Soon, while Maximus was talking to Wanderer, his family finally arrived at the battlefield’s frontline.

Facing a tier 12 dark beast head-on, they showed no fear, only anger and excitement.

“Come, evil beast die!”

Without hesitation, they launched their attack, completely ignoring the gap in power.

Watching them fight so recklessly, Maximus frowned.

“These guys are barbaric.”

Although his entire family was stronger than a peak Absolute, charging at tier 12 dark beast head-on was still insane.

In the past, even he had to activate a 10-billion-time origin explosion to take one down.

As for his family, the last time he watched them fight, aside from keeping the dark beast occupied, they couldn’t kill one.

“It seems Master hasn’t seen them fight recently,” Wanderer commented, noting Maximus’s reaction.

“Oh? What happened?”

“Just watch.”

Drawn in by Wanderer’s words, Maximus stared at the screen, watching carefully.

“Huh? This… is that the power of Chaos and Will?!”

Though he relied only on his naked eye, Maximus was familiar enough with the power to recognize it instantly.

“It seems Master is quite perceptive~”

“I see… so this is where their confidence comes from.”

In the past, because of the auxiliary nature of the Source of Knowledge, they couldn’t even damage a dark beast without overwhelming force.

But now, every one of his family’s attacks seemed infused with corrosion and poison, slowly weakening and rotting the beast.

Merged with the powers of Chaos and Will, the ultimate nemesis of dark beasts and dark energy, it was no wonder they fought so boldly.

Sure enough, under their combined strength, it took just over a month to kill one.

At the same time, the Absolute numbering in the hundreds, along with countless other tier 11 powerhouses, had only managed to kill four.

Matching a quarter of the harvest of the combined army, even Maximus was a little surprise.

“I didn’t expect them to be this strong…”

This wasn’t just about strength; it was efficiency. Given more time, his family alone might be able to sweep through everything in their path.

“At this rate, we won’t even need a hundred years to clean up the Dark Void Domain.”

“This is all thanks to Master’s painstaking efforts,”

An army only shines with a massive supply behind it.

During this time, all powerhouses fighting dark beasts were allowed to withdraw unlimited strands of causality.

As long as they were used in battle, waste didn’t matter.

Fueled by unlimited energy, the Absolutes had turned into tireless machines, firing away like artillery.

Not holding a single ounce of their strength, firing their strongest attack like it was a common one, how could the dark beasts possibly keep up?

Furthermore, to purify the dark energy corroding their core of origin during battle, Liam used thousands of plane origins each day.

Such extravagance. Such madness. If they couldn’t win against the dark disaster with this much advantage, they might as well clean their necks and prepare to die.

“Don’t belittle them too much. We’re winning not because of me, but because of their fearless will and the guts to fight.”

“Otherwise, even if I had all the energy and resources in the world, I couldn’t do a thing against the dark beasts.”

Even if he reached the Overlord Realm, Maximus alone couldn’t protect the Aeon Plane.

He was just one man. No matter how overwhelming his power, any dark beast that slipped past him could still wreak havoc inside the plane.

“I know… I’m sorry, Master. I was being presumptuous.”

“It’s fine. What about the casualties at the back?”

Focused on his family and the Absolutes on the frontlines, Maximus hadn’t paid attention to the rear.

“It’s more tragic at the back, Master. With only three Void Outposts defending the area, countless lives had to be sacrificed to hold the exit of the Dark Void Domain.”

With the Absolutes taking the aggro of thousands of tier-12 dark beasts, there wasn’t much firepower left for the rear.

The strongest that were defending the place were only Masters of the Ocean of Law.

Most of the others were only at the tier 10 realm, who were empowered by the Ring of Origin.

Facing countless dark beasts, they had no choice but to emerge from the void outpost to stop the stragglers from breaking through.

As a result, casualties hit an all-time high, with multiple lives traded just to take down a single tier-10 dark beast.

Wanderer calculated that at this rate, they would be depleted long before the enemy was.

“Casualties? Isn’t there the Virtual Realm? Can’t it preserve their lives?” Maximus asked, frowning.

“Ah, yes. Thanks to the Virtual Realm, most were saved from complete annihilation. But to reconstruct their bodies as they were before will take thousands of years at the very least.”

“At such a long time, this wave of dark beast would be minimized before they can be resurrected.”

“I see. And the cost? How much plane origin has the Virtual Realm consumed during this time?”

Knowing that the casualties weren’t the real death toll, Maximus eased up a little.

These powerhouses, though still weak, were the backbone, the hope of the Aeon Plane.

Given time, they could reach the Absolute Realm or even advance to the Overlord realm, strengthening their forces.

After all, the Aeon Plane wasn’t just fighting the dark beasts. It would also be competing with planes and civilizations far richer in force, power, and heritage.

Thus, no matter how much it cost, Maximus was willing to invest everything to nurture these unsung heroes.

“After calculation, the Virtual Realm is spending over 30,000 units of plane origin every day.”

“Due to the high density of dark energy and the multitude of energy attacks, the Virtual Realm can only use plane origin to strengthen its link to the Dark Void Domain.”

“Furthermore, since it’s saving lives at critical moments, it requires even more plane origin.”

“Does that mean the 100 million units of plane origin I gave earlier won’t even last a decade?” Maximus muttered, speechless.

A hundred million units, given his current output, would take him over five hundred years to gather.

“Should we reduce the connection range to just the outer area of the Dark Void Domain? That could cut the energy cost to around 3,000–5,000 units a day.”

“No. Leave it as is. I can still afford the expense.”

Though the casualties at the frontline were lower, the people fighting there were far more important than the rest.

Even a single loss would be devastating.

Maximus was even willing to spend a hundred million units of plane origin every year to protect them, much less this small number.

“I see. I’ll notify the managers of the Virtual Realm not to worry about the expense.”

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