GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Monarch High Heaven couldn't believe that someone out there was falsely accusing him of assisting the Shadow Lurker in terrorizing the Supreme Beasts. His anger and confusion showed on his face.

He had to ask, "Why would I do such things? What could I possibly gain from it?"

He seems to be genuinely perplexed and shocked by the thought that he would try to harm the Supreme Beasts who are trying to interfere with his interests during the era of conquest. Apparently, that kind of action feels so alien to him that he couldn't possibly have entertained the idea.

If there is a reason for him to frustrate the expansion efforts of the Supreme Alliance or reduce their influence in the high heaven realm, it is not clear to him.

And no matter how clear those reasons may be to others, he will never admit to seeing them. Much less admit that they are his motives or that he indeed has been frustrating their expansion efforts.

Most of all is the false accusation about harming kids. He had to make his stand against that lest his pristine reputation be ruined.

So he asked the fuming world god, "Your Excellency, how many of your young generation died? How many did the Shadow Lurker kill?"

It might be true that he had something to do with the uncanny way the Shadow Lurker could find vulnerable targets of the supreme alliance in the realm.

Maybe it is true. Maybe it is not. But one thing is certain, no young supreme beasts died the last time the Shadow Lurker attacked. He has Legion-5 to thank for that. As for the previous occasions that the Shadow Lurker harmed young supreme beasts, he won't admit to it even on his deathbed when he has nothing to lose.

Star Shatterer maintained, "That is not the point. It is the attempt that matters. I have it on good authority that you are her source of information."

The body she came with collapsed. It drew in energy from the void universe forcefully by using the gravitational pull of her collapsed existence to her advantage. Then she used the energy to bolster her existence. She grew bigger and her gravitational pull grew stronger.

Then she resumed another round of fission. She grew brighter as reality warped around her. A single thought from her and she would leverage her existence to shatter the realm lord's clone before her. But she didn't, for now.

She made her Will known, "I will not leave here unless I am appeased."

She has put down her metaphorical foot. It is both a promise and a threat. This is the kind of threat that the Realm lord might have been trying to avoid if he had decided to frustrate the expansion efforts of the Supreme Alliance.

The influence of the Supreme Alliance is too much in the realm of high heaven so while a world god can't threaten him directly, they can do a lot of damage to the realm directly. Unfortunately, despite all the setbacks the Supreme Alliance has encountered, they have continued to enjoy success in their efforts. This has led to this situation where a world god of the Supreme Alliance can threaten him.

The realm lord's mind twitched. This threat on top of the stress of controlling ten thousand clones is putting pressure on his psyche and causing the wound in it to ache. His head is currently throbbing in pain. The pain was so much that it threatened to overwhelm him.

The clone of Monarch high heaven laughed. He laughed for a while about something only he finds funny. His body shook as he laughed as if having a fit.

But then the laughter ended. It was abrupt and he was calm again.

He said to the world god, "Fine. I am willing to appease you."

He usually doesn't respect World gods despite their power. He is wary of their strength since it would interfere with his plans but he is not afraid of them because they can't kill him.

Even if they manage to bypass his clones and the defense of the high heaven realm to kill his main body, they can only liberate his current existence for another reincarnation. So he doesn't have much to fear from a world god.

But the end of the universe is coming and there are some things he must achieve before then. So he will capitulate and try to appease this world god for the goal of Supremacy.

A round of negotiation thus began. It was surprisingly amicable. The only odd thing was the strange fits of laughter from the realm lord. But that is normal at this point. Everyone knows he laughs for no reason. It is one of the reasons they call him the mad elf.

The two of them pushed and pulled until they finally settled on an amicable agreement.

"I agree with this." Star Shatterer said. "The Supreme Alliance will not suppress the other races and parties that participate in the era of conquest. But you must inform us first and only us about the date for the era of conquest before it starts."

The realm lord nodded and asked, "So we have a deal?"

"Yes, we do." Star Shatterer said then she left.

She left just as she came, as a force of nature that was very angry and in a hurry. The star core that is her current form disappeared into the distance.

Monarch High Heaven watched her leave with slight awe. He is mildly impressed by her power.

"She is strong. If only she had more cosmic energy then it is possible for her to wreak havoc in the void universe." He said with slight pity,

The Star Shatterer is a living bomb. She is a bomb that can destroy a whole realm and more as she is. And she will be unharmed by her existence exploding. She makes the best case for why world gods are not allowed in a realm.