I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Because of years of hostility, it immediately set its sights on its old rival, the Dinosaur Queen.

It gritted its teeth, suppressing its roar, and angrily considered whether it should also activate "Ultimate Deterrence." Normally, it wouldn't carry the world-destroying trigger with it just to be safe, but this was the Dragon Ant Summit, and to deter the other side from making a move, it specifically brought the Ultimate Deterrence trigger with it.

It was a signaling device that allowed it to connect directly to the actual control console, where the operator could then perform actions.

Because of his anger and panic, the Dinosaur Emperor failed to notice that the Dinosaur Queen opposite him had gone through almost the same mental process, and was also on the verge of activating the ultimate deterrent.

The dragon ant world, already on the verge of destruction, was on the verge of collapse when a strange dragon roar rang out, and the two of them looked in that direction almost simultaneously.

Then, they saw the human who had appeared on the electronic screen earlier, holding a megaphone and shouting at them:

"Don't fight, don't fight, Jin Ke La... Sorry, wrong channel."

Duke clicked his tongue, then raised the megaphone and shouted:

"Please calm down, you two. I know you carry triggers with you. If you accidentally pull one, the world will be finished. There's no need for that."

"Human...did you do this!?"

"Why are you so impotently furious, you dinosaur? If it wasn't them, then it was us, right?" Duke rolled his eyes. "By the way, the triggers you have aren't working right now... those dozens or even hundreds of lightning strikes have completely destroyed the electromagnetic environment around here, so your signals can't be sent back at all."

The Dinosaur Emperor and Dinosaur Queen's expressions changed slightly, but neither of them actually pulled out the trigger to try it out, fearing that Duke was just bluffing.

“Sigh, I actually wanted to help you, but you never seemed to believe me. Let me tell you, there are good and bad people in the human world, and we are the good ones.” Duke sighed, then pointed to the sky. “See? This is what makes us dare to say such things.”

In the sky, a dazzling light shot up, heading towards the shooting star.

Chapter 212 There's always a reason why someone is pitiful.

"Hahahaha, die! Die! Die!"

"Die with your master, you damned Duke! You damned Cecil!"

"If Master Talia is no longer here, then what is there in this world worth cherishing?"

"Destroy them all!"

After seeing the falling meteor, Millie went into a frenzy. She didn't even plan to leave. She was prepared to stay there and wait for the meteor to fall—even if it cost her her life, she wanted to watch Duke and Cecil be destroyed by the meteor!

Dinosaurs and ants—none of that mattered the moment that meteor appeared!

"Faster! Faster! Faster!"

"Don't let them escape!"

"Die!"

"die--"

However, at that very moment, Millie's voice suddenly stopped.

Because she saw a dazzling light emanating from the enormous mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex, trailing a streak of holy light that shot straight into the sky towards the falling meteor!

Millie's brain, which had been overheated from excitement, became somewhat stiff. It took her about three or four seconds of strenuous thought to realize that the radiant light shooting straight into the sky belonged to one of the most famous witches in the floating city.

Cecil the Radiant Witch.

The wings behind her had transformed from two to six, and feathers composed of highly concentrated holy light scattered along her path as she ascended, spontaneously igniting in the sky and exploding into magnificent fireworks. The coffin she carried disintegrated naturally as she ascended at high speed, and the weapons inside, except for a knight's sword and a staff, were ignited by intense holy light, transforming into radiant effects around her.

The enraged silver dragon.

The Angel of Judgment.

Millie didn't know the names of the sword and staff, but she understood that Cecil had unleashed a power that drew attention when he met the meteor in the sky... Millie had only ever seen this breathtaking, captivating power from her master, Talia.

Talia is a true legend, but what about Cecil?

Even if she's not a legend yet, how far is she from truly stepping into the realm of legend?

Can they really take down Duke under the protection of a legend?

Even if we take a step back, Duke did defeat Talia's master. Could the two of them really pose a threat to him?

"You seem to be hesitating? What's wrong? Don't you want to avenge your mistress Talia anymore, Millie?"

Millie turned around abruptly and looked behind her—Duke appeared in front of her. He seemed to have calmed the Dinosaur Emperor and Dinosaur Queen down before rushing over and standing in front of Millie.

"Duke!"

Anger replaced the doubts that had previously arisen in my heart.

