Chapter 810: 414. Moment of Brilliant Light_2
This name.
[Leoz... I still have this name.]
[The Greedy Speaker thinks I have nothing, this is a fallacy.]
[As long as this name exists, Leoz is me, every 'Leoz' will succeed my will.]
[But now, it should really be over, at least I can return to the Nether Abyss with the name 'Leoz'...]
"As for Redd's matter, don't bother with him for now, calm down for a few thousand years, he should repent—so, let's figure out how to solve Leoz instead."
[Emperor] Anpolo said:
"Since this guy is just a cannon fodder deity, he has no talent himself, eating him would be a waste of resources."
"I have an idea." [Scholar] Lyle said: "Anpolo, you should know, on the battlefield, injuring can cause more trouble for the enemy than killing, by deliberately maiming the enemy forces without killing, then the enemy has to care for the wounded, wasting manpower and medical resources."
"Are you saying... we can maim Leoz and then send him to the next battlefield?"
Anpolo shook his head:
"Just a cannon fodder, do you think the ultimate enemy we face—the Will of the Starry Abyss, would really recover him?"
"You don't need to worry about that."
[Scholar] walked up to Leoz and said:
"Speaking of which, Anpolo, do you know? People from poor origins tend to fall into two extreme paths."
"What are you talking about?"
"Either they see through the coldness of the world, and climb out of their hierarchy at any cost, abandoning all moral baselines, becoming bottomless people like Redd and Leoz."
[Scholar] raised his hand and touched Leoz's chest armor:
"Or, they become extremely empathetic, unwilling to let the tragedies that happened to them happen to others."
"The former requires abandoning morals and can be lured by benefits, but the latter requires extensive education and delicate humanistic care."
Lyle rubbed his chin and said:
"Although Leoz is a cannon fodder deity, he is not useless. Killing him wastes our resources and would immediately expose that we have conquered the Morphederia Universe—but what if we find an opportunity to exile Leoz into the Starry Abyss?"
"...Don't you think that's like letting a tiger return to the mountains?"
"No, that's not necessarily so."
Gaia spoke:
"Leoz, as a cannon fodder deity, has no independent personality. But if you put him inside a mortal, he can easily be influenced. If luck is favorable, his personality might even become more refined, and perhaps he can be recruited by [Society] in the future."
"But..." Anpolo hesitated: "What if Leoz continues to support the Starry Abyss? After all, he is Leoz, the tyrant who has dominated this universe for tens of billions of years..."
"I made some simple modifications to Leoz."
Lyle crossed his arms:
"Leoz's core abilities come from Morphederia's Four Great Authorities: Gravity, Weak Force, Electromagnetic Force, and Strong Nuclear Force. As long as he is present, even the Eye of Discernment can't affect these realms of abilities—so I erased his perception and understanding of these authorities."
"Moreover, when he is exiled, the implanted conscious imprint will activate, no matter whose body Leoz possesses or seizes, he will be treated as a hidden personality, with no chance to surface."
"Even if he does come out, it doesn't matter. Leoz lost his understanding of the Four Great Authorities and lost the supporters of the Favored Clan, no matter how strong, he can't reach the level of his former days—on the contrary, the Starry Abyss would certainly be suspicious, questioning why a mere executer like Leoz didn't die in battle when even the creator did. Is he a spy sent by us? Has he been turned by us?"
"This not only buys us time, providing cover for our full descent into the Starry Abyss but also makes the Starry Abyss doubt and suppress Leoz, possibly forcing him to break with the Starry Abyss and become enemies."
"A good idea—perhaps, in the end, Leoz may even become our ally."
Gaia chuckled:
"Then let's exile Leoz."
"Mother Gaia, please remove Leoz's soul from his divine body so he can be exiled into the Endless Dimension."
Lyle reminded:
"If the divine body enters the Endless Dimension, due to the strong resistance of divine power, it can easily trigger the oppression of the Void, annihilating the soul along with it."
Leoz knelt on the ground, head hanging low, having clearly heard their plan.
They intended to use him against the Starry Abyss, but if he followed through, he was merely delaying the date of his demise and might eventually be destroyed by the sect's insiders.
[I can't sit and wait for death, I must act.]
He'd been racing against time to recover, gaining some divine power, but now time was running out.
Gaia had already raised her hand and was approaching him.
[No time left.]
Leoz quickly made a decision, crudely engraving divine power onto his soul, sacrificing his memory and willpower to leave his mark.
[Leoz.]
[After my soul is engraved, wherever my soul merges into, it will instinctively react to this name and its homophones, pursuing and being influenced by them.]
[I've lost the Mandate authority—but this maximally preserves my will.]