Let's not mention the trouble that Beifeng had caused for the time being since he was nothing more than a blind fool. After everyone else left, I left behind the person that I had truly sent to carry out this mission.
After all, some things were better if fewer people knew about them. It would be much more fun if schemes were exposed to the public.
"The Great Stone Sculptor's attempt to ascend to Godhood failed? Well done. "
I nodded after hearing Beifeng's explanation. Actually, this was the true goal of my "treasure-hunting" team, which was to make a certain someone lose the possibility of ascending to the Earth Elemental God's throne.
In normal situations, repairing the Earth Elemental Throne would require a large amount of God Equipment materials and time. If left alone, it would probably repair itself in several tens of thousands of years. But if one wanted to speed up the repair process, they would need to spend money and materials. The more they spent, the faster the repair process would be.
"… Why does it feel like this is a Chinese scam MMORPG? Fortunately, I'm not one of the players fated to be scammed to death. I'm the mastermind behind the scenes."
Originally, I didn't intend to care about the Earth Elemental Throne. After all, this pit was far too deep. It would be fine to just let it repair itself over time. But even though I didn't intend to help this bottomless pit, someone else was far more anxious than I was. After all, I wasn't the only one anxious when the Earth Elemental Throne's repair time was tied to the stability of the Dragon World's seal.
"Since there's a sucker paying the bill, I can participate."
All I needed to do was act as a middleman and bring the Mage Country and Dragons's people to the scene to see the situation. Then, under the astonished gazes of the two major clients, I would make a long list of resources needed to repair the Earth Elemental Throne and wait for the two major clients to prepare all the resources.
As for whether or not there was any embezzlement … Would you believe me if I told you that I didn't leave anything behind?
Of course, I also made some contributions in order to show my international spirit of sharing wealth and suffering together. For example, I handed over more than half of the Earth Elemental Throne's shards that Beifeng had collected. I also gave away the remaining shards that I had digested in the Frigidwinter Earth.
The Earth Elemental Lords, led by Ainslo, were the ones who helped the Elemental Throne's restoration go extremely smoothly. After the elemental civil war came to an end, the Earth Elemental Lords actually reached a consensus on the surface and looked forward to the swift birth of an Elemental God.
I didn't know what conditions Ainslo had promised me, or how she had convinced the Earth Elemental Lords, who were difficult to communicate with, to support her ascension to the throne. However, the end result was that all the Earth Elemental Lords opened up their own treasure vaults, and paid up all sorts of divine earth elemental items without caring about the cost. The quantitative change finally became a qualitative change.
"Ten days ago, an elemental pillar of light began to form. The earth elemental tide in every plane is rapidly decreasing. It would seem that the Elemental Throne is about to form."
The Elemental Throne's restoration went quite smoothly thanks to all the Earth Elemental Lords' investments. However, this Elemental Throne that had been formed so quickly was obviously inferior to the original version that had taken tens of thousands of years to form. Anyone who ascended to the throne with this Elemental Throne would likely become the weakest Elemental God for a long time … Considering how Ömdiroken was still so strong despite being heavily injured to the point of death, the weakest Elemental God in the Earth Elemental Plane wouldn't be any weaker than a powerful God.
"That's why, don't let Ainslo succeed in her ascension. Even if there must be an Elemental God, the dumber and weaker the Elemental God's ascension will be more in line with my expectations."
This was a secret order that only I knew about. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, I didn't even personally go to the Earth Elemental Plane. I didn't want the others to ignore me and make me take the blame if something happened … Although I was indeed the one who should take the blame. For some reason, I kept feeling like my reputation was becoming more and more devilish. "It's all the devil's (Roland's) fault."
As for why I couldn't let the Great Stone Sculptor ascend to the throne? Wasn't she supposed to be my ally? Actually, although I had signed all sorts of contracts with her, I could sense her astonishing ambition and influence all the more. As the "Stone Mother", she had previously been the leader of the Ömdiroken Alliance. Many of her descendants were powerful Elemental Lords. She had left the Elemental Planes not to avoid the dangers of a new Elemental War, but rather because no matter how the Elemental War ended, she would always be the final victor.
This was just like how she had been the most proactive in attacking Ömdiroken. That was because if the Elemental Lord had fallen, it would naturally be her turn to ascend to the throne as the Elemental Lord for eternity.
Her true reason for coming to the mortal plane was to gather information about the other planes. In fact, she even wanted to gather information about me, the person who had defeated Ömdiroken. This wasn't something that an Elemental Lord who was only limited to the Elemental Planes would need to know.
Doubtlessly, her goal definitely wasn't the Earth Elemental Plane. As for her relationship with a certain someone … At the very least, after that certain someone discovered her ambition and true nature, this relationship became nothing more than an act.
Later on, when I discovered that she had some faint connection to the lower planes, her so-called contract became an unreliable restriction. If the Great Stone Sculptor truly ascended to the throne, this ambitious Stone Mother would likely become a new source of trouble.
"I don't care who you choose to ascend to the throne. Even if it's a rock or an insect, they'll still be stronger than her."
