarnations of God from the two trips.
"Maybe I shouldn't be so anxious!"
The Lord of the Sun did not put forward any harsh conditions, but for some unknown reason, He simply refused to help him, even though he was willing to pay a huge price.
This result was something Lin Xiao had not expected. He had expected that none of his actions would go smoothly, but he had never expected to fail directly.
Yes, it was a failure for him. Not to mention the Lord of the Sun, he would never agree to the request made by the Lord of Chaos.
Without the support of equally powerful divine power, he could not have defeated the Lord of Magic.
Of course, he won't lose.
With the power of faith provided by more than 13 billion underground people, even the God of Justice himself could not do anything to him.
With sufficient divine power support, he is not afraid even if two powerful divine powers attack his kingdom together, and he can withstand it.
Not to mention fighting on the mortal world, the peculiar terrain of the Underdark can minimize the advantages of the surface races, making it impossible for the surface races to attack.
This is the confidence that gives Lin Xiao the courage to seize the position of the God of Magic. Even if the situation is bad, he can still protect himself.
But it is not enough to just protect himself, he has to explore, he has to seize the priesthood and ascend to powerful divine power, only then can he conquer the world.
It's a pity that his real body is not here now, and all the favors he had with the big guys in the Fifth War Zone are gone, otherwise he could have thought of a way to break the situation from an external perspective.
But his real body is now in the wizarding world and can't come back, so he can't provide help.
"Or maybe it could be this way?"
Lin Xiao thought carefully and wondered if he could try a different approach.
Since the God of Magic has the God of Justice as his backer and the help of many good friends, the God of Chaos next to him will definitely interfere in the future, as well as the God of the Sun with an unclear attitude. No matter how much he and the God of Magic want to become powerful, there will be many obstacles. He believes that the God of Magic cannot become powerful even with the support of the God of Justice. If he could be promoted, he would have been promoted long ago given their relationship.
(End of this chapter)