The amount of money that he calculated that he needed to pay as fines for killing his mission partners made him shake his head and say, "At least, the sect is now giving the people who were killed the bulk of the fines. In the past, they took about 90% of the fines, not just an extra 30%."
"If I didn’t know any better, I would think this was because the sect has decided to treat divine beings better. But I know better, so I know that if they didn’t do this and set this much guarantee, no divine being would sign up for their sect missions."
He is certain of this because the sect doesn’t fine anyone for killing other divine beings the way they fine for killing mortals. So he can’t say that the sect has suddenly decided that the lives of divine beings have become more valuable to the sect.
In fact, the opposite seems to be the case. The sect doesn’t care about its disciples after they become divine beings.
And while it might feel odd that the lives of divine beings seem less valuable than the lives of mortals, Loki believes that this is because even if a divine being dies, their Divine Position will remain, and someone else can fill that Divine Position to replace the dead divine being.
So to him, what the sect values is the Divine Position, not the divine being. He is not sure if this is true, but he believes that it is most likely to be the case since the loss of a divine being only represents a temporary loss of power for the sect.
Meanwhile, when a divine being dies, there are hundreds of mortals below them who want to ascend and replace the divine being. So he can understand why the sect doesn’t appreciate the lives of divine beings.
However, he can also see why this disregard for the lives of divine beings won’t work for sect missions if divine beings are allowed to kill each other during the missions.
From his experience, he can say without a doubt that if there is no strong deterrent to killing partners in a mission, weak divine beings wouldn’t want to sign up so as not to give stronger divine beings the opportunity to kill them, and sect missions will almost collapse due to infighting.
So, by punishing divine beings who use sect missions as opportunities to corner other divine beings to kill them, they can reassure divine beings who want to sign up for sect missions.
And by paying divine beings the bulk of the fine, their death will be somewhat worth it. This will encourage more divine beings to sign up, even if there is a significant risk of death by betrayal.
While he believes that this set of tactics is effective, he doesn’t believe that the punishment was put in place because the sect has suddenly decided that the lives of divine beings have become too valuable to lose.
From what he knows about the sect, this punishment is only because sect missions have become too important to allow them to fall apart. But if there is something to be gained from the death of divine beings, the sect won’t mind dabbling in it.
In his opinion, this would explain why killing each other during missions has not been banned outright. The sect appears to be too greedy in that they want sect missions to go well, but they also want to be able to earn some money by providing an opportunity for divine beings who want to kill each other.
As he read the instructions, he could only shake his head and say, "As long as you make it worthwhile for the sect, any crime will be allowed. To be honest, this is the one part I love about the sect."
"But what is this about an ’intentional’ murder? Is it even possible to kill a divine being by mistake?"
At this point, he began to laugh. His laughter was a heartfelt one as he said, "A divine being isn’t some mortal who can be killed by mistake. Anyone who kills another divine being would have to be extremely determined to do so, so I doubt anyone can explain killing an ally by mistake."
He was laughing because whenever he pictured another divine being trying to explain how they killed their partner by mistake, all he could see was someone smashing a hammer into the head of his victim again and again while asking if the victim was alright and apologizing profusely.
The mental image brought laughter to his lips, but what made his laughter so much more was that he couldn’t believe that any divine being would be shameless enough to try to say that they killed their partner by mistake.
The more he thought about it, the more he laughed. Eventually, he said, "If the option is between trying to justify the murder and losing one’s Divine Position and becoming enslaved by the sect, I too would be willing to say the most ridiculous things to use as an excuse."
It now seemed reasonable why anyone would try to claim unintentional murder, but he still found this whole thing. So he was still laughing for a while after that.
After he was done laughing, he began thinking about the Oceania World and his upcoming again. This time, his mind focused on the possibility of dragons existing on Oceania.
The sect has claimed that since Oceania was a large world, dragons might be there. If this is true, it would be his first time seeing dragons. So he is looking forward to the mission.
He thought about this and many other things on his way to the small world. This trip took over 7 days of his time, even though the small world was several light-years away from the Blessed Heaven World in the first dimension.
To be exact, the distance he traveled was 51,214 light-years. He also spent exactly 10,512 minutes or 7 days, 7 hours, and 12 minutes on the trip. on the trip.