'Deal with it myself…'
Kyle thought about the Secondary Sector.
No Fulfilled Crusher could stop him right now, but he was still far away from beating any of the Unique Crushers.
Even if he condensed the Complex Law he was currently working on and advanced another level, he might still die to them.
These people knew a Level Five Complex Law, and they probably also knew at least one Level Four Complex Law.
If any of the Unique Crushers saw him, he would die.
'There are at least four of them,' Kyle thought. 'There might be some smaller powers that have a Unique Crusher, but there won't be many. At the absolute most, there are six or seven.'
'However, if anyone sees me, all the Unique Crushers would be forced to hunt me down due to the Contrast Empire's rules.'
'That's… difficult.'
'But not impossible.'
"I will try to deal with the issue myself," Kyle said. "If I need any help, I will ask the Cult and give some information in return."
The Lord nodded. "You do not necessarily need to give us information to get our help. There are also other ways. For example, the identity of Dawnlight's Head makes him an eligible target for assassination. If you kill him, you will receive Contribution Points, which can be exchanged for our assistance."
"The same is true for other eligible targets."
Kyle raised an eyebrow. "What makes someone an eligible target?"
"Talent, power, or identity," the Lord said. "As long as one of the three reaches a certain level, that person will be an eligible target."
"Any Sage or stronger is an eligible target, but the rewards are minor."
"Any Unique Primal, Unique Crusher, and so on is an eligible target. The reward is a bit higher."
"Anyone directly working for a Lower Supreme or Higher Supreme Organization is a target. Most of the time, these people also fulfill at least one of the other criteria. When someone fulfills more than one criterion, their bounty is multiplied severalfold."
"Oh!" Kyle said. "Then, do I get a reward for the two people from the Contrast Empire that I've killed?"
The Lord slightly narrowed his eyes. "This happened before your change in status. You also didn't consider us while killing them. I have also given the command to free you from that Planet you were stuck in without asking for anything in return. Lastly, I have spent a significant amount of time talking to you and gave you several pieces of advice for free."
"Fine, fine," Kyle answered quickly, moving back a bit. "Yes, I get it. That would be a bit too opportunistic. Sure, let's reset everything. From now on, we start at zero. Does that sound good?"
The Lord wordlessly nodded.
"Does that take care of everything?" the Lord asked, politely showing that he wanted to end the conversation.
"Yes, thank you for your help," Kyle said with a smile. "You helped with a lot of my worries, and I feel better working for the Cult now. We will probably be in contact more often from now on."
The Lord nodded. "Then, I hope our cooperation will be long and beneficial for both of us."
"Same," Kyle said.
The next moment, the Lord's Blessing deactivated, and Kyle took a deep breath.
'This went far better than I had thought.'
Kyle looked upwards at the ceiling of the small cave he had dug into the Planet.
'I can try to deal with this myself. If everything fails, I can just condense another True Sin Aura and escape, but that's my last resort.'
Kyle thought about how to condense a True Sin Aura, assuming he needed it.
It actually was pretty easy.
He just had to go to a couple of Planets and kill the upper management of the local powers.
Yet, as he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable.
In the past, he would have genuinely considered doing that if it meant getting out of a mess.
But after spending so much time with Swamp Dragon and after creating his Infused Mind Law, Kyle wasn't sure anymore.
He really didn't want to kill random people who didn't know him.
Sure, if they tried to do something to him or if they counted as a True Battle, he would have no issues.
Random people, though?
'I don't like it. I don't want to do it,' Kyle thought with furrowed brows. 'I want to become strong enough to have agency. I don't want to be forced into doing things I don't want to do.'
'If I can avoid it, I don't want to do something like that.'
'If there's really absolutely no other way out, maybe, but it's the ultimate last resort.'
Kyle's gaze moved to a different part of the ceiling. In the direction he was looking was Dawnlight's territory.
'The Cult is just as powerful and wealthy as the Array of Stars. I might not be able to use the Array of Stars' resources, but I can use the Cult's resources. There are probably several useful things I can buy.'
'They probably can't transport wares to me, but they can send me knowledge. Maybe there's some advanced disguise technique?'
'If I can get rid of some targets, I might be able to gain something that allows me to move more freely through the Secondary Sector.'
Kyle thought back to the map of the Secondary Sector he had remembered.
Back when Dawnlight had sent their first declaration of battle, Kyle had been so shocked by their power that he had actually learned about all of the major powers.
Most importantly, the Big Four.
Dawnlight openly belonged to the Contrast Empire.
Starsign openly belonged to the Array of Stars.
Goldfire didn't openly belong to any major Organization, but there were rumors that they belonged to the Grand Exchange, which was a non-political Higher Supreme Organization.
Voidwave also didn't openly belong to any major Organization, but people heavily suspected that they belonged to Inner World, which was another non-political Higher Supreme Organization.
Most likely, all of the Big Four belonged to a Higher Supreme Organization, making their members eligible targets.
Naturally, Kyle knew about the Grand Exchange and Inner World. As non-political parties, they didn't focus on conquering the world but on expanding their business and growing.
The Array of Stars was also such an entity.
The Array of Stars focused on providing random services, managing worlds, and they also offered mercenaries.
The Grand Exchange basically managed all the trades between big Organizations. They essentially acted as a gigantic bank that almost all the big Organizations used as a medium when they traded with each other. They also held auctions and ran entire market Planets.
Inner World was the supreme authority and power when it came to Formation Arrays. The other Organizations also sold Formation Arrays, but when it was about reinforcing their own strongholds, they employed Inner World. They were unreasonably expensive, but their Formation Arrays were the absolute best.
'There are probably more Organizations in the Secondary Sector that belong to stronger ones. I mean, we were from the Array of Stars, and we only had a couple of Planet Systems.'
Kyle looked in the direction of Dawnlight.
'I have plenty of targets, but there's only one that tried to fuck me.'
Kyle sighed.
'Don't get impatient. For now, you should focus on your Complex Law. You can still mess with them afterwards.'
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