Chapter 2110 Drive of Paranoia

Chapter 2110 Drive of Paranoia

The Emperor of Harmony commenced the planning for the operation to neutralize Sage Aggragor. It wasn't easy formulating a plan that would use the Matriarch Nephi's power to find the Underworld Sage.

This was because of the way that prophecy worked.

It wasn't a know-it-all source of answers to any question.

It was a technique that allowed one to foresee the future.

However, if the Underworld wasn't there in the future, then not even prophecy would be enough.

"What do you think, mother?" Emperor Rael gazed at Matriarch Nephi from his throne. "Do you think you can help us precisely locate the Underworld Sage with your prophecy?"

She glared at him. "I think you should stop calling me mother, for one."

Emperor Rael smiled at her, amused, earning an exasperated huff from her.

"As long as you can direct my prophecy in the right direction, then it is possible to learn of his exact location and time."

Emperor Rael's eyes lit up with interest. "Right direction, you say? Interesting. Considering that this prophecy allowed you to find the Divine Doctor in the Beast Domain, I thought that finding the Underworld Sage would be rather easy for you."

"It's not that simple." She shook her head. "The further into the future I peer, the more the scope of possibility increases. Finding the Divine Doctor was just one possible future that allowed me to find him in my visions of the future. In other words, Rui's future was in the right direction. You need to find me the right direction to peer into the future that will allow me to foresee when and where the Underworld Sage will be."

Emperor Rael could not allow that to happen.

While Rael possessed a lot of certainty in his plan, Matriarch Nephi had her compunctions about it.

"Even if you do capture him without any harm to Kandria, how can you possibly force him to slave for you?" She raised an eyebrow. "Martial Sages like myself cannot be restrained and forced."

Emperor Rael smiled wryly. "You give him too much credit. That man..."

He shook his head. "He's a coward unlike anyone else I've ever seen."

Matriarch Nephi raised an eyebrow with surprise.

"He fears everyone and everything," Emperor Rael explained. "He has what I would diagnose as Paranoid Personality Disorder. However, while this mental disorder shackles others, it became the source of an endless Martial Drive, allowing him to pursue his Martial Path in fear and eventually reach the Sage Realm. Frankly, I would have thought it would be impossible to attain the so-called 'Martial Soul' with a mental disorder, but he proved me wrong."

Matriarch Nephi expressed a vague interest in the matter. "It is not impossible for one to attain moksha even if one has a mental disorder. Although, I cannot imagine that it doesn't make it harder. He must have had a powerful drive if he discovered his inner self despite his mental disorder. It isn't the most extreme condition that a Martial Sage has ever had in his entire life."

"Hm," Emperor Rael considered the matter. "Well, if someone with a mental disorder can reach that Sage Realm, then surely my son will as well."

She shook her head. "He was more lost in regards to who he was than anybody I have ever seen. I do not know what the Divine Doctor told him, but it broke him spiritually. His path will be longer and more arduous than any before him."

The two of them remained in silence.

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