Chapter 897 (1/2)

Chapter 897: Vol V Chapter 257

Sui Xiong’s words prompted a flurry of discussion amongst the gods. The God of War was especially tense, and he furrowed his brows intensely, clearly in deep thought.

After a long while, he sighed and said, “I really don’t understand. How do you know so much as a jellyfish? I’ve explored this topic for so many years, and yet, I am still far off in terms of knowledge as compared to you… What exactly did you use to do in the past?”

His tone was light and a little teasing, showing that he was joking more than resentful.

Sui Xiong thus replied in a similarly light tone, “In the sea? I used to isolate myself and meditate. I never left my spot for many years and only trained all the time. Every day, I did 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and ran ten kilometers. In the end, as you all can see now, I became toned and stronger.’

It was a pit that there were no comics in this world, and thus the gods were not really able to understand Sui Xiong’s humor.

Sui Xiong did not mind, though, and he laughed at his own joke, internally praising himself for being able to somewhat subtly avoid God of War’s question about his past life. He then resumed talk on formal matters on the war between the humans and the Orcs. In the end, they still needed to decide which side they should support.

“Since war itself cannot ensure growth, we should try to stop this war from happening then,” the Goddess of Joy said.

Sui Xiong nodded. This was rather common sense and did not need to be debated much further.

Just at this moment, the God of Celebration and Pleasure suddenly spoke up. “I want to say some things that are possibly out of my area. It is a message spoken on behalf of a friend. Do not ask me for this friend’s identity as I will not reveal it… I am just passing on the message.”

Sui Xiong could kind of guess who this “friend” was, and he was immediately interested in what the God of Celebration and Pleasure had to say.

Naturally, Javier was also aware of which “friend” it was, and there was really no need for the God of Celebration and Pleasure to continue concealing this identity. However, he was adamant about the matter. This was because, between the gods, as long one was not enemies with another, they would remain courteous with each other.

“My friend says that the best way to stop a war is not to force the two aggressive sides into peace. It is to separate them and prevent them from meeting each other or minimizing their interactions to truly achieve peace as they will have lower chances of conflict then.”

The gods thought about this suggestion for a while before nodding.

Although this “friend” had a slightly skewed perspective, the notion was mostly correct. When two sides were equally aggressive and uncompromising, but still wanted to achieve peace, the best and most reliable way would be to separate them and reduce their interactions.

If the two opposing parties were not hostile, such as personalities like Void Mask, they would be willing to live harmoniously alongside those they disliked. However, if the opposing parties were both used to getting their way or the upper hand and often expected others to give in to them, if they met, be it in the long term or short term, an actual war would definitely happen eventually.

Before Sui Xiong had crossed over to this world, he had seen a famous quote online that roughly translated to the idea that two alpha tigers could not co-exist on the same mountain, unless one were male and the other were female.

In this case, the humans and Orcs were akin to the two tigers in the analogy. If one were male and one were female, they would probably be able to co-exist in harmony. However, following the example given, both the humans and Orcs could be said to be alpha males with horrible tempers.

It was thus not surprising that put together, they would definitely clash and engage in battle.

Sui Xiong was silent for a while before asking, “What if I insist on preventing this war from happening?”