Duels should be played with a smile.

"Goblin technology! Absolutely amazing!"

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There are so many games to play in the next month or two!

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Chapter Eleven: This...is a victory for the players! 7K

"For the Alliance!!!"

"For the Horde!!!"

"For Kalimdor!!!"

At critical moments, slogans can always give people courage, and once people have courage, they will be fearless.

Having already embraced the belief that they were doomed to die, at this moment, whether it was the soldiers who risked their lives to slow down the demons, or the heroes who braved countless attacks to charge towards the most densely packed demons, they all shone with the light of courage.

The more fuel used and the higher its quality, the more beautiful the fireworks will be when they burst into bloom.

Abandoning all defenses, at the most crucial moment, the heroes finally arrived at the designated location and planted the landmines they had prepared long ago at their feet.

Named goblin mines, they are actually goblin bombs—and with super high yields at that.

Following the rules of the game, goblin mines possess extremely high instantaneous area-of-effect damage, while also ignoring most defensive measures.

As the heroes placed all their hopes on the impending explosion, they turned away, unleashing their final, unique brilliance.

The chieftain's giant hooves pounded the earth, sending shockwaves that stunned the demons.

The shaman raised his hammer of destruction high, and the earth spirits responded to his call, binding the demons with their immense power.

The great mage summoned a blizzard of ice, and the power of the frost element slowed down the demons' movements.

The priestess used her last strength to summon the stars.

The Archdruid awakens the wrath of nature, completely binding all demons that attempt to escape.

The next moment, the final, prepared measures demonstrated their power befitting their status.

"No!!! You cunning insects!! You can't—"

"boom------"

The deafening explosion instantly drowned out Archimonde's roar. After so much buildup, he used the lives of most of his troops and all the heroes as fuel to ignite the most dazzling fireworks.

At the moment the explosion rang out, Leyou revealed a rather complicated smile. Even though he treated these heroes and soldiers with a playful attitude, when the explosion occurred and our army and the enemy army were buried in the flames, he couldn't help but feel respect for these heroes and soldiers who had bravely sacrificed their lives.

Even though he had foreseen the current situation before issuing the order to attack from the camp.

That's right, from the very beginning, he never considered how to save these troops.

From the very beginning, they were fuel, they were bait.

"These... are all necessary sacrifices." Gazing at the dazzling fireworks in the night sky, Leyou murmured to himself.

Under the bright moonlight, the demons suffered heavy casualties. Apart from Archimonde, who was unharmed due to his special holy armor, a large number of demons perished, and the other surviving demons, especially those who were farther away, also suffered varying degrees of damage.

These injuries are nothing to the demons who have been fighting for years, but they are enough to have a significant impact on their subsequent actions.

With the most resolute actions, Leyou demonstrated what it means for art to be an explosion!

What should have been just ordinary landmines, under the influence of the game's rules, unleashed terrifying destructive power. Thanks to the heroes' final sacrifices, and despite the flaws in Leyou's own plan, they still achieved results beyond expectations.

However, achieving certain results does not mean the end of the war; what follows is the most difficult situation.

Almost all of our troops were killed in action. Apart from a portion of the air force that came to our aid and managed to escape thanks to Leyou's prior arrangements, he was left with only a small number of troops who had chosen to stay behind from the beginning.

It was nothing short of a pipe dream for these troops to withstand the demons' subsequent attacks, especially with Archimonde personally leading the charge.

"You've angered me! You bug!"

"Your scheme succeeded by chance, but your strategy has completely failed!"

"With your troops suffering heavy losses, you only have one path left: to be crushed by the iron hooves of the legion!"

"Just wait, you insect! Soon, your day of reckoning will come!"

Archimonde's roar echoed through the night sky, and Leyou heard the threat through the treants that Malfurion had awakened before his death—but he didn't care, and simply continued to monitor the demon's movements.

However, the demon soon noticed something amiss with this treant, and after a spell infused with fel energy, Leyou completely lost sight of the demon.

"If nothing unexpected happens, he'll probably take advantage of the moment when my forces are weakened and launch an immediate attack..."

"Next, we've reached the most crucial moment."

After roughly estimating the time of the enemy's arrival, Leyou immediately made many adjustments. The five altars that had been built in advance in the base were already lit with flames, calling for the souls of the heroes.

An army takes time to develop, but a hero only needs to exist to exert tremendous power.

Leyou knew from the beginning that his army, including the heroes, would perish in the demon army. So, the moment the front-line troops were wiped out, he was already resurrecting his heroes. After a hero dies, his soul can be restored through the altar, but it takes a long time and each altar can only resurrect one hero at a time.

So he built five in one go.

Not only heroes, but also new soldiers were being trained tirelessly in Leyou's rear base as frontline troops began to fall in battle. However, this time the composition of the soldiers being produced underwent a major adjustment.

Apart from a few units with healing abilities, Leyou did not train any ground troops; all resources were invested in training air force units.

Not only that, Leyou also gave all the extra resources to the elves, allowing them to build a large number of Ancient Guardians near the human base and along the main route to the orc base.

