GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

His mentor replied with a hint of disdain in his tone. "Yes, there are those that have succeeded. We have a lower chance of success than other races if we struggle on the path of perfection. The chance is as low as 1 in 100,000 transcendents to become an Origin god. Still, there are those that have succeeded and we have gained information about them."

That difficulty took Legion-5 aback for a while. But he didn't let the fact they have a 0.001% chance on the path of perfection deter him. He asked expectantly, "Do we gain unlimited divine abilities?"

"No, we do not gain unlimited divine abilities. At least not in the same sense."

His expectation was let down. He was disappointed and mostly confused. So he said, "That can't be right. I would expect something difficult to have a high reward. If we don't get unlimited divine abilities, why do some 10% keep trying it?"

His Mentor roared in laughter. "You are still young so you still have time to learn this lesson. The world is not fair. There is no fairness at all. The difficulty of a process doesn't determine the quality of the reward and hard work doesn't mean you will succeed. There are things such as luck and talent. They undermine hard work and difficulty. We are Supreme beasts because we are talented in stealing. Doing anything else because it is difficult doesn't mean we will get something better."

His Mentor was still laughing. He was laughing at some unknown joke because Legion-5 certainly didn't know what was so funny.

He understood the unfairness of the world but he expected a high reward not because of the difficulty but because of the aim. Since the aim is to awaken the divine ability further, then the reward ought to be high. At least, he has never heard about the further awakening of a divine ability to be a waste.

His Mentor didn't keep him guessing. Tanc830,428,723C stopped laughing and explained. "After the third awakening at the titan of law stage, we become able to steal a divine ability with a touch. Imagine how powerful that is. It means we don't need to kill an entity to steal its divine ability. We can take it through physical contact."

"It is powerful alright. But it comes with a catch. The theft is only temporary. The entity we stole from will be unable to use its divine ability or concept during that time. They will regain control of it only after we have lost control of it."

Legion-5 said in understanding, "So we deprive others of their divine ability temporarily without killing them."

But then he shook his head. "That isn't exactly powerful. It would be difficult to touch an enemy during battle unless we get close to them. But that will put us in danger."

His mentor agreed. "You are right. But you are missing something."

Legion-5 realized it immediately after it was pointed out. "Because the theft is temporary, we don't have a limit on the divine abilities that we can use. We can take another one after the divine ability returns to its previous owner."

"Correct," His Mentor said with a smile. "You have a good head on your shoulders."

Legion-5 ignored the compliment in favor of focusing on the implications of the further awakening of the divine ability. His mind was filled with the many possibilities and he couldn't help but be impressed.

He said, "That kind of flexibility is not bad. It doesn't seem like a waste of time and effort to pursue further awakening"

"It is not bad at all. In fact, it gets better after the fourth awakening which occurs after becoming Origin gods. At that point, we can steal concepts for as long as we want. It is still temporary but we don't lose control of the concepts involuntarily. Also, we can steal the concept of someone we have already touched before without touching them again."

Legion-5 said, "So in that way, will can create a library of divine abilities that we can choose from at any time. Isn't that unlimited divine abilities?"

"Yes. Out ability steal might as well be permanent and in unlimited numbers because unlike those who didn't awaken their divine ability further, they can swap divine abilities. The only limit is that they can only use 9 divine abilities at the same time. But they can change it easily."

"Wow," Legion-5 exclaimed. "That's two powerful. Why is the Supreme Alliance not endorsing this?"

Tanc830,428,723C snickered. "You are already impressed but that is not the end of what they can do. If they manage to turn their divine abilities into concepts, then they can have multiple supreme laws and maybe multiple worlds instead of one. But that's purely theoretical. There are a lot of Origin gods that awakened their supreme ability to the fourth stage. But none of them have ever become world gods."

"Why?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Because there is no way for them to sacrifice concepts to develop their own concept. Their divine ability will hold on to the concepts temporarily and then lose it if they so much as swap for another divine ability. There is no permanent fusion so there is no way for them to progress at all. All of them are stuck being one-star Origin gods."

Legion-5 was stunned. "All that potential and no progress?"

"Don't be so surprised. The world is about balance. Such an extreme divine ability that doesn't conform to the rules of the void universe stagnates when it reaches a dead end. Normal world gods are already so powerful. Can you imagine how powerful a world god with multiple worlds will be? Unfortunately for Supreme beasts, our divine ability can't grow on its own."

Legion-5 can only imagine how powerful a world god with multiple worlds would be. He can't envision it accurately because he doesn't know the full power of world gods. But it is not the first time that he would be imagining it because that's Legion's aim.