Millie screamed madly and lunged at Duke, but her chaotic attack posed no threat to him. He easily dodged her attack. He even casually looked up at Cecil in the sky, his eyes filled with deep admiration.

"Isn't that child beautiful?"

The radiant angel of light collided with the falling star. Holy light formed a giant blade, the sharp edge tearing through the scorching surface of the meteorite. Then, a huge booming explosion rang out, and the large meteorite was shattered into smaller pieces. Cecil was thrown back by the impact and fell to the ground even faster.

Although large meteorites were prevented from falling directly to the ground, smaller meteorites falling to the ground would still cause very serious consequences. Therefore, Cecil, who was knocked down by the impact of the meteorites and his own reaction force, quickly steadied himself and then raised his enraged silver dragon towards the small meteor shower.

A hymn began to play.

The arias resounded between heaven and earth, and also in the hearts of all living beings.

The feeling that arises in the hearts of everyone who hears this aria is not one of worship of gods, but rather of hope.

No matter how dire the situation, as long as one can hear this lament and see the radiance emanating from the witch, hope still exists.

This is the power Cecil desires.

This is also the power that Duke wants to obtain.

Holy light, accompanied by the song, transformed into streaks of light that locked onto all the meteorite fragments.

Cecil, who wants to save the world, doesn't even want to let a meteorite go. She will burn and melt away all threats with holy light!

"It's truly dazzling."

Duke murmured, looking up.

But soon, he dodged sharply to the left, and as if by magic, pulled out a lucky dagger, activated the effect of a lucky strike, and stabbed forward with lightning speed.

Generally speaking, a dagger is meant to be used for stabbing, and Duke, as a rogue and a melee class, should theoretically be using a dagger and a club to stab enemies in the backside. However, until now, Duke hasn't done much of what a proper rogue does. Not only does he not use a knife, but he's also been using a Neon Dagger as a substitute for an ACD (Action Cutter) for years... Finally, he got his comeuppance; the Neon Dagger was left in his body, forcing him to use the Lucky Dagger he had left in his inventory.

Finally, the dagger drew blood.

The causal effect of a lucky strike allowed Duke to successfully stab Millie in the heart.

Her signature spells are somewhat troublesome for spellcasters, but less effective against melee classes. Although Duke is a less-than-ideal rogue, his prosthetic body's physical attributes and combat skills honed through frequent sparring with Cecil (though these skills haven't been particularly useful in previous battles, as they're certainly unreliable against legends) make dealing with Millie quite easy.

"I...I curse you!" Millie coughed up blood clots. With all her remaining strength, she threw herself onto Duke, opening her mouth to tear at his flesh. But his body was a prosthetic, far more resilient than flesh, impossible for her weakened, dying state to tear apart. Soon, her body went limp, collapsing to the ground, still muttering words of hatred: "I curse you to a terrible death, to be buried with Master Talia...Duke, I..."

Duke looked at her, then suddenly tapped his forehead and chuckled, saying, "Talia has never trusted you, has she? She's never even told you her true purpose."

He confirmed this from the fragments of Talia's soul, but Millie was no longer listening. This child, who had committed so many evil deeds under Talia's manipulation, finally fell silent. She might have been a pitiful person, with an unknown and tragic past, but even the pitiful often have their hateful aspects.

Duke was not interested in Millie's tragic past, and poor Millie didn't even leave a trace in Talia's soul—this despicable person deserved to die without any pity.

Duke slowly exhaled and said softly:

"The first one... is there another one?"

Then, he raised his head again, his gaze returning to the radiant angels in the sky.

"I'm better suited to do these dirty things in a cunning way. As for cute little Cecil, she's more suited to a dazzling stage, isn't she?"

Chapter 213 Ultimate Deterrence

Duke glanced down at Millie, who lay lifeless on the ground, snapped his fingers, and the magic in the air ignited sparks that burned the corpse on the ground until she was completely burned to ashes. Only then did he clap his hands and turn to leave.

After eliminating Millie, their only remaining target was Alexander, the second-in-command.

Based on Talia's fragmented memories, Alexander is a con artist skilled in deception, a strategist with poor physics knowledge, but certainly not a strategist of great wisdom. He's capable of causing trouble, but far inferior to Talia. Duke, whom even Talia defeated head-on, shouldn't fall for the tricks of a conman who only knows how to use deception as long as he doesn't let his guard down.

