THE GOD EATER

Chapter 1398: A Fluke.

This Dao Lord of the Myriad Phenomenon Sect was genuinely interested in what Heavenly Eye had to say. But he also asked the question to steer the conversation back on track.

Heavenly Eye was still angry, and this question only exacerbated her anger. She really didn’t want to answer, but she knew she had to so Ragnarok wouldn’t have the last laugh.

So she exhaled deeply to relax and said, "I have hidden a large world that can become a super world at any time."

"That’s great!" Wandering Thief said, excited.

"As expected of the other Dao Lord with the Illusion Supreme Metac. It seems we both used our Supreme Metacs to hide a world."

"This is good news," Tepid Scholar said, nodding. "With one more super world, we will have more room for growth."

"Actually, it is two super worlds," Heavenly Eye said, gritting her teeth. "I hid two super worlds in the lower realm."

"Two? That’s even better," Sword Way said, also excited.

The Dao Lords around her continued to talk about how it was a good thing. She didn’t hear what they were saying because she had tuned out.

One part of her existence was being logical and pragmatic. The other part wanted to vomit because of the abominable things she was doing.

Both sides were fighting within her, distracting her from her surroundings. The worst part was that this fight wouldn’t end well for her.

If one side won, the other would suffer. So she was bound to suffer either way.

Fortunately, the pain of Ragnarok using her resources against her trumped her unwillingness to share her hoard. This made it easy to find a resolution and end the fight quickly.

When her inner turmoil ended, she gritted her teeth again and said, "They are four. I hid four large worlds, and they can all advance at any time."

"Wow!" Martial Will said, stunned. "It seems I underestimated you once again."

"I knew you were hiding things, but I didn’t expect you to hide so much. I am genuinely impressed."

"Great! Now Ragnarok will stand no chance," Wandering Thief said, clapping excitedly.

Everyone thought what she did was creepy and unnerving, but they were generally happy to hear about the four worlds because they could be used to strengthen themselves.

But one person wasn’t happy at all. Instead of smiling and thanking her, Black Chain glared at her, feeling she had stolen from him.

Yes, he could grow stronger now with the four worlds, but he couldn’t shake the fact that she’d hidden things from him. It didn’t help that she’d hidden three pathways just earlier.

When Black Chain combined the three hidden pathways with the four large worlds, only one reason came to mind for why she hid them. He realized that she had been planning to dethrone him, and he didn’t like it.

But he didn’t say anything, though. Talking about it wouldn’t change anything anyway.

Plus, she wasn’t the only one hiding things. Nearly everyone else did, which he thought was smart, since he’d done the same in their shoes.

In fact, he thought everyone who hid nothing was foolish and of no threat to him. He looked down on them, but he was also angry at those who threatened his rule.

’If I had four more worlds to establish my Domain on, I might have had enough power to enslave the Blessed Heaven World,’ he thought, simmering in anger.

He felt he had lost so much he could have done with the power Heavenly Eye stole from him. At any other time, he would have exploded and sought to teach her a lesson. But they were in trying times, so he kept his unfavorable thoughts to himself.

Just then, Heavenly Eye said, "Oh no."

"What is it?" Wandering Thief asked, confused.

But Heavenly Eye fell silent, unwilling to answer. She didn’t want to answer because she didn’t want to speak about what just happened.

’Maybe it was a fluke,’ she said, trying to console herself.

But then it happened again. Seeing this, she realized there was no easy way out.

So she said to everyone, "Someone has found my hidden cache of celestial gold. They are raiding my stash as we speak."

"You were hiding more?" Tepid Scholar asked, surprised.

In response, Martial Will rolled his eyes and said, "Of course, she is hiding more. I can be surprised by what she has been hiding, but I can never be surprised that she was hiding something."

"Who is raiding your stash, and how large is it?" Wandering Thief asked with a sinking heart.

He now had the same sinking feeling he’d had earlier when he asked Black Chain and Martial Will what they knew about his Freedom Supreme Metac.

Deep down, he already knew the answer would be bad. But he hoped his darkest fears wouldn’t come true.

Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on his side because Heavenly Eye sighed in defeat and said, "It is Ragnarok, and the stash is only worth one thousand celestial gold."

Upon hearing this, Wandering Thief sighed in relief as he said, "At least it is only a thousand celestial gold. That’s not too bad."

"Yes. I just hope he doesn’t find the other stashes I hid in the upper realm," Heavenly Eye said, hopeful.

Hearing her words, the sinking feeling in Wandering Thief’s chest returned stronger than before. Her words brought back flashbacks of how hopeful he had been each time a Dao Lord requested an audience with him.

Each time someone spoke with him, he hoped they didn’t come to talk about the Freedom Supreme Metac. But his hopes were dashed everytime, and the situation quickly spiraled out of his control.

Now that she was hopeful too, he could only say, "I have a bad feeling about this."

"It isn’t that bad," she said again.

"He could have found this one by chance. I doubt he knows where the others are. Right? Right?" she asked everyone.

Unfortunately, no one could answer her.