Regardless of how much damage these Ancient Guardians can inflict on demons, their ability to buy time is absolutely unimaginable—as a type of defensive tower, the Ancient Guardians possess "building armor" second only to Divine Armor, making them highly resistant to almost all types of damage.

"Just wait...the show is about to begin."

"I sacrificed so many troops just to suppress your forces to a manageable level; all of this is preparation for the show that's about to begin..."

"Perhaps you understand Archimonde, you understand combat, and you understand troop deployment and organization, but if you are inferior to me in this most crucial point... then everything is over..."

As the flames on the altar died down, the souls of the five fallen heroes returned to Leyou's base and immediately went to the previous supply depot.

While they were fighting on the front lines, the rear-area arrangements did not stop. Every time the goblin shop refreshed with useful supplies, Leyou would buy them and transport them to the reserve point as soon as possible.

Under Leyou's arrangement, the heroes replenished their energy from the previous battle, each equipped with six divine items—referring to a small invincibility potion and five goblin mines.

With all the ground troops killed, the base felt much emptier, though the ground was filled with dark shadows.

Due to various considerations, air force units are certainly far less resilient than ground forces, but in return, they possess unparalleled mobility.

Mobility is the key to the success of operations after Leyou.

"From the moment you chose this game, this campaign, this faction, you were destined for defeat..."

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"All troops, attack! Crush those pathetic mortals to pieces!"

Communication between demons doesn't require any fancy tricks; powerful beings can command weaker beings at will.

It makes no sense; Archimonde is the most powerful demon here, and his will must be carried out.

After the great battle, Archimonde skipped the cleanup and immediately issued an attack order to all the remaining demons.

Corpses? Ha, the Burning Legion doesn't need to care about the defeated, just like in the Twisting Nether, no one ever cares about the thoughts of the dead.

At Archimonde's command, all the demons sprang into action. Except for the lich, who was ordered to resurrect corpses to serve as cannon fodder, all the demons were assembled in just a few minutes.

A few minutes later, after draining the last bit of mana, the lich stopped what he was doing. At this moment, the corpses of the fallen army had all disappeared, replaced by... a newly resurrected undead army.

This... is the true terror of the Scourge.

If you cannot completely eradicate them, then your fallen comrades may become your enemies.

"Very well...it's time for that bug to taste defeat!"

"Relying on your shallow understanding of this game, you dare to challenge the gods as a mortal! I'll show you what absolute power truly is!"

The howls and roars of demons echoed throughout the forest as Archimonde, in an extremely high-profile manner, gathered his demon army and marched toward the mountain peak.

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A storm is brewing, and a sense of oppression permeates the base. The once densely populated base is now somewhat different.

Because of Leyou's "tree planting" behavior, the human castle was tightly surrounded by a bunch of ancient guardians. Until these ancient guardians were cleared out, the castle could be said to be safe and sound.

No one can break through this defense line!

"Hahahaha!!! Is this all you've got? After squandering your excellent situation, is this all the army you have left?"

"What did I see? A few heroes? Some defensive structures? Other than that, all I seemed to see was a group of hardworking farmers!"

"Are you planning to send the peasants under your command to the battlefield?"

Before he could be seen, his voice preceded his appearance. Before Archimonde's massive body even came into Leyou's sight, his words, laced with mockery, drifted from afar.

The Legion's demons and Scourge continued their noisy advance towards the human defenses. After losing a large number of soldiers to protect them, just as Archimonde had said, only a few heroes and a small army remained.

Seeing that Leyou's defenses were so weak, Archimonde immediately gave the order to attack. He did not consider the possibility that Leyou might have an ambush. After losing so many troops, even if there was an ambush, they would be no match for the legion.

Moreover... for Archimonde, Leyou's current defenses are practically non-existent, even with a large number of troops assisting in the defense.

"Lich, it's time for you to step in again!"

"As you wish."

Having already expended a great deal of mana to resurrect the undead army, the lich was forced to work overtime again after Archimonde gave the order.

After the demon and undead legions launched their charge, the lich also advanced a short distance and stopped outside the range of the human defensive structures.

A little further on, the two sides were engaged in battle. Thanks to Leyou's advance preparations, and with the support of numerous defensive buildings and heroes, the defensive line did not collapse at the first touch, but held on.

However, defenses are static, but people are dynamic. Defensive structures that cannot be tactically deployed are easily exposed under a fierce offensive.

The existence of liches adds to this possibility.

Everything will eventually wither and die!

Mysterious incantations were chanted from the lich's mouth, and shadow energy gathered within the defensive line. When the lich uttered the last character, countless purple runes climbed onto all the defensive structures.

The next second, these runes began to frantically erode the buildings, as if the flow of time had accelerated a million times. Large areas of weathering appeared on these defensive structures that had not been built for long—and these signs were increasing rapidly.

If this trend continues... the defense line will collapse completely in a minute or two at most.

"A pointless struggle will only prolong your suffering! No matter how many defenses you build, no matter how well your base is fortified, you will eventually fall to the Legion's conquest!"