Death... and me

Chapter 2784: Negotiation Table

Flavio didn't waste time and went straight to the main topic. "Surrender now, and I can at least bring a few experts of your Universe back to Lingan. Garisan's power reaches far, and you won't be mistreated. You might truly have a chance to reach the Celestial Realm one day."

"What about the rest?" Kafan asked with a cold expression. "The countless lives of all three Higher Realms and the Mortal Realm."

"Who cares if a few ants die?" Flavio asked back. "You don't even need to worry about them. Our Spaceships have more than enough space to accommodate all your friends and families. Simply put, we can accommodate anyone important to you."

It would be a lie if some of them said they didn't feel tempted. It was a safe way out and a chance to learn more about the Celestial Realm. The devils, especially, wouldn't care much about the rest of the Devils' Lives. However, it was then that Flavio added. "This offer is only applied to the Divinity and Semi-Celestial Realm Experts. Everyone else is excluded." "What?!" The Space-Time Realm experts and below, who were the huge majority, were shocked. Doesn't that mean they would die too? For a moment, they thought they were included in that offer, but from the looks of it, they weren't.

Let's not forget there were only a few hundred Divinity Realm experts here at various different stages of cultivation. Even if you took with them all their families, friends, etc, you probably wouldn't have more than a few hundreds of thousands, and that was already a stretch. That's because experts at their levels have long outlived most of those they knew in the past, so the majority were solitary wolves with pretty much no families or friends to speak of. One doesn't even need to consider the Semi-Celestials, of which there are only a few tens.

In the end, Kafan snorted. "Hmph! What a ridiculous notion. You better turn around and leave. First of all, if you could truly conquer our Universe that easily, you wouldn't make such an offer to us. You are aware that we will make your life very, very difficult, so you came up with this bullshit."

Gragatou quickly nodded. "Even if some of us accepted your offer, what would be there for us? We betrayed our own Universe, so why would you trust us to live in your own? Chances are that once we are brought out in the open, you will simply finish us off easily."

That was true. At the moment, they had the home advantage and the Lisan Universe's whole army of cultivators. Yet, if Flavio was lying and just wanted to get the top experts out, would it be very easy to kill them far away? Flavio is a Celestial Realm expert himself. None of the Semi-Celestials of Lisan would be able to survive if Flavio targeted them once they left the Universe. You had to pretty much trust Flavio's words, but would you truly?

The Devils could be said to be the easiest ones to betray. But at the same time, they are the ones who have the highest difficult trusting anyone. Would they trust Flavio? What a joke! They understood they had better chances while staying in Lisan instead.

Flavio narrowed his eyes, obviously not content with the answer. "Are you truly going to fight for it? Let's be honest, even if you defeat the army we brought this time around, what about the next? And the next? And the next? We have many Universes in our hands, so we don't lack experts. Now, can you replace your experts as fast as us?"

Once again, the field went silent. However, Soul Gem, who hasn't said anything until now, finally spoke. "That is an even bigger joke."

Everyone paid attention to him as he approached Gragatou and Kafan's side. "I came from Turmaloid Universe, so I know about the difficulties of conquering other Universes as well as you do. I have no doubt you have more experts in the various Universes that you control. But, at the same time, they are your line of defense against other empires. You can't spend too much resources in a small Universe like this. Now, I wonder... Would your Garisan Universe divert even more Spaceships and experts to conquer this backwater Universe? They would probably send a second or third wave of attacks. But after that, they would have to weigh the costs."

"Ha!" Flavio spoke back. "And you are saying you can hold back two or three waves? You probably can't even hold the first wave, me!"

"Perhaps," Soul Gem Didn't deny that possibility. There were too many variables in play, so no one could predict the future. Not to mention that the Chaos Origin Source is in a bad state, so their chances aren't that great, either. "However, if we do manage to hold the first two of three waves, we should get the opportunity to enter the negotiation table."

That was something Soul Gem had already discussed with the Realm of Gods, Devils, and Angels. They truly wouldn't be able to resist forever. The enemy just had way too many experts. Even if they held the first two or three waves, Garisan would only pause the attacks momentarily and wait a few thousand years before coming to their door again.

At that time, they would still be recovering from the damage of the first war. Garisan, on the other hand, only had to wait for more experts to be born since Garisan's Universes weren't attacked and didn't suffer any damage. If anything, the death of the experts in the war here in Lisan would make resources more available in the Garisan Territories for more experts to rise. Lisan, however, would have much of its resources consumed just dealing with the first war and would never recover in time, both in resources and number of experts. It was a lost battle. Thus, the best was to enter the negotiation table. There was only one problem... the Chaos Origin Source!