Chapter 746 Marching Orders
( Just outside Purplehaze City )Massive tents and a sea of humans could be spotted outside Purplehaze city. The capital city of the True Elites Kingdom was already HUGE in size however, the sea of humans created a ring of tents around it that stretched for 15 killometers on all side.
As Rudra looked at the scene from the top of the wall he could only see small humans in the distance as various campfires caused grey smoke to rise in the air.
He had fought many wars in his tenure as the guildmaster of the Elites in Omega, however never had he seen such a proper army camp in his entire life.
It looked like a scene straight out of a movie , yet it was not , it was real and the truly shocking part was that although Rudra was looking at it and admiring it , it could not move his heart. He had no goosebumps go down his spine nor was he amazed , he was only happy to see such a magnificent sight and know that the people down there were under his protection and command.
Rudra could have easily recruited 40-50 million people more considering the church of death had a total following of 304 million as of that moment however many did not want to sign the contract that was put before them while being handed out the blood potions that said ' They needed to act in complete obedience to the drafted generals and commanders of their units '.
This seemed like a massive scam to some and hence they did not go through with the signing up. However Rudra could not care less about those who backed off as the last thing he wanted was to have a huge army that was not under his own control.
If the volunteers all acted according to their own wills and did not fight as directed then all Rudra would have accomplished by gathering them was helping them enter hell with one extra life and nothing more , however as he put forward that clause he could rest assured that he would be able to atleast control this massive force he wielded under his command.
Those who understood his concerns did not have any reservations in signing and those were the men who had camped outside Purplehaze city today.
While he was off , it was Amelia who had managed these sea of people and organized them promptly according to the battle plan that Rudra sent him 28 hours ago as now the massive force of 130 + 20 million was properly divided into 5 units.
Rudra did not want to lead a massive force personally hence all he took under his wing were the 5 million soldiers from Emperor Cervantez, His personal army of the True Elites Kingdom numbering 12 million strong , and 8 million of the elven soldiers that Ruby had managed to rally from her merit for his cause.
Naturally Rudra had fed all 25 million of these outside help the blood potion so that they could be revived once they died and alongside the True Elites guild and all the subsidiaries it controlled , he had a player army of 5 million strong to command a total force of 30 million troops total.
The other 4 divisions were also 30 million each and divided for the other four commanders , however while the other four would already have demons amongst their ranks Rudra would have none with his , but he would retain all the tier 4 elders of the True Elites Guild under his command.
Rudra had chosen this structure of distribution because if there was anyone he trusted his back to in the face of a raging demon army it would undoubtedly the elders from the elites.
No matter what the situation was going to be he knew that Karna and Jhonny would never dissapoint him and that they would find a way to win even when there was none.
As if reading his thoughts, Karna showed up on the wall right at this moment as he said "U look creepy when u smile ".
Rudra instantly smiled broader as Karna stood beside him looking over the view . For a brief moment no words were exchanged yet the duo conversed a lot just by standing beside each other.
Karna said " King Cervantez has taken over Purplehaze City and the True Elites Kingdom , our standing army has sent all the non essential personnel to help in the coming war , however the best men are still guarding the territory on high alert.
The kings who have submitted have also signed a treaty that will compell them to send full force of their armies incase our kingdom is invaded , however I don't think that with aquahose being ruled by the Russians we have any natural territorial neighbours left.
We can leave the city without worries my friend ".
Rudra nodded in assurance,leaving the territory undefended was a stupid move and he was not dumb enough to think that he could pull out with all of his elites and his NPC army and the vultures from outside would do nothing to take the undefended place from him.
However, they could try their best now and still fall short as the forts and advanced weapons made by the elites plus the support of allies made them invincible in the short term from foreign heckle.
Karna then said " You sure about this mate? "
Rudra replied looking at his face " Why you getting cold feet ? "
Karna chuckled as he said " Remember when you came to recruit me all those years ago? I told you i would go to hell with you if you ask me to guildmaster and this vice guildmaster of the elites Leo Crispi is no liar ".
Rudra put an arm over Karna's shoulder as he squeezed his arm firmly, " Best decision I've ever made as the guildmaster, is to recruit you ".
Karna felt touched , he wanted to enjoy the rare moment of bromance where true feelings were shared , however ofcourse Rudra was not going to let him enjoy it for long as he pushed him off the wall with incredible force and caught him off-guard.
Karna was only stunned momentarily as he recovered quickly , mouthing the words " A**hole" he flipped various times before landing clean on the ground below.