As for the person who would carry out the secret order, only a certain someone who was becoming more and more mystical would be able to take on such a heavy responsibility. But judging from the current situation, not only had he accomplished this, he hadn't been discovered by anyone involved. In fact, the Great Stone Sculptor even viewed him as a trustworthy ally.
"How did you do it? After that Elemental Throne is formed, it should automatically choose the most suitable Elemental Lord to ascend to become an Elemental God. How did you twist this rule? "
The Elemental Throne was an inanimate object, after all. It was the incarnation of the dimensional will. However, it would only choose the strongest earth elemental creature within its range to wear the crown. Of course, the prerequisite was that the earth elemental creature was willing to ascend to the throne.
However, it was impossible for inanimate objects to measure soft conditions like technology and knowledge. I reckoned that it would most likely look for a Domain Lord with the highest quantity and quality of earth element.
Beifeng Herault still had a simple and honest smile on his face. I really didn't expect that he was the one who screwed over his lover … one of them. Speaking of which, if we were to count the number of lovers he had, this guy should have long since become the public enemy of all men, the target of the FFF group's God's Execution. However, not a single person envied him for his main character aura and luck with women.
"… What I'm doing is simply to have an existence in the mortal plane that's more suitable than her to become an Elemental God. For example, a certain Domain Lord who wields the God Equipment of Earth."
I was rather astonished. I was the only one who knew about the existence of the God Equipment of Earth. How did Beifeng manage to obtain it? It's already good enough that your companions don't beat you up. Do you think they'll listen to your orders and work for you?
"… Earth elemental artifact? Wasn't it in the Wind Elemental Plane? Oh, I understand now, Kamdiran! "
Beifeng nodded with a proud expression. This time, even he felt that he had done a wonderful job. He had accomplished such a great thing just by moving his lips.
Some things were better understood than needed. There was no need to reveal everything. As the Wind Elemental God was the Earth Elemental God's enemy, Kamdiran naturally didn't want to see a new mortal enemy even more dangerous than Ömdiroken appear. And since his second goal in this trip was to obtain the God Equipment of Wind, it was only natural that he would bring his companions to the Wind Elemental Plane to obtain the God Equipment of Earth in exchange for it. Not to mention, he would also be able to screw over the Great Stone Sculptor.
"So, when the Elemental Throne chose a new Elemental God, the God Equipment of Earth was one of the targets you chose, but the Great Stone Sculptor simply missed out on the Elemental Throne? Right, who did you choose? "
"An Elemental Lord with the highest amount of earth element in the world. Not only that, he was the least threatening target."
I was rather astonished by Beifeng's words.
"Who?"
"Little Sand."
"Who's that? I've never heard of an Elemental Lord with that name before. "
"Didn't you say that both bugs and rocks are fine? Your wish is my command. You've seen Little Sand before. He's the one that ate the most Elemental Thrones. "
"Sandworm!! You really dared to do it! "
Indeed, there was nothing more suitable for my goal than Sandworms. They were pure creatures of the Earth Elemental Plane. They would never consider leaving the plane, and they didn't have much intelligence, so they were of no threat at all.
"How did you do it?"
"Little Sand had already devoured a large number of Elemental Throne shards, and he also devoured the God Equipment of Earth. Along with his mountainous body, the Sandworm had an astonishing amount of earth element. And so, Little Sand was chosen. You don't know how much despair the other Elemental Lords felt when Little Sand suddenly crawled out of the ground and the Elemental Throne directly chose him. "
"Nobody suspected that you were the one who did it?"
"Of course. I've always been careful. The Sandworm King itself already has an astonishing amount of earth element. Then, I told them that the Elemental Throne had been devoured by him. Most people thought that it was just a coincidence."
"You did a good job this time. Originally, if your lover became the Earth Elemental God, you should have at least received some benefits. I'll find a chance to compensate you for your losses. "
"It's fine. Little Sand is still my lover."
Alright then, I did my best to suppress the urge to toss him into a goblin cannon and shoot him into the sky as I looked at his brilliant and honest smile.
"… You did a good job. Rest for a few days. I have other tasks for you. Right, why did you all come back so late? Everyone else is blaming you. Didn't you reveal your mission objective? "
"No, no, at least Little Sand came to celebrate with me. He wanted a nest of his own God Children, and I had to comfort the pitiful Ainslo. In the end, everyone ended up playing together, so we wasted some time …"
God Children? Playing together? Alright then, I really shouldn't have asked, nor should I have imagined things. It seemed that the Earth Elemental Plane, the source of all planes, would become Beifeng's nest. Many of Beifeng's descendants would occupy an entire world. Just thinking about it made me feel more and more afraid, and I made up my mind to never go to the Earth Elemental Plane again.
And so, I angrily roared with a serious expression.
"… I'll give you a good task right now. Go to the Eternal Thunder Tribe here and become a goodwill ambassador. Yep, they're your favorite beast-heads. You can play with them however you want, as long as you stay away from me!"
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