Although he had never carefully looked into the future.
He could still foresee that, in the future, there would be an opponent who would surprise him—and kill him.
But obviously.
It would not be this time! It would not be that existence...
But it did not matter!
Whether they were outsiders or beings from within the world, he did not mind.
In the original story.
Riku once said to Schwi.
"Are Divine species all idiots?"
"Clearly, they could get the Star Cup just by piercing the planet. Why did they still have to fight?"
In reality.
That was right!
The Divine species really were idiots.
But... it could also be said that they were not!
They possessed Omniscience and Omnipotence.
Even if they did not use their brains much.
That did not mean they truly had no brains.
They knew perfectly well that they could get the Star Cup by piercing the planet.
Yet they still chose to do it that way.
Precisely because they had pride of their own!
Their dignity and their will absolutely would not allow them to use such a cheating method, as though flipping over the table, to obtain the Star Cup.
No matter how vile a Divine species was, that was merely a matter of concepts...
They would never consider using such a clownish method to win.
That was why!
The weak had their own way of achieving victory.
The strong had their own pride, too.
What was more.
If the planet were pierced and the Spirit Corridor destroyed, the Star Cup would indeed appear. But all the gods would consequently suffer disruptions in their power.
What seemed to be the simplest way of obtaining it.
Was instead the most impossible method for them.
The higher a species' level, the greater its adaptability to