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It is a tantalizing thought to make Legion-5's effort for 50 minutes go to waste just 10 minutes before his efforts bear fruit. It egged them on just thinking about how he would go back to the starting point like them.

All they need is someone to reach the base and touch it with their own activated mission item for 5 seconds. They knew it was a bad idea to mess with Legion-5 but they agreed with the plan because they didn't hope to chase him away from the hex. Their goal was low and achievable so they were certain of its success.

They stopped fighting. Then they sent some people to the other hex to stop the fighting so that they could cooperate. Legion was watching the two hexes closely so he noticed that they had stopped fighting in one hex. Then he saw the people they sent to the other hex. He saw how these people interfered in the fighting and also began to mediate.

"Look at these scheming rats." He said to Legion-7.

It is one thing for fighting to stop in a hex. He can be suspicious and it won't lead anywhere. But then they sent people over to the other hex and fighting also stopped there. That is too suspicious for him to let it go.

Legion-7 defended them, "They have no choice. You are too much for them to handle alone. The smart thing is to accumulate their forces and topple the giant. It is how the weak survive."

Legion-5 said with disdain, "That's the smart thing for the weak to do but it is stupid to try and topple me. The smart thing is for them to run away not to dare to stand up to me."

"Cut them some slack. They are young and impetuous. They overestimated themselves."

"Then I will show them the errors of their way."

He didn't want any problems that would delay him that's why he watched them fight without interfering. But that wasn't good enough for them. They thought his unwillingness to bully all of them was because he couldn't so they became rebellious.

They wouldn't even have succeeded in ganging up on him had they not been greedy to get more helpers. They can't catch him off guard no matter what they plan because his divine sense is more powerful than theirs in quality so he could hear what they were saying to each other. In other words, he didn't need their suspicious movements to clue him into their motives.

"I see the reason why the Supreme Alliance goes to a lot of effort to establish and enforce the new hierarchy in planes they have subjugated. If they don't put the weak in their place, the weak will think they are capable of being more than livestock."

He picked up stones from the ground and began bombarding his enemies. The stone sailed and slammed one of them into the ground.

Someone from the first hex screamed, "He is on to us. Rush him now."

They tried to rush him. They failed. The distance between them was too far for them to get close to him fast enough before he shot them back. He also shot at the other hex. He didn't wait for them to put up any resistance before they were also submerged in artillery attacks. The Supreme beasts scattered quickly. It was then that he stopped.

He mocked them. "Rats will always be rats."

He can't take them seriously when all it takes to break their will to fight are stones. They can also try to shoot stones at him but it won't have the same effect. Their stats are in the 10,000 while his are in the 1,000,000,000. And that's before he uses Origin energy to convert all his physical stats into strength.

They are worlds apart in strength. In this situation where they don't have any Origin weapons, Origin energy, or laws, they are rats while he is a lion. Rats scatter in the presence of a lion just as they did. This is why it is so ridiculous that one rat dared to form an alliance with him instead of accepting its fate as livestock.

No one came to bother him anymore until his base finished forming. Every supreme beast in this rite of passage was alerted immediately through their identity marks.

[Congratulations to Agrivo839,371,456A for setting up his base. He is the first one to do so and has earned a special point for it.]

As for him, he received another message.

[You have created a base in record time. The Supreme Alliance has deemed you worthy of obtaining a title. What would you like your title to be?]

He replied after some thinking. "Let it be 'Shadow Of Despair."

[Congratulations, from now on, you shall be known as Agrivo839,371,456A or Shadow Of Despair.]

Legion-7 couldn't help but say, "I pity these poor children. They might never get out of your shadow."

"It is as it should be. I am a titan so they are to struggle to survive beneath the shadow that I cast over them. If they despair, then so be it. But they are not the ones I am aiming for. I have been inspired by the Supreme Alliance. I feel that everyone should feel despair when they hear of me. They are just the start of the trend. Even world gods will feel despair when they hear of me."

Legion-7 said anxiously, "Hurry up and come pick me."

He took one look at his base. It is a square structure like a fortress. The edges of the base are tall walls that prevent the inside from being seen. The top is open so he can fly up to see the main building. The main building is a large cube. There are other structures in between the walls and the main building. They are the barracks, outer storage, kitchen, amenities, etc

There is also a shield around the whole base. It will protect it from attacks until the base loses energy completely. This won't happen easily if the engine room is upgraded and the energy storage is increased