GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1726: Extensive Considerations.



Legion-9 snickered and said, "We are out of luck for that. I am sure that there is an ulterior motive for this project. I am so sure of it that I could bet a lobe of my brain if I had it. The matter at hand is to determine if we are going to take the bait or not."

Legion-2 spoke, "So it is decided that he has an ulterior motive. That means he has an unknown plan and is using this project to achieve it. Finding information about this unknown plan might be good for us."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Legion-1 shook his head. "It is unlikely that we succeed in that. But we might have a clue. The reason he created the project in the first place was to gain help from world gods. The reason why he needed help from world gods was because he had a lot of world gods as enemies. And the main reason why he made enemies of world gods, apart from stealing and cheating, is the ban on the exploitation of life trees."

Legion-7 agreed with that line of thought. He said, "I see. So if we find out why he banned life trees, we might be able to find out why he built the project."

Legion-8 was more cynical. "They might not be related. It might all just be a smokescreen. I doubt that the realm lord would make enemies that are capable of making him lose the era of conquest just so that he could have an excuse to build a project, but it is possible. He is mad after all."

Legion-9 interjected, "Forget the ulterior motive or motives. It is a rabbit hole that we can't see the end of. What's important is if we are going to take the bait and what we are going to do to safeguard our interests in case the project is indeed a trap."

Legion-3 agreed, "He is right. I have heard that some world gods are preparing to attack his world because he refused to grant them access to the project even when they offered to pay generously for it. These world gods are recruiting Origin gods to assist in the invasion. It will be like another era of conquest, but the target of invasion would be the project in his inner world."

Legion-1 ruminated on that information. "So the project is that valuable. Even if it is the mere opportunity to acquire the Authority of the void universe, it is still something that world gods are in dire need of."

Soverick offered, "The issue here is that we are suspicious of the realm lord, and we are extra suspicious of anyone because of the fragments of realm hearts in our possession."

"I think the two are valid. The realm lord is dangerous and might have killed the Mother High Heaven. We ought to be suspicious of him. We also don't want to lose our fragments of realm hearts. But I think we should consider this because he has sworn not to harm any participants of the project in anyway."

That made Legion swing towards participating in the project. But the voice of cynicism appeared in their minds again. Legion-8 said, "It is good that harm can be eliminated from the possible outcomes. But what about the other things that are not harmful, such as being used to achieve his aim? Do we want to be tools in whatever scheme he is concorting right now?"

"There's also the fact that he has multiple world gods as enemies. To participate in the project is to automatically put ourselves on the realm lord's side when his inner world is invaded. At the very least, regardless of the acquisition of authority, we would be used to fight for his inner world. It will be like the era of conquest, but more thankless."

Legion-1 sighed. "Those concerns are valid, but let's not forget that we don't need to participate physically. Only our minds are needed to use the invitation and participate in it. That means we can leave if there is danger, and if we can't leave, only our minds will be damaged. Our lives will not be in any danger."

Soverick considered that opinion for a while. He said, "If that is so, then we have nothing to fear for him. But even then, we still have something to fear from his enemies. World gods are not easy to deal with."

Aeternus asked, "What if this whole project is bait for his enemies? He might want to let them invade so that he can capture them in one fell swoop. That's what I'll do."

They began arguing about the possibility of that being true. Legion-9 had to come in again with his position.

He asked, "But are we not going to participate? How can we pass up an opportunity to acquire the Authority of the void universe? We have tried many times to create it but have failed."

Helios asked him in return, "The Authority of the void universe is good, and we won't be in much danger if we participate. But don't forget that making connections with a world god even with our minds can expose our positions. What if the realm lord lets the information about our location slip intentionally or unintentionally to the enemies that will invade his world? Won't we lose both the Authority and our realm heart fragments?"

Legion-7 intervened, "Let's read the contract he sent out before we make a decision. We need more information anyway."

They couldn't make up their minds, so they argued about it. It is a normal occurrence in the decision-making process of Legion. But this time, they had to take a really long time to consider the matter at hand because they have a lot to gain and lose.

The Authority of the void universe is very important. They don't know much about it like world gods do, but they have seen world fragments built with it, and they have heard that the realm lord was able to use it to fight world gods as an Origin god.

At that time, he was a Supreme Origin god and a realm lord, so he was far more powerful than normal Origin gods. But it is still quite an accomplishment that he was able to fight and defeat a world god with it.