The Titans said the Genesis Fla started Titania's life. It was super powerful and could create a Titan god. It was a level nine Trinket, only those close to a True Soul could use.
The Titans were a race that followed old teachings and traditions. For hundreds of thousands of years, they hadn't t a situation to use it, so none of the Titan lords tried to take it by force.
The Devourer was different. Lord Lancelot brought him into this world, but he killed his father and betrayed the Titans. He consud the Fla and beca powerful.
He didn't care about rules and only wanted to get stronger. He planned to beco a god, destroy the Titans, and turn the healthy, vibrant Plane into his warship to plunder the void.
"You know when he will succeed, don't you?" Adam asked.
Lord Fast nodded. "When the Origin completely turns black and gray, and the Genesis Fla's self-protection is broken."
"It seems this enemy is much harder to deal with than I thought." Adam rembered what he had seen twice before. The black and gray already covered two-thirds of the Origin, aning the Devourer was close to success.
Adam's provocations had made the Devourer make wrong decisions before, but the recent strange calm and retreat of the tal Eaters showed that the Devourer had regained his composure. Now, he knew that becoming a god was the most important thing, and all else problems, including Adam and the Mage World behind him, had to give way to this.
"The tal Eaters are bluffing," Adam said confidently.
"What do you an?"
"In the high-level battlefield, haven't the Royal-level tal Eaters decreased a lot, and they no longer attack first?"
"Yes, but we think this is because the Seventh Angel died, and the Royal-level tal Eaters need to choose a new Angel to fill the vacancy," another Titan king said.
The Royals thought that after the Seventh Angel's death, the tribe was leaderless, causing chaos, so they temporarily retreated. They thought that once a new Angel appeared, the war would return to normal.
"No, the life and death of one Angel don't matter at all."
"As long as the Devourer is alive, the position of Angel can't be decided by internal elections of the tal Eaters. The reason why Royal-level tal Eaters withdrew from the high-level battlefield and only commanded ordinary tal Eaters to attack is that most of the Royal-level tal Eaters were recalled. The Devourer wants to restart the altar and sacrifice most of the Royal-level tal Eaters to provide him with energy."
"Then he will make a full effort to devour the Genesis Fla."
Adam's thoughts beca clearer. "Only this thod can let him finish the devouring quickly. Maybe even the Angels will be sacrificed. Now is the weakest ti for the tal Eaters."
The lords looked at each other. At first thought, Adam's words seed unbelievable, but after thinking it over, they found so logic in it. However, they still had concerns. "You an we should attack first? But what if this is a trap?"
"The Devourer has been dormant for too long, and you've almost got used to his existence," Adam explained. "But you must understand that he is the real threat. Ordinary tal Eaters, including the Angels, are just expendables. Once he becos a god, he can create more tal Eaters anyti."
"If this is true, he could destroy us in an instant."
"So, even if this is a trap, you must go in. You can't afford to gamble."
'Nor can I,' Adam thought. 'Those gray energies are too terrifying. Once the Devourer leaves the Origin, he will definitely have the power to kill completely.'
The scales were heavily unbalanced. The Devourer didn't need much to crush the Titans. The Titans and Adam, however, had no choice but to put all their effort into stopping him.
...
While the Titans decided to fight to the death, a gloomy mood hung over the tal Eaters' territory. All the Royal-level tal Eaters, including the Angels, were gripped by fear and lived in constant dread.
For tal Eaters below the Angels, hearing the Devourer's divine decree should have been an honor. However, if the decree was for them to die, it brought no joy.
Although the Devourer claid to be a god, his relationship with the tal Eaters was one of high-pressure rule, not religious faith. He had never brainwashed his people, so they did not see dying for him as an honor. He lacked the charisma to make people die for him willingly.
There had already been sporadic betrayals, and the traitors t a terrible fate. They were crushed and thrown into the deepest part of the altar.
The Devourer ordered the reconstruction of the altar to complete the count of ninety-nine. The remaining six Angels obeyed without question. They built new altars and moved the existing ones to the edge of the Land of Divine Revelation. Then they established the hundredth altar in the center of the Land of Divine Revelation.
As the main structure was completed and the sacrifices were placed, the Fifth Angel suddenly died without warning, and her body automatically flew to the top of the altar, becoming one of the sacrifices.
She was the first Angel directly killed by the Devourer.
Then, divine decrees, which had been rare over the centuries, ca one after another. Each decree ant the death of dozens or even hundreds of Royal-level tal Eaters.
They were all used as sacrifices, replacing the ordinary parental bodies that originally occupied the three tiers of the altar.
Next ca the Sixth Angel, then the Fourth Angel. No one could escape. Whether they were willing or not, they had no right to say no.
The Angels, being direct offspring of the Devourer, lived or died at Father's whim. Even the First Angel was prepared to be killed.
The altars stood like grim monunts.
...
The Titans mobilized.
Seventy-seven frontline war fortresses, twenty-seven inland cities, over three hundred floating fortresses, and the Royal City itself all left their holand, advancing into the tal Eaters' territory.
They were determined to fight to the death, regardless of energy consumption, territorial loss, or soldier casualties.
On the path of hundreds of super weapons, ordinary tal Eaters were like ants under a wheel, crushed without the slightest resistance.
Floating fortresses acted like escort ships of a carrier fleet, with the Royal City as the aircraft carrier. Every salvo from its weapons was earth-shattering.
The Titans were like fighter jets, ready to engage in combat at any ti. When they ran out of energy and needed resupply, any fortress could provide the most comprehensive facilities.
This innovation changed the Titans' way of warfare, giving them a more efficient way to exert their strength.
They believed the tal Eaters would no longer be their match---if the Devourer weren't there.
But there were no 'ifs'."
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