The information he acquired and its impact is why he decided not to quit the mission despite the risk. It is also one of the reasons why he decided to take a fourth Divine Position, even though he would have to reveal his Quasi-Supreme Grandmaster understanding of the money pathway and have to pay an extra 10,000 years of lifespan every ten years.
When he thought of everything he had given up for this mission, he gritted his teeth and thought, ’This mission had better be successful, and the reward had better be worth it.’
Then he glanced at Loki, who was smiling, and scoffed as he thought, ’Continue smiling like a fool. It is not your fault that you have the opportunity to do so now.’
’As long as you don’t try to ruin my plan, I won’t try to get rid of you through this mission. But if you’re still alive by the end of the mission, I’ll make sure that you become deader than dead. I will even drown you in the river of death just to make sure of your death.’
While everyone was thinking about their future and making plans, the void ship sailed through the third dimension towards their destination.
In 20 hours, the void ship covered the distance of 3,000 light-years. Then the void ship dropped a certain distance away from the large world.
The four of them came out of the void ship at this point. They came out carrying capsules containing specially made homunculi.
After they got out of the void ship, Loki looked back at the void ship and snorted in dissatisfaction. In his dissatisfaction, he thought, ’Nearly useless thing. Not only is it slow, but it also can’t even help stall an angry dragon king.’
’The least it could have done was to choke the dragon king when it was swallowed. But it didn’t even do that much. Instead of being a nuisance to swallow, it went down nicely like a tasty morsel. It makes me wonder if it is here to protect us or here to feed the dragon king.’
He was only partly serious about his disdain for the void ship. The other half was him amusing himself by making fun of the weakness of the void ship.
He was doing this because he was relaxed and in a good mood. As they approached Oceania, the reason he was in a good mood became evident.
Ant Hill was not around to suggest an alternative, and her precious crystal ant was dead, so there was no debate about how they would gain stealth access to Oceania.
There was no argument on the matter since what they needed to do now was straightforward. The only thing to discuss was how many capsules of the homunculi they would use in the first attempt.
But even this was Money Body telling them what they would do. He was not in any mood to entertain their opinions, and he didn’t want to give them any opportunity to believe that they could offer their opinions on the matter.
The rank 8 money cultivator said, "We will use one capsule for now. This will minimize the risk of being noticed by the world and exposing our presence."
"Of course, I know that with fewer homunculi making the attempt, their chance of success will fall. But I still prioritize caution over an increased chance of success. So if the first attempt fails, we will use the remaining three capsules."
As soon as he finished speaking, he activated the capsule in his hand and set the homunculi within it free. Then he handed one of them his copy of the shield breaker.
After doing this, he sent them off. Actually, he pushed them into the crystal shell. He didn’t give them any choice in the matter or any chance to delay.
He did everything quickly so that no one would be able to offer an alternative or interfere. And while he was doing this, he was staring vigilantly at Loki.
Loki was caught off guard by the intense glare. When he saw Money Body staring at him, he thought that this was a sign that the money cultivator wanted to attack him. So he stepped away from the group and widened the distance between them.
But he didn’t go far before Money Body said sternly to him, "Where are you going?"
Loki shook his head in reply and said, "Nowhere. I just want to check the perimeter to make sure that we’re truly safe."
But Money Body remained stern as he said, "Don’t go anywhere. I want to stay close where I can see you make any move. If you think that you can sabotage this mission and use its failure to weaken me, you can think again because I won’t allow it."
When Loki heard this, he thought Money Body was talking to someone else. So he looked around to see who Money Body suspected was a traitor.
But when he looked left and right, he saw no one else standing beside him. All he saw was Money Body staring at him as if he were a notorious troublemaker who couldn’t be trusted not to mess up the mission.
This made him realize that Money was referring to him and was wary of him causing trouble. He also suddenly understood why Money Body rushed the process of getting the homunculi into Oceania.
As these understandings sprang forth in his mind, he felt the impulse to laugh. He wanted to say, "You suspect me? Isn’t sabotaging the mission your go-to move?"
But he only smiled and said, "Fine. I’ll stay here."
He even raised his hands to signify surrender. But Money Body still didn’t let down his guard. He continued to stare at Loki like a hawk as if he was expecting Loki to run to the crystal shield to announce their presence.
This made Loki shake his head inwardly, thinking, ’You’ve gotten this whole thing wrong. I also want the mission to be a success.’
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