Chapter 606

Chapter 606: Let the Giant God Face the Entire Primal Wilderness Alone!

The Chaos Council knew very little about the "Primal Wilderness."

Chaos Demon God prided himself on being a noble, evil, and advanced deity; only he and his kind could stand for the cruel forces of "chaos" and "destruction" in the realm.

He saw the beings in the Primal Wilderness as barbaric deities who lived by eating raw meat and drinking blood.

He did not pay them much mind.

Those beings sometimes invaded the Chaos Swamp Realm and hurt the Fantasy Tree of Subspace a bit, but it was just annoying trouble.

Having the Border Demon God guard the place was enough.

Also, the "Vast Dragon Gods" and "Giant Spirit Gods" from different clans in the Primal Wilderness were just a scattered bunch, never led by a strong ruler who could unite them all.

Any scattered force, whether gods or "tribes," was unimportant and not a threat.

To the Chaos Council and its core members, even the First Demon God, they seemed either angry or foolish, and easy to trick into being hired fighters.

Because of this, the First Demon God only half-understood the deities in the Primal Wilderness; using events there to fool Barbatos was quite simple.

So, the "Outer Predators" left on the battlefield had a chance to act.

"That’s right!"

"That’s how it was!"

"First Demon God, you see, I flew up ready to die back then, using my ‘false wings’ to glide through the dangerous battle."

"Several times, I almost got crushed by the ‘long-necked type’ slapping at me!"

"But I did my job in the end, landing on the back of the ‘horned type’ leader, Tinnaru; I told him about the Giant God’s evil plot."

"Even though Tinnaru lost and died fighting the Giant God, all the ‘horned types’ got away safe; and they hit the ‘Vast Dragon God · long-necked type’ hard for siding with the Giant God!"

"The ‘long-necked types’ lost far more than the ‘horned types’ did."

"Tinnaru was one of the ‘Tyrant Candidates,’ so his death might make the Giant God and ‘horned types’ enemies!"

"Another foe for our enemy!"

Barbatos listened to the "Outer Predator’s" report, thinking it over…

"Totally true."

That was the First Demon God’s final call.

As the First Demon God, he had other ways to get news, like demons hiding in the Fantasy Tree.

But those demons were too tiny to see the whole battle, only spotting small parts, so Barbatos got blurry, broken bits of info from them.

Still, those hundreds of scraps matched up almost perfectly with the "Outer Predator’s" story.

The big difference was that many demons in the "Fantasy Tree root systems" seemed to spot the Rodent God running around.

"But that… doesn’t matter."

"It was probably just some ‘noise.’"

"Some ‘Rodent Gods’ hiding there got scared by the battle sounds and ran off—that’s normal."

"There was no conflict with the report from the ‘Outer Predator.’"

"Very good!"

Barbatos looked at the "Outer Predator" with a gaze full of appreciation and trust.

"My intelligence officers were indeed reliable."

"It was the right choice to establish the ‘Core Statistical Bureau’ centered around them!"

"Now… moving forward…"

Intelligence was just intelligence after all.

The important thing was how to combine this accurate information to plan the next strategy.

"Great, this was good news."

"It showed my strategy was completely correct!"

The earlier plan of the First Demon God had been to unite the "Vast Dragon Gods" and "Giant Spirit Gods" in the Primal Wilderness to make the Giant God their enemy!

But this plan had a big problem—why would they fight the Giant God!?

After all, fights among touchy deities had always happened in the Primal Wilderness.

Those touchy deities could start a "Divine Battle" just by glaring or shouting at each other; many deities had died in battles from "anger" and "petty rage."

The Giant God just fit in with their normal ways.

You could say the Giant God’s nature, compared to the very proud and stuck-up Chaos Demon God, was more down-to-earth for the Primal Wilderness; it was like he was blending in.

So, trying to get the Primal Wilderness clans to join an attack on the Giant God had always been tough.

Why would we gang up on our own kind!?

We needed more pay!

The First Demon God figured that even if he hired most deities in the Primal Wilderness to fight the Giant God forces, the cost in "shards of divine rank" would be way too high.

He had to find a way for all the deities in the Primal Wilderness to help him fight the Giant God for free!

That sounded impossible.

But now, Barbatos felt the chance had come!

