Surprisingly, the most common situation in world collisions is not victory or defeat.
Looking at the play of the Meteors, who destroys all their opponents and rise to power, and the play of Terracion, who endures all the injustices of the world but eventually defeats them all, it is easy to think that most situations in which the victory or defeat is decided cleanly in the world collision are situations, but in reality, such a clean conclusion itself is the rarest.
In the game, nearly 70% of players choose to cooperate, as there is no penalty for cooperation in the game.
War-oriented players, determined to destroy each other, were relatively prevalent in the early stages, but if they failed to gain an advantage in war, they were trampled by cooperative players and collapsed.
Currently, this proportion has dropped to around 20% of the total.
Even if they are a fairly aggressive player, they will be locked in a deadly battle with their opponents from the dimensional gate stage.
It doesn't result in a good return on investment.
First of all, since you don't know the opponent's situation, diplomatic contact takes priority, and when you see the opponent's weakness, you attack, and when you don't see any weakness, you don't attack at all. That kind of opportunistic play is the standard.
Even if it were a force like Meteors or Pirates that decided to destroy or exploit all opponents, they would result in a proper settlement in about 5% of the cases?
As the level of cooperative players increases, and the war-oriented players fight to the death, the match itself is not decided in the early stages as the game progresses.
So, 70% of the total cooperates. 5% is a clean settlement. Then, 25% of the total is neither victory, defeat, nor cooperation. What is that?
In 25% of cases, they simply do not cooperate with each other, and are unable to completely subdue the opposing world, and are dragged along until they reach the dimensional fusion stage, where their survival is guaranteed regardless of who wins or loses.
Since the land is small and there are few people, this happens more frequently now in the middle of the game than in the early stages when a successful gamble could wipe out the opponent.
Once they enter the dimensional fusion stage, their survival is guaranteed. They would simply enter as a subordinate god. (The loser decides, and the winner has no veto.)
Of course, this is the worst-case scenario for both civilizations.
Because the world was devastated by the fighting, and yet they belatedly cooperated with the enemy. It's inevitable that people will say, "If that's the case, why didn't they just cooperate from the beginning?"
Even worse, in a disembarkment round like the current one, it's even more severe. First, endure the dimensional fusion, then negotiate with your opponent. Saying, "I'll just exit here, so you can take my world (verification of truth)" guarantees absolute survival.
Unless you're some extreme lunatic like the Meteors, if you try to negotiate like that, there's a good chance they'll at least pretend to accept it at that point.
When entering the protection period, the amount of divine power recovered increases and the flow of time can be manipulated, so the world can quickly be reorganized.
And now, the confrontation between Vein and Mitomok showed signs of becoming a protracted war.
It's a good situation for Mitomok, who wants to disembark after a while anyway, but a bad situation for Vein, who needs to finish in a short period of time.
A decisive measure was needed. A means to decisively subdue the opponent.
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Just before the dimensional passage stage, I had the nectar-eating carnivorous Yogur-Thoth waiting in my world.
"Yogur-Thoth. Your mission this time is very important. You understand that, right?"
As always, the arrogant Yogur-Thoth bastard showed off his power to the fullest.
[Will there be a chance? No opponent can defeat this Yogur-Thoth.]
I guess he's a little too self-conscious, so he's a little more arrogant. I was dumbfounded, but honestly, this guy was the core weapon of my world, so I couldn't help but brag.
Yogur-Thoth is level 11. Its abilities are overwhelming, but its power and the range of abilities he can wield are almost perfect.
After passing the Ruler's Promotion Test, it became possible for him to grant limited strategic and tactical movement to the Dessert Army, rather than simply being a strong weapon.
It seems like he been learning
He can give orders to the troops. He can literally become a real army commander.
Under his command are magic monsters and yogurts. They manipulate the flow in the sky and build strongholds on the ground. These magic monsters are all like terminals of the Yogur-Thoth.
