GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

The fourth note read, "You are from the Empire of heroes. You were chosen by chance and you're here to tell me that the Empire of heroes supports my decision whatever my decision is. I appreciate the Empire of heroes for their continued support. It is a pity that I will never join your ranks because I'll achieve eternity. But I do honor and respect the sacrifices you have made for the race."

The empire of heroes is the last empire sanctioned by the racial council. It is the oldest battle sage monkey empire in the entire plane. It started as a shrine for dead heroes before the era of transcendents. That era was full of strife. There's the internal conflict for Origin waters and the race-threatening conflict of the Vipers. The strife produced heroes that were remembered even after their death and worshipped for their sacrifice.

Those heroes returned through the power of faith and worship as immortal spirits who continued to fight for their tribes and race. Then the heroic spirits worked together with the sages to unify the race against the vipers. After the war of races, the numerous shrines of different tribes and families were then combined into the Temple of heroes which then became the empire of heroes.

It is the dream of any self-respecting battle sage monkey to be enshrined in the empire of heroes after their death. They will never be forgotten and their sacrifices will enable them to be given life as heroic spirits. In a way, it is a path to achieving eternity but it will never be for him.

The heroic spirit smiled after reading the note and bowed. Its mission is just as it has stated. It is here to make sure that Soverick is not pressured into attending the competition. Soverick has already met the requirements to be enshrined. His act of destroying the divine dungeon and letting origin energy enter the plane has made him worthy.

The last person in this 5 person group is the one that is not a battle sage monkey. It is a mole. The mole is almost 2 meters tall. It has black fur and white eyes. The white eyes are the equivalent of the eyes of sages. It signifies royalty among the race of moles. This mole also has a long thin hairless tail that is ringed with black and white colors.

Soverick wrote on the note, "Greetings prince Shakbu. I am honored to have you visit me. I know you're here to convince me to allow the moles to partake in the competition but I can't. I might be the child of the plane and as such belongs to the entire plane not only to the battle sage monkeys, but I can't change the circumstances of the competition. I am not strong enough and I do not have enough support for it. The current conflict for Origin energy will be good for your race."

The moles are the second most powerful race in the Virut plane. The Virut plane has seen a lot of violent wars in the past. Some planes rarely have a race with a divine ability but the Virut plane has four races with innate divine abilities. The Viper race was the most terrifying. They were predators of both the battle sage monkeys and the moles that lived underground.

The versatility and adaptability of the vipers made them distribute their attention toward both the moles and the battle sage monkeys. It gave the pioneering sages the time to rally the battle sage monkeys without being noticed. The Vipers were eventually wiped out and the battle sage monkeys went on to subjugate the entirety of the plane.

The only reason why the moles are still around is that they live underground and rarely interfere with the battle sage monkeys. Their choice of habitat makes it difficult to fight them which makes it impossible to wipe them out. It also makes them an unappealing target for elimination. Battle sage monkeys don't want to live underground. They have always loved treetops.

The moles may have survived and thrived in the Virut plane but they are nowhere close to the battle sage in power and prosperity. Their disparity in strength has been made obvious now that Origin energy has entered the plane. Origin energy reaches their subterranean abode but the concentration is at its lowest. Their only option is to come above ground which they did. But they can't compete with the battle sage monkeys for space with a higher concentration of Origin energy.

Their luck didn't change when the racial council decided to take control of the rights to the area surrounding the tower of trials. The racial council decreed that only the battle sage monkeys with royal bloodlines can participate in the competition. Battle sage monkeys without royal bloodlines can't participate. Moles are of an entirely different race so they are not welcomed at all.

The racial council might be for the entire plane but it is dominated by battle sage monkeys. It doesn't help that the moles don't have any world gods. Even the fourth divine race, the stone race has a world god but those don't care about some competition. The members of the stone race only care about Sleep and quiet.

So the moles sent their prince to ask the child of the plane to assist them. They want Soverick to speak for them and convince the racial council. Unfortunately, it is not possible for Soverick to move a Behemoth like the racial council. Even if he could, he doesn't care enough about the moles to do that.

He doesn't have any interest in the well-being of the moles and there is no benefit for him in helping them. It isn't all bad for them though. As he said to the prince, the conflict will be good for them. They avoided the conflict of Origin waters and were content with staying underground with rare underground streams. They can't avoid the competition for origin energy this time around or they will be eliminated in time.