272 The Trade 1 (2/2)
Though once again offended and slighted, the girl chose to distract her eyes with the beautiful lamp. The goal also thankfully kept playing in her mind. When she felt like her calmness fully returned, that was only when she opened her mouth again. She continued,
”You told me that people like us began appearing from so many years ago. I can roughly make a guess that I'm not the only one you saw which has the potential to reach that level. There should be many others. No, for sure there are some others. At least five among the original thousand. After all, even if you say talent, luck, and time are indispensable, we can't forget that the system must have a way to bridge them. Points are everything for us and as long as we have it, everything is possible.”
Though it was not easy for her to accept, it was the truth that almost everything she had now was gained from the system. She would not even meet Gio were it not for it. Her status was also obtained through the skills and stats. It was no exaggeration that everything was made possible by the system.
'Since the beginning though, all of us are doing trades. We trade our morality and sense of righteousness for some points that could make us tide over a crisis or make us better than the majority.'
Suppressing the stuffy feeling in her heart, she added, ”The system is too mysterious. You've also confirmed to me that it can do even the most miraculous in this world. This is why I'm certain there are others who could potentially reach Level 10. But for some reason, I'm one of the most not so troublesome to find or speak with. Am I right?”
Intrigued, the countess nodded and asked, ”You have a point. But what makes you convinced it's the case?”
Narrowing her eyes at the blue color glittering on the multi-colored glass-like surface, she felt like her mind cleared a bit. She met Bathory Erzebeth's stare.
”Because logically speaking, if five-hundred-year-old monsters or even thousands of age monsters could live up to this day, no matter how unlikely it is, there should be some of them guarding a clan or family or territory... Once they tasted the good benefits of the system, it was impossible for them not to ever consider making their clanmates or co-members in an affiliation exploit the system. It's not necessarily out of compassion. A father can make his son join our ranks so once he's no longer an 'immoral host' the son would do for him anything only possible through the AI.”
”Oh. Right. The concept of utilitarianism.” Bathory nodded her head, amused.
The easterner beauty wanted to say, maybe the countess had done it herself too, but refrained herself since it would be rude to use the other as an example.
”As far as my group has confirmed... There are certain requirements to be chosen...” Sofony closed her eyes momentarily.
Inky eyes under a lush red stared at her with great interest. ”Go ahead, I'm interested to know how much you discover by yourselves.”
The short-haired woman nodded but sadly declared. ”It's tasting despair and extremely negative emotions. I think these are why that old freak Mao is imprisoning and torturing people.”
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