Duels should be played with a smile.

"Two apostles? What trouble could they possibly cause with this little bit of stuff... hmm?"

The gunners were chasing the apostles, while the apostles were fulfilling their harassment duties by firing at the SCVs. Two apostles attacked together, taking down one SCV before immediately turning their target and killing another SCV.

The Apostle's attack power is 20, and the Protoss and Zerg workers both have 40 health, so it can kill them in two shots. However, the Terran worker has 45 health, so theoretically, two Apostles shouldn't be able to take down an SCV in one shot.

With a hint of doubt, K selected an SCV, and immediately felt another chill run down his spine, but at the same time felt a little more at ease.

"When you were harassing me before, you used the Scout to attack my SCV, reducing its HP to below 40, so that it would be easier for you to use the Apostle to slaughter farmers now?"

"So your plan was really laid out from the very beginning... In that case, your purpose in building this base was really just to teleport units over to harass us?"

The spearmen continued to hunt down the apostles, while several of their own peasants had already been killed. After realizing Leyou's thoughts, K also moved the remaining SCVs with full health a little further away to prevent them from being killed directly by the apostles.

Because the entrance to the main base was blocked, even if the apostle used its clones, it couldn't escape. After killing several peasants, the apostle was caught up by the spearmen and eventually killed.

K, who originally planned to implement the urbanization tactic, slightly adjusted his route. He had the Starport build a medical transport ship to fully heal his workers, and then sent the marines to the bunker to unleash firepower on Leyou's base.

Considering that Leyou might send more units to harass them later, K built a few more units.

In the early stages of urbanization, not many troops are needed, but K has been frightened by Leyou's various fancy tactics, so everything is done with a focus on stability.

Even if it slows down the development process a little, we absolutely cannot give Leyou any loopholes!

The bunker continued to fire, and K didn't pay attention to the base for the time being. Anyway, he would see the troops as soon as they arrived. He needed to think carefully about how to deal with possible situations.

Because of the recent harassment and dealing with that base, my development has slowed down considerably, and I still haven't opened up a second mine.

The SCVs scouting outside had explored most of the map and brought K some good news—a crystal tower belonging to Leyou had been discovered in the wild. It seemed they were preparing to build something, but they had to cancel it because it had been discovered.

This good news relieved K. He wasn't afraid of Leyou using any strange tactics, but he was afraid that he wouldn't discover them and wouldn't be able to deal with them in advance. Now that he had uncovered another conspiracy, he should be able to buy himself some time for stable development.

However, K, who was already somewhat traumatized, did not intend to let it go. Apart from continuing to develop his second mine, he did not advance his technology, because he used the resources he would have used for technology advancement to build barracks and produce marines.

He suddenly felt that he no longer needed to use urbanization tactics.

Why don't we just attack both mines in one fell swoop?

Because of Leyou's harassment, my technological development has been very slow. I didn't build the heavy industry and tanks that I originally planned to build. Instead, I built a lot more marines.

Moreover, the Starport has been built, and we already have a medical transport plane. So why don't we just continue building medical transport planes at the Starport, and then build more barracks, and use biological warfare troops to push through?

K had this thought because he realized that he and Leyou were different.

Leyou uses urbanization because he knows how to use it to deal with all sorts of situations. Although urbanization doesn't require much thought and is generally about responding to changes by remaining unchanged, K has personally experienced that if Leyou isn't controlled or suppressed, he might come up with strange tactics that even K himself couldn't come up with.

If I really shut myself away, I might suffer a long period of torment.

In the previous game... after his own frenzied expansion and the overwhelming force, even though Leyou also sent out a lot of troops to harass him, there really weren't many strange maneuvers on the main battlefield.

Only by suppressing this guy and preventing him from having room to implement tactics can we minimize our own pressure—the pressure at the tactical level.

The thought that urbanization might land him in jail again made K immediately abandon his original plan. He then deployed several SCVs to build barracks and began transitioning towards a biological warfare force.

At the same time, he didn't forget to gather all the newly trained riflemen and demolish this other person's base built in his hometown.

For each race, their most formidable asset is their base building, with the Protoss base boasting a staggering 1000 health points and hundreds of shields.

The Protoss shields regenerate quickly after a period of inactivity. The Marines were only attacked briefly before being sent off to hunt down the Apostles, and by the time they returned, the shields had already fully recovered.

Fortunately, K now had more than ten marines, and with their combined fire, the base was reduced to ruins and vanished without a second teleportation.

"This guy... probably saw that these dozen or so spearmen were not easy to deal with, right? No... I still feel like something's not right."

K's gaze fell upon his main base, which had been upgraded to a Star Orbiter, allowing him to deploy radar and drop mineral slugs.

Generally speaking, in the early stages, you would spend energy smashing ore snails to speed up mining and development. However, in order to put his mind at ease, K chose to splurge.

The next second, inside the Leyou Base, a circular area centered on the main base was completely lit up.

"Crystal Tower... 2 barracks, 1 control core, 1 Shadow Council, 1 Mechanic... Oh, two more barracks, 2 forges, and 1 Mechanicus. Shouldn't that be a normal push with double attack and defense upgrades and Colossi? Then the bases below should still be a normal second-base opening..."

After looking around Leyou's base and finding that their progress was similar to his own, only slightly ahead, K finally felt relieved.

