From the moment that Conservation's fate restricted her to the Land of Hades, her defeat and death had already been determined.
I had previously given her a chance to resolve our differences peacefully. I even gave her some research resources and authority over Yongye City so that she could have a place to live. This was also the equivalent of me voluntarily showing my good will.
Actually, I wasn't the only one showing my good will to Conservation. I would always leave her some leeway so that we could meet again in the future. If I could get along well with Conservation, I would have one more ace up my sleeve when negotiating with the Undead Republic in the future.
Actually, the Senators of the Tark Republic that my spies knew didn't have that much of a grudge against me. Even though Aso had died because of me, in their minds, Aso's death had been glorious. The Senators viewed death quite lightly for the sake of reviving the Tark Republic. In fact, they even acknowledged me as a "junior" who had forced their seniors to sacrifice themselves.
"Only by doing this can one be called an Undead Emperor — an Undead Emperor."
Due to Aso's final legacy, I discovered that the ordinary high-level undead in the Forest of Dreams even acknowledged me as an Undead Emperor. It was just that I was the "Emperor of the enemy". In fact, some undead even viewed me as Aso's successor, someone who should inherit Aso's legacy.
This was the undead's world. Power was highly valued, and there was a strict hierarchy. If Aso's corpse eating disciple didn't prove that he was stronger than me, then his status as Aso's successor wouldn't be acknowledged in the undead world.
I didn't have any enmity towards the undead. I even felt some sympathy and admiration towards the Senators who still cherished the past and insisted on rebuilding their countries. However, when so many countries and species were fighting over living space, personal preferences were meaningless. I wasn't foolish enough to become a martyr for peace.
Right now, the undead army and the human kingdoms were at war with each other. Both sides had no intention of stopping at all for living space. And when both sides couldn't bear the losses of war, perhaps I, as "Aso's successor" and "the strongest Undead Emperor of the new generation", would be a suitable mediator.
"I can find a new 'mortal plane' for you. It's a rich new land that can be used to rebuild your Tark Republic."
Offering the Land of Spring as an alternative was my greatest expression of sincerity, especially after I learned that Aso and the others wanted to revive a country where the living and the dead could coexist.
However, I also knew that the Undead Emperors only cared about Aichy's homeland right now. Only after the Undead Republic confirmed that Aichy wouldn't return would the Undead Emperors truly consider my sincerity.
I took the initiative to express my friendliness. Naturally, I hoped that I would receive a friendly response. I was quite satisfied that Conservation could become a bridge between us. However, when she betrayed our alliance on the battlefield and decided to ally with the devils to kill me, there was no longer any possibility of reconciliation between us.
I wasn't a saint who would stick out the right side of my face after being slapped on the left. Nor did I intend to step into the same pit twice. Once everyone was gathered, the first thing I did was deal with this potential trouble … At most, I could communicate with the other Undead Emperors. Perhaps it would be much easier to communicate with them than this insane woman.
In that case, once Conservation lost her role as a bridge to the Tark Republic, she would probably only have her own value.
Kill her? That would be impossible. It would be far too difficult to completely kill a Main God level existence. Not to mention, high-level mages would have plenty of tricks up their sleeves to escape death. Since her soulfire was extinguished here, it was highly likely that a new soulfire would be ignited somewhere else.
Considering that her soul was bound to this place, it was highly likely that her new physical body would be revived here or forcefully transferred to where her soul was. However, there was still a chance that she would escape. I didn't want to take such a risk.
Even if she was reborn as a skeleton soldier, an even more powerful Undead Emperor would return in less than a hundred years. Even if I wasn't afraid of trouble myself, I still had to think about my descendants …
What, I was thinking too much? With my luck, it would be impossible for me to have descendants …
I … I would definitely have a wife and descendants! Even the evil intentions of the world wouldn't be able to stop me! At most … at most, I would find a foster son!
Cough, cough, getting back on topic, the only practical way to deal with someone as troublesome as Conservation would be to seal her away like how I had dealt with the Lord of Curses, forcing her to sleep for tens of thousands of years.
But before I could make up for my losses, I wouldn't allow her to sleep so easily.
This would be completely different from exchanging research information on equal terms. Now that Conservation was in my hands, how could I possibly be satisfied if she didn't give me all of her research results?
As for the final reason, fine, this was at least 50%. I admitted that I wasn't confident in being able to seal away a Main God. While the Seal of the Four Elements was indeed quite powerful, there were far too few Main Gods. There were no clear examples of successfully sealing away a Main God.
A Seal would be just as sturdy as an iron lock. No matter how advanced the Seal's design was, its sturdiness would depend on the creator's abilities and materials.
If I really wanted to seal away a Main God semi-permanently, I would have to prepare an even better Four Element God Equipment. That would be quite a large investment, and I would have to wait until I reached SemiGod rank.
From a certain standpoint, Main Gods were truly troublesome. Not only would it be difficult for them to completely die, it would be a huge problem if they escaped. It would be difficult to deal with them.
However, in history, it seemed that only Main Gods had died in battle. There had never been anyone who had been captured alive. This was especially true for low-level Main Gods. No matter how I dealt with Main Gods, it wouldn't be good, but it also wouldn't be wrong.
"Let's first take a look at how top-level mages are treated."
Mages would be useless if they didn't have any mana. It would be quite simple to create a mana pool that would extract a mage's mana. The Mage Country had long since punished mages who committed crimes. The mana extraction room and mana pipes would make it so that the mage wouldn't be able to accumulate any mana at all.
