Chương 114: Surrender

The three people other than Steven were in a bad situation.

They don't have a backer as strong as Steven.

Despite the intimidating name of the Church of Light, they actually have no connection with the Lord God of Light.

It was purely created by the first Pope of Light to collect faith and comprehend the laws.

The god they worshipped was actually the Pope of Light himself.

When Philias looked at the three of them, they immediately felt immense pressure.

The gaze seemed to weigh a ton as it pressed down on the three of them.

The three of them instinctively wanted to look away, not daring to meet his gaze.

"Submit or die, choose one." Philias spoke domineeringly again, as his divine domain enveloped the three of them. He wanted to make them see the difference in power completely, so as to shatter the last hope in their hearts.

Steven remained silent. He had no right to speak. The fact that he hadn't been forced to submit was already out of respect for the God behind him, and he couldn't afford to be ungrateful.

He finally understood that this person had asked him to be a witness, and also to give him a warning.

Olissis, the first Pope of Light, and the King of Beasts fought with all their might, even temporarily cooperating to fight against Philias.

The three of them deployed their divine domains and cooperated to deal with Philias's divine domain.

Even so, they struggled to cope, as if they were about to be overwhelmed at any moment.

"Heh." Philias looked at their performance and smiled contemptuously.

A dark green figure emerged from his body, and at the same time, a divine domain overlapped with it.

The superposition of the divine domains of two high-level gods directly suppressed the three of them, instantly shattering their divine domains and even causing them to suffer backlash, resulting in chaotic divine power.

This was truly a desperate situation, and the three of them felt utterly hopeless.

One high-level god could easily suppress them, and this guy actually has a high-level god clone?

"I surrender." In the end, the first Pope of Light could not withstand the pressure and chose to surrender.

"Hahaha, good." Philias released his hold on him, giving him a chance to catch his breath.

Without the First Pope of Light to share the burden, Olissis and the King of Beasts were in even worse shape.

"My lord, I am willing to hand over my forces to you and let me leave. I will immediately go to the divine plane." The King of Beasts attempted to exchange his forces for his freedom.

"I'm willing too," Olissis immediately followed. He'd do anything to get away. Whoever wants to stay in this treacherous Tara plane can stay; he's going to the divine plane.

If he can escape this time, he will immediately head to the divine plane.

"No, you must pledge allegiance to me," Philias refused outright.

He escaped the dimensional prison through spatial turbulence, almost dying himself in the process, so naturally he couldn't take any of his subordinates with him.

No problem, they're just subordinates. We can just recruit them again in the Tara plane.

Here, he doesn't have to worry about getting out all the time, unlike in the dimensional prison. He can build a stable force, starting with unifying the Tara plane.

He's already preparing to build up his power base, and he'll be going to the God Realm in the future. How can he manage without a few capable subordinates?

He can't possibly have to personally intervene every time he encounters a mid-level god, can he? That would be too beneath him. Doesn't he have any pride?

The two men looked conflicted; once they pledged allegiance, they would lose their freedom, and even their deaths would be beyond their control.

Philias dared to make them pledge allegiance, so he must have had the means to do so; perhaps the contract was already prepared.

Once you sign, there's no escaping it.

To be or not to be, that is a multiple-choice question.

While I long to shout, "Give me liberty or give me death!", how many people can truly do it when faced with a life-or-death decision?

Seeing this, Philias intensified his efforts to suppress the two.

Seeing that Philias was getting impatient and about to run out of patience, preparing to teach the two a lesson, the two finally lowered their proud heads.

The first Pope of Light nodded inwardly. He had already knelt; if these two didn't kneel, where would he put his face?

Of course, he would prefer that the two of them not kneel, which would enrage the high god in front of him and make him kill them.

After all, as the dominant figures in their respective planes, these individuals have considerable conflicts with each other due to their struggles for interests.

He would be even happier if those two were beaten to death on the spot.

However, I can accept that these two will suffer misfortune along with me.

The main message is: if I'm not having a good time, you won't have a good time either.

Seeing everyone else suffer made him feel better.

Unfortunately, Steven didn't suffer the same fate.

This high-ranking god is a bit of a coward. He's just a plane guardian, right? If you're so capable, why don't you take him down? You think you're so tough?

Afterwards, Philias forced the three to sign a pact, pledging allegiance to him for one hundred million years. This essentially meant that the three would remain loyal to him until their deaths.

Unless he dies, the three of them will never find peace in this lifetime.

Richard was completely unaware of everything that was happening here.

