Chapter 2001: Rob

"This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill. You are now being robbed. Men on the left and women on the right. If you resist, you will be taken down." Nathan shouted.

After getting the information from the corpses, they figured out the organization’s strength and location.

Without any hesitation, Nathan launched an assault to get rid of these people. However, he didn’t plan to just come in without any preparations.

He first used Mae to create an illusion for all of them, making sure that even if they pursued them in the future, they would end up chasing after the wrong people.

No one came back alive from that battle, so no one knew about his familiars. All Nathan needed to do was to display the heads of the true gods and imply to them that he could take them down whenever he wanted.

The organization couldn’t help but get scared. They had five true gods on their side, but for some reason, all five of them died in a single battle, leaving them defenseless.

Nathan robbed almost everything, leaving behind a small fortune just enough for them to disperse.

This way, they wouldn’t have enough money to hire people to chase after them. He made them think that it was better to just disperse because Nathan spared them.

Even if they came in the future, he would simply crush them, provided he survived against the black cell.

What Nathan didn’t want was an immediate threat. Destroying the organization completely would lead to that trouble, considering Selena and the girls had done the same thing to the previous organization, which led to this battle.

He just wanted them to dissolve from within by misdirecting their thoughts.

The process didn’t take that long since he had asked Anubis and Mae to handle the interrogation before freeing their souls.

Once they were done, Nathan went to the portal to get as far away as possible. It would take a very long time for them to finally find them.

"All right." Nathan nodded with a serious expression. "We are done with the first battlefield. There are a lot of things we’ve gotten, but more importantly, the divine artifacts..."

Luna smiled. "I will take care of the divine artifacts. I might be able to figure out how to create the perfect body for our familiars here, so please bear with me for a while."

"Got it. Thank you. Please upgrade Machina’s body as well, will you?"

"Will do." Luna agreed.

Nathan then turned to Machina. "For the time being, let’s begin with the briefing of our current situation."

"Yes, Master." Machina opened the universe map. "As you are probably aware about the situation in this universe. Even a planet with multiple true gods won’t have enough resources and strength to govern a massive territory.

"Rather, those planets will govern anything near them. From all the data I’ve gotten so far..."

Machina updated the map. There were a few red dots on the map as these red dots expanded like spheres.

"These few red dots are the planets we’ve registered so far. But if you take a look at the distance between them, you will notice that they aren’t in contact."

Nathan nodded. "The problem itself is not their size or their territory. Instead, their manpower."

Machina continued, "According to my calculation, the biggest reason is manpower, basically the number of gods. Earth has many gods and true gods. They can be considered a super planet with so many warriors to take charge of other planets, but most of the time, their gods will remain in their respective realms. Why is that?

"I believe this is because of the energy. When you are a mortal, you think that the planet is releasing energy. So, having a place with high-density energy is more advantageous.

"However, we can take a look at this from a bigger perspective. What if we are thinking about the planet in comparison to the universe?

"The universe is the one producing the energy, and the planet is our home. If our home has high-density energy, it’s better to stay there.

"Which is why on all these maps, they are careful about expanding. After all, the yield is not that high.

"Most of the time, they are expanding to get raw materials, but that’s all. Why should they expand when their home planet is much better than others? This is the explanation for the territory."

Sera tilted her head in confusion. "I understand about the territory, but I don’t know why you’re talking about this."

"It’s related to Earth, the second battlefield, and lastly our own progress. Because Earth has more manpower, it can expand a bit more compared to all these planets.

"We probably needed to find Earth’s previous location. If another planet were there, that might become a new super planet. We could take advantage of them later, and it might be quite useful for everyone else, such as Luna refining a planet with bountiful energy as a divine weapon or used as a formation. I’m not talking about the planet that replaced Earth. I’m talking about the planets surrounding it."

Luna nodded in understanding. "I know that."

"About the battlefield, this first battlefield was most likely the cause of those organizations. The reason they’re so prosperous here and have so many true gods must be related to the first battlefield. According to my calculation, they might be exposed to the energy from the gods here, allowing them to get as strong as their current state after a long time."

"Are you telling us the second battlefield will be somewhere near a place with even stronger organization than the two we faced in this area?" Selena frowned, realizing that it wouldn’t be smooth sailing.

"Well, you expect something else, Selena? With your husband like this?" Flora chuckled. "Oh, my dear husband, you know I love you, right?"

Nathan chuckled. "I know my bad luck, so it’s okay. This is our current situation, so if we want to find the second battlefield earlier without relying on Loki, we can do it by searching for a super planet. There should be something big around it."

"Lastly, what are we going to do with that information?" Machina continued.