089 Fortunately, I'm an Extremist Too

"Peace, Lioz. Peace is the most important thing! We have lost too many compatriots. If we can shift the war onto the narratives and the acquired gods, then the world will gradually fall into the hands of these latecomers—it should all have been ours."

Siveston looked at Lioz. "We are gods, innate gods. If we stand by and watch those latecomers rise above us, then Source Abyss will completely become a narrative. We'll spend the rest of our lives cowering between Source Abyss's white sands and black skies! We need peace. Whatever we do now must be done in an environment where 'the Destroyer will not be provoked.'"

"...Peace?"

Lioz weighed his words before saying:

"Appeasement can only bring a ceasefire. It can never achieve peace."

"Star Abyss is more important to us. Let us set aside our hatred for now," Siveston urged.

"Earth and the Destroyer are eternal enemies. They must be slaughtered and eradicated," Lioz insisted.

"Lioz, you're not quite the same as before."

Siveston frowned.

"Why do you hate Earthlings so much now? You used to accept defectors and mercenaries from the dragon race. Why are you unwilling to yield even a little to Earthlings now... to accept Earth descendants, just as you accepted the dragon race?"

"I did accept them."

Lioz said:

"Quite a few of Haynes's native humans were naturally selected out and eliminated by Earthlings."

"Among Haynes's immigrants today, as many as fourteen percent are direct descendants of Earthlings."

"In fact, I once gave them my trust. I even promoted a Deified Person descended from an Earthling."

"Isn't that good?" Siveston said. "As long as you keep doing that, won't it be fine?"

"That Deified Person who was a direct descendant of an Earthling was a woman."

Lioz said:

"Her name was Xia Er