Chapter 2759: We Want It
Floquei then fixed his attention on the other Leviathans. "This makes it very obvious, no? As the leader of the Leviathan Race, I shall be the first one to recognize. We... have grown weak."
Immediately, an uproar arose around, the thousands of Leviathans not believing Floquei"s words. The only ones who kept a calm expression were the High Elders, including Olvris.
Before anyone could complain, Floquei continued. "Results speak more than anything else. Not a single one of our Sacred Race Leviathans was able to defeat a single member of the humans. h.e.l.l, I wonder if we are really worth calling ourselves a Sacred Race."
"Leviathans grew up and only trained with other Leviathans. However, we didn"t really have to worry about anything. Nothing could pose a threat to us in our Dimensional
Realm. However, just one guy comes in, and he already shows how much this kind of lifestyle damaged us."
Finally, Floquei made an announcement. "Our Leviathan Race will not keep itself closed anymore. We will send our members to explore the outside world. They need experience, you need experience, even we, Divinity Realm leviathans, need experience."
"But..." Someone couldn"t help but speak. "We have never gone outside. We know nothing. No one here knows how long it has been since our race started living here."
"That"s another reason for us to take this endeavor," Floquei answered. "I know that most of you don"t like this idea. I don"t either. But we have no choice. What if we were suddenly attacked? The way we are now... would we be able to defend ourselves?"
The Leviathans grew silent. The answer to that question was given in the form of many trashed Leviathans.
As Floquei spoke to his race, Rean talked to Roan through their Soul Connection. "They are truly that bad, right? Just how many cultivators and demon beasts out there could truly match the disciples of the System Sect in the same realm? Very, very few. They all received your training while having all the circuitry formations developed by my group of experts to use. We are far above everyone else in that regard."
Roan knew that. "Obviously. However, the point here is to make them accept that they aren"t that strong. Above all, to accept that having their bloodline shared isn"t truly a bad decision. Otherwise, they would kill Sonzei, wouldn"t they?"
Rean admitted it was true. "Well, yeah... But now we are making them feel like they are a lot weaker than they really are. They will find out about it eventually."
"By then, it won"t matter anymore," Roan wasn"t worried. "They will have left the confines of their Dimensional Realm, growing used to the environment outside. Besides, this is a good thing for their race. They aren"t as weak as they believe, but they are still
weak. They truly have no chance against experts at the same level from the center of the Realm of G.o.ds either. It"s just that they wouldn"t lose so badly as they did to our people."
Floquei continued to address the Leviathans, talking for hours. In the end, he had truly been the leader for a very long time. Even though it was reluctantly, the Leviathans eventually accepted his ideas and decided to prepare to have expeditions outside.
Of course, there were those who simply asked to seal their Dimensional Realm completely. Fortunately, only a few thought like that, different from before. After all, the Leviathans thought they were strong than most, if not the strongest race, before fighting Roan"s group. Sealing the realm would only mean keeping the bloodline safe. Now, however, sealing the realm would simply mean they were afraid of everything outside, and their pride couldn"t take that hit.
The Leviathans began to disperse after that. Floquei turned to the twins"s group and Sonzei on the side. "Come with me."
Rean, Roan, and Sonzei followed. As for the rest, Roan had already sent them back into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm.
Floquei brought them to another room, where Olvris was already waiting with another two elders of the Leviathan Race. They all looked at Sonzei, feeling a mixing of emotions. "The way he used his much meager bloodline and still achieved a similar power to Jokios, a pure- blooded Leviathan... How did he do that?"
Roan took charge of that question. "Similar? Nowhere near it. His bloodline would never be able to achieve the same power as Jokios. He just knows how to use it. That"s all. Besides, he is a human, and humans are highly adaptable to whatever power they have in their hands. I just maximized that potential."
Roan turned serious. "However, a Leviathan that had lived outside, that had gone through hardships, life and death situations, would have done many times better than Jokios. Want to try something interesting? Give me a leviathan with a bloodline not as pure as Jokios from your group and let me train it for a year... I just can"t guarantee it will survive. But if it does, how much do you wanna bet this Leviathan will trash Jokios even worse than Sonzei did?"
Olvris, Floquei, and the other two elders closed their eyes. Obviously, they didn"t doubt his words anymore. "Would you-"
Roan raised his hand. "If you are going to ask to stay and train the Leviathans from now on, I"m sorry, but I can"t. I have other things to do."
Rean quickly jumped in. "However, we intend to stay in the area in the next four to five years." At the same time, he sent Roan a message. "Don"t forget we need this time to build the formation, and using your skills would be the best convince them of our staying."
Roan pondered a bit and nodded. "Very well."
Roan continued. "If it is just the next four or five years, then I don"t mind giving them some points. But, I will warn you ahead of time, I will bring the young Leviathans out. Don"t blame me if some of them die. If you aren"t willing to take this risk," Roan pulled Sonzei close. "You can forget ever defeating this guy here, let alone be a match to my people."
Floquei had no reason to refuse. "We accept. But..." He then asked the obvious question. "Still... Why are you staying in the area? First of all, why people like you, with such power, even came to this place?"
Rean smiled. "Just like Romario, we also want this Dimensional Realm"s core."