O43novel #272 - Chapter 272 Loopholes and Refutations
#272 - Chapter 272 Loopholes and Refutations
“....”
After a while, Wu Wei, finally recovering from these facts, took a deep breath and asked the fallen angel Lilith.
“Lilith, since you said earlier that my way of rewarding them was wrong, let me ask you.”
“What do you think is the right way to treat these demon heroes?”
Lilith sneered.
“The answer is simple, my dear lord.”
“You don't need to reward these dregs in any other way!”
“All they are doing is atoning for their sins.”
“They are sinners, unforgivable sinners, who betrayed the great Abyss Master.”
“So, the fact that you released them from the dark prison beneath the abyss is the best reward in itself!”
“No matter how cruelly you treat them, they will not, and cannot, have any thoughts of resistance.”
“Because they are just using their remaining lives to atone for their sins.”
“Once the seeds of betrayal are sown, they will sprout.”
“Your kindness to them is actually very detrimental to you.”
“Once these sinners obtain wealth and freedom from you that does not belong to them, how can you guarantee that they will not betray you?”
“Lord, you must understand one thing.”
“These demon heroes are your tools, powerful tools given to you by the great will of the abyss for conquest!”
“And you should not have any feelings for your tools...”
“Please put away your useless sentimentality!”
“Like a true Abyss Lord, rule everyone with cruelty and terror, including these demon heroes!”
Hearing Lilith's words, Wu Wei was silent.
But after a while, Wu Wei spoke again.
This time, however, his question became even more pointed.
“Lilith, don't you think there's something wrong with the truth you speak of?”
“What's wrong?”
“You once told me that the Abyss Master died at the hands of Chaos, but now you say that it was these demon heroes and the Abyss Lords they served who caused the fall of the Abyss Master.”
“Moreover, you cannot know the so-called [truth] about either of these two things, but the [occurrence] of both events is imprinted in your mind.”
“So, don't you think there's something wrong with the fall of the Abyss Master?”
“This...”
The fallen angel Lilith was taken aback.
But soon, she shook her head with utmost determination.
“You are equivocating!”
“Because in the abyss, there are many things that we [ordinary creatures] cannot know the specific details of.”
“This is not concealing the truth, but a form of protection.”
“Because in this world, there are many kinds of knowledge that are very dangerous even just to understand, or even to know.”
“No matter how you view the fall of the Abyss Master, you must admit one thing.”
“That is, these demon heroes, along with their erased Abyss Lord, are the sinners who caused the fall of the Abyss Lord!”
“They need to atone for their past actions!”
But this time, Lilith's words no longer moved Wu Wei.
On the contrary, the stubborn him rejected Lilith's suggestion.
“No, I will not abuse and deny these demon heroes as you say.”
“Because I am the lord, and they are my subordinates.”
Wu Wei turned his head and looked at the demon heroes not far away and said.
“I don't care what they did in the past.”
“Because I don't care!”
“As long as they are still loyal to me, still willing to fight for me, and willing to dedicate victory after victory to me, then they are my warriors!”
“As long as they are my warriors, then they should get the rewards they deserve.”
“This has nothing to do with their origins, only with their level of effort!”
“And... Lilith.”
Wu Wei raised his head and glanced at the fallen angel in front of him.
“I have another question I want to ask you.”
“That is, if the Abyss Master you speak of is truly so great, truly penetrates the truth of the entire universe, and truly sees through all causes and effects....”
“Then is there a possibility.”
“That he actually fell willingly?”
“There's even a possibility...”
“That he believes that his death is beneficial to the abyss?”