Nefar vaguely remembered that, at the time, Borton had just secured this Celestial God slot with the full support of the Fallen Angel Clan. Since there were ten slots, many Great Clans had not rushed to fight for one for their direct descendants. After all, the future was uncertain. Under various circumstances, Borton had secured this slot.
After Borton rose to prominence, he began recruiting large numbers of descendants into the Abyss. Many descendants who had been frustrated and unrecognized were drawn over, especially those of low birth who did not care about their clans.
But he had hesitated at the time.
Resources in the Abyss were scarce. Although he was suppressed by the direct line, he still enjoyed some benefits from the clan. Those benefits might seem pitifully meager to him in his daily life, but to many members of minor clans or those born to humble families, they were already extremely substantial.
At the very least, they could let him advance to the dragon level while preserving the hope of reaching the star level. Even if he could not take that final step, becoming an external affairs elder of a Great Clan was already an unimaginably distant future for many demons!
To give all that up and go to a new place to take a complete gamble—he had hesitated at the time...
But he was also unwilling to give up what might be his only chance to turn his life around. Thus, amid endless inner conflict, he wrote a letter to Sabo. Among the younger generation, Sabo was the only one who had not relied on his clan and had fought his way to a place in the world outside. He had heard that Sabo had also joined Borton!
He had originally thought the other man would not