GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Unfortunately, Legion-1 didn't succeed. The artifact he tried to build was far from perfect. It could only transfer energy and not matter. But then Soverick saw it being used for the competition. At that point, the artifact had been upgraded with a matter-to-energy converter and was being tested.

The pillar had become more powerful and intricate which was why Soverick sat in front of it to analyze it. There was so much for Legion to learn from it. It could not transform entities that were titans of law and above but it made Legion realize that the realm lord was making swift progress in the preparation for the era of conquest.

The loss of the title and the upcoming era of conquest made Legion-5 decide to build an artifact that would replace the title of the child of the plane that was taken from them. This artifact will empower all of them and not just Soverick.

All of Legion began preparing for the artifact. Aeternus attacked more planes for resources and Legion schemed against Hadrick. Their scheme failed partially but Legion earned a tidy sum and prepared a way to attack their ancestor in the future if need be.

Then Soverick went to his former academy to acquire the legacy of Virtual Creation so that they could build the artifact. The absence of Hadrick in the Ghastorix main city meant that no one noticed him enter and leave.

Virtual Creation is an ability that simulates the creation ability of world gods. Shannon, the director of the academy failed because she didn't have an immortal soul to control the concept. They are better than Shannon. They are Legion and have a lot of mental prowess at their disposal.

Soverick killed the director and took her concept for himself. He didn't speak with her because he didn't want her to know that he was alive. She could leak that news in the span of a second and he didn't want that.

Besides he didn't need her alive to get her concept. Her existence fractured when he killed her so her dying concept within her Origin leaked into the world. That was all Soverick needed to comprehend her concept.

Soverick watched Shannon's concept unravel and leak into the world. He used his eyes to analyze the structure and function of the concept. Then he schemed against Hadrick when the Origin gods of the family came to take her.

So a lot was going on for Legion in the time Legion-5 laid low in his base. The abduction that he caused was foiled by Salvini. Salvini didn't relent after that. She sent some people to find Legion. Those people are after Legion right now.

------

Jarkon and his squad of 10 are on the ancient battlefield. He, SWIFTESCAPE, ALUINE, DOUBLELINE, JETTASTIC, UED, and the other 4 have been roaming the ancient battlefield for 53 years. That is a short time for creatures of their power but it is already too much for Jarkon to bear. He was already willing to give up before they left the plane. Now he is just looking for any excuse to quit.

Jarkon promised himself. "I will check every planar portal. Then I will quit if we don't find anything."

He complained some more. "Surely I can't be expected to search the whole ancient battlefield or every plane in the realm."

He doesn't want to search for traces of Soverick but he knows that he can't give up without a sufficient reason. His bloodline won't allow him to. The best he can do to evade the compulsion is to make a reasonable amount of effort. It is only then that he would be free to quit.

So he decided to check every planar portal on the ancient battlefield. That is more than 100,000 planar portals. They are scattered around the ancient battlefield so the position of all of them isn't known.

He doesn't plan to search for them everywhere since that will take forever. Even his bloodline is not that unreasonable. So he plans to search the locations of the planar portals that are known by information agencies.

His plan is sound. If there is any trace of Soverick in other planes apart from those that have met Soverick in the Virut plane, then the best way to find those traces would be to search the ancient battlefield. And if any trace of Soverick from the Virut plane enters another plane through a planar portal, then that plane is worth investigating.

That is his plan which he intends to spend at most, a thousand years on. There have been mostly dead ends till now. They haven't found any trace of Soverick around any planar portal including the one that belongs to the Virut plane.

This means that Soverick didn't leave the plane and no one that met him left the Virut plane. It is not surprising at all to him. In fact, Jarkon doesn't expect to find any traces. He is just going through the motions. He even turned the search for Soverick into a sightseeing vacation. It is the best he can do in such a boring quest.

"This architecture isn't so bad." He marveled as they traveled.

He is an Air carrier. It is a powerful flying device used to traverse large distances. He and the other 9 are seated within it while occasionally looking out the window to watch the scenery.

SWIFTESCAPE spoke. "I hope we don't get delayed from getting close to the next portal?"

Jarkon shook his head in pity. "Don't be so serious. Try to relax and enjoy your trip. We still have at least 947 years to go and 79,012 portals left to visit."

Someone said to him with a frown. "Don't speak like that Jarkon. You have to take this seriously. This is a serious matter after all."

Others piled on the admonishment too.

"Yes, Jarkon. We are on an important mission. We have to give it our all."

"The fate of our plane might stand on this so we have to be diligent and observant."