Chapter 54: Death of the Fairy, Fool's Beach

"Fairies are enemies, not things to release your desires upon!"

"If you see a Fairy, you must kill it! You must never hide them!"

"The Norsca Tribe is settled on the God-Blessed Plains; you can interact with them normally, rather than twisting your own minds!"

"You are Knights! Not thugs! You should have a conscience, not be in league with Subspace monsters! Clear your minds, elevate your will, and do not let desire capture you!"

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Looking at the bright red slogans posted at the construction site, the young Knights present remained expressionless, pretending that these things were not talking about them.

Li Ang had two discoveries after he relaxed his control permissions and stopped manipulating everyone's will individually.

The first discovery was that everyone's subjective initiative had increased significantly. People in the Broken Lands began to have a certain sense of life, rather than working to maximize their value according to Li Ang's settings as they had before. Instead, they had a certain amount of leisure, and even space for spontaneity.

But the price was the second discovery.

Because this place, the Broken Lands, really had nothing. The serfs were easy to manage; they had lived like this their whole lives and were already very satisfied. But the Knights had no entertainment and no normal cultural development, so they were truly stifled.

The pursuit of dueling with demons and running straight into the Chaos Wasteland to seek so-called glorious charges had already begun to show signs, and now the behavior of these young Knights also made Li Ang realize where he had been negligent.

Culture can be placed alongside scientific research because research enriches people's exterior, while culture enriches people's inner selves. But here, for Li Ang, there was another small, not-a-problem problem.

"Your current cultural output: 6"

What to do? Although everyone has a bit of intelligence, they are completely uncultured.

At the very beginning of the work, facing the Knights who kept their faces stiff and expressionless, pretending as if nothing had happened while they worked, Li Ang's projection on the cliff couldn't help but cover his face.

He dared not think, nor did he dare to read what was going on in the minds of these young Knights due to their boredom and lack of cultural spirit. After all, they couldn't even help but think about the Fairies; honestly, if he were to conduct a thorough re-examination, Li Ang had no doubt that these shameful Knights would probably explode at him.

So Li Ang was merciful; he still opened the portal to the Fairy Realm.

But Li Ang also felt that people shouldn't, or at least, shouldn't do that.

Although he considered himself no good person, the idea of doing things like assaulting a Fairy before killing it still challenged the bottom line of Li Ang's ethics. If such a thing could be done, he dared not imagine what the foundation of his civilization looked like.

Therefore, out of moral and ethical considerations, Li Ang only opened the gate to the Fairy Realm, then let the Knights stand by the door and perform a streamlined operation of killing one whenever they saw one.

Violating people was still excessive, but to satisfy spiritual emptiness, killing them directly was acceptable.

Of course, under the condition of a disciplined assembly line and Li Ang watching the whole time, these spiritually empty Knights didn't get up to anything weird.

The various indicators and head counts had risen steadily, and the bodies of the Fairies after being killed were also dismantled into Runes for the Heavenly Fortress, constantly forging that illusory, seemingly non-existent fortress on the open ground. Each of these Fairy entities could provide dozens to hundreds of Soul Fragments, which were much more useful than demons.

Regarding this, Li Ang had also pondered. It was very likely because demons often descended and died repeatedly, so their Soul Fragments were already dilapidated, whereas Fairies had often never died before and were still very fresh.

But in short, several days later, as Li Ang gradually modified the cliff terrain and created a shallow beach at the edge of the Stonehenge, the Heavenly Fortress was finally completed.

"Your Wonder has been completed!" "Because of your actions, your reputation in the Fairy Realm is: Hateful."

"Please note, your actions will lead to an incalculable future!"

"Due to the Rebirth Pool and the Fairy portal, the illusory soldiers of the Heavenly Fortress have been further strengthened; they will be considered to possess Magic weapons and have the ability to attack the Soul!"

Well, another enemy.

But living in this world, not having a few more enemies is actually unhealthy.

Li Ang quickly threw those messages to the back of his mind and began to meticulously refine the area he had named Fool's Beach, striving to ensure that the Knights of Bretonnia would take the bait accurately.

To carry out this strategic deception, Li Ang put a lot of thought into this beachhead. First, he raised the surrounding coastline entirely and placed some scattered, reef-filled beachheads in certain areas. Although there appeared to be many choices on the surface, in reality, this was the only one they could actually choose.

And because it was at the edge of the Stonehenge, Li Ang specifically guided the Winds of Magic to perform some camouflage.

Through the manipulation of the Stonehenge area and the interference of Chaos magic, Li Ang pretended that this part of the shallows was a beachhead caused by the Corrosion and collapse after the magic of the Chaos Wasteland receded.

It was a beachhead that had appeared recently, and it didn't even look like anyone had scouted it. Only such perfect camouflage could make those Knights, who looked rigid and old-fashioned but were actually playing who-knows-what in their inner selves, take the bait without hesitation.

After all, the military situation was extremely urgent; if they didn't choose this kind of peripheral area and went deeper, wouldn't the surprise and pincer attack of the Chivalrous Expedition be meaningless?

"The stage is set, and it is time to give a signal..."

I hope those psychic aggregates at least have a feedback channel.

I have already started to advance step by step, expressing my aggression toward the Chaos Wasteland, so the Chivalrous Expedition should be coming soon.

Looking at the completed shallows and the Heavenly Fortress looming within the Runes around the mountains, Li Ang reached out toward the sky wrapped in Chaos and snapped his fingers lightly.

"Snap"

And under everyone's gaze, the Holy Grail emitted an extremely beautiful color, gradually twisting and rotating within Li Ang's will, spreading a unique aura of the Holy Grail onto the firmament.

The invisible will turned into tangible power, shaking the entire sky; the Winds of Magic were once again interfered with by the intense rainbow light, differentiating into magnificent aurora colors in the sky. And the torn wounds within the Stonehenge trembled and let out an indescribable howl, even causing the whole world to shake violently again.

Almost at the same time, Gede and Joshua of Bretonnia both raised their heads.

They could feel that their hearts, or rather, what they considered to be their hearts, had begun to crave.

They felt that a mission seemed to be calling to them.

Whether it was the craving for a crimson death of glory or the pale purple name of honor, they naturally believed in their hearts that the time had come.

Under the call of the Goddess, it was time to launch the expedition.

They thought.

(End of chapter)