The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 965 The Battle to Protect the World of Eternal Darkness (Part 8)
Although the Civilization Devourer exhibited many inhuman traits, Richard could sense that beneath those inhuman traits lay an abyss-like greed.

The Civilization Devourer is a never-satisfied creature.

He was born to devour war and civilization.

Although He often displays remarkable calmness and restraint, He will never give up even the slightest benefit when He has the opportunity to be greedy.

Just like just now.

Richard's soul had been corrupted by His blasphemous whispers, and his body was controlled by His thorns.

Under such circumstances, He would never let go of something as valuable as the Hammer of Creation.

Of course, even if He lets it go, the Hammer of Creation will strike the civilization devourers according to Richard's pre-set instructions.

Richard understood that even if he could kill one of the three clones.

The remaining clones can still hold him off.

He is not a leader; he has only reached the level of a leader in defense.

Therefore, if he wants to intervene in the war below, he must wipe out all three civilization devourer clones in one fell swoop.

This was not an easy goal to achieve, so Richard had to take a risky gamble, using himself as bait to lure the civilization devourers into a trap.

Judging from the current results, his plan has been remarkably effective.

Golden flames of miracles burned fiercely, and with Richard's relentless use of them, endless flames of miracles surged forth from the Forge of Miracles.

Even though the civilization devourer possessed the ability to resist the Miracle Fire, it could only succumb to its endless flames.

They wanted to escape, but Richard wasn't going to give them the chance.
The supernatural gravity wells trapped them firmly in place, unable to move.

As the flames of miracle burned, the battle seemed to have come to an end.

hum!
A flash of light suddenly struck Richard's vest.

The cellular dimension behind Richard was instantly annihilated by hundreds of thousands.

He turned around abruptly and saw that a dimensional portal had opened behind him at some unknown time.

"Dimensional Annihilation Cannon? That won't kill me."

Richard wore a mocking smile; in his view, the civilization devourer seemed somewhat enraged.

But soon, his smile faded.

In the void, dimensional gates slowly opened, emanating an aura of destruction that even he had to avoid.

Against the dominant weapon.

Countless weapons against the Overlord.

For a long time, Richard and the Wizarding Alliance have overlooked one thing: the civilization devourers are actually far more efficient than them, and they are only able to contend with them due to their sheer size.

Efficiency is crucial for the creation of some weapons.

The Dominator Weapon is such a thing.

The high efficiency of the Civilization Devourer allows him to mass-produce weapons against the Overlord.

The only thing limiting its development was its materials.

The materials for the Dominator Weapon are not something that can be found easily; collecting them requires a great deal of effort, manpower, and resources.

These materials are often found in places with special conditions. Some of these conditions pose no threat to living organisms, but the vast majority of these materials require the Overlord to obtain them personally.

Ironically, the most difficult thing to create this ordinary civilization is actually the simplest.

If the civilization devourer so desires, it can summon a dozen overlords to work together to create weapons, forcibly maximizing the production efficiency.

Now, the civilization devourer has finally revealed his trump card.

In the void before Richard, behind each dimensional gate lay a weapon of dominion.

These weapons combined are enough to incinerate a Broken Line Overlord in an instant.

But now they are being used as tools to delay Richard.

"You really don't want me to leave?"

Richard raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that it seemed he wouldn't be able to leave today.

The deployment of weapons of this scale demonstrates the Civilization Devourer's determination to win this war. No matter what methods Richard employs, he cannot stop them from conquering the world.

"It seems we can only rely on those little guys down there. Hopefully they can be decisive and spread the Abyss Contamination as soon as possible."

Once the Abyss Contamination is spread out, even if the Abyss Devourer succeeds, it can only consume a portion of it.

……

"Haha, it tastes like home."

The demon commander of the Abyss civilization, inhaling the abyssal aura permeating the air, couldn't help but let out a joyful sigh. While the normal world was survivable for abyssal creatures, the environment of the abyss was far more suitable for them.

Following the orders of the Eye Demon Commander, the Abyss Corruption began to spread throughout the Eternal Darkness.

For the Eye Demon, this was a difficult choice that had to be made. But for the Abyss, it was an expansion of civilization. Although saying that is somewhat unethical.

Under the erosion of the abyss, the land of the Eternal Dark World is tinged with a deep blackish-red.

Plants living on the surface began to become aggressive under the erosion of the abyss's power, even transforming into carnivorous plants. Animals with low intelligence also became abyssal creatures under the transformation of the abyss.

Abyssal spore clouds began to appear in the sky; they could not only spread abyssal contamination, but were also a weapon in themselves.

The Abyss is essentially a weapon used to fight against civilization devourers; everything about it is designed for combat.

These spore clouds are highly corrosive, and this corrosiveness is effective against civilization-devouring weapons that have not been converted into black liquid.

Corrupted organisms will transform into abyssal creatures, and corrupted matter will also transform into abyssal creatures.

Although the civilization devourers are recovering their strength, the abyss is also constantly evolving.

The civilization devourer quickly noticed the abyss's encroachment, and it already had a complete solution for dealing with this weapon that the Star Shepherd Titan had developed specifically to target it.

