The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

143 I'm a demon, even without being told

Even after Bugitas had usurped the throne, the Noble Orc empire still had a strange order to it.

During the few days following Bugitas and his vassals' successful coup d'état, they had employed violence. They had killed those who disobeyed them and committed the previously-forbidden cannibalism. They confined the priests of Mububujenge, the evil god of degenerate corpulence who had provided many blessings to the empire up until then, as well as the flesh-wives that had been given for the Orcs to marry, in the churches.

However, after those few days, large incidents stopped happening. A number of women had been gathered, and some of the upset citizens and Orcs had been killed. This was indeed tragic, but on the whole, the damage and number of casualties hadn't been enough to shake the empire.

That was because Bugitas had sent generals like Budirud and Bufudin out to lead armies in various other regions, so there were less rulers in the empire. Most importantly, Bugitas had restrained his subordinates to some extent.

He couldn't inflict great damage to the empire that he himself ruled, and if he cornered Mububujenge too hard, there was no telling what she would do in desperation.

The evil gods who had once been a part of the Demon King's army were not involved in the maintenance and control of Lambda.

The gods of Lambda needed to hold back a certain amount of power to maintain the world, but the evil gods could wield their power as they wished.

They could even descend upon the world and go on a rampage until they were extinguished.

That was true for both the gods who had joined Vida's side like Mububujenge, and for the gods on Vida's side who had been forced out of their positions as gods.

Such an act was equivalent to self-destruction, and not something that a sane god would do. But for the evil gods, insanity was sanity.

As Mububujenge and the other gods maintained the barrier that protected the southern region of the continent from Alda, they were unlikely to lose themselves to desperation so easily, but caution was still needed.

If Mububujenge was alone, Ravovifard would be able to defeat her, but if the other gods were to sympathize with her and join her in her desperate act, Ravovifard would be at a disadvantage.

Thus, it was necessary to make them realize that nothing could be done even if they were to perform such desperate actions.

Ravovifard's objective was to take the other gods of the southern region of the continent into a religious system where he, the evil god of release, was standing at the top.

He would bring the gods over to his side, one by one. Ravovifard's power of release had weak effects on other evil gods, but there were many classic methods to employ, even without his special ability. Intimidation and persuasion were effective, even against gods.

But even this goal was nothing but a checkpoint. He would take in gods that obeyed him, seal away gods that disobeyed, increase his power, defeat Alda, the god of law and fate who was slowly but surely exhausting his power, and hold this world in his own hands.

This was Ravovifard's ambition, and the ambition of Bugitas who worshipped him.

An army was marching towards the empire that was working towards this ambition.

As the scout on the watchtower reported this news, the Noble Orcs looked and cheered at the sight of the army.

"Those are the flags of General Budirud, General Bufudin and General Bukyap! They've returned!" one of the Noble Orcs cried. "Hurry and open the gate!"