GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Legion-5 went through the list of divine abilities in the special class. It contained divine abilities that target special types of beings such as elementals or divine abilities that target the weakness of specific races.

Some races are weak to certain abilities that are useless in most other situations so divine abilities in this class are cheap to acquire in order to encourage Supreme beasts to select them. For example, divine abilities that target fire elementals or races with fire attributes. They would be mostly useless or ineffective against other races.

There is also a combination of divine abilities to target races that are weak to sound. These divine abilities can either use sound as a medium of activation, produce sound, or amplify the debilitating effects of sound and the other divine abilities that use it as a medium. This way, such a race will be easily crippled when they encounter the special class focused on sound.

He went through the list intrigued until he came across a special class created for hunting hidden entities. He wasn't so intrigued anymore when he saw that this class has a lot of divine abilities for perception by which they can find entities hiding in any form. He became anxious.

"I hope they don't find you." He said to Legion-7.

"I hope so too. But you have to forget about this special class for now. My hiding spot is getting tighter and tighter. I can't be able to hold on for much longer. The void universe will find me and you know that is not going to be good at all."

Legion-5 groaned but he couldn't leave yet. "We should be done soon."

He continued listening to the Mechanical Emperor speak.

"You should also note that the initial price for all divine abilities is one point. That will remain so until the first person buys the first divine ability. Then the prices will shoot back to the initial price of 10 points or more."

"That means that the first person to buy a divine ability gets a discount of 90%. That's just one of the perks that will be given to the forerunners in the rite of passage. If you want to enjoy the perks, then you must stand out. The Supreme Alliance will always reward those that are outstanding and exceptional."

"Think carefully before you make decisions about which class you want to pick and which divine abilities you want. You can always communicate with your mentor and ask them questions about anything you are not clear about. Don't bother to ask them for advice concerning the rite of passage. I assure you that you won't get an answer to those types of questions."

"You can also ask the artificial intelligence assistant assigned to you for information about the plane and other questions about the rite of passage. Now let's get the rite of passage started. You can remain here for as long as you want. But the rite of passage will go on without you immediately I say that it has started. But before I start it, you must receive the mission item and the rule book."

Something rose from the floor beside him. It is a small black cube. It floated up to him and stayed there simply levitating. Legion-5 took it and tried to control it but it was still locked. A warning sounded in his mind when he tried to switch it on.

[Can only be activated in the outer ring of the plane.]

He looked at the map and took a look at the outer ring. It is the band of land at the edge of the plane where they all have to start from.

"So we will be arranged in the rite of passage just like we are seated right now," Legion-5 said to himself in understanding.

They have to start in the outer ring and work their way to the center spreading the Influence of the Supreme Alliance all the way. By the time they reach the center, they should be strong enough to take down the gods. At least, the gods will be weakened by that point after their churches have been razed to the ground so it will be easier for them to be hunted.

"It makes sense to start from the outer ring." Legion-5 said. "It will also help me. I won't look suspicious when I go to the planar portal."

He read the rules next. The first important one is that they should not try to kill anyone in the first month. Any attempt to kill the other Supreme beaats in the first month will end in failure. There is no punishment for the attempt but it still caused Legion-5 to be dissatisfied.

"Their protection of these young supreme beasts is too much."

He understands that the Supreme Alliance has invested a lot in them at this point at this point and is not willing to lose them, but he is dissatisfied with the overprotection. They can't eliminate each other in the first month because of the fairness protection. That means he can't end the rite of passage early.

As if that isn't enough, they can't kill each other even after the first month has passed. They are allowed to attack each other with lethal attacks but they won't succeed at all. Their opponents will be saved at the last moment. They will be removed from the rite of passage so the only consequence of failure is elimination.

"If there is no threat of death, then these kids might not take this seriously."

Then he shrugged. "Elimination is good too. At the least, the ones that get eliminated will not be able to blame the Supreme Alliance for getting little resources."

The rite of passage is a healthy competition. It is not deadly but there are important resources that people usually kill for as rewards. If they get eliminated then they lose out on them. While the Supreme Alliance doesn't want to lose its investment, it also wants to invest more in the remarkable ones.