"Thunder City has fallen."

After a pause, Luo Yan continued speaking to the floating Youyou, not answering the question.

"Once Edward's new regime is complete, our corruption will spread rapidly to every port across the Vortex Sea along our current route, until it spreads throughout the entire Empire."

The extraordinary power and power of faith in this world ultimately boil down to the choices of the people, and the so-called Chosen Ones, even the divines themselves, are nothing but "the people's choice."

They stand above the masses, but are neither truly invincible nor truly omniscient and omnipotent.

Once people abandon their original way of life, then the tower built on this soil will also collapse, and this magnificent change cannot even be stopped by the divines themselves.

This is actually Linte Isaac's helplessness.

He wanted the men of the Ryan Kingdom to live a good life with wealth accumulated through hard work, and to shatter the lies of the Emperor and Saint Sith with prosperity and abundance. Yet some, after becoming wealthy, used money to humiliate their compatriots first, trying to regain the dignity they've once lost from the weak. He wanted the women of the Ryan Kingdom to break free from feudal shackles, but some first gave up on decency in the name of independence and then used that inexhaustible strength to destroy the moral baseline of the entire kingdom, dragging everyone down with the feudal shackles on their feet.

He certainly understood the importance of education, so he pinned his hopes on the children. However, the literate teachers he could find were either resentful nobles or priests, or those he deemed mad who would teach a group of even more arrogant little madmen.

When people grew old, only then did they suddenly realize they had spent a lifetime shattering lies only to burn for a larger one. No one truly loved them, and they had never truly loved anyone. Their hasty lives were inscribed on tombstones, yet not even a single sentence could be pieced together.

If this is the new world Linte Isaac spoke of, then perhaps the Emperor wasn't so bad, even if the goodness was illusory.

Compared with the lunatics of the Mechanical God Sect, even the knight chasing after windmills seemed adorable.

When the reform of Isaac was abandoned by the people, the divine power he possessed immediately turned into a rootless duckweed, only leaving behind the technology he brought.

He couldn't even find a specific person who betrayed him, because everyone who wanted to return to the past automatically became his enemies the moment they faced a choice.

And when he lost everyone's support, the only extraordinary power he was left with was also the one given to the Isaac family by Saint Sith, filled with a feudal background through and through.

Ultimately, he was defeated by another Chosen Transcendent after losing his divine nature, just as the epics tell... the wicked Demon King will eventually die by the hero's sword.

It was both the will of the divine and the choice of the people at that time.

The idea of building a skyscraper of the new age with stones from the Old World was inherently laughable.

Luo Yan inherited not just Linte Isaac's divine nature but also learned from his lessons.

The citizens of Thunder City wanted a fire, so he handed them gasoline and a lighter, telling them how to play big in the garden of Saint Sis in His name.

Once stones were burned to bricks and wood to coal, the castles of the old era would naturally collapse.

Then it would be time for the Demon King to take the stage of history.

It was believed that Linte Isaac would surely feel gratified.

After all, Luo Yan didn't think this fellow countryman chose him to repay anyone's kindness.

"Worthy of Lord Demon King, hehe." Youyou let out a nostalgic laugh.

Luo Yan glanced in its direction, speechless at such childish mimicry.

But then again.

This time, with such a grand scheme in play, it was about time he returned to the Demon City to report his achievements.

Just then, Captain Lumier returned to Luo Yan's side, nodding respectfully as he spoke.

"My lord, where shall we head next?"

Without thinking, Luo Yan casually said.

"Continue heading towards the New Continent, then find some deserted harbor or simply a desolate island, and use the method I taught you to draw a teleportation array on the shore, placing enough Demon Crystals, until I reappear before you."

The ship had ample supplies, enough to sustain Lumier alone for a long time.

As for why only Lumier needed those supplies, it was because everyone else was a Corpse Ghost.

If not to maintain a proper human image, these Corpse Ghosts could have slept in coffins or even consumed rotten food.

Luo Yan paused for a moment, then continued speaking.

"My only request of you is not to be tracked. If you really can't shake them off, find a deserted sea area and use the Magic Crystal Cannon I've placed on the ship to deal with them."

"Remember, the dreams of the citizens of Thunder City and everyone in the Campbell Duchy rest on this ship. Do not disappoint them."

"Yes, my lord." Lumier nodded slightly, respectfully accepting the order.

At the same time, a small fishing boat slowly approached the steam-spewing freighter, followed by a shout.

"Gentlemen on the ship, anyone want some fish? Freshly caught from the sea."

The net trailing behind the boat was heavy with fish.

The owner shouting from the bow bore a striking resemblance to the hawkers who sold their catch to passing merchant ships, only looking a tad fiercer.

Moreover, there was someone on this fishing boat, starkly out of place with the surroundings.

She wore a black cloak, with a short sword at her waist, exuding an aura that kept strangers at bay, her sharp presence unmatched even by the demons lurking in mazes.

She looked upward, her gaze full of expectation as she watched the man standing on the ship's deck.

That gaze filled with anticipation seemed to say—

"Welcome home, Lord Demon King."

Seeing those soulful eyes, Luo Yan smiled and nodded, then bid farewell to his subordinates for the time being.

They were far enough from Thunder City's port.

It was time for him to disembark.

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