Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 690 - 75: The Divine Spirit’s Fate_2

"So there's no defense tower?"

"If you insist, there is. For example, the War Ancient Tree can hurl giant earth elemental boulders, smashing a squad of skeletons easily."

Curiously, Lin Rui asked, "How many of these War Ancient Trees do you have?"

Rose wasn't worried that Lin Rui would leak information to Emperor Setra, so she replied casually, "It's classified, so I don't know the exact number. But from what I've seen, there must be millions of them."

"Hiss~" Lin Rui inhaled sharply, "How can there be so many? Who can penetrate the forest?"

Rose proudly said, "The foundation of the forest is beyond human imagination. Any ancient tree over ten thousand years old can transform into a War Ancient Tree. They not only defend the forest and hunt invaders but can also move and form defensive lines. The Empress wants you to hold off Emperor Setra to mobilize the War Ancient Trees and set up defenses."

Without further explanation, a day's march in the forest for the Graveyard would probably reduce their numbers by millions.

This forest has practically become an abyss devouring life.

Lin Rui glanced at the passage opened by the World Tree Root and asked, "When can we retreat? The war among the three races has no end, and we're just stuck here?"

Rose, feeling relaxed, said, "It's best if Emperor Setra is held up here. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Lin Rui replied irritably, "You make it sound easy. Do you know how I've been spending this cycle?"

Rose glanced at Hanna's snow-white legs beside her and said, "Lying on a beauty's lap, perhaps?"

"Cough, cough." Lin Rui choked and coughed several times, "Although that's a small part of it. But you should know, if I weren't strong enough, the Demon Army would've torn me apart long ago."

Rose snorted coldly, "Do you really think you held off the Demon Army because you're strong enough?"

"Then why?"

"If the demons send Tier Ten Great Demons to seize your Eye of Light, how would you resist?"

Lin Rui raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why haven't they sent them then?"

Rose said blandly, "First, there are very few super-tier demon experts. Tier Ten demons are too preoccupied with higher realms to care about mortal wars."

"Second, even if limited demons join the war and seize the Eye of Light, it would only anger Setra and humans, who'd launch an all-out attack on them, making the demons' strategy very passive."

Lin Rui, extremely surprised, asked concernedly, "You've got me curious. What's the deal with this three-race war? How did it get this way?"

"What way?" Rose chuckled lightly.

"Doesn't it seem strange? Like a performance! Although countless die daily, corpses pile high and rivers run with blood, I'm just sitting here snacking, watching the show!"

"Feels like the demons don't want to expand, and Emperor Setra doesn't want to destroy them. They're in a mutually draining stalemate."

Rose nodded, praising, "Not bad, not dull."

Lin Rui eyed Rose incredulously, "Did you inject some weird serum or liquid? Who gave you such confidence to comment on my intelligence?"

Rose felt a bit guilty but straightened her chest, full of momentum, saying, "You don't think you're the only smart person in the world, do you? I'm just pretending to be dull; I never felt the need to show you my Wisdom before."

"Oh." Lin Rui asked nonchalantly, "So which smart person told you the secret? Your Empress?"

Rose felt guiltier, having painstakingly gleaned secrets from the Empress to brag to Lin Rui, only to let them slip so soon.

"Nonsense! Couldn't that smart person be me?"

"Could it be?"

"Of course! It is!"

"Do you believe it?"

"I do...why wouldn't I?"

"Then, smart one, tell what this war is really about?"

Rose started eloquently, "Well, it all stems from the Graveyard and Hell factions and their historical grudge."

"You can cut the long story short."

"Alright. Simply put, the Forest and the Saint Hall belong to the Justice Faction, so we can cooperate. Hell and the Graveyard belong to the Evil Faction and can coordinate as well."

"Coordinate?" Lin Rui furrowed his brows, "What are they planning?"

"Simple," Rose smiled, "The demons' only demand is to establish a stable teleportation gate on the Colonization Star's surface, which requires lots of flesh and, crucially, time!"

"Emperor Setra cooperating by launching weak attacks just to aid the demons? What's the benefit?" Lin Rui felt a cloud of doubt, as if ensnared in a huge conspiracy.

"The benefit?" Rose said disdainfully, "Isn't it obvious? The Graveyard is raising loads of demon skeletons. The battlefield is vast, thousands of miles wide, with countless demons dying daily, providing the best troops for the undead."

Lin Rui frowned, asking, "So demons get flesh, and the undead get bones and souls? They're both using this place as a breeding ground, aren't they?"

It seemed none of the three races' leaders were easy to deal with.

"But is Emperor Setra in no rush to seize the Eye of Light?"

Rose, naturally, said, "As long as you're here, what does Emperor Setra have to worry about?"

"No, no!" Lin Rui immediately shook his head, "Something's gone wrong. It's something both the Elf Empress and I didn't foresee. Emperor Setra isn't someone who can curb his greed. Demons constantly think about slaughter, and when enraged, they even attack their kin. How can they have such restraint?"

Hearing this, Rose furrowed her brows, soon agreeing, "Unless... there's a Divine Spirit interfering secretly."

When in doubt, consult the Divine Spirit.

In this fantastical world, if there's anything outrageous, blaming the Divine Spirit is usually the answer!

Lin Rui met Rose's gaze; both saw the trouble in each other's eyes.

If the Divine Spirit intervenes and personally orchestrates it.

The intervention of Divine Power would make things rapidly uncontrollable.

After all, the Elf Race has Divine Spirit protection, and other races have their own divine beliefs.

If they all intervene, the war's trajectory won't just become unpredictable; even its scale will escalate!

Rose felt a bit panicked; living with her knowledge of the Divine Spirit's greatness, she knew the Divine Spirit's terror even more clearly than Lin Rui did.

Understanding it more makes her more aware of how scary the Divine Spirit is.

If a Divine Spirit targets the elves, the elves are bound to pay a heavy price.

She asked, "Then... what should we do now?"

Though her bluff was exposed, Lin Rui was in no mood to mock. He immediately said, "Tell the Empress to strengthen defenses. We can only take it step by step. If we retreat now, countless undead flooding in will heavily damage your forest too."

The war must exact a brutal cost on the Graveyard before Lin Rui can withdraw.

But Rose's people soon returned blood-stained, panic-stricken, saying, "Bad news, Lord Rose! World Root Giant Snake Laidi Xichen has revolted, and is slaughtering anyone trying to return through the World Tree Root."

"We...we can't retreat!"