After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

Elena found it hard to say that she truly had any "good feelings" for Yang Hao, but she wouldn't deny that when Yang Hao had asked her to analyze their golems without hesitation, she did feel "admiration" and "happiness" for this man who understood the bigger picture and shared a common enemy.

In this situation, although Elena knew that the key to the upcoming diplomatic work lay with Mr. Yang Hao, she didn't know how to cultivate a good relationship with this crucial figure...

Bang Bang Bang!

The sound of elemental clusters exploding came from the location of the Demon Mother's Lair. The demons were silent, as if they were dead; not a single sound came from there.

The Golems of the United Nations resumed their advance, while the soldiers of the United Nations stopped to rest about 500 meters away from the Edenians.

(Should we treat them as friends? Or allies? Or perhaps strangers we have to interact with...? Or maybe a more advanced relationship of mentor and mentor?)

The petite doll pondered. And it was precisely as she rationally considered that [perhaps treating Eden in the way common sense dictates between lovers would be more beneficial]—

Her brows furrowed sharply, and then she jumped directly off the dragon's back.

"Elena?!"

The people on the dragon's back were dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, in the air, Elena's expression changed drastically as she shouted:

"Warning?! Underground—no! They are those high-ranking demons hiding underground, using optical camouflage?!"

The surface where the magical puppets are located

The demons are indeed very clever.

They not only ambushed the first wave of troops sent to their deaths, but also laid a second, even more elite force composed entirely of high-ranking demons behind them!

These high-ranking demons allowed the magical golems to stand on their heads and launch attacks on the mother nest. Only after confirming that the magical golems were not planning to move anytime soon did these high-ranking demons, who had evolved optical camouflage and buried themselves shallowly in the ground, begin to launch their own attack.

Approximately fifty high-ranking demons crawled out from underground. The magical golems that were moving on their backs were thrown about by the sudden, violent shaking, not to mention the condition of the magical puppets themselves.

Before the magical puppets were completely destroyed, the magical dolls uploaded their bodies to the magic network to avoid being killed by the demons—but those expensive and cumbersome magical puppets did not have the ability to easily evade the demons' attacks.

Before the demons could react to their sudden attack, before the soldiers of the United Kingdom could react, before the United Kingdom's golems could make contact with the magical puppets' positions, and before Elena could descend from the sky—the high-ranking demons dealt with most of the magical puppets in a very short time and attempted to use their special abilities on the United Kingdom's positions while the Edens were away.

Fortunately, Elena arrived in time! She used the magic network to directly neutralize the demons' special abilities, but the magical puppets were completely annihilated by the demons in the next instant.

Faced with this group of armored ambush soldiers, and knowing that the soldiers of the United Nations could not withstand the special abilities released by these demons before the Edenians arrived from the magic network terminal, Elena had no choice but to forcibly order the obelisk on the top of the library, which was charging, to provide support to this place.

She did indeed possess a magical weapon, but she couldn't possibly fight fifty high-ranking demons alone.

Rather than using the Colossus Weapon to attack the Demon Mother's Nest after suffering heavy casualties in the United Nations, it would be better to put the Colossus Weapon to use now.

"—Warning, get away from this direction immediately." Elena issued the order through the magic network, while also warning the soldiers of the United Nations and their golems to retreat. "Colossus weapons are about to fire—get out of there! As fast as you can! Quickly!"

The soldiers were taken aback, then quickly ordered the golems to retreat. Just then, the high-ranking demons at the forefront unleashed their special abilities once more. Elena once again used artificial magic to dissolve all the incoming magic, but in doing so, she also squandered all the artificial magic in the area.

Although I have magic power plundered from demons, this magic power cannot be used for [Disintegration].

Elena could only hope that the Colossus Weapon would be ready to fire before the high-ranking demons could cast their third spell.

Fortunately, she got what she was waiting for.

The colossus weapon of Eden hastily completed its firing preparations. Its top shimmered with a deep blue light, and on the cloudless floating continent in broad daylight, the flickering blue light even somewhat overshadowed the brightness of the sun.

