GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?



Soverick was not targeted specifically for the position. The fact that he became the child of the plane was not personal or orchestrated. 

The net was cast and whoever was too big for the net would have been captured. Or in this case, whoever was too big for the net would have become the child of the plane. So Soverick has only himself to blame. He was too powerful and talented for his level. He stood out amongst his peers and was captured for it.

It was also his existence that triggered the war against the gods which allowed the creation of the divine dungeon. The child of sages simply choreographed the war in his favor to get a slot in the realm lord's project.

The child of the sages had to go to all these lengths for the opportunity because the realm was not offering it to Origin gods even if they have supreme laws and are about to become world gods. The realm lord only offered the opportunity to world gods. 

Every world god of some importance and standing who originated from the realm of high heaven is offered an allocation of 10 slots. They can choose to accept it or not but the realm lord refused to give them more no matter how many resources they offer him. 

That's how valuable the slots are. Origin gods don't get them at all while world gods get just 10. He can't very well go and ask the first sage for one out of those 10. He has to help the first sage gain more so that he too will be able to get one.

But if they want more, they have to take it from another world god. Now, killing a world god for it won't work. Killing an origin god is already difficult and pointless much less a world god. That means they must try other means to acquire the slots from other world gods.

Some people will be stomped and have no way to go about it. How do you get something much more important than the realm heart of a world from a world god? You either invade their world and try to steal it or you convince them to give it up. Some might bet with the other world gods for the slots but that is likely to fail. 

First, most world gods will be very careful not to bet on something that important. Yes, the allure of gaining more is good, but half-bread is better than none. And world gods aren't that stupid. Plus, the outcome of a bet can go both ways, if they bet, they might lose their slot instead of gaining more. So a bet is not the way to go unless the outcome can be engineered, anticipated, or predicted in one way or another.

Even if that were possible, who will bet with the first sage knowing that if it is possible for the outcome of a bet to be engineered, anticipated, or predicted, the first sage is the one most capable of it? So they can only bet with someone that doesn't know the first sage or underestimates the first sage.

This has only increased the difficulty of acquiring more slots through betting. They have to find a world god that underestimates the first sage and they have to bet on something other than the slots because no world god will want to bet on something so valuable even if they underestimate him.

The slots are more valuable resources. So they decided to bet on resources. These resources have to be the type or large enough quantity that will indirectly affect the acquisition of more slots. After all, resources are still needed to get more slots from the realm lord if the opportunity for it arrives. That means that they have to bet enough resources that a world god won't be able to afford to pay for the investment needed to pay for their slot or to acquire more slots.

That raised the difficulty to absurd levels. Every world god can bet one resource here and there, but not many world gods can bet enough to become broke. Plus what if they are broke? What are the chances that an opportunity will come up for the acquisition of more slots? All the scheming and planning will come to naught if there is no opportunity to acquire more slots.

The need for the opportunity to acquire more slots limited their options severely. After all, the realm lord wasn't giving more than 10 slots to each world god no matter how much they beg, threaten, or try to coax with resources. But the sage is not one to give up. He knows that there is a chance of success so he didn't give up. 

If there is a chance of success, then he will find it. He will align events until his favorable future is brought to pass. The first thing he did is to suggest to the realm lord during one of their meetings about delegating. It was a harmless suggestion. The first sage made sure not to mention anything about the project or the preparation for it so as not to make the realm lord suspicious. 

The realm lord took the first Sage's advice to delegate but in a different way that maximizes his benefits. He began offering projects to world gods. They will bid for it with their resources. The ones that win will help test the project. Then the realm lord will offer them more slots for the project. The realm lord is practically asking people to pay him so that they can help him so that they can get the opportunity to pay for the opportunity to get Authority.

It is honestly absurd in the face of it but it was a great success. World gods scrambled to bid. The realm lord auctioned the rights for world gods to help him and they paid him for it. The realm lord thanked the sage for the suggestion. That was a long time ago. The sage didn't bid on any project until the next opportunity appeared.