"Angels had to hand their Artificery Temples over to Heaven. Though they could retrieve them when sent out on missions, once they changed hands like that, the angels forever lost the possibility of converting their Artificery Temples into Heaven, and would never have any chance at six wings in their lives. Spellcasters who could step into the God Realm all had iron pride. Every last one of them had their eyes fixed on a seat at the peak of spellcraft. Who would be willing to give up their own future?"
"Spokespeople tried to squeeze as many benefits as possible out of the Divine Lords, other Demigods coveted the output of Divine Lord factions, and the Divine Lords wanted to maximize their profits. No one ruled anyone; the three sides were simply taking what they needed. Sometimes a Spokesperson would deliberately let other factions attack their own warehouses, wiping out their own bad debts with one hand and demanding more compensation from the Divine Lord with the other. In hell, that sort of thing was nothing out of the ordinary. Go back and ask Vishy—she definitely pulled plenty of similar stunts before."
Ash understood. Raising bandits to increase one's own importance, plus a Fire Dragon burning down the warehouse—he had not expected hell to be so human.
"The greatest significance of Spokesperson factions is that as long as the Divine Lords in Heaven reach a consensus, the Spokesperson factions can also complete integration rapidly and form the greatest torrent sweeping through hell," Death Frenzy said. "I said earlier that they would gather all resources. Then what about resources that cannot be taken away, and Wonders that cannot be moved? Do you think they can be left behind?"
"No." A glimmer of understanding came to Ash. "They can't be allowed to keep