In the end, the envoy never got their answers since neither Yeon-woo nor Erlang Shen said anything about their conversation, as if they had made a vow of silence. Some of the godly envoys tried their luck and approached Erlang Shen, but they were only met with narrowed eyes. It seemed that Erlang Shen was determined not to leak out any information.

Only one thing was certain: the two had completed their transaction successfully. The biggest clue was that Erlang Shen’s forces, which had hung back on the sidelines, grew very active.

[Erlang Shen has activated his ability, ‘Dragon Water’!]

Sss! As soon as Erlang drew out his sword, the ground turned over, and the deep underground streams rose up to cause a huge tsunami that swept away the otherworld gods. They were sent reeling, unable to regain their bearings. With the otherworld gods in a vulnerable position, the half-giants rushed in and killed them one after the other.

Ding!

[You have successfully completed some of the scenario quest’s conditions (Proof of Gods and Kings IV).]

[Number of territories occupied (6/7)]

[Number of temples built (3/6)]

Finally, there was only one territory left: the Crawling Chaos’ Great Temple.

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‘Luckily, I remembered the Stone of Castitas (Purity). With it, I was able to make a more advantageous deal.’ Yeon-woo had almost forgotten about the Stone of Castitas. It had previously...