#13 - Chapter 13: Chessboard and Chess Pieces
“Squad Seven, move to the front right...”
In the endless abyss, Wu Wei, holding the Abyss Codex, issued a new order to a demon squad through the Heavenly Dao System.
Soon, a black and red arrow appeared on the system map.
It represented the squad's new direction of advance.
Besides this arrow, Wu Wei's system map contained 19 other identical arrows.
Each arrow represented a demon squad.
Under Wu Wei's command, they were currently charging around the entire map like headless flies in a chaotic manner that outsiders could never understand.
“Fifteen, advance 800 meters straight ahead... Two, turn and move to the side in a parallel fashion....”
“Advance, turn, retreat......”
At this moment, Wu Wei was like a possessed madman, using muttered commands on the enormous map to make his soldiers perform an extremely chaotic dance.
Countless demons under his command had no rest.
They were very dissatisfied and very angry.
Because their lord had not issued any attack orders from the beginning.
Even though these demon squads had approached the centaur warriors several times, they had the opportunity to close the distance with a single charge.
Although their agility was inferior to their opponents, and they could easily be kept at bay.
But the demon race was, after all, demons. They were not afraid of casualties, nor did they fear any sacrifice.
They didn't mind their teammates falling beside them, nor did they care whether they could win the encounter with the centaur warriors on their own.
The only thing they cared about was whether they could bring pain and death to the enemy.
But Wu Wei's command ignored their only request.
He used the Abyss Heart skill to forcibly make all the demons submit, forcing them to carry out his orders....
Each contact between a demon squad and the centaur warriors would result in these little demons leaving behind one or more corpses.
This pure, pointless sacrifice made even the demons, who didn't have much wisdom or reason, feel anger and unwillingness.
They were warriors, not pawns to be driven and killed at will!
However, Lord Wu Wei, who had already sensed the anger of the demons under his command, did not react to this.
It seemed that the death of any demon was an insignificant matter to him.
But the truth was the opposite.
“It's not insignificant...”
Wu Wei's eyes never left the map.
With his will, thirty gray dots quickly appeared on the map.
These gray dots were in teams of five or six, each biting at the heels of a demon squad.
They were the centaur warriors, also divided into squads, freely hunting down the demon squads!
“In the chessboard called the game of war, every piece is crucial.”
“Because they are the key to victory, the promoters of the game.”
Wu Wei said indifferently, looking at the "chessboard" in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
“But no matter how important the pieces are, they are not as important as the ultimate goal of this chessboard.”
“Because the sacrifice of all the pieces is only to allow me to win this game!”
“Now!”
Finally, Wu Wei waited for the opportunity he wanted.
Countless black and red arrows gradually formed two intersecting circles.
And in the area where the two circles intersected were the centaur warriors who were exhausted from chasing the demons.
An opportunity that he had deduced and thought about countless times, the only opportunity to devour all the centaur warriors with the strength of these little demons, had arrived.
“All demon squads....”
Wu Wei smiled and issued his order.
“Kill the injured or weakest demons in each squad, eat them to replenish your strength, then turn around collectively, advance into the circle, and finally....”
“Kill them all!”
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In the intersection of the two circles, Ursoc Windstrider widened his eyes, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief.
Including him, all the centaur warriors he brought had gathered in a swamp.
“You....”
“Why are you here?”
The other centaur warriors were speechless when they heard this.
Each of their squads had come here in the process of tracking and killing the little demons.
From beginning to end, their pursuit had been somewhat unsuccessful.
Although they could kill one or two little demons each time they encountered a demon squad, whenever they wanted to continue the pursuit, another demon squad would often come into their view.
Coming to a position not far or near, a position they could track as long as they chased a little.
So each time, they would give up on the demon squad that had run far away and focus on dealing with the newly appeared demon squad in front of them...
Over time, the situation changed.
At the end of the pursuit, all the centaur warriors were tracking a demon squad, unanimously tracking them into the swamp.
Although they finally managed to kill all the demons in their respective demon squads as they wished, letting them die in this dirty, muddy land.
But when they looked up, they were surprised to find.
Not only had their squad come here, but the other warriors in their tribe, the other squads, had also arrived here!
This was the real reason for the question Ursoc Windstrider asked.
Why were the others here too?
“Aaugh!”“Aah!”“!!”
Suddenly, different screams rang out from behind them.
Along with the screams of these little demons, more laughter, chewing, and gasping sounds of the demons appeared on the outskirts of the swamp.
That was also the sound of Wu Wei's order being carried out.
All the demons, in such a long chase, responded to Wu Wei's order so quickly and unreservedly for the first time.
As one little demon after another turned into food, most of the demons regained their strength that had been consumed for a long time.
Having eaten food, but not completely full, they began to walk inward step by step.
Because in this circle composed of demons, there was more "food" waiting for them!
“How is it possible?”
Ursoc Windstrider turned his half-human, half-horse body and looked at the outside of the swamp in horror.
And beside him, the little demon who had died long ago had an evil grin on the corner of his mouth, silently mocking their stupidity.
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“What on earth just happened?!”
However, even more shocked than Ursoc Windstrider was Li Mengmeng, who was watching the second half of this game from the branches after possessing a sparrow.
