The final wave of souls Death mentioned referred to the wave after all the survivors had been turned into Living Dead. At that point, gathering souls would be relatively easy, and more importantly, it would take little time.
"Fine."
After some thought, Chthon agreed. The main issue was time. If he had had enough time, he would definitely have demanded all the souls, since he could have prepared to collect them.
The problem was that there was no time now, so they could only reap one final harvest.
Thus, Death, the King of Negativity, and Chthon reached an agreement. Death began creating two kinds of plague—the kind Chthon wanted, and the kind he wanted himself.
Meanwhile, the King of Negativity secretly pulled back some Negative Monsters from the other states and had them deal with the survivors in Europe.
"Even if Death's plan succeeds, it won't be of much use."
After hearing the King of Negativity's introduction, the Tree of Time sneered. "At most, it will strengthen us somewhat. Our plan is the truly useful Final Protocol.
"Once it succeeds, the King of Abilities and even the Mechanical Demon King will certainly be defeated."
The King of Negativity frowned at this, not because of Death's plan, but because of the Tree of Time's tone. This guy was even more arrogant than Chthon, yet his record was, well, basically zero.
The King of Negativity asked, "Should we still support Death's plan?"
"We can support it. On one hand, if it succeeds, it can hold back the King of Abilities more effectively and buy us more time to prepare."
The Tree of Time said, "On the other hand, this plan can draw the King of Abilities' attention and make him overlook our actions. Simply put, we'll use Death's plan as bait."
"That