This was a prelude to the Colossus Weapon firing—before Elena could finish her thoughts, a blue beam of light pierced through tens of kilometers in an instant, directly hitting the area where the magical golems had been.

That was the colossus weapon that the Edenites called the "Magic Torrent".

Originally designed as a destructive weapon to efficiently eliminate all life on the Earth's surface after it was overrun by demons, Eden's Kingdom lacked the technology. Therefore, this weapon, which could theoretically exterminate almost all life on the planet's surface, could only be used to saturate a specific area with magical energy after its construction was completed, or to precisely target and kill a large target.

Although its power did not meet expectations, as a large-scale [magic] destructive weapon, [Magic Torrent] is undoubtedly the only weapon that can save the soldiers of the United Nations from their plight and provide instant support to the front lines.

Under Elena's gaze, the blue ray that appeared in an instant transformed the area where the high-ranking demons were located into a blue and white space.

The ground was transformed into transparent, luminous crystal by magic, and the armor on the demons' bodies could no longer protect them from the magic's destructive power. In a very short time, the vast majority of the demons' corpses turned into ice sculptures that would not melt, forming crystalline structures. Only a few demons near the outskirts were able to barely maintain half of their flesh and blood bodies.

Even so, they were already dead.

(If it were fully charged, the entire region would probably crystallize...) Elena pondered, watching the blue light begin to spread towards the Mother Nest. (But with insufficient charge right now, its destructive power is limited. At most, it might pose a slight threat to the distant Mother Nest after annihilating the high-ranking demons in this area... But if it's only a slight threat, it might not even be able to inflict [serious damage] on the Mother—do we need more replacement weapons...?)

Elena pondered that now that the Colossus Weapon had wasted its charged attack, perhaps the only weapon left in the Kingdom of Eden that could pose a threat to the Demon Mother Nest was the ten 500-kilogram bombs held by the Eagle Knights.

But just as Elena was about to inform Yang Hao above to order the Eagle Knights to change their target—as blue light touched the valley where the Demon Mother's Nest was located, angry shrieks echoed from there.

What followed was a familiar red light, and finally, a slightly thinner red light emerged than the one seen before.

Has the demon's colossus weapon been forced to fire prematurely under threat?

Elena's face froze. Ignoring the black dragon descending towards her location, she turned back to check the red line's weakness, but the explosion behind her delivered the bad news directly to everyone present.

The target of the demon colossus's fire remains the colossus weapon shaped like an obelisk atop the Great Library.

Although the power was greatly reduced due to firing before it was fully charged, even with the power reduced by more than 90%, the Colossus Weapon was still powerful enough to blast the base of the obelisk.

With a violent explosion, the obelisk emitting blue light dimmed. Its base collapsed due to the blast, and it crashed straight down to the ground in front of the library. Even the Kingdom of Eden, with its magical network, could not quickly rebuild the colossus weapon in a short time.

Although it is unknown how much damage the colossus weapons ultimately inflicted on the Demon Mother Nest, it is certain that the Demon Mother Nest directly destroyed the Kingdom of Eden's ability to use colossi for a short period of time. In order to achieve balance and to prevent the Demon Mother Nest from going berserk again and indiscriminately using their colossus weapons, Elena had to eliminate the demon colossi before they fired their third shot. At the same time, she also had to get the slowly flying Eagle Knights to change the direction of their attacks!

So after Yang Hao and the others jumped off the dragon's back, Elena's expression changed drastically as she leaped onto the black dragon's back:

"Request! Your Majesty Yang Hao, I need control of the Eagle Knights." She shouted urgently to Yang Hao, "I must go and destroy the demon's reactor or colossus weapon so that the Eagle Knights can drop the ten bombs they have on the Brood—but I need your permission."

She looked at Yang Hao, who, knowing the situation was urgent, nodded:

"Please."

...The black dragon soared into the sky once more.

Elena anxiously moved quickly with the black dragon toward the location of the demon's lair.

From above, she could clearly see a crack made of magic crystals appear in the valley where the demon's lair was located—and on the left side of the crack, the demon's colossus weapon was gushing blood, clearly affected by the power of the Eden Kingdom's colossus weapon.

