Lords: From Civilization to the Stars.

Chapter 67 The End of Chivalry
Li Ang made a lot of preparations for this war.

These include, but are not limited to, the exhaustion bomb made from the life force itself and buried under the Oak of Ages, which uses the Oak of Ages as a sacrifice to equally and comprehensively destroy all enemies around it.

There are also a series of unpredictable reactions after the token of the Universal Labyrinth is shattered. As a wonder made with the token of the God of Wisdom, even after being torn apart in the material world, it may bring unimaginable, unpredictable and unknown consequences.

Even in the worst case scenario, Leon's idea was to directly blow up Stonehenge, use the energy torrent at that moment to tear apart the continental shelf, destroy everything, wipe out all the chivalrous expeditionary forces and demons in the chaotic wasteland on the ocean and land, and start over.

The explosion would most likely destroy the entire Broken Land and set off a massive tsunami throughout the Old World, but Leon didn't care.

Because for Leon, he just wanted to move to the snowy mountains of Norsca to rebuild his own country. Although losing a planetary wonder that can be developed and a planetary wonder that has revived is certainly a bit hard to bear, but in order to continue, Leon has this plan.

The worst option is to completely abandon these territories and matrices, manipulate the wind of magic and jump directly to other large areas. Don't play in the old world. As a wizard with powerful magic, he has this ability.

After making countless contingency plans and hiding dozens of trump cards and things that could turn the table over, Leon was able to plan the war ahead with peace of mind.

Fortunately, the difficulty of the Chivalrous Expedition is really not very high.

Besides the fact that half of them were killed by friendly forces, there were many other things that were beyond Leon's expectations.

The expected attack from the four virtual entities never came. They just sent some random demons and troops to disrupt the operation of other towns and fortresses, and then did basically nothing else.

The God of Life was the traitor, frantically filling the Giant Tree Outpost with vitality, blocking the God of War's troops outside the door, and preventing them from getting in. The demons of the God of Wisdom were also performing outside the Heavenly Fortress, and did not really launch a large-scale attack.

Only the God of Joy took a look at the front battlefield, promoted Joshua, and that was it.

They didn't care about anything, just watched from the side, and didn't even put any pressure on Stonehenge.

So much so that they were happy to see Leon borrow and imitate the Tao.

Maybe it was just like what they said at the beginning, this is a great game, and the most important thing about the game is to have fun. Obviously, the fun that Leon can provide is much more interesting than Joshua.

The result of this was that Joshua, as a demon of the god of joy, could not even put up too much resistance. Although the Chivalrous Expeditionary Force had been corrupted for many days, most of them were ordinary humans and would not fight alongside the demons. Not killing them was already considered very restrained.

As a novice mission, even if the number of these demons and attackers increased ninefold, they completely lost their ability to resist under the power of the Pale Army's third path, the path of wisdom. The fighting ability of the path of war, the immortality of the path of life, and the teleportation of the path of wisdom, they were completely defeated.

As humans and players retreated stealthily in defeat, demons rushed forward one after another, constantly transforming from Chaos Believers and rushing into the battlefield like adding fuel to the fire.

Then he died, was absorbed by the Wound of the World, and transformed into magic power that was poured into the Pale Army.

Finally, the Goethe Knight crushed Joshua's slippery lower body with one foot, looked at the bloody demon leader, let out a threatening growl, and turned to look at Leon.

"It seems your gods don't like you very much."

Facing Joshua, whose facial features were oozing with blood, whose six arms and snake-like lower body were torn to pieces and who was just gasping for breath, Leon shook his head with some regret.

The azure light of wisdom was changing unpredictably in the sky. The pale monsters were no longer as pale as ash. Red symbols, light green blood vessels, and azure flames appeared on them. The dim eyes of these soulless people looked at the last demon indifferently.

All the demons left no entity after their death, they were all absorbed by the Stonehenge.

Only the empty shells of their flesh that had broken free were still floating in the same place like sails, proving that these monsters were born from human bodies.

"You have tried very hard... but in the end, this is your limit."

Li Ang ignored the horrified looks of the other living humans and players, snapped his fingers, and instantly appeared beside Joshua. Looking at the hideous appearance of the purple demon, he had a look of pity on his face. "There is no way to transform those projected souls, and there is no way to get more people to join your ranks. This is the result. You have no way to fight against people's pursuit of a better life. Although everyone hates me, a wizard of unknown origin, they are more afraid of you demons."

"Perhaps the Pleasure Path and your feasts make you think that humans and players will always stand by you. But even the Soulless know that your deformed souls are uglier."

"And your tactics are also problematic. You actually want to use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire to wear us down."

Under the azure light, Leon, with eyes like whirlpools, looked at the demon at his feet that was spitting blood and convulsing, and said softly:
"I want to transform my troops into undead demons, and then use the demons' physical advantages to delay the Pale Army until all their transformations are exhausted. This is a very good strategy. And as an apostle of the God of Joy, you can also feel that there is no path to joy among them and myself."

"But you got one thing wrong, Joshua. I really don't have the Path of Pleasure just now, and I really don't understand the power of pleasure. But after so many demons died, it would be rude not to understand. Even if you can delay the Path of Wisdom and kill them all, I still have the power brought by your Path of Pleasure... They will be faster, more graceful, and more agile."

"After all, every demon that dies within the Stonehenge is my food. And now, your death has helped me complete the last step."

'You have killed enough demons! All the demon fragments have been dismantled and sacrificed!'

'You have unlocked the path to happiness!'

A lilac glow is brewing in the sky.

The demon who was once Joshua looked up at the magnificent sky with trembling eyes, at a loss.

As a demon on the path of joy, he could feel what the purple light represented. It was supreme joy, the most orthodox path, and the destination he wanted to reach even in his dreams.

"Ah……"

He dug one last sigh out of his lungs.

He stared with wide eyes at the wound of the world that was filled with noble purple, and at the bodies and limbs of those ugly and terrifying soulless people that began to glow purple. His eyes seemed to be questioning, and also seemed to be angry.

This clown, or rather a performer under the God of Joy, finally expressed his emotions at the end of the stage. He was unwilling to accept his own death, and was also angry about why the God of Joy was so lenient to his enemies. He didn't understand what was going on.

But no matter what, he had no reason to live.

"Just think of it as a nightmare, Knight Joshua. When you wake up, you will find that you have been living in the most perfect ideal."

"..."

The demon said nothing, but continued to stare at the purple color of the sky. Finally, he spat out a stream of blood and slowly lost his vitality.

Leon gently brushed the eyes of the demon who was once Knight Joshua, and made it close its eyes. The huge demon entity gradually became luminous, turning into fragmented pieces and rainbow light. The lavender light, like other demon entities, rose into the wound in the sky like a wisp of green smoke.

Under the somewhat panicked gaze of everyone and the players, Leon slowly stood up and looked at these defeated soldiers.

"Now, it's time to talk about our problems."

Looking at these people, the smile on Li Ang's face was extremely sincere and genuine.

"I am really a kind person. Won't you consider the suggestion I made?"

(End of this chapter)