What we really need to worry about is the core of this game, what the two dinosaur empires are hiding.

"Was it caused by an asteroid impact that was to some extent controlled by the two great dinosaur empires?"

After seeing the truth about this alternate dimension in the Book of Truth, the fragment of Talia within him recalled some things, such as those related to the core of the game in this alternate dimension.

After Talia's investigation, it was determined that the core of this Dragon Ant World game was two asteroids with a diameter of nearly 6 kilometers. This alternate dimension was connected to the floating city for unknown reasons, and the space was abnormally fluctuated as a result, which directly caused the two asteroids to cross the space wormhole and suddenly appear on both sides of the planet.

If they are allowed to continue moving forward, a direct collision between the asteroid and the planet would cause a violent explosion, ultimately throwing a large amount of dust into the atmosphere. This would block out sunlight for months, plunging the earth into a long period of darkness and cold, causing plants to wither and the food chain to break. The current dragon ant world is not yet capable of withstanding this level of apocalypse.

However, according to calculations by dinosaur scientists, these two asteroids, which should have been captured by the planet's gravity, did not follow the expected orbits, but instead exhibited a strange state due to the pulling force of space.

They maintained their forward momentum and remained in the vacuum outside the planet, becoming a Damocles' sword hanging over the dragon ant civilization.

Perhaps the nature of dinosaurs was composed of madness. After realizing that the asteroids would not follow their original trajectory, their desire to conquer the world overwhelmed their ambitious minds. They even set their sights on the two asteroids, preparing to transform them into super weapons capable of eliminating their rivals.

"The power of an asteroid impact might not be great enough to completely destroy the dinosaur world. But if only the location of the other continent was hit by an asteroid, if we had such a super weapon, the world would be ours!"

The two great dinosaur empires had similar thought processes; they actually considered the same thing and made the same attempts at almost the same time.

In this part, Talia's memory becomes somewhat hazy. Perhaps it's because, as a magician, she doesn't know what kind of brainstorming the mad scientists of the two dinosaur empires did, and they actually actually completed such a scientific fantasy—they created two satellite transmitters that were enough to resolve the anomalies in the space around the asteroid.

In Talia's view, the dinosaur scientists' ideas were outrageous, and even included some use of the new variable "magic"—after connecting with the floating city, magic appeared in this world, and the dinosaur scientists discovered this in a short time and made use of it.

Their use of magic is completely different from ordinary spell systems, making them spells exclusive to witches. It can be said that Talia not only cannot understand the scientific part, but also the metaphysical part, which should be her specialty, is also difficult for her to understand.

In conclusion, the "ultimate deterrent" of the two great dinosaur empires has been achieved.

They themselves hung the Sword of Damocles above their heads.

This ultimate deterrent, based on the common destruction of the entire world, has almost no political or military significance. It is purely a consequence of the most intense and frenzied years of the arms race, and every living being in the Dragon Ant world must pay the price for it afterward.

The world appears peaceful, but this peace is actually built on a powder keg, ready to ignite at any moment. The slightest disturbance could trigger a chain reaction, potentially freeing the two asteroids. In fact, at the most critical juncture, both empires simultaneously pursued another project.

"Negative timing".

To avoid being caught off guard by a preemptive strike, the two dinosaur empires adopted this new standby method almost simultaneously. The so-called negative countdown, simply put, meant that the two satellite transmitters were always in a countdown state, ready to transmit. The leaders of the two empires needed to send a "stop countdown" signal into space every 48 hours, resetting the countdown to "48 hours."

Thus, the two great dinosaur empires were completely frozen in place.

But the most terrifying thing is not this insane and perverse fact, but something else entirely.

An important part of this world, the dinosaurs' "close companions," the ants who are angry because of the dinosaurs' oppression... they know nothing about it.

The Ant Federation was completely unaware of the existence of "Ultimate Deterrence".

Duke, who had finally recalled all of Talia's memories of this alternate dimension, rubbed his temples with a headache.

Even without Talia's intervention, this world is already a huge mess, not to mention that Talia and her henchmen have added insult to injury in this already garbage dump... Now, if he wants to save the world, he not only needs to find and kill Alexander before he finds the real signal transmission research institute, but also needs to find a way to help the Dragon Ant World solve this ultimate threat.

"It's easier said than done, oh dear..."