The Archivist 3, Plan

The Archivist smiled with satisfaction, he now had an objective.

'Now, I only need a plan to achieve it'

"Hmm ..."

For a second, he put his thumb on his chin

'How can I make a being think of the world as its enemy?'

His mind spun, and he very quickly found the answer

'Beings hate those who take away what they love'

The answer was simple yet complicated at the same time ...

'What do beings love?'

However, The Archivist didn't dwell much on this question, he had a good view on the matter ...

'Let's just make the world take away as much as possible from the Being, surely what it loves will be among these things'

He simply didn't want to waste time thinking about that ...

Every Being loves different things, it's not possible to get a clear answer to such a question, however, there are a few things that generally most beings love

'And anyway, Beings hate those who inflict suffering upon them ...'

'If the world makes the Being suffer enough, it'll definitely hate it'

The next question was much more important

'How to make the being blame the world for its torment and agony?'

The Archivist wanted to make sure that the Being doesn't concentrate its Wrath on a smaller target, like a single individual or group ...

'No, even an entire Kingdom is too small'

The Archivist wanted the changes to impact the entire world

'Ideally, I want the final result to be an Armageddon that would end this boring Era'

'For that to happen, I need the being's target to be the entire world'

But after a bit of thinking, The Archivist realized something

'It doesn't have to be the whole world, just big enough of a change to impact half the world or so will surely affect the rest of it in some way or another'

'Still, how do I make it not blame everything on something smaller, or Mythical Concepts like Luck, Fate, and Destiny?'

The Archivist scratched his beard in thought

'To make the being not blame a Mythical Concept, all the suffering has to be deliberate, and the being needs to have something in front of it to blame, all the time'

'But only one thing to blame will probably not be enough'

Many ideas shot through The Archivist's mind, but one in particular was interesting

'What if the entire world participates in some way or another in making that Being's life miserable?'

'Surely, the Being mustn't know how many are actually working against it at first, otherwise, it might lose hope, suicide, sacrifice its soul, or do other stupid things'

'It needs to start with a small enemy, then as it delves deeper in taking its revenge, it'll slowly discover the gravity of the situation'

'The reality of how entangled its situation is, and the fact that so many were involved in making it miserable should be enough to make it despise the world in its entirety'

A grin appeared on The Archivist's face again

'Slowly, the being's Loathe will be directed towards the entire world'

'And that, is all I need'

The Archivist now had a rough plan in mind ...

'I just have to make as many important figures as possible participate in everything'

Whether those involved were consciously partaking in The Archivist's plan or not didn't matter to him

'It'll be even better if they participate for their own gains'

'Anyway, let's get back to the matter at hand'

'The exact details of the plan will depend on who the Being is'

'So ...'

The Archivist scratched his chin in thought

'Who should the Being be?'

Immediately, countless images of countless beings flashed in front of The Archivist's eyes, and he started considering his options ...

'Beasts have a warped perception of reality, even though they gain intelligence after evolving, they still can't comprehend certain concepts like Greed'

'Of course, they are intelligent enough to understand exactly what it means, but they still can't comprehend it ...'

'Beasts simply can't understand why a creature would want to have more things than it needs, to them it just makes no sense'

'Beasts are just fundamentally different'

'Aaaaand ... that's an entire category of beings gone'

'This leaves humanoids'

The category of Humanoids included humans and many other creatures, like Angels, Demons, Dryads, and Undead ...

'Humans will fit the best, other humanoids never fight their own kin unless it's absolutely necessary'

'Humans on the other hand don't mind eradicating millions of their kin if it'll benefit them in some way, even monetary gain is a good enough incentive to start a world war between humans'

The Archivist scratched his temple trying to remember any worthy human ...

"Hmmm ..." He murmured

But sadly, it didn't take him long to sigh and give up on that thought

'The depth of knowledge in this Era is horribly shallow'

At the end of each Era, countless civilizations fall or get completely annihilated ...

Thus, knowledge gets lost, and the civilizations of the next Era start from scratch, trying to discover all the old knowledge again.

'A cycle that has been repeating since the birth of Life, Time, and Space'

Thinking about that reminded The Archivist of a certain fool in the Middle Continent ...

'An idiot who decided to eradicate all the knowledge and progress of the previous King in an attempt to erase his name from history so he can, and I quote, "start fresh"'

The Archivist's expression warped in disgust

'A human who doesn't understand the value of knowledge, funnily enough, this is actually very common among humans'

'Insolent fools'

He quickly pushed the thoughts about this fool away and re-focused on his problem ...

'Humans are so incompetent in this Era that even after 2000 years they still didn't discover anything that would elevate or exalt their power'

Sure, there were countless strong humans

'But the only reason they are considered strong is that the standards of being strong have fallen so low that a being that would've been considered incompetent in the past Eras is considered average or even higher in this era'

'Still, there are few humans that have exceeded the normal'

But using them wasn't possible

'Almost all of them are evolved past the Fourth Realm, and beings beyond that level have already resonated with the world'

'They've already understood exactly how the world works, each of them has his own view and reckoning of it'

'It'd be troublesome to suddenly change someone's opinion of the world after he has already resonated with it for decades'

That's why using someone in the Fifth Realm or higher isn't an option

'It'd just be a waste of time'

The Archivist's mind spun, and quickly, he managed to think of a few options ...