Chapter 1269 - Reasonable (2) (1/2)
While Dyon was dealing with the celestial beast fallout, a storm was brewing in the universe adjacent to Universe Cathedral, and it was all centered around the entrance of a campaign gate.
The remaining 99 universes of the Soul Rend Quadrant were far too complex to delve into. The hodgepodge of sects, clans and factions were simply far too numerous. However, what was clear was the fact that they were far better off than those of Universe Cathedral and far more than Dyon could handle by normal means.
That said, there was good news. Because Dyon shut off the function of the Master Key arrays, the sub arrays under them also lost the ability to be of any use. The unfortunate part was that universes as developed as theirs wouldn't only have a few hundred teleportation stations.
Still, although they had means of teleportation outside that of the sub arrays, they were far less efficient and far more inconvenient to use. And, the most important point was that these arrays wouldn't allow them to teleport into Dyon's universe directly, making Dyon's effort garner fruit.
At the moment, a few elders were meeting as their armies organized. While some of them were quite worried and dark-faced, others were more annoyed than anything else.
”57! 57! That's how many teleportation sequences I went through to get here! That's sequences, not actual teleportation stations. This is f.u.c.k.i.n.g ridiculous! I've spent half my life savings on this one mobilization. And for what? Because some of you had a ”gut feeling” that something was wrong?
”Who cares about some bullshit soul market? It's you bastards who sought to make a profit and gain a leg up that should be paying for all of this, what the hell does any of this have to do with me?!”
Many others of the various family heads agreed with these sentiments. When they were originally tasked with their various assignments, this wasn't supposed to be a money grab or a chance for their various clans and sects to soar past their original limits. The compensation stipulated in their contracts should have been more than enough… There was no need for this added level of greed.
Yet, as years passed with no change, generations turned over, causing new ideologies to surface. It was clear that these bastards didn't remember just how fearsome their ”employer” was.
That said, many did remember. It was just that they thought this employer wouldn't care if they made a few advances on the side, it wasn't as though they'd ever be able to rival that family, even in their wildest dreams.
But, now that everything was backfiring, they began to panic.
A few months ago, those families who had participated in the construction of soul market, and even invested some of their own family techniques, came back in a panic.
After that, it felt like everything was going downhill. Their best teleportation stations stopped working, the gate's cultivation restriction suddenly dropped to the essence gathering level, and they could no longer contact Elder Nova!