Chapter 1615: Stubborn GREED.
Things would have looked more dire had the remaining thousands of Supreme Tyrants come to surround GREED. Unfortunately, they couldn't all come here for this meeting. They have a realm to save, and this was all they could spare.
One of them said to GREED with a tone that brooked no rejection, "Prove to us that you are not a spy for your realm."
Another one joined in, "Yes. Swear an oath, or you are not going to leave this place at all."
GREED would have rolled its eyes if it had them. It didn't have them, so it made sure to express its disdain as it spoke. "Don't bother to threaten me. This is just my clone, and the only thing you can do to it is to destroy it. If I were a spy, then your threats would mean nothing to me. I am not a spy, and it still doesn't mean anything to me."
"We are not stupid. We know that the threats we make can't actually threaten you. If not for LUST, we wouldn't have bothered to meet you at all. But we have met you, and so we must receive a token of sincerity from you. It may not threaten your life, but we will still go through with our threats if you don't give us that token."
GREED said stubbornly, "Don't bother to ask for an oath. I won't make it, no matter what. I refused to swear one in my realm. That's why I am here speaking with you."
A Supreme Tyrant insisted, "That's your realm. The Tyrant Realm is different. We must get the oath from you, or your clone is gone."
GREED sneered and said, "You must have some information about the actions of our realm lord to stamp out betrayal in the realm. You must know that those actions are why the demon gods of my realm attacked the Tyrant Realm en masse and so enthusiastically. I will tell you now that I didn't take the oath the other demon gods took. I can swear on that. I will also tell you that I was the odd one out in the whole high heaven realm, including its abyss. And yet they couldn't do anything to me. If I was able to survive in the high heaven realm after turning my back on them, what do you think you can do to me?"
A Supreme Tyrant asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?" GREED asked with mirth. "Surely you jest. You must know what I mean. Why are you asking as if I have suggested something never heard before?"
The Supreme Tyrant who asked became angry. It said, "Don't speak in riddles. Say what you want to say clearly. We are already consolidating our strength. What more can we do?"
GREED replied, "Now you are just acting stupid."
The angry Supreme Tyrant attacked GREED, but it was blocked by the others.
They placated it, "Hold on. Let it speak. You will have your chance soon."
GREED laughed but decided to be straightforward. It said, "I am speaking of the Taboo, which must not be spoken."
The Supreme Tyrants bristled visibly. Especially the angry one. It couldn't contain its anger at all. But it was restrained so it could only point at GREED and screech in anger, "You dare to
speak of it?"
GREED continued without care, "This situation is different from other times when someone has tried to attempt it. A lot of you are connected to the realm right now in a way you have never had. If all of you Supreme Tyrants perform the Taboo, then you will surely be able to acquire the strength of a world god within the realm. No one will be able to stop you then."