Although they've already been sufficiently spread out, they approach the enemy world and destroy their unwavering morale. Then, we deploy a large number of gummies, jungle-friendly Mochis, puddings, and sugar lumps to occupy the remaining areas of the jungle.
Then they will only be able to survive on fish, and if I throw in all sorts of strange creatures that worsen the water quality, I will win.
For now, this was the plan. Even if this one failed, there was still a second plan, but for now, this plan was sufficient.
And finally, the dimensional passage opened. As if Yogur-Thoth had been waiting, he opened a passage in the enemy's sky, specifically in the area connected to the {Great Sky}, and overlooked the enemy civilization's capital.
[Get on your knees, you insignificant creatures!]
And his main weapon, 『Yogur-Thoth』, which lowers all of the opponent's morale
The majesty of a ruler was displayed.
How will it turn out?
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The Mitomok's world was unaware of the existence of Yogur-Thoth.
No, how would they know? Yogur-Thoth usually waits at the nectar spring, sucking on the aphrodisiac tentacles in his mouth, but Mitomok, rather than build a camp that would have to be rebuilt forever because of the monster called Shuk-Rimuras in the other world, simply cursed and devoured the jungle, killing it.
The process by which Mitomok dried up the world with a curse was very poisonous, and he used human sacrifice to make the most of the
Surprisingly, it was all really voluntary.
"You damned demons! My wife, who was carrying our child, was killed by the roar of a frog! Even if I die of rage, I will ruin your world and die!"
While shouting like that, he cuts open his own stomach on the altar and offers himself as a sacrifice, and is resurrected as a vengeful spirit with a concentrated curse.
The Mitomok's world is connected to the Great Boundary, so it can also draw on the power of the underworld.
It's because he can do it. If he didn't have this, he wouldn't have chosen the curse trait at all.
And the spirits devour the earth, ascending to the sky to fight the Yogurt spirits, and fiercely devour the Cream Land built on the enemy world, thus diminishing the boundless divine power of Vein.
Because Vein's strategy caused stress to the opponent, they began to use the stress itself as a resource, unleashing curses. While the curse trait wasn't specifically chosen for this purpose, it produced a surprising counter-effect.
Mitomok's plan was this: to continually encroach upon the enemy territory with curses, disrupting its flow and decimating all life. The encroachment was slow, and the enemy world was unusually large, but the effect was sufficient.
If this curse reaches the Nectar Springs, or rots the Syrup River or the Creamlands, the ecosystem of the Unhumans will truly be ruined.
With that in mind, Mitomok collected the grievances of his people through prayer. He answered each prayer, one by one, and gradually prepared an army to confront the monsters. Now that he could return through the dimensional passage, he would spread the curse even more viciously.
So, he was completely unable to respond to the dimensional passage that opened in the sky.
[Get on your knees, you insignificant creatures!]
A level 11 creation is a transcendental force.
From this point on, its stats are so high that it's impossible for ordinary creatures to land a hit no matter what they do. Now, it's impossible to kill it unless it's a higher-level creature. Otherwise, he has to subdue it with overwhelming skills or mysticism.
The magic unleashed by Yogur-Thoth is not offensive magic. It is a powerful
"Ugh, euaaaah?!"
Even though the residents of Mitomok had developed a tolerance for the squealing frogs, they were not immune to this one. So, they had no choice but to allow the attack. A great disaster struck the world, which had barely regained peace thanks to the gum-snake.
[Hahahaha!]
Yogur-Thoth was thrilled. It was a world that even his own god could not subdue. But isn't it true that people are so confused because he used magic just once?
He sends out the yogurts that will pave the way for him to be more active, issues orders to the monsters that serve him, and deploys more troops. He will now freely trample on the chaotic world.
However, as said before, the Mitomok race said that if you want to bring them to their knees, cut off their legs.
It was at that moment, so high-spirited, that Yogur-Thoth's somewhat dulled senses failed to notice a single person hiding behind a building, glaring at him, amidst the panicked crowd.
