GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1718: A Three Way Battle.

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POWER doesn't have any facial features, as his face is one smooth plate. But he still looks proud and confident from a distance. It is only those who are close to him will experience the incredible amount of heat battering his surroundings and sense the brewing violence ready to explode out from him.

Those that are more familiar with POWER will describe him as a million exploding suns, bearly restrained and shackled in a physical form but ready to explode into the surroundings and incinerate every opposition in his way.

That is POWER. As for WISDOM, he is the only one of the three not humanoid. He is a featureless and gray pillar. He is not glowing at all. He is not affecting his environment in any way, be it light or heat. The only thing peculiar about him is that his body is constantly shifting.

As an existence made up of knowledge and formed by experience, WISDOM's body is not constant. He is constantly growing and changing with every moment of his existence.

His wiggling flesh made up of shifting words is like a colony of white worms with words written on them. These worms are constantly growing, evolving and dividing, which makes him stronger by the moment.

WISDOM took out one of those worms from his body and handed it over to POWER.

"This is my assistance to you"

POWER sneered, "Just this? It is so weak."

WISDOM wasn't perturbed. He said, "Not every powerful means has to be loud and visible. Knowledge is also power."

POWER said in disdain, "Knowledge is power for the weak. Those who are strong have no need for schemes. Every scheme will fall before the might of true power."

WISDOM asked expressionlessly, "If that is so, then why can't you defeat me?"

POWER wanted to flare up. He wanted to destroy everything around him in displeasure. But he knew it would be useless and couldn't threaten his brother since his brother knows everything about him and therefore is immune to him, so he calmed down.

He said, "Why don't you let me absorb you so we can become whole? We don't have to risk our lives like this if we become one."

WISDOM didn't reply, but the only sister that had been silent ever since spoke. "You know why. Becoming one is not the solution if we lose our freedom, or worse, lose ourselves."

POWER imployed WISDOM, "Come on. If we become one, then we will not need her permission to devour her strength. Don't you pride yourself on your intelligence? Surely you must see that this is the right decision. Besides, I don't think you have anything to lose. Even if we lose ourselves, I'm sure you are too smart to lose yourself."

WISDOM shut down the idea. "Give it up. Go and find the legacy as planned. If you gain an advantage over us, then you wouldn't need our permission to fuse. It is as you like to say, might makes right. Gain power over us, then you will have your way."

POWER could only brave himself. He watched the white worm in his hands turn into a ring on one of his fingers. The worm spoke in his mind.

-I AM THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM.

-YOU CAN CALL ME A SYSTEM.

POWER informed it. "I will call you whatever I want."

-YES MY LORD.

Then POWER jumped into the everlasting darkness of the pool in search of the legacy. Only SOUL AND WISDOM remained at the edge of the pool.

SOUL sneered, "What a fool! He is risking it all for power, but you don't need to risk anything for power. All you need to do is to know."

WISDOM said to his sister, "He doesn't have a choice. He has to continue making progress or he will be overcome. It is his nature."

"Join with me, sister, and we can overwhelm POWER together. You should know that your time is limited now. If POWER returns at all, then I will gain an advantage over all of you. So why don't you join me before I force you and you lose all your initiative?"

SOUL laughed, "You think so little of me. You think I am the weak link that you can overcome. How malicious of you. POWER was right. I hate schemes."

WISDOM shrugged. He didn't feel ashamed that she called him out for trying to take advantage of her.

This is the same request that POWER made to him. WISDOM didn't reply then, but he is making the same request to SOUL. He didn't accept POWER's request because POWER is likely to overwhelm him in the fusion. POWER is an explosion after all.

Rather than risk his ego by fusing with POWER, he decided to employ a better tactic that would send POWER on a wild goose chase while giving him the opportunity to work on

absorbing SOUL.

Without POWER here, no one would be able to interfere in his attempts on SOUL. Victory is all but in his grasp. It is just a matter of time, and even SOUL is smart enough to know that. She can see that the reliance of WISDOM to overcome the two of them is not in the foundation of wisdom that he asked POWER to get for him, but in the spirit of wisdom that he gave POWER.

As long as the spirit of wisdom enters a world and returns with the knowledge of the world, then WISDOM would have won this gamble without risking himself. If POWER finds the foundations of the world and returns with them, then that will only be the proverbial icing on the cake. So she is indeed running out of time to make a decision.

He asked her again, "What say you? Who knows, your immunity might help you preserve your ego if we fuse."

She replied, "I refuse. I too will find my way."

"How?" WISDOM asked with true curiosity. "You can't defeat me. Accept your fate."

A/N: It is clear what she decided to do isn't it? That aside, now we know how the system came

to be. Also, did you find anything familiar about the names of the three siblings? Asking for a

friend.