Greed: All For What?



The realm lord shrugged at the compliment, "It wasn't that difficult."

She denied his modesty. "I know you have the system to help you, but what you have achieved is still commendable."

The realm lord's face didn't tighten, but he still felt threatened when she said that. He hasn't gotten over her knowledge of it yet, and it always feels strange to hear someone else speak about his system. What's worse is that he doesn't know how she found out about it.

His ignorance means a lot, considering that he knew when Draco was spying on him. The only explanation he can come up with for how she knows is one that he doesn't want to believe but is inclined to believe nonetheless, despite how strange it is.

His mind was reeling with possibilities, so he didn't say anything to her. But the white lady was not deterred by the silence. She continued, "And where is this Legion? I thought for sure they would be here, working hard to earn the points they need to become world gods. Even if they don't want it, I thought they might be interested in using the abyss to forge a world forge for their divine spark clone. It seems I was wrong."

Monarch High Heaven finally spoke, "They have always been an anomaly. It might be for the best that they didn't show up. They have already cost me a lot in putting up the barricade. They killed the ancestor of the Phoenix and robbed me of the assistance of an immortal army."

She chuckled and said, "Is that so? I remember the last time I saw them. They were Gehaldirah back then. That high elf has participated in the trial of heaven, and he managed to reach the end. He was just above average back then. If there was anything special about him, it was that he had an air of determination around him. Now he killed a special entity that has survived for 10,000 Origin cycles in a dimension where life was supposed to end. That's blindly fast progress."

The realm lord shook his head. "That was four Origin cycles ago. A lot of things have changed since then."

The lady turned her head in contemplation. "Do you think that four Origin cycles is a long time? That is not even one epoch. It is not a long time at all."

Then she said, in realization, "Ah. I have forgotten that you have forgotten your memories of your past lives, so you don't know that you have lived for a long time."

This time, Monarch High Heaven's face couldn't help but twitch. His fist clenched and unclenched as he wrestled with the instinct to kill a threat.

At the end of his struggles, he decided not to attack her. Instead, he said, "I guess you are right."

He didn't bother to deny it now because he has denied her claims about him in the past, but it didn't work. Instead, she had proved to know far too much about him, his past, and his plans to be mistaken.

This white lady is an entity that knows a lot of things. She knew about Legion long before the first sage knew, and she also knew about him too. And yet, he doesn't know her origin or what kind of existence she is.

She chuckled without feeling any tension. "I have not changed at all for 10,000 Origin cycles, so my sense of time is a little skewed. Yours will be too, very soon. Your memories of your past will awaken, so the passage of time will feel slow to you too."

The realm lord was becoming increasingly uneasy at the mention of his past lives. That was a secret that he thought only he knew. It is even more uncomfortable than the fact that he can't hurt her.

Still, he said, "Four Origin cycles might be short, but a lot has happened during that period of time."

She snorted, "You don't say. Not only did that high elf break a rule of the void universe, he got many bodies, he is on his way to acquiring all three foundations of power, and he built a world fragment. He has even gotten the spark of power."

"You high elves are on a roll this epoch. You have the ancestor of your race and her exploits. There's you, and now there's Legion. He will have three sparks, while you have two. Weren't you the only one in this epoch to have a spark of power?"

That question was said in a teasing tone.

Monarch High Heaven didn't know what to say about that claim. How was he to know how many people in the vast, void universe had a spark of power?

So he simply shrugged and said, "It is what it is."

She laughed even more. "I don't know if you are more fun now that you don't have your memories. If you had your memories, then I'm sure you would have said something like, "Don't compare my achievements to a simple foundation. He is just trash."

"Is that so?" He asked, unconvinced.

"Of course it is so." She replied.

Then she shook her head and said, "It is a good thing that I have found you now. Being without your memories has made you ignorant and easy to fool."

Monarch High Heaven became guarded immediately. He couldn't help but ask, "Is it good that you have found me? What is good about it? What do you want from me?"

The white lady glanced at him, then she smirked. "What is the problem? Are you scared that I know too much about you and you don't know much about me?"

"Yes, I am." He admitted it openly.

It made her laugh. "At least you're still honest. Don't be worried. I'm not going to sabotage your plan. Haven't I told you? I want to help you. I am here to protect you and make sure that your plan succeeds."

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