ALL NOVEL Chapter 369: A Common Enemy
Name: Mike
Age: 36/100
Bloodline Purity: 100%
Demonic Bloodline Mix: 120%
Combat Power Estimate: Error
Path to 121%: Error
Roll the Dice: 7%
"Despite killing this many demons, my demonic bloodline mix remains at 120%," Mike sighed, then looked at the Roll the Dice column.
"Roll the Dice jumped from 0% directly to 7%. It seems the system still collects the Lone Wolf bloodline, but it increases the Roll the Dice instead of increasing my demonic blood share."
"But why should I risk rolling the dice again? My bloodline is already beyond maxed out. If I roll the dice and it falls on one, the consequences would be disastrous. Even if I get Lucky and get a six, it only increases my bloodline mix to 100%, lower than my current one."
Under the current circumstances, rolling the dice makes no sense.
"Did the system change? Hey, system, give me a manual or hint of how it works!" Mike spoke to the system.
The system never answered his questions, and this time was no exception.
"What a pity; if I knew how it works, I may have been able to take advantage of it; unfortunately, I have no way of testing it." He shook his head, putting aside the matter for the time being. He decided to clean up the scene before leaving the area. Mike didn't want to hide the city's destruction; hiding such an event is impossible and not in his interest, but he felt bad leaving such a mess in nature; he is very environmentally friendly. So he cast a few spells that turned the surrounding area into a lush forest; no trace of the previous 'battle' remained, all concealed under the thick green cover.
Then flew up and shot toward the next demonic city.
A few intelligent demons managed to escape, but Mike didn't care about them. When it comes to the system, killing ordinary demons and pure-blooded demons makes no difference; dumb demons contribute about the same amount as mixed-blood demons—that is, nearly nothing! The system can only collect the bloodline lineage of the Lone Wolf, and very few have that bloodline. Mike can only rely on luck to find demons carrying some of it.
Some magic treasures, like 'lineage compass,' can trace specific demonic lineages, but those can only point to high concentrations; so many demons carry tiny bits of Lone Wolf that the 'lineage compass' couldn't even detect it.
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Mike destroyed 25 large and medium-scale demonic cities in less than 24 hours, killing over 10,000 muddle-blooded demons and over 100 demons with an effective purity of over 50%! With his combat power, he spent less than an hour in each city, and most of his time wasn't spent on killing demons but on cleaning, gathering loot, and traveling.
He was like a giant bulldozer that swept through cities without any resistance.
But how much impact does the destruction of so many demonic cities have on the world? The answer is simple: not much.
As long as the demon kings remain, even if all large and medium-scale demonic cities are destroyed, it won't affect the overall situation.
However, despite the negligible effect, the physiological impact was significant; demonic cities disappeared from the world's surface and were replaced with forests, all of which happened very quickly.
The scene was so eerie that it caused a stir, even scaring the demon kings.
Initially, nobody knew the culprit. Not knowing led to suspicion; the demon kings started framing and accusing each other. If it had continued, the demon kings might have fought. But it didn't. The few intelligent demons who saw Mike in his wolf form were interrogated and revealed the whole story.
It became known that an unimaginably powerful wolf had appeared that targeted demonic cities.
Having a common enemy, the brewing tension among the demon kings disappeared instantly. The lords of demons, who were on the brink of war just days ago, sat down and allied—the Alliance of Demon Kings.
Pure-blooded demons are usually far less chaotic and can negotiate and reach solutions.
The alliance of demons was awful news for human civilization, which relied on the demons' disunity to survive. For now, the demon kings are focused on the wolf, but later, when the wolf is caught or dealt with, the alliance could spell the end of human civilization.
The intelligence networks, stations, offensive and defensive armies, and all other resources in human civilization activated, all working toward finding a way to break the alliance of demons.
That said, aside from the demonic alliance, the human civilization was also extremely worried about the wolf; after all, this time, the wolf attacked demonic cities; who knows, it may attack the Human Civilization the next time.
The Human Civilization generally wants a stable environment and hates anything that may cause chaos and uncertainty.
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"General, you're good at this! If we win the contest, our resources will triple!" said Painkiller.
Mike nodded, thinking of what he should write.
A few days ago, the two four-star generals sent down an order. The commanding officers of the Human Civilization's 100 armies were to each submit their ideas about how to solve the current situation with the monster wolf and the demon king's alliance.
The army with the best idea would get triple the resources for ten years.
"What should I write?" Mike thought and looked at the paper under his pen, thinking about how much he should reveal. During his trip, he destroyed over 25 demonic cities. Besides the first one, which was destroyed, the rest weren't; he explored them and looted an unbelievable amount of resources, books, and intelligence; of course, he destroyed them after looting everything; magic made everything easy, from gathering all resources to locating valuable treasures.
He used magic to scan through all those documents and found a lot of secrets that the Human Civilization didn't know.
As a result, he may be the person with the most knowledge about how demonic cities work and how to cause conflict. But he cannot reveal it; he has no way of explaining how he suddenly obtained so much critical information on demons. The intelligence community of the Human Civilization is very sensitive to these things; they would doubt and visit him. Although he is not afraid, it would cause trouble.
Pursing his lips, he began writing: "The easiest way to cause conflict is to remove the factor that caused unity. As long as the wolf monster is removed, the demons would lose their reason for unity and naturally disperse back to their original state."
"To do this, we should trace the Wolf and, once we find it, report its location to the demon alliance; this way, the wolf and demons will fight together and weaken each other."
The matter of the wolf was not a secret; the demons spread it intentionally. Even faraway human cities knew about it by now.
Mike, of course, knew his solution was nonsense. They could never trace the wolf for the simple fact that the wolf was himself.
He sealed the letter and said, "Here it is."
Painkiller nodded and said, "I count on you, General!"
Mike shook his head; there was no way he would win the reward. His idea was very general; anyone with a brain could think of it.
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Five people sat on simple chairs around a circular table, in a room located at the military headquarters of the Human Civilization's capital. Two were four-star generals, while the other three were three-star generals. The four-star generals were Wide Vision and Bright Light, while the other three were the leaders of the Intelligence, Personnel, and Planning\Strategy departments.
These five people were the core group that usually decided the most important matters of the military. The Military Leadership Commission usually only interfered in political issues. Since the current situation had nothing to do with politics, the Military Leadership Commission let the generals discuss it without pressure.
"It's too soon!" Wide Vision shook his head.
"But at least we should have it ready, just in case," said Bright Light.
"Activating it costs 500 million energy crystals at a minimum. Thousands of mages also have to work day and night to keep it stable," said the chief of the Planning\Strategy Department, the go-to person for statistics.
"It's worth it; the survival of humanity is on the line, after all!" said the chief of the Intelligence Department.
The leader of the Personnel Department, a woman with short red hair, said, "We should wait longer, at least until we have a clue about the wolf."
"Demons have a chaotic thought process. What if they suddenly suspect us and decide to take a look? We should immediately activate it," Bright Light said.
The human civilization didn't survive this long by chance. There are many defensive formations and magical treasures. The biggest trump card is what Bright Light discovered while on a mission in a large demonic city. It was a legendary magic treasure, capable of casting legendary spells of three demonic lineages.
The magic treasure is the most potent weapon humans have; it can be used to cast legendary spells that only demon kings are capable of.