Chapter 2686: Stepping Forward
After the pillar of light vanished, Prometheus fell silent as well. Xiao Ran did not know whether it had left or had chosen to remain silent and pretend to leave. But this time, Xiao Ran knew, and everyone else present knew too—once again, Xiao Ran had exploited Prometheus's rules, found a loophole in its agreement with him, and forced Prometheus to make another concession.
Prometheus could not directly target Xiao Ran, but after this incident, Xiao Ran's threat level in Prometheus's database would surely rise another rank.
Xiao Ran fell silent. He knew all of this. The more he came into contact with and exploited Prometheus's boundaries and flaws, the more likely Prometheus was to become wary of him, perhaps even label him a threat. But if he did not do this, who else could? As a leader, he had the duty to arrange for and accept all of this.
What else could he do? Other than him, no one in the legion could communicate with Prometheus in this way.
Cruze could not. Char could not. None of them had ever truly had the chance to deal with Prometheus, much less force it to step forward and explain itself because of its own errors. Perhaps Luo could. After all, he was an absurdly lucky man who had once caused Prometheus to freeze. But Luo could not either. Xiao Ran would not let Luo place himself in danger, and none of the legion's core members would allow Luo to fall into danger and be targeted by Prometheus.
If Xiao Ran was the heart of the Burning Legion, then Luo was its skeleton. He alone supported the entire legion's technological foundation. Moreover, Luo's raw strength could not compare to Xiao Ran's, nor did he have Xiao Ran's ability