"What do you mean?"
Nameless looked curiously at the Deathspawn Beast before him.
"Where you stand matters. It can clear the obstacles from my pursuit of wisdom," the Deathspawn Beast replied.
It had desires. But desires would hinder it, obscuring the path it needed to take in pursuit of wisdom, so it chose to suppress them.
Unlike Deathspawn Beasts such as Faceless, which indulged themselves without restraint, it had always held back. It never simply did as it pleased.
But Nameless had taught it a truth: once you stepped into the fray, you could no longer act as you wished.
The Deathspawn Beasts and the All-Heavens Council were now mortal enemies. It could not stay out of the conflict. Even if it wanted to, Nameless would not allow it.
Its only choice was to do everything it could to help the Deathspawn Beasts defeat every enemy. Only if the Deathspawn Beasts won completely would it have another chance to pursue wisdom.
"This isn't a suitable place for us to fight. Let's go into space," the Deathspawn Beast said.
Nameless nodded. "All right."
If they fought here, the Red People of Kiss Village would likely be caught in the crossfire. The Deathspawn Beast clearly had no intention of harming bystanders, though it did not care about the Red People's lives either.
In truth, it bore no goodwill toward the world or anything in it.
But it bore no malice toward any of it, either.
It simply understood, rationally, what it needed to do, what was necessary and what was not.
Ten minutes later.
Nameless and the Deathspawn Beast traveled far from Crimson Star, finally stopping in an empty stretch of the universe.
This region lay far from many star systems. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing