Chapter 697 - Negotiation
"See you later, Master." Alex took a deep breath and finally realized that he had teleported to somewhere else. He looked around and found he was inside a barrier or something with four Great Elders inside.
"h.e.l.lo, Young man. I am Licht, The Great Elder from the Light Temple." An old man stepped forward.
Alex didn"t know this old man until Aileen introduced him. "He is the one who wants to meet you."
Viola nodded. "Don"t worry. If he wants to do anything, I will beat him up."
"h.e.l.lo, little monster. I am just watching from the sideline." Melva waved her hand and smiled seductively.
Alex retracted his gaze from Melva almost spontaneously and stared back at Licht. "I am Alexander Sirius. Nice to meet you, Great Elder Licht."
He didn"t say he was a disciple and went straight to his normal status, drawing a clear line between him and Freedom Sect.
Licht narrowed his eyes and nodded after a while. "Good. I want to talk to you about the Potential Tower. First of all, I want to confirm whether you have beaten the tower completely or not."
"I have… I even met Great Elder Ri Xheo," said Alex with a solemn expression.
"!!!" The four Great Elders were taken aback. They had prior knowledge that Alex didn"t know anything about Freedom Sect, let alone that particular individual. Seeing him blurt out his name only made them convinced that he truly beat it.
"I see. The first Great Elder from Ice Temple, Ri Xheo." Licht nodded. "Alexander. I don"t think you want to hear any pleasantries, right?"
Alex nodded. "Let"s cut to the chase."
"Fufu, a serious man, my type." Melva joked.
Viola and Aileen rolled their eyes. "Hungry Grandma."
On the other hand, Licht and Alex ignored them and proceeded with Licht saying. "Let me give you an offer first. Because you have finished this Potential Tower, we have agreed to give you a Lesser s.p.a.ce Element as a reward. However, I am offering you another way to acquire the best s.p.a.ce Element that s.p.a.ce Temple can offer."
Alex narrowed his eyes. "At what price?"
"I want you to annihilate two big influences on the surface. This way, we can come back to the surface without worry."
"Two influences? Are you insane? There are seven influences out there, and I need to destroy two just to get a s.p.a.ce Element? I can"t see anything other than extortion." Alex raised his voice. Of course, he wanted to destroy the Fire G.o.d Clan, and the entire Freedom Sect should know about it. However, none of them knew about his grudge against Snow White Mountain or Ancient Blue Family.
Alex was known as someone who would attack if someone stepped on his tail. However, he was by no means a maniac who would kill without apparent reason.
"Our Freedom Sect has the ability to contend with two influences or three if we use everything we have. Although there are still five more influences in case we eliminate two, we still can hold on against those five influences if we are hiding in our sect. Not long after that, they will realize our true strength, and there is a possibility of one of them joining forces with us. In that end, we can say our position there will become stable.
"Of course, having this power will also make others think we want to dominate the world, but we have no intention to do so. We can simply start spreading our disciples around to disperse our strength.
"And we know about your relations.h.i.+p with the Fire G.o.d Clan. You can say that you have fulfilled one of the objectives if you destroy the Fire G.o.d Clan, and you only need one more. We will also help you if you want to destroy the Fire G.o.d Clan and another influence with all our strength.
"Besides, we can grant you more benefits if you think that our a.s.sistance and the most powerful s.p.a.ce Element we have are not enough for you." Licht raised his hand and looked very confident.
Alex thought for a moment. Whether it was because he solved so many riddles earlier or his true nature all along, he could see this matter differently. He said, "Let see… There is no a.s.surance that I will destroy the Fire G.o.d Clan. I don"t care about your ambition, but surely that there is still a chance of you being the ruler of this entire world. You can say this now, but it will be different in the future after you gain power.
"Even if you say that you won"t do it, it doesn"t mean the others won"t, especially when the Freedom Sect can contend with three influences at once. And there is no telling when you will backstab me."
Alex paused for a moment as Viola and Aileen wanted to rebuke him. He simply raised his hand and stopped them. "We won"t ever do it? I can still say the same thing. Anyway, my point is there is no balance in this deal. You don"t know how high the price I need to pay to destroy a single influence and what I will bear from it. Now, tell me why should I accept your proposal?"
Rose might not have a s.p.a.ce Element in this world, but it didn"t mean she couldn"t get it later. That was why the enticement of s.p.a.ce Element wasn"t that big. As for him, the moment he destroyed the Fire G.o.d Clan, there might be someone who might want to take revenge or something. It wasn"t really possible if he left the world, but it would be troublesome if they tried to manipulate things behind the scene.
Unlike the other continents, the peak power was on the Heavenly Continent, so he was a bit refraining himself from killing them because this would be his place until he reached G.o.d Stage.
