Morgana is having some difficulty adjusting to this new version of her boss. She is used to the boss who is extremely paranoid and calculates every outcome before making a decision or taking action.
This behavior is extremely extreme and can even be said to be cowardly. However, she also understands that he needs to change or evolve, otherwise his future will be bleak.
In a horrific war capable of affecting existence on the level of Merlin, it would be impossible to calculate or predict every outcome. On the contrary, the amount of information available to make the most momentous decisions may be pitifully small.
Otherwise, there would have been no way that beings of that level would have suffered. Not to mention gathering information; they would have been able to foresee the future, use Divination, and directly control concepts such as [Truth] and [Knowledge]. However, the war seemed to be going smoothly.
'Since the boss is changing, I should change too,' Morgana thought. Her personality was deeply influenced by Ian, which is why she admired his cautious nature. However, now that the boss's mindset is changing, she should also adapt.
"We must take back Floating City and start building Ea and Chains of Heaven," Morgana suggested. "This is the most direct way to improve our strength - in addition to improving your rank. You must also improve your own strength. At least, it must be at the same level as the weakest King Level Demon Gods."
"Do you think I don't know?" Ian sighed. "You know how tricky it is to recover Netheril." Floating City landed in a special timeline, so he needs to wait for the right time to evacuate.
"As for Ea and Chains of Heaven? Vibranium opens a new door to the materials we need to build them, but so far I only have a 40% chance of successfully building them." Considering that Ian only has the 1st Tier 10, but he is building such a powerful 1st Tier 11 Divine Artifact, this is already a very high number. If it were not for his talent as a Alchemy soldier, his success rate might not even reach 1%. However, Ian does not want to take this 40% risk.
The resources required to build these two things are the Astronomy numbers. Although Ian will use simulation to build them first, it will be a huge headache if the refining process fails.
He will have to spend more time collecting materials for the second attempt, but the process will not be easy because most of the materials needed for the first attempt were brought by him from the Empire.
If he had to spend time collecting them in Marvel Universe during this turbulent period, he would not succeed. Not to mention that he would have to find substitutes for some of the materials, or recreate them artificially.
"What about your training?" Morgana asked.
"Don't you understand my situation better than me?" Ian sighed. "We no longer have any restrictions on obtaining energy, but my soul is not enough to control it. I need more knowledge to enhance my soul, but this takes time."
"Maybe you should refine a Soul Potion."
"We can do this, but we also need a lot of souls, or convert other energy into soul power. Although this method is excellent, it is still very slow. However, we can try it, because it is faster than slowly using knowledge to improve."
"It doesn't have to be that slow," Morgana said.
"Oh? What do you think?"
"Soul Stone," Morgana continued. "They contain some [Soul Authority]. We can use them as materials for Potions."
"That's a good idea," Ian nodded.
"The trouble is, collecting so many gems in this turbulent time." Every time they enter another timeline, it will cause a Convergence. "Unless you want to loot Time Variance Authority."
"I decided to be bolder, but I'm not stupid," Ian flipped Byakugan. TVA is God of Stories Loki's thing/family; how dare he rob it? Although there is a high chance that the latter won't care as long as he doesn't kill anyone, but why take the risk? Besides, he doesn't want to get into the sight of these people. Although TVA employees are just ordinary people, they still have the ability to prune or erase an entire timeline. Ian doesn't want to always be wary of these people, which will make it more difficult to protect this timeline.
"We can send the reincarnation to steal Soul Stone, or risk contacting the speedster clone," Morgana suggested. "With his help, thousands of gems can be collected in a few seconds." With just one command, the clone can let countless speedsters take the gems and bring them to them.
"You know that's impossible," Ian said. By now, that clone has entered the sight of countless powerful beings, so contacting him is a huge risk.
"In this case, we can only use reincarnation."
"No, there is another way - plunder," Ian replied. "We use Soul Potion as a condition to recruit the help of others. Then, use your algorithm to lock those weak level 0 and level 1 timelines. After taking Soul Stone, we can destroy them."
"A cruel method, but also the most effective and direct method," Morgana nodded. "But you should also understand that your behavior may make you more attractive to Death Lady."
Ian groaned.
"Don't worry. I think I figured out her purpose."
"Really?" Morgana didn't believe him.
"What's with your tone?"
"Then tell me. What is her purpose?"
Ian resisted the urge to scold that House-elf.
"It's a matter of immortality," Ian explained. "She is the embodiment of death, which means that one day, she should watch everything - including the universe - die and come to an end. However, there are countless people in the universe who are immortal and escape the shackles of death. Maybe she can accept someone who is eternal and powerful like me, but for people like Deadpool and Wolverine, the situation is completely different.
"Their immortality came too easily, and they don't have any cosmic-level power. I estimate that their existence caused some problems or imbalances in the Law of Death of the universe."
Ian's eyes Blink are shining.
'Normally, this wouldn't be a problem. But with the war and Convergence going on, the presence of these people has become a flaw in the rules.'
Morgana mused: 'There are a few problems with your theory. For example, since these people are a problem, why not eliminate them? I don't think the so-called "rules" can apply to this situation, so Death Lady should be able to kill them himself.'
'Yes, from a macro perspective, it is best to eliminate them. After all, flaws in certain rules in any world mean trouble - especially in dangerous times,' Ian nodded. 'But what if Cosmic Will - I mean, the one in charge of the entire Marvel Universe - wants to give these people a chance.'
'An opportunity? For example, an opportunity to usurp Death Lady's position?' Morgana said with eyes shining. 'This explains why she wants to eliminate them.'
'No, it's more than that,' Ian added. 'I mean an opportunity to become a unique being. [World's Flaw]-If used properly, such a title is enough to give birth to a terrifying strong man, and this kind of strong man is exactly what the world needs to better prepare for the coming war.'
'You may have guessed the idea,' Morgana nodded. 'But, what are we going to do with this information?'