In the early stages, you gave away a main base for free and produced Apostles, which definitely slowed down the progress of your second base. Then you sent Scouts to build structures in the wild, only to have them discovered and then canceled. After calculating your own losses, as long as the progress of both sides is not too different, it is within the normal range.

From this perspective, Leyou really doesn't have the space to create anything else.

Moreover, the things inside the amusement park are indeed quite standard.

"Build another starport, then equip it with double the number of consumables to produce medics and Vikings. This time, it'll be a head-on clash..."

The Protoss's Research Lab can unlock a unit called "Colossus" for the Research Lab. Colossi are incredibly powerful against Terran bio-units—but this powerful unit also has weaknesses.

The colossus is so tall that it can be hit by any attack that is normally aimed at aerial units.

The human race's Vikings have powerful aerial firepower and an exceptionally long range!

After mentally rehearsing the upcoming battle, K decided to gather a force and go out to harass the enemy after another medical transport ship appeared.

We can't let Leyou develop too comfortably.

However, just as his riflemen boarded the transport ship, he saw the alarm sounding again in his mining area.

SCV was working diligently in the mine, but ripples were flowing in the air. With one flash of emerald green light after another, SCV, who was carrying crystals and preparing to return to report, collapsed on the way.

"What?! How come there's a hidden blade here?!"

Without time to figure out how the Dark Templars got to his base, K immediately dragged all the peasants away and selected his two bases, preparing to deploy radars and focus fire to eliminate the Dark Templars.

"Insufficient energy."

A mechanical notification sounded, and K froze.

Not long ago, he used his energy to sweep through Leyou's base.

Now, he can only watch helplessly as the Hidden Blade does whatever he wants in his home.

It will be quite some time before the radar becomes usable. In that time, the Dark Templar will have enough time to kill all their peasants—once all the peasants are killed, what's the point of fighting?

In despair, K remembered a legendary tactic...

Let's move!

He immediately ordered his two main bases to take off, while simultaneously pulling all his forces out of the Darkblade's line of sight and loading them onto medical transport planes.

As long as I have the base and those two ships, I still have hope! As long as my flight path isn't detected, the enemy won't be able to prepare in advance, and then I can launch a base swap and still have a chance!

With immense determination, after some deliberation, K ordered his two ships to bypass the Hidden Blade and fly towards the top of the map.

He planned to walk along the top edge of the map and then turn to Leyou's base.

As the transport plane slowly moved forward, the fog of war was gradually lifted.

Just as his transport plane was about to take off from his base, several energy attacks came from the ground.

That area... is located to the upper right of my base.

There, there is a crystal tower, a spy... and a bunch of hunters.

At that moment, K understood everything.

"So... your base really was a decoy... So, the whole purpose of your base was to create a spy in my house, and then use the spy to build a crystal tower."

"So your apostles' harassment was just a distraction to make me ignore the fact that your base is actually manufacturing spy princesses..."

"So, this is where your hidden blade came from. Your family's mechanical research institute was just a front. Your mechanical platform was just for producing a warp prism."

"So, all of this was within your calculations."

Several particle cannons fired, and the already teetering transport plane turned into brilliant fireworks in the air, leaving only one transport plane to speed away.

But this was not the end. The hunters below vanished instantly and reappeared in the distance. The hunters, who had used Blink, once again captured the fleeing transport plane and opened fire.

With both wheels firing simultaneously, the second transport plane also turned into fireworks in the air.

K's last hope was also turned into fireworks.

……

The story also concludes in its final chapter amidst laughter and joy.

"Finally... the time for reckoning has come."

Three coins flew up and down in Leyou's palm.

The coin's luster had dimmed somewhat, but thankfully it was back in his hand.

Across from him, K's face was as still as water, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

He accepted his defeat so calmly, and it was a complete and utter defeat, which made Leyou a little more serious.

From the games he had played before, he already had a general idea of ​​what level this guy, K, was.

Some strength is indeed hard power, but it's not enough to crush everything with sheer strength.

Rather than solving problems with strength, this guy seems to prefer using things other than strength—such as authority.

As the world's biggest privilege hog, relying on privileges is understandable.

However, when his authority encountered someone like Leyou, who didn't belong to this world and had quite a powerful background, it wasn't so effective.

Not to mention that Leyou is also someone who likes to play tactics.

There's a saying that goes... those who play tactics are all cunning, no, I mean all very clever!

"What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for my CD? Or are you waiting to die?" Leyou said quietly.

The previous rounds of games were not part of the true Dark Game; they were merely interludes. The initiative to begin the final Dark Duel rests with K.

However, this does not mean that Leyou can only be controlled by K.

Having won so many matches, the time spent in between was enough for Leyou's previous plans to take effect.

In fact, he didn't make any special arrangements; he simply had the Snow Woman, Philvo, and Ella temporarily leave this world.

The chess pieces representing the three of them have not displayed any power since Leyou officially woke up, because they are no longer in this world.

They have gone to other worlds to bring back for Leyou those parts of "Eternity" that were scattered in other worlds.

"Generally speaking, it's usually something like the final boss giving the protagonist a countdown to force them to act... I'm sure you've figured it out, I'm not exactly a rule-abiding person," Leyou said again quietly.

"I think, with my abilities, if I'm not the protagonist, I'm most likely a villainous final boss. So I set up a countdown for you. Why don't you give it a try? Try unleashing a burst of power in a desperate situation?"

"Give me a wave of endless love, then turn the tables on me?"

Leyou's words completely portrayed him as the villain.