Sovereign of the Ashes

Chapter 743: Leading A Legion

After the Divine of Verdant Spring Army descended, Natalya and the other women moved to Sein’s residence.

It was not just the women, but Sein’s servants, and the Sea Lizards also followed.

The magic tower, personally overseen by Selphy during its construction, was spacious enough to accommodate this large group without any issue.

Nevertheless, Tower Master Lorianne also had a room specially prepared for Sein in the Verdant Spring Space Fortress and it was likely only slightly inferior to hers.

The Verdant Spring Space Fortress docked on the western side of the Emerald Forest.

However, Sein did not immediately return to the fortress to check out the room his mentor had reserved for him.

The discussions with Selphy had significantly inspired Sein in his recent experiments.

With several now at a critical phase, he simply had no time to examine his new quarters within the space fortress.

Of the three space fortresses that had arrived in the Verdant Wilderness World, only the Verdant Spring Space Fortress had landed in the southern part of the plane so far.

Bernice’s Floating Flame Space Fortress was headed straight for the east, to the navel of this low-level plane.

Grandmaster Feylis personally oversaw the space-time rift in the north, effectively blocking the Wild Gorilla Clan’s retreat.

Meanwhile, Gregory led over a hundred thousand elite mages and millions of enslaved creatures directly to the Lush Verdant Forest at the heart of the plane, where the most intense and perilous battle was taking place.

Seven beings of Rank Four and above, including Sein’s mentor, were battling each other in that vast forest.

On this battlefield, no one was more pitiable than the Verdant Wilderness God.

The giant plant god was immobile and thus unable to escape the vortex of war.

Yet for the native creatures of Verdant Wilderness World, they considered the arrival of the Magus Civilization Army a blessing as it was on their side.

Given the Magus Civilization’s strategic plans for the war, these native creatures were an indispensable part of their efforts.

On many levels, the Magus World was an ally to them.

This was because the Magus Civilization Army would not only assist in eradicating the invading Wild Gorilla Army but also retaliate against the Wild Gorilla World on behalf of these plant creatures.

What else could they be, if not allies?

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The battle on the front lines had intensified, including the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring Army, which had begun a series of combat missions since arriving in Verdant Wilderness World.

After half a year, Sein, the tower master’s apprentice, finally emerged from his laboratory.

The divine tower’s combat command had issued no orders to Sein; it was his mentor, Lorianne, who had directly summoned him.

In Sein’s intensely focused state of experimentation, only a few people in this world could draw him out of his lab—Lorianne was one of them.

Under her instruction, Sein would lead a “pseudo-legion” of Verdant Wilderness World natives northward to support the Magus World Army on the Lush Verdant Forest Battlefield.

This “pseudo-legion” primarily consisted of creatures native to the Verdant Wilderness World, with nearly seventy percent from the Emerald Forest.

Nearly half of these creatures, including the enormous Green Spikefur King, had pledged loyalty early on to Lorianne, the foreign evil god.

Just six months earlier, the Green Spikefur King had been severely injured by two Rank Four Gorilla Gods who had come to the Emerald Forest to confront Feylis back then.

Had Feylis not interceded, the Green Spikefur King, who had created enough trouble for the Wild Gorilla Army, would have been eliminated by the Gorilla Gods.

The defection of nearly half of the remaining native creatures of Verdant Wilderness World to the Magus World had been driven by their hostile relations with the Wild Gorilla Army.

After years of brutal conflict, every native creature bore a grudge against those wild gorillas and their legions of servants.

In this ongoing invasion, the four foreign Gorilla Gods had brought nearly one million wild gorillas and over three million of their servants, causing widespread devastation in Verdant Wilderness World, with casualties numbering in the tens of millions.

In contrast, the recently arrived Magus Civilization Army had yet to engage directly with the native creatures of this low-level plane.

Instead, they had emerged as their “saviors”.

With a demigod-level green hedgehog allied with the Magus Civilization, many of Verdant Wilderness World’s natives joined the Magus forces, unaware of the full truth.

The reason Sein, a Rank Two mage from the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring, was chosen to lead tens of thousands of natives was not only due to his status as a tower master’s apprentice but also because of his extensive time spent in Verdant Wilderness World.

He was well-versed in the customs of the natives and had left a significant impression and reputation among them.

Appearances might change, but Sein’s aura remained unmistakable.

Sometimes, it was the small events that heralded significant changes.

Not only did the natives recognize Sein, but through the concerted propaganda efforts of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring and the Emerald Forest, Sein’s stature among the natives of this low-level plane increased dramatically.

Commanding tens of thousands of troops was likely the largest responsibility Sein had undertaken to date.

Originally, the Emerald Forest could have organized a bigger force, potentially at least a hundred thousand.

However, Sein declined the Green Spikefur King’s suggestion, believing that an excess of lowly creatures would not significantly impact a battle of this scale.

Besides, the Magus World Army that had just arrived in Verdant Wilderness World did not lack cannon fodder.

This time, the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring alone brought over two hundred thousand centaurs and four hundred thousand minotaurlings.

The three other divine towers brought even more enslaved creatures compared to the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring.

After decades of development following the Verdant Leaf World War, the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring transformed significantly and even acquired a space fortress as a war weapon.

Not only that, the Maya Tribe which had been working closely with the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring, had also prospered in recent decades.

The vast amounts of food and other resources plundered from Verdant Leaf World enabled the Maya Tribe to rapidly expand its power in the Centaur Wasteland.

Moreover, Lorianne also generously rewarded the Maya Tribe with a bonus sum of magicoins after the war’s conclusion.

Most of these funds, of course, ended up in the hands of the Rank Four centaur god backing up the Maya Tribe.

Nevertheless, the residual benefits were enough to solidify the Maya Tribe’s loyalty to the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring.

This time, upon hearing of another war, the Maya Tribe offered an even more appealing contract than during the last Verdant Leaf World War.

Although Lorianne might seem petty when bargaining with Thunder, the Rank Five knight, she was invariably generous to her own people post-war.

As the legion of centaurs, accompanied by their vassal minotaurlings, poured out of the bottom hatch of the Verdant Spring Space Fortress, Sein stood atop the head of Green Spikefur King, observing the scene.

He noticed Maya the centaur and her granddaughter, Luna.

Though a demigod-level powerhouse, Maya smiled politely at Sein because she had a favor to ask of Sein after receiving certain news.

Luna was also waving excitedly at Sein.

The wind chimes in her long silver hair, a gift from Sein, tinkled melodiously in Emerald Forest’s breeze.