Chapter Fourteen: The Essence and Demise of the Demon – 6/6 8K

The demon colossus was caught in the blast of the obelisk—perhaps the obelisk wasn't originally intended to target the demon colossus, but in any case, the demon colossus was too close to the obelisk's attack path. As a result, after being caught in the blast, the demon colossus, which had also failed to recharge, had to awkwardly fire a volley in the predetermined direction. Fortunately, it managed to destroy the obelisk of the Kingdom of Eden before it was destroyed by the blast itself.

Elena immediately realized that there was no high-ranking demon guarding the entire Demon Mother Nest—or rather, all the high-ranking demons had combined in a twisted way to form a colossal weapon, and the colossal weapon that was constantly gushing out was the best manifestation of the overall weakness of the Demon Mother Nest.

“Confirmed… there are currently no high-ranking demons inside the Hive,” Elena said. “By plundering from above the colossi, I can descend from the sky—I can take this opportunity to destroy the heavily damaged colossus weapons and the suspected reactor structure. The remaining larvae in the entire Hive are no match for my breakthrough.”

"Are you serious? What if there's that [optical camouflage] thing Yang Hao mentioned earlier inside the mother nest? What should we do then?"

"Explanation: High-level demons become exceptionally vulnerable after evolving into [Optical Camouflage] - their resistance to physical and magical attacks is greatly reduced, and even the power of their attacks decreases... The demons that were previously lying in ambush underground were protected by loose soil and their armor began to evolve during the surprise attack, which is why they are so tough."

But if the high-ranking demons within the Demon Mother's Lair also intend to do so, I'm confident I can eliminate them directly—besides, Lady Black Dragon, your charge is a physical attack.

"But I am an Isgardian, an Isgardian—why would a perfectly good Isgardian risk their life for the United Nations and the Kingdom of Eden..."

The black dragon's complaint made Elena tilt her head.

She confirmed once again that the Eagle Knights behind her could only fly slowly to protect the heavy bombs, and that the United Nations' army in the distance had advanced to a location suitable for their golems to launch artillery fire. Then she watched as the black dragon gradually approached the sky above the demon colossus.

As the thunderous roar of cannons echoed behind them, and the sight of shells rising high into the sky, trailing fiery tails, before plummeting back down was unmistakable, Elena spoke:

"Question: Lady Black Dragon, don't you harbor ulterior motives towards His Majesty Yang Hao? Do you harbor the desire to bring him into your country?"

The synthetic doll's question immediately froze the black dragon.

An awkward atmosphere hung in the air as the explosions below sent the demon larvae flying, forcing the last few demons in their optical camouflage state to evolve physical armor to withstand the bombardment from the United Nations.

Black Dragon glanced down, then laughed heartily and changed the subject:

"Hahaha—let's take care of the guys down there first! I'm diving right in, get ready!"

Before Elena could respond, the black dragon plunged into the low sky below. Her chosen route of attack covered all the high-ranking demons. Crimson dragon breath gathered in her throat, and when she got close enough, she unleashed a mouthful of dragon breath onto the bodies of those high-ranking demons who had evolved physical armor.

Dragon breath ignited the demons' chitinous carapaces, causing the flesh within to crackle and pop. The air was filled with the acrid smell of burning flesh. Elena glanced at the high-ranking demons struggling in the flames yet unwilling to retreat, and she drew a conclusion:

"It dawned on me: the high-ranking demons are protecting the reactor... and the reactor is right beneath the high-ranking demons. But we must prioritize dealing with the colossus weapon."

"Can't we just take down the mother directly?" the black dragon muttered as it flew towards the colossus. "After all, the mother seems easier to defeat, doesn't she?"

“I can’t. The Matrix is ​​too enormous. The wounds we two can inflict are too shallow and meaningless—I’m going down.”

The instant the black dragon approached the colossus weapon, Elena leaped off its back. She held a magic spear, but a single spear was no match for the entire colossus weapon—even one that was a colossus gushing blood and seemingly on the verge of collapse.

