GREED: ALL FOR WHAT? - Chapter 2358: Talking For Peaceful Resolution.

Chapter 2358: Talking For Peaceful Resolution.

Thanks to Legion’s high digestion rate, it won’t take them days to absorb the energy spring. They should be done in a little over an hour if they can maintain their speed and nothing interrupts them.

Even so, they didn’t dare expend any mental energy speaking with the legend. They left that job to Sir Kris while the focused everything they had on absorbing the energy spring.

Sir Kris stepped forward and bowed to the legend, saying, “Ancestor, may you be well. May your days be peaceful and your nights be pleasant. May your life be…”

He was stalling for time, but the legendary noble was having none of it. The legend shouted at him, “Cut the nonsense and open the barrier right this instant.”

Sir Kris asked, “If I open the barrier, what will you do?”

The legend was furious. The blue feathers on his neck and head straightenes in anger as he said, “How dare you question me? If I say you should do something, you should do it immediately.”

Even his blue hair had flared up and his eyes were glowing. He looked like a cock that had been angered. His eyes were blazing in anger and he looked ready to fight to the death.

Sir Kris was not going to do what the legend asked for. But he wasn’t going to say that outright.

Instead he pleaded, “I know that you are angry with me. But why don’t you listen to my side of the story first? You should know why I did what I did before you judge me.”

Actually, the legend didn’t know exactly what was going on. All he knew was that Sir Kris had joined some people from the other city to kill the guards protecting the energy spring.

But he doesn’t want to listen to anything now. He doesn’t want to know what is going on or not. What he wants above all else is to regain access to the energy spring, as that is the most important thing, not Kris’s motives and goals.

The best way for him to gain access to the energy spring is for the controller of the barrier shield to open a passage for him. He can’t force his way in because the barrier shield is a high-level one created by a legendary mage.

The barrier shield was created to withstand attacks up to rank 8 and not be destroyed. The shield also uses the energy spring as its foundation and source of energy.

To make sure that the barrier shield would be able to withstand a lot of damage, it was created to be capable of healing itself. It can heal as long as there is energy, so any attack that doesn’t destroy it instantly will only be draining the energy spring.

A rank 7 legend is incapable of destroying the shield instantly. So if he attempts to force his way in, he will only be destroying what he wants to protect. This is why he, a high and mighty legend, has to coerce an epic godclad to give him access.

Unfortunately, asking Sir Kris to open the barrier was like going on a wild goose chase. It was unlikely to bring forth any meaningful rewards.

Sir Kris didn’t open the door. Instead, he began telling his story: “I have always thought that the way this city was being run was flawed and inefficient. But I was incapable of changing anything because I was weak. So I decided to do something to force you and the other ancestors to see the error of your ways.”

Then he went on to list the many problems he had with the city. His problems ranged from using outsiders to protect the outer city to not allowing any noble to make Reinfield City into their personal territory.

What he was saying was mostly nonsense. The real Sir Kris was dissatisfied about a lot of things going on in the city. But he would never have attacked the foundation of the city like this.

Sir Kris was just trying to waste time by sounding reasonable and seeming like he had a reason for what he was doing. That way, the legends will think they can stop him from doing what he was doing by appeasing him and promising to rectify the problems he mentioned.

What he was doing actually worked. The legend decided to try and convince him to change.

The legendary noble said, “No matter how bad things have gotten, you should have come to me first before you made this drastic move.”

“But don’t worry. Things can still be saved if you stop now. I will speak up for you and make sure that the other legends are lenient with you.”

Sir Kris asked in surprise, “Really? You would do that for me?”

The legend nodded and said, “Of course I will. We are family after all. Besides, you are very talented. We can’t just kill you and lose out on such a great talent because you made a mistake.”

What the legendary noble said was mostly the truth. Much damage hasn’t been done yet, and the legend thinks that Sir Kris is doing this because he is going insane and losing control.

So he is not angry enough to want to kill Sir Kris for the blunder.

He said sincerely, “I will save you. You can trust me about that. If you can’t count on family, then who can you count on in this world?”

Sir Kris nodded and said, “That’s true. It is good to know that I can always count on my family.”

The legend smiled from beyond the barrier and said, “So you have nothing to worry about. Open the barrier for me.”

Sir Kris replied, “But I still have more problems that I haven’t mentioned.”

The legend became irritated but he didn’t show it on his face. Instead, he urged Sir Kris with false sincerity in his voice, “We can chat more after you remove the barrier shield.”