Marlon and Hell World were still ascending. No one knew how long it would last.
Summit of the Holy City, former council district.
Mr. Teacher's First Avatar sat in the central judgment seat as a "defeated party."
The various commanders, the royal family, the Pope, and the former council elders sat around him.
With Mr. Teacher's voluntary surrender, the Holy City War came to an end.
According to the rules of the Final Game,
the defeated party had to unconditionally accept any terms proposed by the victor.
They could even be ordered to commit collective suicide or be completely enslaved on the Mental Plane.
However,
because of his peculiar nature, Mr. Teacher still held substantial bargaining chips in what appeared to be unconditional defeat negotiations.
The lives of seventy percent of the Holy City's citizens, as well as the power of life and death over two sages.
"You'd best think carefully about the terms you propose. If I find them unsuitable... at worst, I'll sacrifice this avatar, and most of you humans can be buried alongside me.
"Though the combined value of those lives is far less than that of my First Avatar,
we did lose, after all. I can only grit my teeth and accept such a defeat."
Mr. Teacher put on an aggrieved expression,
yet his legs were propped atop the table. In his heart, he looked down completely on these natives before him.
After deliberation,
the Great Demon Commander stated the compensation terms required by the Holy City:
"Our terms are simple. We only require you to remove the Didactic Influence throughout the Holy City, including from Mr. Black and White and Newton, who have already been completely transformed.
"As for the Holy City's losses in this war, we will bear them ourselves..."
Mr. Teacher adjusted his