GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 2368: Two Not So Pleasant Choices.

As it turned out, the avatar of the angel of killing was right about the noble’s decision to stand and watch as Legion tried to fulfill the advancement requirement for rank 7 of the pathway of killing.

The avatar might have been wrong if the nobles knew what Legion’s goal was. Unfortunately, they didn’t know what he was trying to achieve, so they had to be cautious.

In fact, they didn’t know who the enemy was. They also suspected that this whole thing might be a trap. So their caution was warranted.

As Legion’s slave killed more and more people, the legends did nothing. When the disease outbreak occurred, the legends still didn’t do anything. They only sent their descendants to handle the problem.

When their slave with the path of propagator of disorder began using their rank 5 Divine ability called Quaking Earth to make parts of the city shake and cause buildings to collapse and the earth to crack, many people died in droves. But still, the legends remained unmoved.

When their slave with the pathway of machinists and mages activated the arrays that had been set up in various parts of the city and even unleashed a horde of puppets all over the city to kill people, the legendary nobles were still patient.

But they couldn’t remain calm anymore when the Death Walker began to act. She gathered the corpses and turned them into an undead army, which she used to kill more and more people.

The legends couldn’t remain calm anymore because the city had reached its limit. Any more pressure and the city would snap.

The city hadn’t fallen, but it was teetering on the edge of a collapse. This meant that the nobles didn’t need to make a move yet. After all, they still had descendants to fight and defend the city.

Legion knew that he had pushed the legends to the edge. They also knew that they had two options now.

The first option would be to let things stay as they are. This way, the standoff between them and the legendary nobles will remain for a long time.

During the time that the legendary nobles and Legion don’t make any direct move against each other, their slaves will be able to kill one million people, which will completely fulfill the advancement requirements for rank 7 of the pathway of killing.

If this happens, they will be able to advance to the legendary rank of the pathway of killing, which will improve their chances of victory against the three legendary nobles and the rank 8 demigod in the city.

They will also have the option to escape. After all, they won’t need to fight after gaining everything that they could from the city.

But if they go with this option, they will have to leave their slaves behind. They will only be able to take the four slaves with them in the barrier to escape.

The rest of their slaves outside will have to escape on their own, but that is going to be very difficult to accomplish, as they will become the scapegoats for the nobles’ wrath.

The second option is to put more pressure on the nobles now by adding more slaves to the chaos and directing those slaves to kill the epic godclads of the noble families.

If the epic godclads of the noble family die, there will be no one to stop Legion’s other slaves from massacring the entire city. The legends will have to act now to stop their slaves, or they will lose their city.

In this case, the legendary nobles will have to expend spiritual energy, which will weaken them by shortening the time they can remain. It will also improve the chances of Legion’s victory.

Their slaves will still have to be sacrificed, but this way they will be able to kill some legends to make up for the loss. They will also be able to rob the city if they are victorious in the fight.

They were inclined to choose the first option, as it will increase their strength directly. They prefer to increase their strength directly rather than to weaken their enemies, as their personal strength is more reliable.

While they were debating what to do, a third party decided to get involved in the fight. The four rank 6 beasts of the forest ran out of the forest to join the fight.

If these four rank 6 beasts join the fight, they will add to the city’s troubles and make it so that the city is being attacked by eight rank 6 beasts, a virulent disease that spreads through the air and kills in seconds, flamethrower arrays incinerating the city, puppets killing people, and earthquakes destroying the city.

Most importantly, the presence of the four rank 6 beasts from the forest signified that the angel of killing was involved in what was going on and was probably the hidden enemy that the legendary nobles were currently fighting.

The nobles had seen what letting the angel of killing rampage in their city can lead to. Two legends died earlier to show them how bad things can get if they don’t eliminate the problem early on. So the legendary nobles decided to stop waiting and act now.

The legends were not the only ones who didn’t like the situation. Legion also didn’t like the appearance of the four beasts. They decided to enjoy what they could and leave as soon as possible.

So they removed the barrier and activated the bloody heart that they had with them. Other legends can’t use divine artifacts of any kind, but they have the Adaptation ability to help them.

The bloody heart is a divine artifact of the pathway of killing, and they had the divine flesh of the pathway of killing in their body.

Plus this divine artifact was stronger than their divine beast form, so they were able to successfully suppress the rejection caused by their divine form with the help of their innate ability.