After the two had chatted casually for a while longer.
Looking at Great Sun Tathagata Buddha before him.
And giving it some thought.
Orsaga, who felt it was time to ask about something more serious, finally spoke:
"Has this plane become your territory?"
At its core, this trip of his was partly a scouting mission.
It was no different in any meaningful way from a scout visiting another country as a tourist and gathering some intelligence along the way to bring home.
So.
While wandering around, he inevitably had to mark out the places that would be difficult to tackle and those worth tackling.
Since they were beings of the same level.
If this plane had already become Great Sun Tathagata Buddha's territory.
Then, although Orsaga could still choose to trade a few blows with him and settle ownership through strength.
Unless there were some special circumstances, doing so would be rather more trouble than it was worth...
A mere ordinary plane was hardly worth two Abyss Lord-level beings beating each other up...
With that kind of time on their hands, simply lying around doing nothing would be far more relaxing and enjoyable...
So.
To avoid the tragedy of fighting for ages only to accomplish nothing, Orsaga planned to ask about the actual local situation first, then decide what to do next!
If the circumstances really weren't suitable.
He could mark this place as a troublesome region early on and have the development forces steer clear of it...
However.
Although Great Sun Tathagata Buddha had guessed roughly what Orsaga was thinking when he asked that question.
Perhaps hoping to discourage Orsaga in advance, he hesitated briefly before choosing to give an honest account:
"It is still far from that."
"For now, the Tathagata Realm can only be called one of