GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1937: Temptation And Risk.



The god of power explained, "But you will benefit if I manage to gain the inheritance of the Supreme."

The Overgod snorted and said, "You would have to destroy the void universe for that. Even if I don't stop you, can you achieve that? Can you stop the horde of usurpers that will come after you to stop you from robbing them of their power?"

The god of power nodded and said confidently, "I can achieve it. We have a plan. All three of us are working on this. And you know how terrifying we are when we work together."

The Overgod considered that proposition. It said, "I remember when you used to be one. You used to be terrifying. But you are no longer one and haven't been one for a long time. Right now, you're divided and weak. I don't have much faith in you."

"You also haven't fused yet, so you must be competing with each other. That makes your chances of success even lower than if you were working on your own. So I think you're in over your head."

The god of power prodded, "You need to take the risk. Have faith in us. Right now, the backlash you will experience will be very weak since the Supreme is dead. Your restrictions will only rely on the void universe to punish you. And if I get my way, there won't be a backlash from the void universe anymore. You will gain your freedom. Isn't that worth risking for?"

The overgod shook its head, which is its whole body, and said, "That is only if the Supreme is dead. If he is alive, then I will regret having this discussion and listening to you."

He shook his whole body intensely as he said, "I have already lost most of my body. My head is the only thing left. I cherish my head very much."

The god of power agreed. "Indeed, you will regret listening to me if it turns out that the Supreme is still alive."

Then he asked, "But is your freedom worth the risk of some pain? You had no chance of freedom before, but now you might. There is only one way to make sure that the chance exists and that you don't miss it. It all depends on if you think your freedom is worth the risk."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The overgod thought about it. Even without thinking too much about it, it knew that its freedom was indeed worth the risk.

This is not because of the promise that this boy and his siblings would destroy the void universe. But because of the simple fact that the Supreme might be dead.

If the Supreme can die, then anything is truly possible. If they can blaspheme the Supreme by talking about its death and not face swift and painful repercussions, then maybe it is possible that it can regain its freedom.

The overgod thought long and hard about it. It truly took a long time to consider it. The god of power and his sister let it take all the time it needed to come to a conclusion. They didn't dare interfere with its thoughts.

The overgod thought to itself, "Maybe. Just maybe."

For a large portion of its life, it had been stripped of its power, freedom, and shackled to its duty in the void universe. It was punished severely when it showed a dereliction of duty.

It was like an elephant shackled to a small tree. Even when the elephant grew up and became bigger than the tree, it still didn't try to break free from the tree because it grew up learning that the tree was unbreakable and freedom was impossible.

The elephant lived a hopeless life. But now that elephant has learned that the tree is weaker than it. Hope returned, and it has begun to enter the thought of escaping.

Just like that elephant, the overgod has learned that the Supreme is no more. The conditioning it had undergone to make it into the most loyal guardian for the void universe began to unravel.

The dissatisfactions that had been piling up at the farthest corners of its mind that it didn't dare entertain for fear of punishment exploded to fill up its mind.

It had been forced to do many things in the past, and it had been forced not to do many things that it wanted to do in the past. The latter was worse than the former. There were many people it had wanted to kill but couldn't. That's worse than being forced to work day and night to keep the void intact.

Those were the only two options it had in its life. Work hard to keep the void universe intact and don't go all out to kill the people that make its job difficult.

But now, another option has appeared. With the death of the Supreme, it means it can free itself on its own after some time and effort.

This triplet of the Supreme would only hasten that outcome with their plan. It doesn't need them to find a way to become free.

It will still face some backlash if it tries to escape on its own. But if it had the help of the children of the Supreme, the chances of escaping would be higher. So it was truly worth the risk.

Of course, that is if the Supreme is truly dead. Fortunately, there is a way to find out. While this method is dangerous, it is worth the risk for freedom.

The overgod finally finished thinking. Then it said to them, "Let me see if what you say is true. I won't attack your world for now."

It didn't just say that; it also meant it. It had made up its mind not to attack God's Domain. This is undoubtedly a dereliction of its duties.

As soon as it said that, it began to feel pressure. The void universe became hostile to it and wanted to crush it. Cracks began to appear all over what was left of its body.

THIS CHAPTER UPLOAD FIRST AT NOVELBIN.COM