Chapter 2519

2519 - A Guess

"...And I like the bold ones."

"..." At that praise, the All-seeing God kept his expression unchanged. "Boldness, huh? Thanks for your precious confidence."

"That word is the least that could be said to describe what's been happening with you lately." The Giver continued, "Only once every few decades does a candidate of the Court request a convening, and the reason you gave was that a new Executioner bullied Universe B-14 after another Executioner had imposed a harsh penalty in the same cycle."

"...Everyone, upon hearing the summons request to the Court and your explanation for it, gloated over you and laughed that you'd lost yet another round, and I won't pretend otherwise... I was one of them." The Giver raised her head slightly as she admitted the last sentence.

The All-seeing God's standing was extremely unique within Transcendent society.

He possessed an acceptable number of seals that made him a mid-ranking Transcendent, but he was far too young, with no foundation, no connections, and no prior experience—this made him an easy-to-slaughter domestic pig in everyone's eyes.

And indeed he had lost two cycles badly, but there were two things that had to be taken into account... The first was that no one had moved to imprison him and steal his seals by force under any pretext, as had happened with The Warden and many others like him before—and this could be called a strategic victory, for the All-seeing God had escaped the worst fate right as he rocketed upward.

The second is that he remains extremely mysterious—no one knows what he is doing or what he intends, and the sudden change in the current cycle presses hard on this fact.

Then the Giver continued in the same calm tone, "…But I changed my mind when news reached me of the two Unbound instead of the news of new sanctions being imposed on the universe by the Executioner Tonia, as she expressed. We all changed our minds about you."

Then she raised her eyebrows slightly, "Universe B-14 not only withstood an Executioner somehow, but two golden Unbound belonging to you and your candidate appeared clearly in it. This… was beyond anyone's reckoning—a bold move that overturned all calculations and reignited the excitement around you!"

Then she narrowed her eyes slightly, "…No one dares to use his seals in this manner—the work of full Unbound—and give them to your candidate to repel the Executioner as well? And what happened today after that…" After a slight pause, she opened her eyes a little, "Everyone is wondering… how many seals do you really have?"

"Let them keep wondering as much as they like." The All-seeing God showed a small smile.

Of course, the All-seeing God could not say that they should mind their own business and stop poking their noses into what does not concern them.

There are already hundreds of participating universes, each with a story, but every one of them can affect the entire system.

The Giver has a universe she owns and manages carefully, and it will produce good results as every cycle does, and she also has other sources of seals such as her services, but… if a universe emerges and achieves extremely high results, especially if its ranking is weak, this could make her lose everything she has worked hard for.

All the seals she might earn from the center of a good universe, all the seals she earns from her services… could evaporate in an instant.

So it is natural for her and others to monitor the conditions of all the universes.

"I would normally agree with you," The Giver tilted her head slightly, "but after what you did today, the matter may have gone beyond words."

"Oh?" The All-seeing God replied calmly, "And what do you think happened today?"

"Why did you have your candidate destroy the Buffer Zones between the Sectors in such a direct manner and spend all that amount of momentum? He even publicly revealed the Arm of the Executioner that you complained had attacked the universe… In the incident of nullifying the penalty of dividing the Sectors, you nearly staked eight seals or more for this act alone, and everyone is wondering about the reason." The Giver slightly furrowed her brows, "Especially since you are the one who summoned The Court — how do you summon them and magnify their role, while at the same time destroying a penalty imposed by a representative of The Court on such a grand scale!"

"……" The All-seeing God's expression did not change. "Repelling the Executioner and cutting off her arm, the appearance of two Unbound, and now the public destruction of a penalty." Then he showed a small smile, "No wonder this would stir some nerves, especially with them happening in rapid succession."

"That's my line to say." The Giver chuckled, "What are you thinking? Everyone says you've lost at least eight to ten seals on these events; some of your loved ones may move against you soon."

"…Did you hear something?" The All-seeing God asked calmly, no change appearing on his face.

"Not directly. They know I'm in contact with you at the moment." The Giver looked at the breathtaking view before her. "But I've detected some communications about you, especially among people you know well."

Then she continued, "These successive actions point to only two possibilities. The first is that you've indeed lost nearly half your seals — about eight of them pledged to the rest of the cycle so you could use them to strike at the Punishment, two reduced to half efficiency because of the creation of two Unbound, and finally what you spent to save your candidate and Universe B-14 from the so-called Breakthrough incident, in addition to any other unknown intervention using your momentum."

She added, "The second is that you've found a way to increase your seals rapidly, and this number no longer means much to you, so you spend it easily to restore a status that was never yours."

"So either I'm now extremely weak, or extremely wealthy." The All-seeing God laughed softly. "I can imagine that pains a lot of bellies."

"So...?"

The Giver stared into the All-seeing God's eyes.

"Which one are you exactly?"

"....." The All-seeing God kept silent for a moment, looking straight ahead, before answering with his perplexing smile, "Guess with them."