World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others

King Holly endured humiliation and bore heavy burdens. He possessed a martial soul with the ability to foresee, and using its unique traits, he saved many people from the clutches of the Disaster God...

In prison, King Holly realized his mission, gained the favor of the Sea God, and awakened his ten-star martial soul.

Under divine guidance, King Holly vowed to break the darkness of the world and lead everyone into a new era of light.

The righteous King Holly wielded the divine artifact bestowed by the Sea God—the Sword of Judgment. All evildoers could not hide their sins before this sword.

King Holly proclaimed that martial souls had no ranks and that there were no useless martial souls, only people who did not know how to develop them.

King Holly established the Nation of Justice, declaring its independence from the Lucerne Kingdom. The citizens of the Nation of Justice would no longer pay taxes to the Lucerne Kingdom, and the existing taxes were halved...

King Holly founded the Martial Soul Academy, gathering wise individuals to research the development of martial souls. The results of their research would be made public at any time.

King Holly also formed the Justice Patrol, which inspected every noble's territory, investigating evildoers and wrongdoers. Anyone who had been wronged could seek redress from the Justice Patrol.

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In the following days, everything about King Holly spread like wildfire across Grand Duke Lynch's territory.

Among the spreaders were both the enthusiastic public and agents arranged by Du Ge.

Word of mouth was too slow, and Du Ge couldn't possibly go door to door to showcase his righteousness.

Having been steeped in China's five thousand years of history, Du Ge was well-versed in the art of propaganda.

By controlling traffic and public opinion, he could shape anyone's image as he wished, simply by repeating, promoting, and constantly creating new stories.

Ordinary people couldn't distinguish between truth and falsehood.

They only believed what they heard and saw; the truth was irrelevant.

Moreover, the involvement of deities added to the legend of King Holly, making people eager to follow a new king favored by the gods into a new life.

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Of course, maintaining a good persona required avoiding any scandals.

On this point, Du Ge was very confident. He was a seasoned veteran.

As long as no other Alien Star warriors interfered, he was fully confident in maintaining his persona.

Even if other Alien Star warriors did get involved, he wasn't afraid. This Alien Star Battlefield emphasized mental power, making it impossible for Alien Star warriors to possess significant figures.

Starting from small characters, who could match his speed?

In just one day, he had already taken control of a duke who held a third of the kingdom's power...

Propaganda alone wasn't enough; he needed to do more meaningful things.

After thoroughly preparing the captured nobles psychologically, Du Ge gradually released them back to their territories.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

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Count Greta returned the lands he had seized.

Marquis Clay abolished the unreasonable taxes in his territory and refunded the collected taxes per capita.

Count Luigi sent generous compensation to the families of the women he had wronged...

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The nobles' actions confirmed King Holly's benevolence, and more and more people came to know the name of the new King Holly.

Du Ge's attributes soared.

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These days, besides formulating new livelihood policies, Du Ge spent most of his time studying magical theory and sparring with Grand Duke Lynch.

As his attributes increased, his mastery of magic became more proficient.

Without magical equipment, Grand Duke Lynch was no match for him.

However, Grand Duke Lynch didn't find this unusual.

He had long believed that Holly was possessed by an evil god, and it was normal for him to be unable to defeat a deity.

Since the evil god was willing to play a role-playing game, as long as he could break free from his mental prison, he would play along. Only by breaking free could he become the omnipotent Grand Magus, secretly accumulating power to fight the evil god. ⱤáɴО฿˧

Du Ge knew what Grand Duke Lynch and even the nobles were thinking.

In this Alien Star Battlefield, he hadn't bothered to cultivate relationships with those around him. From the beginning, he had relied on coercion and threats to make people work for him, so they naturally harbored resentment.

And it was precisely this resentment that Du Ge wanted.

After all, this time his keyword was righteousness, not loyalty or management. If these people didn't betray him, who would he judge?

Why was Bao Zheng known as the impartial judge?

Wasn't it because he was surrounded by corrupt officials...

Righteousness was never something done; it was something compared.

Betrayal—judgment, then betrayal—then judgment again...

One day, his name for righteousness would spread across the land, and his Sword of Judgment would need these betrayals!

After developing the advanced skill of righteousness, Du Ge turned some of his attention to the concept of division.

Splitting off a large chunk of territory from the Lucerne Kingdom was already a significant act of division, but it hadn't led to the emergence of an advanced skill.

Du Ge didn't know where the problem lay; perhaps it was because his Nation of Justice hadn't been officially recognized!

So, Du Ge changed his approach and began pondering physical division.

Dividing land and territory was indeed a grand operation, but the derived skills might not be practical.

Creating offensive and defensive skills from righteousness was difficult.

But theoretically, creating an attack skill from division should be feasible.

In the future, his enemies would likely be deities. Without offensive skills, relying solely on broad, general skills might put him at a disadvantage. In the last Alien Star Battlefield, Du Ge had no offensive skills and had envied Gao Ming's lethal phasing ability from start to finish...

These days, whenever Du Ge had free time, he would split the objects around him.

The bowls he ate from, the cups he drank from, the chairs he sat on, the beds he slept in—almost everything he touched bore some cracks.

No one questioned why King Holly's items had such a high damage rate.

But to maintain his persona, Du Ge apologetically explained that his rapid increase in power from his ten-star martial soul caused him to unintentionally damage nearby objects.

Once he adapted to his power, everything would return to normal.

Grand Duke Lynch agreed deeply, believing it was normal for an evil god to struggle with controlling newfound power in a mortal body.

However, what felt abnormal to him were some of the questions Holly had discussed with him and his inexplicable actions.

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"Grand Duke, do you remember what I told you that day?" Du Ge asked.

"What?"

"Rebuilt bones are stronger," Du Ge said.

"I remember." Grand Duke Lynch recalled unpleasant memories and instinctively clenched his buttocks in a defensive reflex.

"Grand Duke, this isn't just a metaphor; it's a fact. By intentionally creating small bone fractures and then allowing them to heal, repeating this process can rapidly enhance a person's physique..."

As Du Ge spoke, under Grand Duke Lynch's incredulous gaze, he snapped his own finger and then used a healing spell to mend it.

In fact, with Du Ge's current attributes, he didn't even need a healing spell; his bones would quickly heal on their own. But in front of others, he still needed to maintain appearances.

Watching Du Ge break his own finger without flinching, Grand Duke Lynch wiped the sweat from his forehead, increasingly convinced that Du Ge was not human.

Du Ge, seemingly oblivious to Grand Duke Lynch's horrified gaze, continued, "Grand Duke, I've been experimenting on myself these days, and the results are quite promising. I just don't know how to promote it, as this training method is too harsh. I'm worried most people won't be able to endure such pain..."

Not just most people, no one would willingly endure such pain, right?

Grand Duke Lynch muttered in his heart, "My King, such a cruel training method shouldn't be promoted. It would harm your reputation, and the public would think you're a tyrant who loves cruel punishments!"

"I know," Du Ge nodded, "which is why I want the Grand Duke to help me promote this method."

"..." Grand Duke Lynch looked at Du Ge, feeling a thousand curses welling up inside him. You want to be the benevolent ruler, but you want me to take the blame for this? That's too much.

"Grand Duke, finding a way to enhance oneself beyond martial souls and magic is a monumental achievement that benefits both the present and future," Du Ge said earnestly. "If this is done well, your name could be remembered for generations, just like those Grand Magi who developed those spells. Didn't you seize Stephen Gao's research results for the sake of fame?"