"The Giant God…"

"He killed other Vast Dragon Gods, that was one thing."

"But now, he had killed ‘Tyrant Candidate’ Tinnaru."

"Isn’t this the start of the Giant God naming himself ‘Tyrant’!?"

"Hehe…"

"Of course, it was very unlikely."

"More likely, this was just the Giant God unfairly helping his friends in the ‘Vast Dragon Clan’."

"But whether the Giant God thought it mattered wasn’t key; what mattered was if the other deities of the Primal Wilderness thought it did."

"If they didn’t think it did…"

"Then I could help them!"

As this thought crossed his mind, a malicious scheme began taking shape in the heart of the First Demon God!

"Hey!"

"You!"

The First Demon God called out to the "Outer Predator" who had come to report.

"I’ve an honorable task for you!"

"Go at once!"

"Take companions skilled in ‘Primal Sigh’ and spread word across the Primal Wilderness."

"Declare that the Giant God proclaims himself Tyrant, accepting all challenges from ‘Tyrant Candidates’!"

"And ensure you dramatize Tinnaru’s God’s War against the Giant God! Emphasize his terror and might!"

Hearing this, the Outer Predator was stunned.

"Ah, this…"

It had returned to report "good news" and claim rewards from the First Demon God!

Not to receive another troublesome assignment!

Truthfully, the mission wasn’t dangerous; they could glide after all. By choosing launch and landing spots carefully while shouting announcements, neither Vast Dragon Gods nor Giant Spirit Gods could touch them.

This posed little challenge in the rapidly changing Primal Wilderness.

The real issue was…

The sheer exhaustion!

How far must it fly? Covering the entire Primal Wilderness would take ages!

But soon, Barbatos’ actions made it beam with joy.

"Here!"

"Your deserved reward."

"Clatter—!"

Since deities manifested human-like forms in the "Barbatos domain", the First Demon God could materialize shards of divine rank as physical objects there.

The sound of gold coins clattering into its palm echoed.

The Outer Predator gazed at the gleaming coins, joy spreading across its face.

A full 2000 shards of divine rank!

Exceeding all expectations!

Yet the First Demon God’s reward included more than divine shards!

"Furthermore, you’re now promoted to ‘Divine Leader.’"

"Select trustworthy, capable comrades to form your own operations team."

It was even promoted!

The continuous happiness almost left the Outer Predator dizzy!

It never expected this little trick would bring such great benefits!

"Thank you!"

"Thank you, generous First Demon God!"

"I’ll serve you with utter devotion until my last breath!"

Seeing the Outer Predator’s excitement, Barbatos nodded with satisfaction.

He could already imagine the Giant God facing endless challenges, worn down to death by waves of Vast Dragon Gods and Giant Spirit Gods.

—-

Days later, the Outer Predator established its forward base atop a Fantasy Tree of Subspace at the border between the Primal Wilderness and the Chaos Swamp Realm.

With the First Demon God’s backing, many Outer Predator compatriots saw promise in this "rising star," flocking to serve under it.

They all craved chances to report "good news" to Barbatos—claiming rewards, gaining trust, and soaring to greatness!

Soon, the "Divine Leader" Outer Predator had gathered a sizable following.

"Hmph…"

"The task from the First Demon God isn’t so hard after all."

"Just spread rumors across the Primal Wilderness!"

"It’s tiring work, nothing more."

"Haha, I’m truly brilliant!"

"My underlings can handle this drudgery!"

Just as it swelled with pride…

"Boss!"

Another Outer Predator scrambled up the treetop. Enhanced by shards of divine rank, Barbatos’ favored "Outer Predator" stood noticeably larger and darker-skinned than its minions—proof of the divine fragments’ power.

"Don’t call me Boss!"

"Address me as Divine Leader!"

The "Divine Leader Outer Predator" seethed. As the First Demon God’s favorite, such informality was unacceptable.

"Alright, Boss!"

"But some ‘little rats’ are here!"

"Said you owe them shards of divine rank!"

The newly promoted "Divine Leader" scratched its head, baffled.

"Rodent Gods?"

"What Rodent Gods?!"

"Since when do I owe those underground beggar-gods divine fragments?!"

"Fine then!"

"I’ll see them myself!"