Clang.
The sound of blades hitting the ground jolted the two out of their conversation. Li Aoz suddenly turned around and saw Lord Oushen standing on the high ground not far behind him, staring at them blankly.
"Lord Oushen..."
"You said Morphedria was a sinner?"
Lord Oushen murmured, his eyes filled with disbelief:
"Absurd. This is utterly absurd. Morphedria personally created a society that would kill him? Who could possibly believe that?"
"There is nothing absurd about it. If you have read Earth's history, you would know of a man named Shang Yang, who was torn apart by the very punishment he invented. A creator's creation killing its creator is one of the most common patterns in Earth Civilization."
Megani Rose said flatly, "If you do not believe it, then why would Gaoting Society forge a weapon specifically to kill its own kind? Did it not know that if Gaia and Pergalai learned of what it had done, they would gather their allies and attack it together? No. It was precisely because Gaoting knew the entire society would unite to punish it that it had no choice but to obey Morphedria's orders. It trusted Morphedria's wisdom and placed all its bets on him."
"I have always emphasized one point: Morphedria was never a fool. On the contrary, in that era, his wisdom far surpassed that of all you God Samurai. Furthermore, he was an exceptionally brilliant scholar who loved knowledge."
"Have you not noticed? Although the Overlord Universe seemed never to have achieved any major victories, before Lioz came to power, the Overlord Universe had never suffered defeat either. That was Morphedria's cleverness—he maintained a delicate balance. Once he won too many victories, Source Abyss would assign more war missions to Morphedria. Then he would have no way to draw