Chapter 604: 604
Meetings filled with complaints and quarrels occupied the schedules of the higher-ups of the forces that shared the piece of Immortal Lands .
The Shandal Empire wanted to create a united front and disperse the threat of the winged beasts in one powerful offensive, but the other three countries couldn't allow it to lead the attack .
The Empire was the strongest organization in the Mortal Lands, its assets would secure the largest share of gains if the other nations let them lead the assault .
The Elbas family wanted to exploit its discoveries and obtain advantageous agreements before joining the united front .
The Utra nation had lost a lot of assets between the assault on the territories of the Empire, the ambushes of the Hive, and the loud cry .
Its desire to make up for those losses was understandable, as well as its intention to limit the gains of the Empire .
The Council shared that intention .
The Papral nation couldn't provide anything special to the united front, but it still pressed for an equal distribution of the profits .
That offer saw many enemies: The Empire would deploy more rank 6 assets, and the Elbas family had useful knowledge, they couldn't just neglect those advantages when sealing an agreement .
The Hive had remained silent during that period .
The Coral archipelago was aware that its power wasn't enough to influence the meeting, but Noah's return and his discoveries gave it some leverage .
The Empire and the Elbas family had formed a sort of privileged side in the matter since they were the forces that could provide more advantages so the front .
So, Chasing Demon decided to cooperate with the Council to balance the sides and seal an agreement that could avoid benefitting few countries in particular .
The Hive knew that it wasn't a match for the three big nations, they could only aim for an equal share of the profits even with Noah's information at hand .
The Royals found their advantage being taken away in a matter of days, and they felt forced to abandon their privileged position in the deal .
The Empire was then put against three forces that pressed for an equal share of the profits and could only give up to their requests .
The pack of winged beasts grew stronger with each passing week, and the Empire didn't have the power to defeat six rank 6 beings and one quasi-rank 7 creature alone, even in their weakened state .
Hesitating on forming a united front would only increase the losses during the offensive, which would render worthless any privilege that the Empire could obtain from the agreement .
Of course, just one word from the god of the Empire would have affected that impasse and silenced the other three countries .
However, the leader of the Empire couldn't be bothered with such trivial matters and wholly ignored the meeting .
In the end, the weeks spent quarreling and negotiating gave birth to an agreement that divided the central territories and the resources found during the assault equally .
Only the ownership of the corpse of the quasi-rank 7 creature was left out of that agreement since the four nations decided to give it to the cultivator that managed to kill it .
It was pointless to say that Chasing Demon had already given up on that corpse, but he was quite satisfied with those terms .
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