Greed: All For What? - Chapter 1524: Messing With True Chaos.

The high elf asked with a sneer, “What is that supposed to mean?”

“I’m saying your credibility is very low, and the integrity of what you have is suspect.”

The realm lord laughed. He laughed for a long time. The first sage waited for him to finish laughing.

The realm lord said, “Don’t play with me, old man. I don’t have time to waste right now. If you don’t want what I have, then go down below to do your own research. Besides, I’m sure you won’t do that because you knew I had exactly what you wanted, and you are going to get it anyway, so don’t try to act like you don’t want it.”

He is certain that he has what the first sage needs because there are very few who have his system to help them acquire and analyze information safely. He is also certain that the first sage didn’t come to him by chance.

Everything the first sage does has motives and goals behind them, guided by his ability to see the future and predict the actions of others, so the first sage must be here because he is going to achieve a goal without fail.

World gods will find it incredulous that the first sage can predict their actions, and they will certainly not believe that this cunning battle sage can anticipate the actions of a realm lord, but he knows that the ability of the first sage increases the more his target knows about him.

Unfortunately, knowing that has doomed him because he knows a lot about the first sage. That means the first sage can know a lot about him too. That means it is unlikely that he was called out for nothing. But he is going to make sure he gets the best out of whatever the first sage wants from him.

The first sage spoke, “Fine, what research exactly do you have on True Chaos?”

Monarch High Heaven asked in return, “Why are you asking for True Chaos?”

The white towering battle sage monkey replied with a smile, “I’m sure you know why.”

He does know why, so he replied, “I have two main research projects on True Chaos. One is the prototype of a world fragment. It is possibly more powerful than a world fragment. I think so, but it is lacking since it doesn’t enhance its wielder in any way, but it can contain Chaos energy.”

The first sage spoke. “That sounds interesting. Can it contain true chaos?”

It was the realm lord’s turn to scoff. He said, “I doubt anything can contain true chaos, but my prototype should be able to contain a false law of Chaos.”

The first sage asked, “So it should be able to contain something like a world ender?”

“It is certainly capable of containing a demon god. But it will need to be improved and built well if you want it to go that far.”

“That sounds sufficient for what I want it to do. What’s the other research you have?”

The realm lord paused for a while. He considered whether to speak or not, since what he was about to say was dangerous. But then he remembered who he was speaking to. It is likely that the first sage already knows what he has, and they are just going through the formalities before the first sage acquires what he wants.

So he overcame his resistance and continued. “I have a way to draw true Chaos out of a false law of Chaos. I am not certain it will work on a world ender but it should work on a demon god with certainty.”

“Hmmm. Why would I need that?”

The realm lord replied, “World enders may come with true Chaos, but with this you can increase their access to it which will lead to an increase in Chaos blood. I don’t know what you want to do with all of these information but I think increasing the connection of demons to True Chaos will be useful if you want to mess around with True Chaos without going below.”

“You are right. This is going to be very useful. In fact, the two of them will work together nicely.”

The realm lord’s mind spinned. He could already imagine what plans the first sage has for the research he is about to hand out. He doesn’t care about those plans, but he doesn’t want to affect his plans. So he had to warn his customer, “I hope you understand that what you are doing is very dangerous. You could die forever if you mess with true Chaos.”

The first sage assured him, “Don’t worry. I know the danger, and I am not suicidal. It is just that all of this is inevitable, so I must do it.”

The realm lord was not assured. He has his own guesses about what the first sage might need the information for, and he doubts it will end well. After all, not everyone is like Aeternus, who encountered a diluted version of true Chaos and evolved to become immune to it.

Aeternus might not have even survived. He is not sure about that. But he is certain that any other person who messes with True Chaos will not have a good ending, considering that the source of True Chaos has awakened.

But he is not going to tell the first sage that, nor is he going to tell him about his other information about true Chaos and his conjectures about its origin.

Instead, he changed the subject to the matter of compensation, “So what are you going to give me in exchange for my valuable information?”

The first sage replied with confidence, “I don’t think you need money or resources anymore, so I won’t offer them. I do have three things for you. The first is my data set on worlds. It will help to build worlds and make breaking through to world god easy. You shouldn’t need that as a realm lord, but I have a feeling that it would be useful to you.”

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A/N: This is the bonus chapter for Rose’s contribution of 100 golden tickets. This is the first time this is happening in GREED. I should give me but I am beat. I have been sick this past few days, so it has been difficult for me to maintain my normal 2 chapters release. Please bear with me.