Chapter 394: Justice Needs No Impurities (2/2)

“Though it has been a long time since I’ve last looked down upon the mortal realm, did you think you could cloud my eyes with that level of deceit, Peaks?”.

“Your Holiness…” Panic could now be heard in the Lord of the Peaks’ voice.

Xi Wei’s ball body flashed as he watched everything unfold before him in astonishment.

On the other hand, Aslan did not appear surprised at all even now, aside from being startled by the Earthweaver’s appearance just now.

“Gaaaaaaaaaah—!” Even before Xi Wei spoke to break the standoff, the Lord of the Peaks suddenly started screaming as rocks began to split out of his body and converged along a green radiance, becoming a ball of rock that was almost the same size as Xi Wei.

It was a fragment of the Lord of the Peaks’ divinity.

“As agreed, here is a third of Peaks’ divinity, with ten percent added as way of apology.”

The Earthweaver spoke with a rumble. “However, I shall warn you just this once, Aslan: do not try any tricks with my adjutants.”

Xi Wei, who had been shocked by Earthweaver’s move and was about to say something quickly held his tongue.

He looked in disbelief at Aslan the Great Lion, who was merely a mediator and had never been a part of Xi Wei’s wager against the Lord of the Peaks from beginning to end. However, the Earthweaver directly pinned the blame on Aslan, and the so-called tricks probably referred to how Xi Wei had modified the Elven Synchronized Intellect Nation (SIN) into the Sky Horizon so that it could take to the air without giving the hill-folk a chance to claim it.

Still, when Xi Wei thought that he should argue for Aslan who was made his scapegoat, he realized that the Great Lion wasn’t looking at himself but at the Earthweaver as he spoke, “I have no intention to make enemies of all Earthen Gods either. The truth is that the one who came looking for trouble is that sub-deity of yours.”

The Earthweaver did not say anything else, and merely thickened the divine power around the Divine Kingdom fragment. However, just when it was powerful enough that Xi Wei thought that the Earthweaver would directly crush both him and Aslan, the Earthweaver withdrew it.Soon, the Earthweaver and the Lord of the Peaks vanished within the cloud and fog, which was in turn consumed by the Void. Only the crumbling Divine Kingdom fragment was left, along with one lion and one ball.

“Aslan, did you know all along that the Earthweaver wouldn’t attack us?” Xi Wei asked the lion in curiosity.

Aslan, however, answered with a question of his own. “Did you know why, of the Seven Divine Fathers, only the Earthweaver and Magic Violet do not have names?”

“Uh… because they don’t like their name? Or maybe most people don’t dare to say their name directly?” Xi Wei guessed, while considering if he should have his own believers call the Earthwaver the god of mysteries or whatnot…

“The reason is because they had offered their names in the last divine war, to take up an oath that they would never fight another divine war.” The Great Lion said meaningfully. “The true names of the gods are immeasurably precious and not something that tiny bits of divine power could compare too. Even if there is just the tiniest of possibility, he would never deliberately take any actions that could trigger another divine war—that is, unless you provoke him on purpose. When that happens, the other gods won’t say a word even if he flattens you.”

“I don’t quite get it…” Xi Wei scratched himself with his tentacle, and then turned towards the ball of rock hovering in the air. “So, want to split that?”

If Xi Wei had personally resolved the entire matter, he would never have split out even a piece of that divinity fragment. Still, the Great Lion did take the bullet for him this time and shoulder all the blame from the Earthen Gods, which was why he couldn’t bear to hog the whole divinity fragment of the Lord of the Peaks for himself.

“No need. Keep it for yourself.” The Great Lion licked his paw and started to groom his mane. “Justice needs no impurities, and if you could strengthen yourself, you would gain more of a say amongst the Invisible Pantheon.”