Chapter 15: Demons Minting Gold Coins

Emotionally speaking, any sentient being would loathe things like Chaos Demons.

Yes, just things.

These strange monsters are not sentient beings; their language and actions are always narrated for the purpose of leading the world toward destruction.

Ineffable power supports their ancient, twisted forms; the Winds of Magic from the Chaos Wasteland have become their blood and bones, allowing them to walk upon the earth in that blasphemous state.

Even from Li Ang's overhead perspective, he could see the twisted and hateful emotions displayed by that chaotic Chaos Demon army. Even while advancing, this Chaos Demon army was still slaughtering one another, attacking toward the Landing Site guided by the Stonehenge with an aura of destruction and corruption.

These dozens of monsters did not explicitly manifest their intent; they were likely purely stirred by the massive magical ritual.

This is perhaps the inevitable consequence brought about by a Wonder like Stonehenge in this world.

Kill them all.

Watching the chaotic Chaos Demon army, Li Ang instinctively manipulated Magic, intending to make a psionic call to his head of research.

But very quickly, his Civilization System gave him a notification.

"Warning: A Chaos Demon army is launching an attack on your city."

"They believe this massive ritual is a natural phenomenon, so they have decided to come and attack any living things that might have been attracted."

"This army has no leader, its thinking is chaotic, and it has no strategy or goals, advancing entirely on bloodlust and instinct toward biological life. It will be effortless for your army."

"Hint: A demon's body contains only Magic and its innate nature; players are encouraged to pay close attention and utilize this. There may be unexpected surprises in the mastery of Magic."

"Hint 2: Killing certain Chaos Demons will have their concepts extracted by Stonehenge; you have a certain probability of obtaining clues to hidden technologies. These are technologies that could absolutely never appear on the normal path."

"Hint 3: You can use the laboratory or library to attempt research on any biological or quasi-biological individual. Every time your servants obtain a portion of knowledge, there is a probability of adding a certain value to the National Spirit."

When all indices are fully filled, after exploration through technology and Magic, your National Spirit will add 'Ethereal Slayer'."

"Ethereal Slayer: Can inflict damage on any non-corporeal life and phenomena."

"..."

But then again, from the perspective of civilization, Li Ang would not use his personal emotions to think about problems.

If it were based on personal likes and dislikes, Li Ang would choose to wipe out those Chaos Demons without hesitation, but now that there are other choices, there is no need to be so cruel, is there?

Watching the Chaos Demons' route of advance, the Old Ones had a plan in mind and directly made a psionic call to Wufuruike's side.

"Wufuruike, a group of Chaos Demons has arrived nearby; go bind them and send them to me."

Wufuruike, who was staring blankly at the creations of the Ancient Ones and feeling knowledge being forcibly crammed into his head in a despicable way, was startled upon hearing the voice, subconsciously grabbing his weapon and instinctively looking around.

And Li Ang, lying in the Observatory, once again patted him on the shoulder with psionics, expressing his identity through his psionic manipulation ability.

"It is I, your master. I have already learned some preliminary applications of psionics."

"M-Master! I'm heading there right now!" Hearing that familiar voice, Wufuruike's expression changed, and then he was overjoyed, shouldering his iron sword and rushing out.

While calling out to those Norscans who were bored and listening to Oliver make up stories, he enthusiastically offered some suggestions to his master.

"Do we not need to kill them, Master? You may not know this, but life like Chaos Demons cannot be interrogated through means like torture. These monsters naturally have no sense of pain; only damage to the Soul and concepts is particularly effective against them."

"I have an idea I want to test on them... but we can try chopping a few up too, let me see."

"Actually, killing them all is also very simple for me, Master."

"If you could quickly learn concepts like logical relationships and rational cognition, I wouldn't have to rack my brain trying to do something with the Chaos Demons."

"If you don't understand the compass and astrology, when we go to reclaim those Norsca Tribes, you won't even be able to mark our city. You can kill them all, but I hope you can take the lead in scientific research."

"I'll go bring you captives right now."

Wufuruike immediately stopped talking and waved his hand at the Norscans.

A group of Norscans who had long been impatient immediately stretched their bodies and walked out laughing toward the black earth outside, which was filled with cold light and mixed with some ice and snow.

Although Stonehenge dispelled and absorbed all the violent Magic in the entire area, in essence, many things were not entirely supernatural. It is a very natural phenomenon to have some ice and cold in this kind of area.

And for the Norscans, this temperature was cool and pleasant, the most suitable day for them to take action.

Although they had obtained the food of their dreams and received unimaginably generous rewards, the Norscans always maintained a strange sense of tension regarding everything around them.

Everything was like a dream; it was obtained too easily. In front of Li Ang, everything was as beautiful as a dream.

They needed some cold, some chill, or some blood to remind themselves that they were still alive.

"Oliver, if you wish to work under a different identity, you can also try doing something. For example, leading your servants to charge at the Chaos Demons or something."

"... Master, although I have been called to become a Kingdom Knight, I also know very well that when facing Norscans who have sworn to prove themselves, it is best not to do anything else."

Regarding Li Ang's inquiry, Oliver humbly bowed in the open space, expressing his respect.

Although this man had no idea when Li Ang had acquired this ability, he quickly understood the situation and respectfully expressed his obedience.

Seeing that his attempt to stir up trouble had failed, Li Ang clicked his tongue with some regret and continued to overlook the strange Chaos Demon army, beginning to conceive ideas in his mind.

As everyone knows, Chaos Demons are monsters that need to absorb the surrounding elements and Magic to exist.

And if a Wonder like Stonehenge is thrown in, every sentient individual will unconditionally provide a bit of Magic.

And within the Civilization System, even in a state of enslavement, as long as the subordinate relationship is confirmed, they can be used as employees and workers.

Then the question arises: if enslaved Chaos Demons are thrown into Stonehenge, will the electric meter run backward? Even if it can't run backward, at least give something good, right? Watching the Norscans howling as they rushed out under Wufuruike's lead, Li Ang raised an eyebrow, feeling some anticipation in his heart.

(End of chapter)