Farul was not worried about Tai Yu, of course. He analyzed layer by layer. "That one is definitely not someone easy to deal with. Even if he runs into obstacles ahead, he will not retreat over them.
"If this continues, even becoming a Great Monarch smoothly may not be feasible. Yet there seems to be another path... Yes, the path Luande could have taken but did not!"
The more Farul spoke, the brighter his heart became, driving away the shadows. "If Great Lord Luande had been willing to follow the path designed for him by the great Lord of Dawn and become a subordinate god, a vassal god, things would surely be vastly different now!"
At that moment, Priest Kannan unexpectedly shook his head and spoke hoarsely. "He still refused."
It was rare for Priest Kannan to respond. Farul stopped talking to himself, his spirits lifting. "Does that not prove that this path is actually viable?"
After all, the Lord of Dawn would not grant His own subordinate gods and vassal gods a lifespan of merely two thousand years.
Farul only dared to run the latter half of that thought through his mind. Then he spoke in earnest. "What if this one is a Luande who knows how to read the situation?
"Though he does not have Great Lord Luande's Hanguang Fleet, he came out of the Initial Awakening Society.
"If he pledges allegiance here during this period of Domain Redivision, he may well bring the Illusory Nightmare System Power, along with part of the corresponding domain authority, over in one stroke. If that is truly the case, would that not serve both sides perfectly?"
As the words "serve both sides perfectly" left his mouth, Farul felt as though he had swallowed a lump of spoiled rice. It sat heavily