GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

His six-fingered hand gripped her tightly so his four eyes could focus on her and examine her.

He asked, "So you are the one who killed your son for power?"

"Not bad. Very smart. Very resourceful. You have a good head on your shoulders."

He truly thinks she is smart. She has cheated Legion-7 after all. Anyone who can cheat one of the clones has to be smart. Unfortunately, she didn't appreciate his compliment.

"Curse you, demon," she yelled in defiance. "You can kill me, but you can never break me."

Lightning bombarded his hand as he held her, but he didn't care. A strange being suddenly appeared beside him. It is a being that looks like a doll. It is featureless from head to toe. There are no eyes on its face and no claws on its fingers. They appear to be anthropomorphic, except they are muscular.

One might think this being has been here all along and is simply invisible. At any other time, they might be right. But not in this case. The being came here just now. Aeternus and this being also both have the white crown on their heads.

"Finally, I get my revenge," Legion-Unity said.

Aeternus stated, "I don't think you will be able to get the Will of the plane from her without killing her. If you do, then I might not get my prize."

The two minds considered the problem briefly before speaking.

"Fine, take her."

"We don't need it."

"We have bigger fish to catch."

Legion-unity said. Then he disappeared. They chose to give up on her since they would have to take the Authority of the Celestial Supreme from her if they want to get the Will of the plane out of her. They can't do that because the Authority of the Celestial Supreme is for Aeternus.

She lost her usefulness to them once they couldn't separate the Will of the plane safely to inspect its existence. They might perform some torture during the process of inspecting the Will of the plane, but it would only be for research.

They can't do any of that now, so they gave up on her. Aeternus can do whatever he wants to do with her. He simply crushed her.

Her body broke apart just like that in his hand. It is not that she didn't resist. She tried to resist her fate. Her vast store of divine energy was brought to bear to resist the simple physical force caused by the clenching of his hand. But her divine power was lacking, so she failed.

Her advantage in quantity cannot make up for the difference in quality. Besides, the advantage of quantity can only exist when compared to other demon kings. He, on the other hand, has infinite chaos energy, so no one can outmatch him in terms of quantity of energy.

Her divine body broke apart, so his soul force was able to gain access to her godhood, which contains her soul. She tried to regenerate her divine body, but Chaos energy prevented that. It ravaged her body completely. If not for the protection of his soul force, then even her godhood wouldn't be safe.

He could hear her speak from within the Celestial godhood. "Please spare me. I'll give you anything you want."

Aeternus snorted. She was defiant earlier, but the threat of death has restored some semblance of common sense to her. Unfortunately, her situation is hopeless.

He had used his soul force to protect her, not because he planned to spare her or torture her, but because he didn't want Chaos energy to destroy his food.

He looked at the ball of power and energy that was left in his hands with the gaze of someone looking at something they wanted to eat. The ball shined brightly and would have filled him with awe in the past. But now, he is only full of anticipation for power.

He sacrificed the godhood, containing her soul, to his crown. It was a simple affair. He brought the Authority of the Celestial Supreme to the white crown on his head, and it attached to it and became one of the white orbs.

Her divine energy, domain, godfire, Authority, and divine soul were sacrificed to the crown of domination. Her entire existence, including her memories and consciousness, became fuel for power. The Will of the plane attached to her didn't escape this fate either. It was dragged down from the sky into the white orb that she has become.

The effect was immediate. He felt his existence become elevated.

He muttered to himself, "All for power. It is all for power."

The effect hadn't ended there, but the effect of his action on the world was also happening. The world rumbled spiritually. It wasn't a physical phenomenon. Only people with divine sense would notice that the world seemed to have died.

Even Mana in the atmosphere seemed to have become less active. Only he knows that this is because he also sacrificed the Will of the plane to the crown of dominion. From today onward until a new Will is created, there shall be no gods, and the entities in the plane will struggle to become mana entities.

A world has died for him to gain power, but he didn't care. His attention was focused on feeling the difference in the world and in his existence. It is just the addition of one more Authority of the Celestial Supreme but it led to the most impactful change he has experienced since he began sacrificing power to the crown of dominion.

This change may be because this particular Authority of the Celestial Supreme is special since it contains access to the Will of the plane too. The sacrifice of the Will of the plane might have helped him overcome the resistance in his mark of sin. He began to evolve immediately.

"Finally!" he exclaimed.

The elevation of his existence took on a rapid rise. It made him feel euphoria throughout his entire existence.