GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Getting here is not the problem. Leaving is the problem. He is currently unnoticed. But that will change if he tries to take anything from the soul spring. While he can sneak past actual barriers without interacting with them and tripping their alarms, he can't take soul stones without interacting with the world. That means the waters of the lake will ripple.

The rippling of the lake will definitely be noticed. There are a lot of Origin gods with their divine sense and their eyes focused on the lake currently. They will know that someone has snuck in once he makes his move.

This won't change even if they use illusion to deceive their perception. It is because while they might succeed in hiding the fact that the lake has been touched, they won't be able to hide the fact they have used illusion.

The concept of Origin gods protects them by resisting other concepts. So they might succeed in fooling an Origin god but they won't be able to keep them ignorant of that action.

Their concept will sense the activity of another concept on them and the Origin gods will know that they have fallen into an illusion. So either way, they won't be able to avoid informing the Origin gods that they have made a move.

Legion-unity replied after thinking for a while. "The alternative is to use the advantage of stealth to attack the guards first. But that's a bad idea."

Legion-1 nodded. "We are here to steal, not to fight."

Stealth will surely give them an advantage if they decide to get rid of the guards first, but it will waste their time and make it more difficult to steal and escape with what they have stolen.

Legion-unity continued, "Exactly. We don't have a good alternative. We should go with the best plan and prepare for the worst. We will just fight our way out. And if it doesn't work, then we will pay them off."

Legion-unity is also here. They snuck in with Legion-1 too. They shouldn't be able to utilize space to hide like Legion-1 since they don't have that concept. But Legion-1 can so they can. Every Origin-level clone that has united with Legion-7 can share their concepts.

Legion-1 agreed with a shrug. "That is the only way. It will be difficult but I think we can pull it off."

He doesn't appear to care too much about being caught. This is because despite how everything looks, they're not doing anything illegal. Sneaking around is a basic right and stealing is not illegal. Getting caught, however, is illegal.

Might make right. They can steal and everything will be alright as long as they can get away with it. If the owner can't maintain the ownership of something, then they shouldn't own it in the first place.

The problem will arise if they are unable to escape. Even if they can't escape and are captured, they can pay for their transgression and can still go ahead to make the deal that they came here for. The Origin gods here won't hold a grudge against them for attempting to steal.

Being immortal means it is both proper for you to take offense at everything and also foolish to take offense at anything. Immortality means you can do anything you want. But most don't take offense for attempted theft. Only a successful theft is worthy of anger and taking offense.

Sure you can take offense that some people tried to steal from you. But how far are you going to go with taking offense when people are always going to try to steal from you? Immortality has a way of teaching you to let some things go.

Just as you can take offense because you are immortal, people can always try to steal because they are immortal too. Even if you decide to take offense and kill the offender, that is not going to stop the offender from coming back with more trouble for revenge.

So it is better to let bygones be bygones when you catch a thief. The thieves will also pay to be pardoned. It is a lesser amount than they would need to resurrect. This way, it is a win-win for both sides.

You will earn money from thieves as long as you are strong enough to protect what is yours and thieves will be willing to take the risk to steal as a kind of investment or gamble.

This dynamic has created a new type of economy based on thievery. This is why Legion is not afraid of being caught. They will simply have to pay fines and then make the deal they came for in the first place.

Legion-1 is very strong but he still chose to sneak in. He doesn't have a supreme law yet so only those with Supreme laws can beat him.

There is none around that he knows of but he didn't attack the soul spring brazenly because he is outnumbered. After all defense on home ground is easier than attacking.

As things are, he would be uncertain of escaping stealing if he was alone. But the presence of Legion-unity has increased their chances of escaping.

The two of them regarded each other. They look like mirror images of each other. They are featureless like Supreme Beasts. They don't have eyes, nose, mouths, ears, or anything. They simply look like white crystal statues with two arms, two legs, one tail, and two blue horns.

But then they shared a grin and their features began to change. They changed but there is still very little difference between them. They look exactly alike. They are both armored in a sealed and scaled black material of Liquid graviton. Even their tails are armored.

The similarities between them are extensive. They both have four eyes with purple pupils and black sclera. They both have a crown of interlocked black horns around the two prominent and longer blue horns on their heads. They both have runes etched on their scales.