Hatred was one of the emotions innate to every intelligent creature.
As the most authoritative leader in the Storm Continent for tens of thousands of years, the Ancient Ones had surely been in contact with the other forces of the Star Curtain World many times. They had proposed and arranged ways to save the Star Curtain World, and might even have had some inkling of the Central Civilization's plan to take everyone down with them. Yet they had done nothing to stop it.
There was no other reason.
When the creatures of the Star Curtain World launched their plan to take everyone down with them, they would surely already be facing a desperate, life-or-death situation. Sensing that the Star Curtain World would lose in the future, they would let despair give rise to hatred and take revenge, ultimately leading both sides to perish together. That was what the Ancient Ones wanted to see.
But the opposite was also true.
If one day the Superhumans launched a suicidal act of revenge out of hatred, it would undoubtedly mean that the Star Curtain World had a chance of winning. Although the outcome would still be the destruction of both sides, that was something the Ancient Ones did not want to see.
That was why, after realizing their attempt to trade blows had failed, the Ancient Ones had decided to launch this fallback plan. Its purpose was to prevent the Superhumans from choosing mutual destruction if the Star Curtain World somehow managed to turn the tide one day.
Of course,
even now, the plan it had described to Reilo might still be only one part of its real plan. Reilo remained suspicious.
"Move out!"
At the Ancient One's command, dozens of Ancient Elders surged forward.
They moved in perfect unison and without a