In the astral plane, massive world fortresses began to continuously produce a special machine.

These weapons look like flying saucers, but instead of beams of light, they shoot out flames.

These weapons can burn the land, incinerating all alien energy within it and restoring the land to its original state. This technology originated from a civilization even older than the previous civilization alliance, whose mother world was severely polluted by war, forcing them to expend considerable time and effort to purify their world.

As the abyss began to be contaminated, both sides tacitly began deploying destructive weapons.

For the Eye Demon, with the abyss already corrupted, the deployment of destructive weapons is nothing special. And for the Civilization Devourer, no matter how ravaged the world by war, its ultimate fate is to turn into black liquid.

Both sides paid an extremely heavy price under the effects of these devastating weapons.

Every minute on the battlefield, tens of thousands of soldiers from both sides are killed.

The Eye Demons, on the other hand, have a fortress, so their casualty figures look much better.

However, the Eye Demons consume the life force of the Eye Demons, while the Civilization Devourers only consume some phantoms that can be repeatedly summoned.

Given enough time, He could have as many legions as He wanted.
Regardless of cost or loss.

……

"Strategic target found, strategic target found, coordinates 7650, 5732."

On the battlefield, Gawain reported his coordinates to the communication crystal ball beside him while using his reconnaissance magic armor to determine the enemy's movements.

When the destructive weapons began to be released indiscriminately, Gawain realized that the fortress was just a concrete coffin.

Even the strongest fortress cannot withstand repeated attacks from destructive weapons.

So Gawain simply gave up his job as a commander and volunteered to become a scout.

His job was to roam the battlefield, observe high-value targets, and then notify the rear to deploy destructive weapons.

This job looks dangerous, but it's actually not safe at all.

However, this was the safest job Gao Wen could find.

He knew that staying in the fortress was nothing more than a slow death, while wandering the battlefield offered a glimmer of hope for survival.

They are flexible, highly mobile, and of little value.

Deploying Legions and Devastation Weapons requires value, but Gawain is clearly not worth pursuing by a Legion, or even a single Devastation Weapon.

Even civilization devourers need to consider cost-effectiveness.

He is now focusing all his energy on controlling his clones in battle.

At this time, it is unrealistic to expect to summon a large number of fleets and weapons of war as easily as during periods of leisure.

All the weapons currently used by the Civilization Devourer Legion come from World Fortresses in the Astral Plane.

As the coordinates were reported, a piercing buzzing sound suddenly rang out in the sky. Immediately afterward, a flash of light descended from the sky, instantly burning a crater with a diameter of over five kilometers at the coordinate location.

All the Titan legions, along with their weapons of war, were reduced to ashes.

"Target cleared, target cleared," Gao Wen replied to headquarters.

After saying that, he led Asu in a new direction.

On the battlefield, nothing could be heard except the hum of energy.

Even the largest army of civilization devourers cannot fill the entire land. Vast empty areas exist between battlefields.

Gao Wen was walking on the ground when he suddenly stopped.

Spatial turbulence and elemental phenomena have rendered this once fertile land extremely barren.

Under the relentless onslaught from both sides, everything was reduced to nothing. Gawain couldn't even collect anything as a souvenir.

"Asu, what do you think is the purpose of our war?" Gawain suddenly asked.

Looking at the desolate battlefield, a sense of doubt suddenly arose in his mind.

What were they fighting for? Was it for survival? But when it comes down to each individual, their survival time is actually shorter than if they hadn't participated in the war.

If it's for the continuation of civilization, then civilization is far too grand a concept.

It's so grand it's breathtaking.

"Boss, your thinking is very wrong."

Asu's voice still carried a hint of indifference, even though Richard's words had already committed thought crimes.

"I know, but I still want to hear your opinion."

"What do I think? I don't have any opinion," Asu replied. "For the Beastmen, war is a matter of course. We participate in wars because there are wars, not to protect or perpetuate anything."

"We are a dependent family, and participating in the war is our duty."

"Is that so?"

Gao Wen sighed, his eyes still blank.

"My boss is now pondering these philosophical questions..."

boom!
A loud explosion suddenly rang out beside Gao Wen, and a violent flash of light instantly engulfed his figure.

Asu looked toward the source of the attack, and suddenly twelve trails of flame erupted from behind him, instantly increasing his speed to two hundred times the speed of sound.

At that speed, his instant-death sword severed the head of a half-crippled furnaceman soldier as easily as cutting tofu.

The guy's body was buried under the loose soil and there was no energy fluctuation, so neither Gawain nor Asu noticed his presence.

With the threat eliminated, Asu rushed towards Gawain's direction.

Gawain looked rather disheveled at this moment. His alchemical power armor was almost completely destroyed by the attack just now, and the entire armor had melted down.

"Boss, what's wrong with you...?"

“I’m fine.” Gao Wen raised his hand, stopping Asu’s question.

He approached the furnace-man soldier and purified him with a burst of incandescent flame from his hand.

"Asu, I think you're right."

"Huh?" Asu looked a little confused.

"Now is certainly not the time to think about such philosophical questions. The best time to think about such philosophical questions was before the war, and the second best time was after the war."

(End of this chapter)