He let the command hang in the air for a second before adding, "Once this world is consumed, the World Tree's roots will grow vastly more powerful. Whatever treasures or traps lay hidden in the remaining two worlds, they will be far easier to handle with a strengthened foundation."
He spoke the plain truth. No one wanted a grueling battle of attrition when overwhelming power could make the job effortless.
"We hardly need you to tell us that," Archbishop Kysar sneered. He shot The Lifeless Dreadgod a dirty look before turning his dark, brooding gaze toward Orion. "I have a proposal. We, the Cult of Four, offered up these three major worlds. I am the one anchoring them. Any remaining treasures hidden within them rightfully belong to us."
Orion didn't even dignify that garbage with a response. The Lifeless Dreadgod, however, let out a harsh bark of laughter.
