GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1914: Fight Or Give Up?



Legion-7's decision for them to run was a smart move. There was just so much they didn't know and too much danger.

They don't know how Green Vine is able to infiltrate them even though she should be too weak to do so. It could be because of the incomplete universal artifact in her possession or the fact that she had the help of the first sage.

They were not sure of what she was capable of, and they didn't want to find out by using brute force. Besides, she could easily escape into another vessel even if she had failed her attempt to infiltrate them. She was just too dangerous back then.

But things have changed now. Green Vine has been captured, and the strange creatures have been cut off from the first sage. This means they can do anything they want to them.

It took a few weeks of labor, but they eventually cracked the strange creatures. The main issue is that they couldn't use all of their strength through the trap. They had to be careful not to destroy the trap. Their targets were also numerous.

There were 53 of the strange creatures in number, and they had to apply the pressure to all of them at once, which diluted it. So it took them time to destroy all 53 of them at once.

What appeared before then was the fruit of their labor. There was the Universal Artifact. It had been tainted by Green Vine, but it was still good.

Then there were 53 authorities left over from the strange creatures. They were not the Authority of the void universe, but they contained derivative laws of the first sage and power over them.

These authorities are very important to Legion for the knowledge they contain. With this knowledge, they might meet the requirements to unlock some of the memories that Legion-7 had sealed away.

Legion-7 transmitted to Green Vine, "You have lost. Will you come out of the Universal Artifact, or do we have to force you out?"

She said calmly, "You will have to force me out. Either that or you swear to let me go if I leave."

Legion considered her proposal carefully. Letting her leave with her life is actually possible. The most valuable thing they will gain from her is her knowledge and her techniques. The ability to affect the perception of others seems like a useful tool to them.

There is also the information about how she came to be in possession of the universal artifact after they gave it to the realm lord. They would like to know how she managed that.

As for her spark of consciousness, they don't need her spark of consciousness at all. They can surely give it away in exchange for getting the Universal Artifact without struggling and risking damage to it.

They can tell that the fight to remove Green Vine from the Universal is going to be difficult because she seems to be the sum of many high elves. She is like the Great Mother in that aspect and she is almost as strong as the Great Mother too.

She is just like the black amalgam that creates the universal artifact but also like a will of the realm. So she is very strong.

The struggle to separate her from the incomplete universal artifact might damage it. So it would be good to avoid a struggle.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

But they are greedy. They don't want to let anything go. Especially since they have Chaos energy and the Tree Father. With Aeternus, they believe they will surely win the consciousness battle for control of the universal artifact, and with the Tree Father, they can repair any damage to it.

So they sent Aeternus into the trap. He is the only one who can move within it by using Chaos energy to corrode the cosmic force holding him in place.

It is slow work, but it is faster than the time it took them to crack the strange creatures because the other clones were also working together with him on the outside to relieve the pressure on him.

It took just less than a hundred hours for him to reach the Universal Artifact. It was mostly a white ball constantly changing shape and states. It ought to be completely white like they remembered, but Green Vine has occupied its core and tainted it with green.

She said to him, "You're going to destroy this artifact if you use brute force."

Aeternus replied, "It is a risk we are willing to take."

She asked, "Why don't you try overwhelming my control by fusing directly with the artifact? It is safer for the artifact, and you're clearly stronger than me, so you should be able to win."

Aeternus chuckled and said, "That is not a risk we are willing to take."

All the clones were amused when they heard her proposal. It is actually a good proposal that will ensure the safety of the incomplete Universal Artifact. But to do that will be serving themselves on a platter to this spirit whose memories have been overwritten by the first sage.

She is clearly a tool of the first sage. There's no way they are going to take suspicious advice from her, no matter how good that advice is. They have their own plan, which involves using the two methods.

She warned him after he laughed at her well-meaning advice, "I won't make this easy for you."

He couldn't nod because of the frozen space-time around him. But he said, "I'm sure you won't. Aren't you our ancestor who has come to help us? Resisting to the bitter end is something most of our benefactors do before they admit that we are worthy of their generosity. We expected nothing less from you, oh great ancestor."

He reached out to touch the Universal Artifact as he mocked her. It was an action that took 30 minutes despite the fact that he was a warden in this prison and had the help of others in resisting the seal.