As news spread of the orc army capturing over ten provinces, the entire Kukarn Empire was filled with fear and unease.
This is one-fifth of the empire's territory!
At this rate, the Kukarn Empire seems to be in grave danger of being completely defeated.
The high-level officials of the Kukarn Empire were also anxious, so they immediately accelerate the speed of mobilizing troops and gather more soldiers and warhorses, attempting to intercept the offensive of the orc army.
At the same time, they sought help from the other four human empires.
After all, the Orc Empire and the Elven Empire joined forces.
The Kukarn Empire is definitely no match for them, if they don't seek help soon, the empire will truly perish.
After receiving the plea for help from the Kukarn Empire, the reactions from the other four empires were also very swift. A prompt response was given instantly, agreeing to send troops to assist the Kukarn Empire in fighting against the alliance of the Orc Empire and the Elven Empire.
There are three factors that led to such a straightforward agreement.
First, this incident was caused by all five major empires together.
Second, if the armies of the Orcs and Elves were allowed to take down the Kukarn Empire, the power of the human forces in the continent will greatly decline. So they understood the principle of "when the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold".
Third, when the Kukarn Empire requested assistance, they also made veiled threats. If the four major empires refused to support and remained indifferent, the Kukarn Empire will not rule out the possibility of surrendering and turning to the side of the Orcs and Elves. (Quite ruthless but reasonable.)
By then, the Orcs and Elves will be able to use the territory of the Kukarn Empire as a springboard to attack their own territories. This is unacceptable to the four major empires.
After agreeing to send troops, the four major empires also acted very quickly, swiftly dispatching a large number of elite soldiers to support the Southern Kukarn Empire.
The alliance of the five human empires vs. the Elf Empire + the Orc Empire.
In the coming period, the Kukarn Empire was still undoubtedly engulfed in war.
Today, the Human Alliance has recaptured a province.
Tomorrow, the Orc and Elven Empires will launch a fierce attack to retake it.
Both sides are engaged in intense battles, with the situation being extremely deadlocked.
Such a fierce large-scale war. Even Rennes, who is determined to stay out of it, was extremely busy.
He frequently took action, fighting against the enemy half gods.
In the process, Rennes forcefully killed a 22nd-level Orc half god and severely injures three mid-level half gods above level 24.
His reputation soared greatly because of this.
Having suffered such a big loss, they realize Rennes' incredibly strong combat power.
Afterwards, when facing Rennes again, both the Orcs and Elves deployed three or more mid-level half gods to support each other against him.
Regarding this, Rennes also knows when to stop, he didn't continue to kill other half gods, to not stimulate the sensitive nerves of the opposing side.
If he were to expose all his cards, he was confident in defeating the three mid-level half gods working together, he might even find the right opportunity to kill them all.
But doing so would attract too much attention, he would definitely end up on the Orc and Elven Empires' hit list. At worst, it might even provoke the Orc's main god to intervene.
By then, he would be in danger. So there are no substantial benefits, to risk so much for a fleeting reputation, only a fool would do that.
To be honest, if it weren't for achieving some merits, and to avoid being held accountable for the potential destruction of the Human Alliance, he would have long continued to stay out of it.
Otherwise, how could he be so high-profile, killing an Orc half god and severely injuring three others?
After accumulating enough merits, Rennes immediately resumed his slacking off mode.
Each time he took action, it was mainly to engage in close combat to restrain the opponent's half-god combat power.
This high-intensity large-scale war lasted for nearly three months. Neither side gained much advantage, nor neither could do anything to the other.
Coupled with the enormous consumption brought about by the war, both sides did not want to continue fighting.
After some negotiations, the five human empires officially reached a ceasefire agreement with the Orc Empire and the Elven Empire.
This large-scale war, with its massive scale and fierce fighting, ended in a whimper like this.
In this war, the Orc Empire and the Kukarn Empire suffered the greatest losses.
After all, the main battlefield was the territory of these two empires.
Regardless of the loss of soldiers and supplies, almost one-third of their territory was turned into wasteland, it would be difficult to recover for several decades or even hundreds of years.
However, the Orc Empire suffered slightly less losses than the Kukarn Empire, because according to the ceasefire agreement signed by both sides, the Orc Empire could select three provinces from the occupied areas as compensation.
And what about the Kukarn Empire?
In order to quickly end this war with no benefits and avoid more territories being attacked by the flames of war, the losses were even more severe.
In the end, they could only grit their teeth and agree to this condition.
It has to be said, the Kukarn Empire really suffered a huge loss this time.
They didn't gain any benefits, suffered heavy military losses, and had to cede territory as compensation.
Such a big defeat has already shaken the foundation of the Kukarn Empire, and the internal public opinion pressure within the empire was also very high.
Many imperial nobles have begun to question the ability of the Kukarn imperial family.
In order to ensure the dignity and rule of the imperial family, Rennes naturally became the scapegoat for Emperor Kukarn. (Yep, this emperor he f##ked up big time.)
After all, Rennes followed the Human Alliance in attacking the Orc Empire and did not die in battle.
In addition, his status was high enough to participate in the entire war.
As the scapegoat for the war's failure, it couldn't be more appropriate.
Just like that, not only did Rennes not receive any commendation for killing the enemy half god, delivering intelligence and delaying the tens of millions orc army with only one million troops.
Instead, he was held accountable.
Even his title was reduced by one level, from a Duke to a Marquis.
Of course, Emperor Kukarn also knew that the war's failure had little to do with Rennes himself, he had privately spoken to Rennes as well.
Once this storm passes, he would find an opportunity to restore Rennes' title. At the same time, he also provided Rennes with many rare magical materials that were hard to find outside.
Even so, Rennes still felt very unhappy about being the scapegoat for others.
He didn't want to get involved in this war caused by the divine beings in the first place, but now he was conscripted by the emperor.
Not only was he involuntarily dragged into it, but he also received such a result after putting in a lot of effort.
Who could feel at ease with this in their heart?
With the system as his golden finger, he lacked almost nothing, so he didn't care about those so-called compensations at all.
Thinking like this, Rennes' goodwill towards the Kukarn Imperial Family completely turned into a negative number.
If there is a chance in the future, he wouldn't mind stabbing the Kukarn Imperial Family. Or, after having enough strength, pulling them down and making the Habsburg Family the imperial family of the Kukarn Empire.
Adjusting his mood, Rennes left the imperial capital of the Kukarn Empire.
He had been away from home for half a year.
Now that the war was over, if he didn't return home soon, his wives would be worried.
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