GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

One set of runes is white and is etched directly onto the armor while the other set is blackish purple and floats above the scales. Their wide jaws that split their face shared an identical grin that displayed their numerous black teeth.

If there is any physical difference between them, it is that the white halo of light atop their heads is not identical. One halo has one black sphere attached to it while the other halo has two black spheres.

The other difference is within them. If one can see within them, you will notice that even though they both have inner worlds, their inner worlds are different.

One inner world is ringed with a red crown and contains nothing visible. The other inner world has a landmass in it. On that landmass is a green elf, a battle sage monkey, a multicolored spiritual entity, and an elaborate construction. Beyond these differences, the two of them might as well be the same entities. Even their soul fluctuations are identical.

The two of them moved together as one. Legion-unity disappeared completely while Legion-1 opened his mouth wide towards the lake. A formless force enveloped a large proportion of the lake.

This force locked space within it. Then the frozen space began to contract. It shrunk and flew towards Legion-1's open mouth. This is world devour in action.

Legion-1 thought to himself as he stole a large portion of the lake, "If I am going to steal then I might as well steal a lot."

He could have taken a few of the stones but he didn't. That's just inefficient and he doesn't like wastage.

He was full of excitement but someone roared in anguish. It is as if they felt pained down to the foundation of their existence. The fighting hasn't even begun but the sight of what legion-1 has done damaged someone's mind and soul.

The person cried out, "This is too much."

Someone else screamed. "You're too greedy."

This is clearly too much. Legion-1 didn't steal some soul stones. He is stealing 70% of whatever is in the lake including the lake. A small ripple in the calm lake would have been noticed much less a sudden fall in the level of the water. Stealing the water of the lake is bad for the lake so it is not a wonder why the Origin god felt pained.

They saw the effect of the concept and they saw the perpetrator. They used these clues to identify the criminal who wanted to bleed them dry.

"It is a world beast. These damned world beasts are always so greedy."

"They are also powerful so we have to be careful."

"World beast or not, this person is not leaving here today. Surround it quickly. Activate the space-locking formation and stealth-breaking formation immediately."

It is clear to the defenders that Legion-1 is a world beast. World beasts are best at escaping. They can't be trapped in a domain and their concept of space makes them very fast. But they are prepared for him. If they can't trap him with a domain, they will trap him with their bodies and they will lock down space so that he can't escape.

They activated the stealth-breaking formation immediately after they noticed Legion-1. A three-dimensional net of blue lines appeared in their territory. It is formed by layers of the nets stacking on top of each other at fixed intervals.

Anyone hidden through the distortion of light, manipulation of shadows or darkness, or creation of illusion will be exposed by the blue lines. Their existence will obstruct the nets and create an obstruction that will expose them in the 3-dimensional structure.

Even those hidden in folds of space will be exposed. However, they didn't see Legion-unity despite the activation of the stealth-breaking array. It is because the blue lines went through his position without hindrance.

He is using Legion-1's 7-law concept composed of the laws of space, fire, air, water, earth, light, and darkness so his existence has blended completely with space. The only reason why they found Legion-1 is because he couldn't remain hidden after interacting with the world by activating World Devour.

So these people are not aware that there is someone still hidden and didn't plan for him. They surrounded the lake in large numbers. Then they activated the space locking array. The space-locking array trapped Legion-8 but he remained hidden.

Next, they surrounded the lake on all sides as they watched it disappear down the mouth of the thief. Their eyes were burning with anger but they didn't let their emotions ruin their plans.

They formed a thick barrier with the manifestation of their concepts around the lake. A single Origin god made a dome of earth around the lake that is more than a kilometer thick. Another Origin god made a wall of fire and another added a wall of ice.

By all looks, they have captured the daring world beast. They became more relaxed and full of anticipation for when they would lay their hands on the thief.

"I hate world beasts so much. They are too troublesome to kill."

"Yeah. They have ridiculously strong bodies and high resistance to concepts."

"It doesn't matter. We are 20 and it is one."

They don't want to fight. So one of them said to Legion-1, "You can't run away world beast. We have you surrounded. Just accept defeat, return what you took, and make amends."

Legion-1 could try to escape but it is highly unlikely that he would succeed. So they believed that they had the right to ask for his surrender. They expected him to argue or at most resist. They didn't expect space to suddenly fluctuate within the space-locking array.

Someone yelled at him, "Give up. It is impossible to escape."

"Don't push us or we will turn your body into a top-grade artifact."

They went on guard immediately. They were expecting some sort of attack from the world beast. But then another world beast suddenly appeared.