"The target is big, so it will be easy to hit."
This bold general is the strongest legendary ascendant in Mitomok's world. His abilities reach the pinnacle of level 10. He is the Irsan who shot down the enemy's aerial monster with a slingshot during the last conflict.
First of all, since it utilizes the elasticity of rubber, it is called a slingshot, but in reality, if you only consider the destructive power of the weapon, it is a monstrous weapon that can match the siege ballista.
Loading an iron stake with all sorts of curses engraved on it, and entering the dimensional passage
Aimed at the eye of Yogur-Thoth, who is peeking out.
Take a deep breath. preparation.
He unleashes his [Slingshot] skill by injecting a massive flow of magical energy into the stretched rubber. His simple magic is to increase the elasticity of the rubber to its limit, multiplying the range and destructive power of a ballista-class weapon.
The tension in the rubber became so strong that he, who surpassed hundreds of men in strength, found it difficult to pull, and the slingshot bent as if it were about to break.
And then when he was sure that he will get it right, let go.
Shuaaaaaaang!
This incredible sound is the sound of a slingshot bullet flying. It momentarily surpasses the speed of sound.
Yogur-Thoth didn't react to it. Yogur-Thoth doesn't need to react to enemy attacks.
He was so strong. Who on earth could dare touch him? He never imagined anyone would attack him from beyond the dimensional passage in this sky.
So, it went through..
Paaaaaaaang!
This was the sound of Yogur-Thoth's eyes exploding.
[!]
This was the scream of Yogur-Thoth.
A scream. A terrifying scream. The sound itself was clearly smaller than a frog's croak, yet it was so heartbreaking that it made one wonder how it could resonate so loudly.
Since the third clash, Yogur-Thoth had been the main force, never allowing a single critical attack. Despite nearly ten hits, he had never suffered eye-popping damage.
[Yes, yes, Inoooooo! How dare you burst this Yogur-Thoth's eyes!!!]
An enraged Yogur-Thoth thrusts his other eye, not the one that burst open, into the dimensional passage, while shedding tears of blood.
But Irsan snorted, appeared confidently, and pulled the slingshot right in front of them.
In fact, Irsan's strength was somewhat lacking, so it was difficult to hit Yogur-Thoth again, but it was a threatening stance.
But that was all it took for Yogur-Thoth to flinch, close his eyes, and retreat. It was a reasonable precaution, at least.
That must have seemed quite funny in Mitomok's world.
"As expected of Irsan!"
"Look at that big guy screaming!"
"You idiot with many eyes! Get out of here if you don't want to be blind!"
"Whahaha!"
The confusion he had caused was all for naught, but the villagers' morale was restored with the shouts of "Irsan! Irsan!"
This was a stroke of luck for Irsan, who was already quite exhausted from the devastating blow he had just unleashed.
Yogur-Thoth couldn't stand the situation now.
[Hey, you punk! How dare you threaten me! You insignificant little thing!]
"If you don't want all your eyes to burst, shut your mouth and get out. You dirty bubble seed."
[I am the ruler of the sky! The one who will rule this world! You, the one who will ignore me!]
Yogur-Thoth unleashed his power to the extreme. The narrow dimensional passage suddenly widened to an enormous size, literally tearing space apart, revealing more than half of Yogur-Thoth's massive body.
This made even the Mitomok tribes swallow their saliva.
But, they didn't bend.
{Irsan
Legendary Trait = 『The spirit that soars the more it is stepped on』: You become immune to all
Rather, he simply glared at the sky and pulled his slingshot. The same was true of the 30-man elite slingshot army of the Mitomok civilization under Irsan. As expected from their leader, they didn't tremble in the slightest.
"Just keep your mouth shut and come at me. Next time, I'll rip that mouth open."
[Yes, yes, you bastards!!! I will definitely make all of your stupid race and you into my slaves!]
Irsan Slingshot Army vs. Yogur-Thoth
Raid Start!
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