Rudra chuckled out loud now as he knew that Karna was never going to get hurt by something so petty , it was just that the atmosphere was turning too sweet for him to handle and he needed to push Karna away to hide his true emotions.
Taking a deep breath he spoke loudly , and with his tier 5 power his voice boomed across all camps even without an amplifier as he said " Bravemen , Bravewomen and brave warriors who have assembled here today from all over the continent , I Pope Shakuni Of The Elites extend to you my warmest welcome.
The time has finally come for us to march into hell and knock on the steps of Lucifer and help our lord Hades to take back the control of hell from him.
It's chances like these that seperate Average players from great players and great players from legendary players.
Our home planet is in for an turmulous future and this war might be on the scale that we would need to experience day in and day out just for survival.
Luckily nobody does for real in this war , and the consequences are minimal , however I must ask all of you to treat the fighting as if you had one life and one life only , as come a real war someday you will not get a second chance!".
Rudra paused for a long time as he saw everyone down below focusing on his small visage standing ontop of the wall before continuing as he said
" Make no mistake
We are going to hell to win
We are going to hell to challenge a god and i promise you that it won't be pretty and it won't be easy.
Some of you might wonder ' But can a god even be killed? '
And yes you are wondering the right question, and dissapointingly the answer is NO , a god cannot be killed ".
Everyone became perpelxed now , what did Rudra mean by a god cannot be killed? If Lucifer could not be killed then what were they going to do in hell anyways?
Rudra continued " A god cannot be killed by mortals , it's the way the world has worked since it's establishment.
I will not give you false hopes , men can't kill god's ".
When Rudra confirmed what many felt was the case the atmosphere in the camp turned grim. Most people down there were only coming for the peripheral fighting and not with the goal to slay Lucifer and Rudra sensed this early on and decided to shape the army towards having a common goal .
He continued " But i see no men here today , i only see a 150 million god's!".
Rudra's words caused most to widen their pupils in shock , what was the leader of the elites saying ? Had he finally gone senile?
Rudra shouted " WHAT ARE GODS?
IF YOU SAY A GOD CAN'T DIE
I say we can't either , we are going into hell and no matter what happens NONE OF US TRULY DIE
IF YOU SAY A GOD CONTROLS THE FATE OF MILLIONS.
I say all of us control fate of millions , millions of demons that would Live in a hell free of the demonic Lucifer, millions of middle earth NPCs who would someday be able to open trade routes and establish connections to demonic cities in hell all because a few brave men changed the course of history forever .
IF YOU SAY A GOD HAS SUPREME POWERS.
I say all of us have supreme powers ! The world is no longer the same place it was , cultivators are everywhere and everyone can become one. Inside Omega we can slash apart mountains and tear apart seas , we have all killed monsters in numbers we can't even count . All to become more powerful.
We are all powerful here brave ladies and gentlemen, just on different power levels .
I SAY EVERYONE WHO HAS A WILL TO DEFY FATE IS A GOD, EVERYONE THAT STEPS INTO HELL TO HELP THE GOD OF DEATH IS A GOD AND ALL OF YOU WHO WILL HELP SLAY A GOD WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A GOD.
On earth we are taught this one lesson regardless of what relegion we belong to which is ' There is god within all of us ' , today i say that's true.
We are all part god's
' Har Har Mahadev ' ".
Rudra's words sent chills down everyone's spine as organically the crowd erupted into deafening cheers and electricity.
Har Har Mahadev was a chant used by ancient warriors in Rudra's homeland , and it meant everyone is a Mahadev or that everyone has Mahadev the god of gods within themselves.
While most in the crowd did not understand the origin of that chant , 130 million people shouted it on repeat at top of their lungs.
' HARR HARR MAHADEV! '.
Rudra saw the cohesive army chanting and felt like his job here was done , raising his arms he summoned the portal artifact that Hades had given him to create 4 massive entrances for the army to march into HELL.
As the massive portals appeared, the tier 4 generals started leading their men into them in rapid progression, the chant of Har Har Mahadev never stopping.
It took 14 hours for every last man to enter the portal , as Rudra was the last one to go in . Looking at the outside world one last time he walked into the biggest fight of his life .
/// I'm extremely sorry for the wrong chapter uploaded yesterday, it's simply an oversight on my part.
This more than triple the normal chapter wordcount because i wanted to compensate for the wrong chapter posted yesterday.
I have already commissioned the art for the map on urgent basis from my own money and it should be ready in 2-3 days , but for future illustrations i will appreciate support on patreon , i will post the link in the coming chapters soon ///