Out of caution, he dared not use his divine sense to investigate, lest he be discovered by this unknown superior god.

When Olisis returned, he summoned all his lower gods and announced that the entire Olisis Empire was under the rule of the great Philias.

The great Philias is a supreme god, and it is an honor for the Olissis Empire to submit to his command, and so on.

Although I was very reluctant, I still had to say the platitudes. Who knew if Lord Philias was watching this place with his divine sense?

If Richard knew what he was thinking, he would tell him: Yes, Philias is indeed watching this place.

Meanwhile, the same scene was also playing out with the King of Warcraft and the first Pope of Light.

Thus, the Tara plane changed hands.

The era of the great Philias's reign has begun.

Those lower-level gods who did not join the ranks of the three intermediate gods will not escape either; the three intermediate gods have already gone to notify these lower-level gods one by one.

The three of them didn't escape, and you think you can? No way! All of you, pledge your allegiance to the great Lord Philias!

Thus, even on the distant continent of Skabalone, Karina could not escape the fate of pledging allegiance to Philias.

It's like being at home when disaster strikes out of nowhere; by then, it's too late for her to escape to the divine realm.

She didn't even know what had happened; Philias acted too quickly, directly attacking several mid-level gods.

While all the lower gods were unaware of what was happening, the entire Tara plane was already under his control.

It wasn't until she asked her other god-level friends that she understood what had happened. A high-level god had suddenly appeared and conquered all the mid-level gods with overwhelming power. No one could escape; they all declared their allegiance to this god.

She was on the verge of tears; what a terrible situation!

If I had known, I would have gone to the divine plane sooner. But what is comforting is that these lower-level gods only verbally pledged their allegiance and there was no mandatory binding force.

Of course, this was simply because Philias disdained to have these lower-ranking gods sign a contract.

In his mind, controlling these few mid-level gods was enough; he didn't even consider the low-level gods a threat.

In his eyes, even a lower-level god was not as valuable as the contract in his hand that allowed him to control a god-level powerhouse.

They are only scarce in the material plane; in the dimensional prison, they are plentiful.

There will definitely be many more in the divine planes in the future, and there will even be many mid-level gods.

With his strength, he could even forcibly subdue ordinary high-level gods, and at that time he might not even look down on mid-level gods.

Of course, it was precisely this disdain that allowed Richard to continue to hide.

If he forced lower-ranking gods to sign loyalty contracts, Richard would definitely explode at him.

If I can't win, I can just run away to another group of friends.

Want him to sign an allegiance contract? Dream on.

As for now, we can continue to hide, at least our public identity must be concealed.

Meanwhile, Philias was searching the world.

At that time, after Olissis and his two companions pledged their allegiance to him, they believed that "if I am not doing well, I must not let the enemy do well either."

Without hesitation, they reported to him the mysterious mid-level god who had recently beaten up the three of them, along with the plane guardian Steven, and who was now hiding somewhere.

But one thing is certain: that guy definitely did not go to the God Realm through the dimensional teleportation array.

There's a very high chance they're still hiding somewhere in the Tara dimension.

Philias was very interested in this fellow inmate, a mid-level god who was also suspected of coming from the dimensional prison and possessed considerable strength.

Such a capable person should be put to his use.

After monitoring several mid-level gods who announced their allegiance to him, he went out to find this mid-level god who was hiding very well.

He wanted to see where this guy was hiding, and why he hadn't found him when he had scanned the entire plane with his divine sense.

This time he searched the entire plane very carefully, not letting go of any suspicious place, but still found nothing.

If those guys hadn't spoken with such conviction, he would have suspected they were conspiring to deceive him.

Meanwhile, Richard was unaware that the high god was putting in a lot of effort to find him.

His earth-based deity avatar is currently overseeing the construction of a palace for the superior god, along with several other lower-ranking gods.

This man had a penchant for extravagance, demanding that his palace be built in a magnificent and opulent style, with gold used for the walls.

Many level 8 or 9 warriors, as well as mages and even holy-level mages, were brought in to do the work.

These guys, who would have a decent status elsewhere, have become mere laborers here, and even the holy domain mages haven't gained much more prestige.

Who can blame them when the supervisors are all top-tier experts?

Rare building materials from all over the world are being shipped here like they're free.

It can only be said that the barren dimensional prison hindered Philias's performance.

That is to say, Richard had already robbed several of the mid-level gods once, otherwise he wouldn't have let their little wallets go.

He didn't even care about the meager wealth of the lower-ranking gods.