GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Legion has only seen this kind of fundamental change twice. That was when the realm lord froze the plane when he met Legion-7 for a deal. The first time was when Zernon of the Zargoth plane froze his plane. Zernon was still lacking because he only froze space but that is still powerful.

Zernon's ability to do so shows that cosmic force can be wielded with the law of order. But they haven't gone through Zernon's route. They have gone beyond it to achieve something extraordinary.

Time and space of the void universe can be manipulated beyond what is allowed and Will can be made manifest in any manner. Anyone who has ever experienced it would be changed too. If it is a forbidden fruit then it is too late for them to rid themselves of it because they are already addicted.

Legion-5 tried again to wield cosmic force. He didn't try any arbitrary compulsion of the world with it. He focused all the power into the manipulation of space. Space froze around him for a while. Teleportation and movement was banned in the frozen space.

He was marveling at his work when the backlash of the void universe hit him in the face again. The backlash wasn't as heavy as the previous one but he was still pissed.

"What the hell? I didn't even manipulate time?"

Soverick pointed out, "It doesn't matter if you did or not. Any change in the world that is not in line with the rules of the world will receive a backlash. You didn't use the law of space for what you did. You brute force the change so you have to bear the friction and collision with the laws of the void universe."

Legion-5 sobered up. "I didn't use it for up to a second or anything powerful and yet the backlash is this heavy. This thing might kill me if I use it on others."

Soverick almost rolled his eyes. "That's what I have been saying."

Legion-5 still didn't give up though. "There has to be some loophole to this."

Legion is not a stranger to cosmic force since they produce a lot of it through their world engine. The Kickstarter they built is based on the manipulation of cosmic force through the antagonistic reaction between a Supreme law and a world-ender. But they can't control any of it.

Legion-5 on the other hand is lacking in quantity but he has complete control of what little he has. So he believes he can find a way to minimize the backlash.

"I have to find a way to minimize the backlash or I won't even be able to practice with it without being in danger of losing my life."

Soverick advice, "The best idea I can think of is the same thing I figured out about the shard of power. The Shards of power also manipulate cosmic force. That's why it can do almost anything and also why the void universe doesn't like it. We have to find something to bear the backlash. Something like a world fragment with a very powerful law matrix."

Legion-7 agreed. "Now we have more reasons to make the world fragment very powerful. If cosmic force is truly like we think, then it has the potential to be useful in any Universe or any place with different rules. We just have to be able to bear the backlash."

The tree father observed. "It is a pity that we didn't break any rules though. I thought for sure that combining the three paths would lead to something."

Legion-5 thought about it and gave a possible explanation, "It is probably because I am still on the path of perfection. I haven't truly become a world yet. The world seed might change that."

Legion-8 explained, "Besides, you are not the first being in the void universe who is a living world engine. The ancestor of dragons already did that."

"That's true." They all said in agreement.

They thought about Legion-8 and his ancestor. The ancestor of dragons is a creature born at the Supreme Origin god level. He is a creature that sprang forth from the void universe and not from any living entity.

Legion-8 knows him to belong to a class of special individuals called the Primordials. They are a very powerful group with special abilities that go beyond the common sense and all of them were born with the power of Supreme Origin gods without having a Supreme law.

Some of them were born with cosmic force at their direct beck and call. So Legion-5 is not the first to become a living world engine. After all, he used the facsimile of the inner world of the ancestor of dragons to achieve control of cosmic force. It cannot compare to the original inner world of the ancestor of dragons.

Legion-8 continued, "He is too powerful. But I am not hopeless. I have the shard of power and as much cosmic energy as I need. The ancestor for all his greatness had to scavage the void universe for cosmic energy. I am at least better than him in that aspect."

Legion-1 decided, "Let's rest for a while before we tackle the next phase of the world fragment. We need to do our best for it and no matter what, we must expedite Unity."

Soverick suggested, "I will work on Chaos law with Aeternus in the meantime. I am sure the world-ender will give us something useful."

Aeternus agreed, "There is no rush but the sooner I become a demon god the better."

Helios also suggested, "The law of order also needs to be tackled. I feel that there is a lot to be gained from it. Especially in the line of the manipulation of cosmic force. Maybe we will be able to reduce the backlash of the void universe with it."

But Legion-5 shook his head. "Unfortunately, comprehending the law of Order is too dangerous. It is more dangerous than comprehending any supreme law. We would need a concept to protect us to safely comprehend it."