"I know that if you create a ruckus on the other continents, you can hop over another continent as they won"t be able to chase your cultivation speed. However, it will be different if there is us in your back. We will back you up on this continent, and I am prepared to use my life on the line. Even if you want me or the other Great Elders to swear a Heavenly Oath to you, I won"t mind.
"Even if I need to make a full loyalty Heavenly Oath, I am ready. However, please don"t do it to the future generations and leave this to our heads only." Licht said as a representative of the Council.
Alex narrowed his eyes before he was startled by the sudden appearance of his system.
[I think it"s a good choice to use them, Host.]
"What do you mean?" Alex asked in his mind.
[Fire G.o.d Clan aside, the one we are going to destroy most likely is Snow White Mountain. However, there is no telling about the future. If we are not going to destroy them in the future, we can simply give it to them. Of course, if you are allowing the Freedom Sect to destroy them, it will mean you have forgiven them to a certain extent. You then need to think about karma and stuff.]
[You can ask Freedom Sect to kill them, not torture them such as r.a.p.e and other things, considering they were mostly women. As for benefits, I don"t think you can get many things from them. Not because it"s bad, but because they are too low for your level. Your Inheritances are the best.]
"Suppose I take their offer, everything doesn"t really make sense, and all I want is to reach G.o.d Stage. Even if they offer me benefits, I only need to reach the Martial Saint Stage before becoming a G.o.d."
[I know. That"s why you can have them to fulfill a few of your promises. You can hold that promise for now and say it later, depending on if you need it or not. If you don"t need it, you can say they can"t attack this person or can"t touch this influence and so on.]
"True enough. If they don"t agree with that because they don"t know what I will do in the future, I can reject them. After all, they know my cultivation stage and my real age. True that my cultivation speed gets slower and slower, but it will still be less than a decade before I reach G.o.d Stage with this pace." Alex thought for a moment.
[That"s right. After that, you can have your disciple in their place for training, as this is what they owe. Full training, not only s.p.a.ce Element, but the bow and Thunder Element.]
The system was trying to help him brainstorm this deal because Anya wasn"t here. Besides, it would be better to settle this once and for all at this moment.
Alex contemplated for a while before thinking. "Five wishes are enough, I guess? And I can have Rose to inherit this deal. Besides, I can seal my power and appear again in this world in the future, so I will obliterate them if they do anything to Rose. She is under your jurisdiction after all."
[You can certainly do that. Besides, we are capable of razing this whole world to the ground if we want.]
Alex took a deep breath and looked at Licht. "Heavenly Oath? I am sure that you have investigated me. You won"t need to wait for long before I reach G.o.d Stage and leave this place. In other words, that Full Loyalty Oath will only bind you for a few decades at most. Do you think it"s really useful to me?"
Others might think he was arrogant, especially after seeing how Alex confidently said he could reach G.o.d Stage easily. But they couldn"t say it as well, because he might really have the ability to do so. Licht bit his lips as he couldn"t do anything about this as Viola and the others would stop him if he threatened Alex.
Even if he had their corporations, a person like Alex might have a trump card. That was why he didn"t dare to make Alex his enemy.
"However, I will state my terms first. Seeing how you want me to destroy two influences, I can"t agree because I am not a person who will destroy someone with just the slightest enmity. Hence, I will change the term. Fire G.o.d Clan aside, I might fight another influence later, but the one who will destroy them is you, not me.
"Secondly, I want you to take care of my disciples in her study later. Not only the most powerful s.p.a.ce Element you have, but also her Bow Mastery, Thunder Element, and Potential Tower. You shall aid her until she reaches G.o.d Stage, and you can"t force her to do anything she doesn"t want.
"Lastly, I want you to promise me five things that I will only say in the future. And this promise can be inherited to my disciple," Alex stated his three terms. In fact, he never really cared what would happen in this world, he only worried about a few people in his life. "One more thing, you need to decide it right now like how I decided this spontaneously.
Licht looked down, contemplating the matter while the other three Great Elders were sweating inwardly. They were wondering what kind of person in front of them. He was young but very terrifying. They were convinced that no matter how Licht wanted to manipulate the conversation, Alex would return it more harshly. In other words, in this battle, Licht lost.
On the other hand, Licht finally looked at Alex with a serious expression. "I will agree if you promise me that the wishes won"t harm my Freedom Sect."
"Unless you are in the wrong," Alex added again, stopping Licht to gain momentum.
Licht gritted his teeth and sighed. "Deal."
Alex then stretched his hand, and they shook hands. Licht could only sigh and scream inwardly, "This little freak."
The other Great Elders then were invited and made their own Heavenly Oath about the agreement, including Alex.