Greed: All For What? - Chapter 1761: The Banquet And The Monster.

It was like attracting bees with honey. They didn’t call, but the god seeds still came. A fight with one god seed turned into a fight with two. That fight increased in size as more god seeds decided to partake in it. Soon, a free for all was created.

At this point, the divine orbs that Legion was carrying about have stopped being the impetus for fighting. The god seeds were fighting just to kill other god seeds for their divine orbs or to steal the divine orbs that dead god seeds dropped.

It was as if someone had dropped a spark into a barrel of flammable oil. The fires of violence spread quickly and wide. It was a calamity for some. But for others, it was an all you could eat banquet.

Legion was among the latter. All they saw was food, and they were determined to take full advantage of the ease of access to these foods that has been granted to them. So they made Legion-1 absorb the divine orbs they gained while the rest scattered to avoid fighting.

The other clones stuck around, but they only watched from afar to grant Legion-1 a complete 3-dimensional view of his surroundings. This way he could use his power efficiently.

Their preparation was overkill. He was already too strong and capable of killing other god seeds with a single attack, thanks to the 272 divinity in strength.

He didn’t need to be adding the divinity he gained to speed, and he certainly didn’t need to be able to see behind his back or know which god seeds have been fighting for a while and are vulnerable. These extra things made him a monster.

The god seeds, despite being in a frenzy for divinity, noticed the monster in their midst. They might not care about their lives as much as they should, but they certainly don’t want to lose the little divinity they have to this monster.

A few minutes ago, they thought they had a chance to gain divinity, so they gambled. Now they know that their divinity is likely to be funneled towards the monster. It killed their motivation to fight, so they ditched the fight and ran.

The free for all ended, leaving Legion-1 and the other clones wanting more. Unfortunately, no one was willing to take the bait of divine orbs anymore. Not even the large amount of divine artifacts that the dead gods left in their wake could tempt them.

So the clones had to give up on their quick money-making scheme and return to Gemmis. They were determined not to return empty-handed, so one of the clones returned first to acquire ropes from the forges in the city. It was only after the rope arrived did they all return, dragging a train of armor and artifacts behind them.

The first thing they did when they got to Gemmis was go to the forges to sell the divine artifacts they picked up. They were offered the opportunity to exchange them for better equipment. They didn’t have much choice in the matter, so they agreed.

Of course there was an alternative, which was to sell the divine artifacts to the other gods for divine crystals. But not only would it take time, the god seeds also have a cheaper alternative, which is to get it from their believers.

Besides, even if that option were feasible, they felt that they could always get divine crystals from divine beasts but could only get bona fide divine artifacts here. So Legion-1 changed his equipment to acquire divine artifacts that granted him a 10% boost to his stats.

The remaining divine artifacts were exchanged for store credit that they can use to purchase new equipment or upgrade their previous ones.

Next, they went to the temple. They used the divine investiture to contact Warshaw in the mortal realm and instructed her to begin the preparation for the annexation of the surrounding tribes. They told her to prepare for war.

They knew that believers were important, but they didn’t want to start fighting with other tribes yet until they got more information to plan and make decisions. It is not a good idea to be rash, especially when they are ignorant about this world.

But now they don’t mind a little rashness after they have gotten a taste of the power of divine spells. They want their Authority to increase at all costs, and they want a large supply of the divine energy needed to use divine spells.

Besides, the souls they will gain from sacrificed enemies and their dead believers will help them create their altar. So regardless of their interests in Authority or Divine Energy, they must have mortal souls if they are to build their altar.

Only their need for war has changed. The reasons they didn’t want to have war haven’t changed. They still haven’t found a way to overcome the risk of war yet.

For one, it will be very difficult and inefficient without their presence there in the mortal realm to oversee and direct Warshaw. Plus, they won’t be able to assist with miracles, so anything can go wrong.

They can even lose the Authority they have. It is a possible outcome of war. However, those reasons won’t hold them back anymore. At the very least, Warshaw has to start collecting data about the surrounding tribes and compiling it for them to make a decision.

The next thing they did was replenish their divine energy. They received a notification immediately after they did that.

-You have converted Prayers of the faithful to Divine Energy.

-You have received 612 Divine Energy.

-You have 7 prayers left.

This is why they didn’t leave behind one of their clones at the divine investiture earlier to assist them with divine energy. It is because Divine Energy is not endless. It comes from the prayers of their believers, and there was very little of it when they just ascended.

It wouldn’t have been worth it to keep an extra set of eyes and manpower behind for very few prayers. It was only after a few hours of fighting that their storage of prayers increased, and now they are almost out of it again.

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