After all, it was the product of the twisted fusion of dozens of high-ranking demons. Since demons can fuse, they can naturally split apart when faced with danger.

However, due to the ripples from the earlier obelisk's shot, the demon colossus suffered severe damage... This damage, along with the infiltration of magical crystals, brought countless pains to the high-ranking demon—although it didn't seem to recover as quickly as the high-ranking demon's own recovery speed, the aura of artificial magic emanating from it was enough.

So what Elena had to do was very simple: she had to use the artificial magical energy inside the demonic colossus to forcibly create a bomb inside the colossus.

(The bomb's size... is sufficient. But this means those high-ranking demons...)

She plunged her spear into the colossus's interior. As purple blood flowed out, she felt her spear strike something hard—a crystallized magical energy that had seeped into the demonic colossus's body.

Just then, she felt a gust of wind behind her. Without bothering to find out what was happening behind her, Elena chose to use her magic spear as a catalyst, allowing it to interact directly with the magic crystal formed by artificial magic, instead of her own hands.

She was trying to create powerful bombs from artificial magic, and the demons noticed this. Whether they were larvae or high-ranking demons being burned by flames, they were all frantically trying to get close to Elena's location.

Even the Demon Mother was emitting piercing howls in an attempt to disrupt Elena's work—but all of this was blocked by the massive black dragon.

"I never imagined I'd be in this situation—having to withstand indiscriminate bombardment from friendly forces, protect some young girl while doing something important, and all at the same time beating up by the enemy?! There has to be a limit to how much I can work for free, right?!"

The black dragon roared and unleashed her third breath in front of her, creating a large, cone-shaped area of ​​burning ground. Then, she charged sideways, knocking a high-ranking demon that had come within dangerous range to the ground.

The demon's special ability, when used on the almost magic-immune black dragon, only made Nia feel a little disgusted, without causing any real harm. After she wantonly trampled on the high-ranking demon's body and used her claws to forcibly dig its heart out of its charred armor, Nia suddenly realized something.

(These demons are evolving so fast, isn't that actually the fault of the United Nations in a way?!) She flapped her wings, using wind pressure to blow some of the demon larvae into the fire. (If Eden had remained in its original state, the demons' evolution rate should have been on par with Eden's... Rather than saying the demons had this potential from the beginning, it's more accurate to say that the United Nations' intervention gave the demons the ability to learn?)

The demons don't seem to have the ability to create—at least not yet, Nia hasn't sensed any creative ability in them.

They began to mimic the dragon scales on Nia's body, seemingly intending to evolve stronger physical resistance in the face of the United Nations' bombardment. They began to evolve in the shape of a black dragon. Although most high-ranking demons would become charred pieces of flesh in the flames, some high-ranking demons did manage to evolve into dragon forms and intended to take to the sky with their newly grown wings.

They imitated it so perfectly.

But Nia couldn't discern any creative ability in them—they could conceive of the purpose of structures on an enemy, but when it came to creating things on their own, they simply lacked the capacity to create anything new...

Then the problem is coming.

In this context, how exactly did the organ that supposedly "feeds on magic" evolve?

(No way... don't actually think the same way I am...)

Nia broke out in a cold sweat and tore open the flesh of the high-ranking demon she was fighting, which was weakened by the fire.

She tore open the demon's chest, dug out its heart, and finally found something resembling a stomach—a limp stomach and intestines.

After pulling out the stomach and intestines, Nia saw a strange organ... an organ that was clearly not something that a living being could evolve.

"Elena?! You Edenians—how exactly do you Edenians use magic—I mean, can't you Edenians survive by absorbing magic alone?!" the black dragon shouted, trying to make sure Elena could hear him amidst the roaring gunfire and howling. "Simply put, do you need to eat?!"

“Question: Why ask this in this situation? But we don’t need to.” Elena frowned. After creating the fourth bomb using a magic crystal, she set its detonation timer for 30 seconds. “Our Edenians’ bodies have an artificial organ that absorbs artificial magic to restore energy. It’s much more efficient than traditional eating.”