Lords: From Civilization to the Stars.

Chapter 52 Demon shortage, help us

On the edge of Stonehenge, it is now rare to see groups of demons sharpening their knives.

With the blessing of the Great Tree of Life and the Holy Grail, it is actually hard to say that the Knights of the Guard - those knights of Bretonnia who decided to use the Holy Grail and life force to reorganize themselves into a new knightly order - look less human than the demons.

The knights of the Giant Tree Outpost now began to mix the bark of the Oak of Ages with steel to create a set of bizarre tree helmets. The war horses under their crotches also gradually evolved into antlers and green eyes as their vitality gradually twisted. They were so tall that they didn't look like human creatures. From a distance, they even looked like war fortresses.

They even had a horrific record of charging against the Bronze Bull Riders of Khorne Demons during an operation to hunt wasteland demons on the periphery, and annihilating all the other demons without losing a single one of their own.

Extraordinary vitality, inexhaustible energy, and the spell-like abilities granted by the Path of Wisdom and Path of War differentiated from Leon.

The Knights Guard even has a combat capability that is no less than that of Bretonnia's regular knights in the badlands.

And because of the influence of Stonehenge, their impact brought damage to their souls.

In the chaotic wasteland, even the Blood God's servants have begun to feel fear and resistance.

After all, the reason why these subspace creatures are so fearless is that no matter what, as long as the concept does not disappear, they can be reborn in the concept.

But in the face of the Stonehenge and Leon's inexhaustible desire to devour everything, all the demons' concepts and soul fragments will be forcibly sucked away by Leon and turned into his food. Some demons even began to fearfully claim that Leon was the embodiment of emptiness and the embodiment of the destruction of the world.

Although the concept itself still exists after Leon devours it, those things are completely new combinations.

It is completely different from its current appearance. The demons dare not even imagine what kind of strange creatures the demons will become after being swallowed.

So in this environment, Leon's hunting plan was actually affected a lot.

Fortunately, although the construction time of the Heavenly Fortress is tight, it does not require all the items to be thrown in at once.

Creating a suitable beachhead for luring the enemy in takes time, and hunting the demons takes time as well.

But the premise is that the progress is normal.

If these knights are still only concerned about their own pleasure, then Leon will have to increase their strength a little to make them realize who is the real boss.

"...You should kill demons. The life magic barrier at the Giant Tree Outpost has been created. I have used magic and the Norsemen to build a complete resting place for you. You should kill demons for your honor, and kill more demons."

"But, sir, we have been working very hard to kill the demons..."

"Effort? Do you call that effort? You are just enjoying the pleasure of charging into the enemy in a group. You are just enjoying the glory of fighting against a strong enemy."

Looking at the tall knight who seemed to be ashamed, Leon looked disappointed.

After deciding to build the Heavenly Kingdom Fortress, Leon had originally planned to build it while killing people, which would complement each other and there would be no production line problems. However, when he had only built one tenth of it, Leon was furious to find that there was a problem with the supply of soul fragments.

The Norscans and Bretonnians didn't kill any demons at all.

Is this acceptable? You only kill a few hundred demons a day on average. How can you be worthy of me? This was the first time that Leon held a short private meeting. It was also the first time that Leon expressed his dissatisfaction in front of ordinary people.

He was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Bretonnian Knights, or the Guard Knights. Although their achievements at the Giant Tree Outpost were remarkable, their next actions made Leon very angry.

"You promised me that you would fight against Chaos and would not disgrace the power of the Holy Grail. I trusted you and gave you the Holy Grail, but how did you repay me? What about after you got the Great Tree of Time? How could you only fight those big battles instead of running into the Chaos Wasteland and killing everyone you saw?"

Leon looked at the ashamed knight in front of him with an angry face and said loudly:

“Each of you has unlimited energy and vitality, and each of you has my blessing, but ask yourself, are you collecting so-called information, waiting for the so-called big battlefield?
But while you are pursuing glory, what are the demons doing? The demons are running away. They won't wait for you to ask slowly if they want to have a big fight? No! They won't wait for you! The blood gods may, but the others definitely won't! So we have to chase them and kill them!
In the meadows, in the mountains, in the snowfields, in the places where the winds of chaos magic are most violent, kill them one by one!
No matter how many there are, how pitiful they look, or even if they are just a collection of some positive emotions in the warp, no demon deserves sympathy or mercy. You have to kill them all.

Scattered demons must be killed, gathered demons must be killed even more, and fleeing demons must be killed even more. Within the range of sight, or even within the range of perception, as long as the wind of magic has a hint of the stench of demons, we must follow and kill them. Then, after you enjoy the honor, you can hand over the fragments of your soul to me.

Instead of finding an excuse to play knight battle games with them in the snowy plains!
You have forgotten your original oath and even immersed yourself in the game of knights. What you have to do is never to treat this as a game, but to really hunt demons. "

"…I understand, sir. I am ashamed."

Looking at the thin and pale young man in front of him, but with a great sense of power, the knight leader bowed his head respectfully.

Under the dual irrigation of vitality and the Holy Grail, the once elegant leader of the Knights Templar has now almost merged into one with the giant tree armor. Tree marks are spreading on the armor on his body, and there are even two points of fluorescence in his eye sockets.

His supernatural posture combined with his height of over two and a half meters made the scene of him lowering his head and admitting his mistake extremely shocking.

But no one present showed any special reaction.

It was as if this was a very natural scene.

"It's good that you know. Take my message back and explain it to your brothers. Your actions can only be called heroic games, not real hunting of Chaos Demons."

"Yes, I understand."

The giant tree knight said in a deep voice.

Even after he bowed respectfully and turned to leave, not many people looked at him.

"That should get them moving... Really, the knights actually choose their opponents. What kind of knights are they? Can't they just kill anyone they see?"

Did you know that there is a shortage of demons in the territory right now?
If there are not enough soul fragments and the ambush site is not built well, a lot of people will die.

Looking at the huge figure leaving, Leon sighed while sitting on the chair, and looked at Oliver, who had a calm expression, his eyes watching his nose and his nose watching his heart, emphasizing that he knew nothing.

"Oliver, please introduce Knight Goethe and Knight Joshua. I know you know these two people."

(End of this chapter)