Just as Marmotius was rejoicing, a Soul Blade pierced through his soul.
To his astonishment, it dragged him back.
"No—"
"Snap!"
Gale closed the devourer of gods, cutting off Marmotius's screams.
"The true purpose of my creation of the devourer of gods was to deal with demons like you who can resurrect."
All six primal forces have their own methods of resurrection, and the root of resurrection is the soul.
Therefore, Gale focused on learning soul magic, not only helping Mejia create the Soul-Stealing Scroll but also making the devourer of gods for himself, all to deal with situations where such enemies' remaining souls escape.
This might not work against the Burning Legion's three leaders, but it's more than enough for their demigod-level subordinates.
The Snow Leopard Loa God, Dubrakan, appeared quietly and said with disdain, "What kind of souls are you collecting? They reek of decay."
Gale re-sealed the devourer of gods. "Its purpose is to collect these evil souls."
Dubrakan's expression changed instantly, and he glared at Gale with a deathly gaze.
How could he not be angry that Gale had dared to equate him with these evil souls?
However, he could do nothing to Gale. His soul was already bound to the devourer of gods, and as long as the devourer of gods existed, he could only obey Gale.
Gale put away the devourer of gods, took out the Hammer of Kaz'goroth, and tapped it against mamo tius eater.
Marmotius's essence completely solidified; Shadow Divine Power and blood divine power were permanently fixed within the sword.
Gale nodded with satisfaction. This artifact was much better than the upgraded artifacts and easier to forge than the ones he had made before. He was even looking forward to encountering a few more Dread Lords so he could forge a few more artifacts.
Dubrakan glanced sideways. Although he was very displeased with Gale, the other party's talent for forging artifacts still amazed him.
As he was thinking, Gale jumped onto his back. "Let's go back!"
Dubrakan twisted his body, trying to shake him off. But Gale sat as steady as a mountain, so Dubrakan could only roll his eyes and resignedly ran towards the fortress.
Ever since Gale gave him some freedom, he often used him as a mount. He, a dignified Loa God, had fallen to this extent?
Below the city wall, the battle was nearing its end. With Rielly's blizzard, all the demons were killed.
Seeing Gale return, everyone quickly saluted. "King Gale!"
Gale nodded in acknowledgment. "Everyone has worked hard. What are the casualties?"
Carlos walked over. "I just checked. Only five people sacrificed."
He had been temporarily appointed as a camp commander by Draksa to go out of the city to fight with Nalarex. Although Gale had demoted him to a common soldier, others would not treat him as such. He was not only Gale's cousin but also a high-ranking officer for two hundred years with rich combat experience, making him one of the few combat talents in Gale's makeshift team.
Gale nodded. "It seems you performed well."
"However, if you want to restore your position, you can only accumulate military merits little by little."
With that, he threw mamo tius eater to Carlos. After Carlos took it, his heart rejoiced: he knew Gale couldn't directly restore his military rank, but giving him an artifact would greatly increase his speed in accumulating military merits. Perhaps after a few battles, he could become a high-ranking officer again.
"I will be diligent."
Gale: "Remember this lesson. We don't have many compatriots left; we cannot afford meaningless losses."
Carlos nodded solemnly and saluted Gale.
Gale returned the salute and drove Dubrakan into the fortress.
Soon, all units cleaned up the battlefield and came to report to Gale.
Antaria said something very important: "The fel energy in the river has killed all the fish. If this problem is not solved as soon as possible, I am afraid the entire river will be polluted by fel energy."
Metri: "I just tried it and found that conventional purification spells are ineffective against fel energy. Perhaps we can extract fel energy the same way we extract Nash's Fang venom."
Gale shook his head. "We don't have time to waste here."
He took out Nash's Fang and handed it to Metri. "Freeze all areas contaminated by fel energy. I will leave some Mages to help you."
After speaking, Gale ordered the entire army to rest and then set off for Sin'dorei.
Metri's expression was solemn; this was a massive project. Fel energy had been flowing into the river for several days, at least tens of kilometers. Freezing such a long distance would require a lot of Arcane Energy.
He still wanted to participate in the assault on Sin'dorei. If he spent too much time here, he might miss the final decisive battle.
Therefore, he had to come up with a clever strategy.
While the army was resting, Metri led the Mages to the upstream of the fel energy, found a suitable location, and froze the river water, forcing the river to change its course. Then he had the Mages follow the river to prevent it from rejoining the fel river.
Then he rushed downstream at the fastest speed, arriving before the fel energy.
Using Nash's Fang, he froze the area where the fel energy was present. As the river water flowed over the ice, he continued to freeze it while walking back. His speed was extremely fast; the fel river water could not flow over the ice before being frozen onto it.
When he lacked Arcane Energy, he drew it from aluneth, which made aluneth constantly curse, but it was to no avail.
Relying on aluneth's endless Arcane Energy support, Metri managed to freeze the entire fel river within a single day.
Then he spent another half a day, working with the Mages, to divert the river so that it flowed back into its original course downstream of the fel ice.
Thus, the task Gale had given him was completed.
Metri rejoined the army before it reached Sin'dorei. Gale was a little surprised, but seeing Metri's exhausted appearance, he knew he hadn't rested for a moment.
aluneth's constant screams also let Gale know how hard Metri had pushed himself.
"You can't keep doing this; it will kill you."
Metri smiled. "I know. I just don't want to disappoint you!"
Gale was very touched; he and Metri were both teacher and friend. This demotion also pained him. But rules are rules; if there was a more clever way, why use one's life to fill the gap?
However, Gale also admitted that fighting by sacrificing one's life could indeed temper warriors. After this battle, Alpha Squad had transformed into true warriors. Along the way, they achieved outstanding military merits, killing a large number of demons under the leadership of Draksa and Carlos, earning the admiration of all Kaldorei warriors.
Soon, Sin'dorei was in sight.
Gale had the army encamp on a hillside to rest temporarily, awaiting the upcoming assault.
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