Chapter 1789: The Secret Weapon.
She has invested a lot, but it doesn't make sense to them for her to risk so much because even if she wins, she will only kill their avatar. And if she loses, she will lose her divine weapon and her last remaining Oracle.
The investment and the reward don't appear proportional at all, so it looks like she has a stupid decision. But they don't think she is stupid. She is an Immortal after all. She can't be so stupid as to risk so much for so little. That means there must be something else that is going to gain that they can't see. So they decided to make preparations for their uncertainty.
The 8 of them were flying at 3,000 meters per second. It is almost ten times the speed of sound. It is nowhere the speed they are capable of in the void universe as immortals, but it is exceptional here in God's Domain.
Their passing is silent, as their avatars are invisible to most beings and intangible. Not even air was disturbed in their passing, so they didn't create any signs of their passage or alert their target to their presence. Even so, only one avatar continued along to the site of the hidden Oracles. The rest didn't follow. They decided to stay back and react based on the situation.
Legion-1 was the one who volunteered to go. He has protected himself with the tier 2 divine shield spell. It grants him a defense of 20% of his Authority at the cost of 100 DE.
It is necessary to protect himself because this is not his true body. This avatar can only bare damage of 100, and it doesn't have any divinity, so it doesn't have endurance to resist attacks. That means it can pop with the slightest blow.
The shield around him gave him a slight confidence. Then he moved around to look for the Oracles. He didn't need to look far. They were in huts around a lake hidden in the forest.
He discovered something odd immediately. There were 10 Oracles instead of 8. He can account for the extra one if there are nine. That would be the Oracle of the true god since there ought to be 8 oracles belonging to the 8 godlings that she is controlling forcefully.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
He asked himself, "Has she gained the help of another true god or has she subjugated another godling?" Most importantly, why didn't the traitor inform us of this critical information?"
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-Judgement: Attack Fail.
-Damage: -ohp.
She had cast a divine spell, and her authority was high enough to block his attack completely. But what surprised Legion more was that the hood covering the head of the Oracle fell when they acted. What was displayed was the face of a goblin. It was not an orc.
Legion-1 felt an intuition of danger immediately. "This is not Tempest's Oracle. What is the oracle of a goblin true god doing here?"
The identity of the extra oracle as a goblin confirmed that the oracle didn't belong to Tempest as she is an Orc goddess, not a goblin goddess. This goblin was also able to block his attack, which is something that a mortal can't do, not unless they are possessed by a god with a higher Authority than him.
This means that not only has Tempest gotten the help of another god, she has gotten the help of a goblin god who has more authority than them. This is worrying in itself. But things got worse.
The other new Oracle also lifted her head from her hut and looked at him in the sky. It was an orc Oracle and it was possessed.
She said to him, "I hope you like the secret weapon that I have prepared for you. I put in a lot of effort for it."
He said in realization, "We have been deceived."