He is not going to try and win the competition just because of his greediness. There's another reason why he should win. The sage gave him the carrot in the form of more requests. That is tempting, surely. But there's also the implied stick.
The offer of more requests is tempting because the favor of a world god is precious. It is a must-have. That means that the anger of one is very precious too. But it is something to be avoided at all costs. It is doubly so when that world god is effectively in control of the plane you reside in.
Back To The Sage.
The sage continued watching the proceedings of the competition as if nothing happened. He thought about the change of prospects, and he couldn't help but smile. He knew that Soverick could get access to the core before the end of the competition. He could have doubled down on that possibility to prevent it, knowing that he might fail, or he could prepare for it and sought to benefit from it instead.
He chose to prepare for it and benefit from it. Time has shown that he made the right decision. He didn't that need that confirmation to know it was the right decision. He is always prepared for his failure, so it is common sense to win from his failure too. To prepare for something and not take advantage of it is just foolishness. And he is definitely not foolish.
That is one of the reasons why he allowed the serpentine world god to tamper with the rank 10 monster in Soverick's arena. The first sage believed that Soverick would see the true value within the monster. The first sage was right. Soverick saw it, and in his greed, he sought to make it his own.
Then Soverick went ahead to make the law of order his own because of the first Sage's subtle encouragement during their second meeting. Now he has gained access to the cores and their information. It is not allowed, but it is also not against the rules.
It is not against the rules because the serpentine world god didn't anticipate that something like that was possible at all. He did not think that a king of law under the suppression of the world fragment could in any way threaten the integrity of the cores of the world fragments, much less break past their defense and gain access to them. The first sage anticipated it, and he is gaining the benefit of that anticipation now.
Gaining access to the core is like gaining administration privileges within an organization or within a world. The two world gods created the world and set instructions for the game played within it. They set the rules. Then they stood back and watched. Everything went well until someone broke into a core. Someone gaining administration privileges is very bad and should be prevented. But it is not such a bad thing if that person is on his side.I think you should take a look at
The first sage could have lost everything if Soverick had decided not to win the competition. That's why it was important to convince Soverick to win the competition. Soverick could already do a lot with just control of the law matrix. He will be able to do more now that he has control of a core. The sage made sure he would use his privilege to the best of his abilities to win the competition.
'I have to admit that he is competent." The sage said. Then he shook his head and said, "But I don't want someone that I can't work with to be the child of the plane.'
The sage thought of what will happen at the end of the competition, and he couldn't help but pity Soverick. He is a picky person with a very high standard. He is a world god, after all. It will take a lot just to draw his attention, but he has to admit that Soverick is one of a kind.
He really respects Soverick, and he thinks highly of him. If he didn't think well of Soverick, then he wouldn't have allowed him to become the child of the plane at all. But that doesn't mean that he cannot work towards Soverick's death. Admiration and murder are not mutually exclusive. Soverick is great and all, but he will be discarded for who the sage believes is a better candidate.
Being a world god means that they usually consider things in the long term. By the long term, it means millions of years. Being a sage with the ability to see the future means he has more foresight than most world gods. World gods don't care for little things that will be dead by the time they wake up from a nap. He does, and he makes those little things align with the business of the future that he desires.
Things change rapidly for world gods, and if they don't expect you to still be around when they come out after getting busy with their inner world, then you don't matter. It is why world gods only listen to origin gods and those with the potential to become one. They also only respect the opinions of Origin gods that have the potential to become world gods.
The sage can say with uttermost certainty that Soverick has the potential to become a world god. That potential is more than enough for him to be respected. It is just a pity that he became the child of the plane. His fate is intertwined with the plane's too much. Soverick may be disregarded by the racial council for being young, but the truth is that he is very important to the success of the plane during the era of conquest.
The first sage cares a lot about the performance of the plane during the era of conquest, so he cannot watch on without meddling in the plane. That includes meddling with the life of the current child of the plane.