"… Let's not comment on those mana pipes. Isn't that a dog leash on her neck? She even drew a two-headed dog that doesn't look like anything. Are you afraid that your dog will get lost? "
The anti-magic hoop on her neck was something that Margret had specially prepared for her. I happily reinforced her eternal ice which contained many secrets. Worried that she would be depressed, I even drew the images of my two most adorable twin-headed dogs, Little Treasure and Little Beckham, on the hoop. I was truly too kind, treating my captives far too well.
"Look at her expression. She definitely wants to kill you at all costs. No, she probably wants to die together with you."
"I'm used to it. All those fellows that I imprisoned in the underground prison back in the day were like that."
As for other dirty methods that would be highly effective against prisoners, I really didn't need to tell others about my experience of building a dungeon under my residence to obtain Fate Points. Elisa was already making preparations … I suddenly felt that it was a good thing that Elisa was here. At the very least, she would help me with many things.
Ahem, ahem, that was all for Conservation. Time would prove everything.
"Our next target is the Sun God Aloyo. He should be in the 372nd level of the Chaos Abyss."
I still hadn't forgotten why I had come to the Chaos Abyss in the first place. Although the devils and demons had provoked me several times, the most important thing for me right now was to complete my Myth-ranked weapon as soon as possible so that I could reach the peak of my power level in order to deal with the future.
After so many years of accumulation, I now possessed the strongest bloodline ability in all of history. I was looking forward to seeing just how far I would be able to go.
"Aloyo? Who's that? "
"The ancient Zion people worshipped the supreme Sun God. However, that species went extinct in a Holy War over 20,000 years ago."
Surprisingly, although most people didn't know Aloyo's name, Marguerite did. Could it be that the Mage Country still had records of Aloyo after such a long period of time?
"As long as it existed, there will always be records. That species is rather special. Those eagle-headed ancient Zion people had many accomplishments in calendar and astronomy. Our current star charts are all based on their accomplishments. Also, their language directly refers to the sun as' Aloyo '. How could I possibly forget that? "
I had even forgotten that Marguerite was probably the only one out of all of us who could use prophecy and divination magic. Meanwhile, the ancient Zion people loved to talk about astronomical phenomena. They would say that a meteor would be some sort of calamity, or that two black spots on the sun would require mortals to perform a blood sacrifice. At any rate, I had never heard of anyone prophesying anything good.
I suddenly felt that the stars in the sky were quite pitiful. They would become the symbol of the end of the world just by putting on makeup or having a black spot. They would become the symbol of destruction even though they were countless light years away.
Not only did people always drag me around to talk about things, how could they possibly finish talking about so many mortals and all sorts of random things with just a few blinks? How simple would that be?
Right, it was said that light came from the stars over a long period of time. In that case, the flashes of light that stargazers saw were all from many years ago. How many years ago was it possible for a stargazer to prophesy about trivial matters that had nothing to do with them? How boring was that … Cough, I meant that the stars had the ability to prophesy as well?
"… You're being biased. We Gold Elves are also skilled in divination. Divination is an incredibly profound magic that requires incredibly high talent. It's something that you'll never be able to touch in your entire life. And, the prophecies of calamity are made in order to avoid the worst possible outcome. "
Harloys was infuriated for some reason. Just what had I done to offend her this time?
"I was the one who made the prophecy that my species would be destroyed. Reality has proven that my prophecy was correct …"
Her voice became quieter and quieter. No wonder she was treated as an unfortunate princess of a destroyed country. Her prophecy of calamity came true, and then her own country was destroyed?
"… You didn't try to avoid the prophecy?"
Harloys shook her head. Of course, she wasn't saying that they didn't try to avoid the worst possible outcome.
"All our hard work actually made the prophecy come true even faster. Perhaps our hard work was a part of the prophecy. From that day on, I swore that I would never look at the stars again. "
She would rather not know anything about the future than face a future that was certain to be destroyed and hopeless?
The silly cat seemed to be in a bad mood as she jumped off my shoulder, transformed into human form, and went upstairs.
I suddenly felt rather scared. So, the number one jinxer in the world had actually been hiding by my side all this time. Fortunately, she hadn't made a prophecy out of boredom. I suddenly chuckled to myself. At the very least, I wasn't the number one jinxer in the world anymore.
"Is there anything special about Aloyo that I should pay attention to?"
Little Red's words brought me back to my senses. I regretfully shook my head as I looked at her, who seemed to be slightly drunk as she hugged her wine barrel.
"An immemorial God is actually that easy to deal with?" Little Red had an expression of astonishment. She had only been casually asking.
"Honestly, why is Marguerite so fast? She only managed to maintain such a rare appearance for a few days. I was even intending to find an artist to commemorate this …"
The next instant, I came to a realization. It seemed that neither of us were talking about the same thing.
"Ah? Easy to deal with? No, he's incredibly difficult to deal with. If my guess is correct, it's likely that he'll be even more difficult to deal with than Conservation. "
Aloyo was a Primordial God who had relied on his own power to ascend to Godhood. Previously, he had even been a Main God. Perhaps he had been living in seclusion for countless eons and wasn't very famous, but that didn't mean that his power level had decreased.
A Main God level Sun God? A former Overgod of an entire species? This probably wasn't much different from the God of Holy Light. Just thinking about it made my scalp numb. I still hoped that I could make a deal with Aloyo. If things didn't go well, I would at least have the ability to escape unscathed. This was one of the reasons why I had been practicing with Conservation recently.
"Even if I can't defeat him, I'll at least be able to escape. And, Aloyo hasn't fought for so many years. He probably doesn't like fighting. "
[No, he also has a War God Divine Concept. How could he possibly not like fighting? And, considering your usual luck, even if he doesn't like fighting … he'll definitely cause some sort of mishap in the end.]
"… So you're a jinxer as well! But, your words are so logical that I can't refute them at all. "
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