Legendary Knights Starting with Oz

"Sashibuli, Legend!"

Hong Shang was not surprised to see Lei Jieduo in his office; on the contrary, he was pleasantly surprised.

"It's only been a little over a month. Speaking of which, did anything special happen while I was away?"

"Reggie asked, sitting on the sofa."

Li Zhong brought over a cup of hot tea at just the right time and then sat down next to him, turning on his computer to start working.

"Ms. Richinaka is still so serious."

"Thank you for the compliment, but it's just to make money. After all, I've recently seen some nice clothes that I need more money for."

Li Zhong's face was expressionless as he rapidly typed on the keyboard.

"Speaking of which, aren't all the greedy people still alive?"

"Of course, that's not all. Look, this is my latest research result."

Suddenly, three Core Medals I'd never seen before appeared on the large screen on my wall.

"Shrimp, centipede, scorpion?"

"That's exactly why I want to create a new Core coin, but it seems there are some problems with the experiment so far."

Hong Shang shook his head regretfully, then switched to another video, which showed a mummified corpse that had been dead for many years, which then transformed into a young man.

"I resurrected Nobunaga and made him an artificial Greedy, but unfortunately, the power of these three core coins seems to be unstable and often goes out of control. Therefore, Hino eventually dealt with him."

"and then?"

Regedo looked at him and continued to ask.

"Hahaha, although the Greedy One is dead, those three unfinished Core Medals have developed self-awareness because of Nobunaga's desires. It must be said, this was a successful attempt!"

Hong Shang said excitedly.

"You're really bold."

Regedo shook his head helplessly.

"You should know that the Core Medals are produced in sets of ten. If only three are made, it's inevitable that they will get out of control because you can't control their desires."

"If there are ten, and you only need to take one, then a greedy person will be born out of the desire to become complete. This is a controllable direction. But if there are only three, the desire will be in an absolutely out-of-control direction. You can't predict what the greedy person will do next."

"That's true, but I believe desires shouldn't be restrained!"

Hongshang expressed his opinion.

"Even the greedy should have their own desires. These desires can enable the greedy to evolve and become a more perfect being. Desire is the source of evolution for all living beings, and this power should not be controlled within a certain range."

"Tsk, that's not wrong."

Regedo expressed his approval of Hongshang's idea.

"However, what you should be considering is not this issue, but the most important one: how to resolve and control the situation once it gets out of control. That's the real problem."

"As expected, Regedo, you are different."

Hearing that Lei Jiedu agreed with his ideas, Hong Shang felt as if he had found a kindred spirit.

"Although you sometimes do things that are baffling and cause unnecessary trouble, to be fair, you've definitely found the right direction."

Lei Jie picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"I have some news for you: Mezir has evolved."

"Oh? Evolution?"

Upon hearing this news, Hong Shang was filled with curiosity.

"Yes, her tenth Core Medal was the first to evolve, and now she is a perfect Greedy, a Greedy who doesn't lack any Core Medals."

"That's incredible."

Hong Shang exclaimed in amazement at this.

"That's why I agree with what you just said: desires shouldn't be restrained. Kara and I also realized this two days ago."

Reggie put his legs on the table and leaned back against the sofa.

"The greedy people of the past all shared the same desire: to become whole. This was an extremely flawed desire, which prevented them from evolving and caused them to stagnate."

"However, once Mezier's other desires surpassed her initial desires, the evolution went much more smoothly."

"I see, that's really good news."

General Hong kept this news in mind.

"Therefore, the number of core coins is actually irrelevant. Even a single set can breed greedy individuals. The question is what kind of desires they will generate."

"Currently, among these greedy beings, Anku is the most likely to evolve, followed by Kazali. You can keep an eye on them."

"One is because of feelings, and the other is because they want to gain more power. Admittedly, I favor Ankh, but Kazali might also gain something extra."

Regedo told Hong Shang the news.

"That's great news! By the way, Dr. Maki and Eiji's coins probably can't be repaired or evolved, right?"

"Speaking of this, Dr. Maki probably can't evolve anymore. Although his desire is perfectly suited to the Dinosaur Medal, unfortunately, this desire can only allow him to better utilize the power of the Dinosaur Medal. Evolution is impossible because he is very afraid of dying."

Thinking of this, Regedo chuckled.

"Oh? Dr. Maki, are you afraid of dying?"

Hong Shang found this answer unbelievable.

"Actually, I didn't know at first, but I realized how shocking it was when I touched the core coin inside him."

"Maki wanted to bring an end to the world, and his method was to make other greedy beings become coin containers and go berserk, thereby destroying the world. In the end, he dealt with the berserk coin containers."

"It may not seem like a big problem, but the end result is that the world is a void, but he, Makoto, is still alive. It's not a true void at all."

"He hesitated at the final step of fulfilling his desire."

Upon hearing this, Hong Shang immediately laughed.

"I see. It seems that Dr. Maki is not entirely loyal to his desires."

"Every living being has the instinct to survive, especially when facing death. You can call it the desire to survive, which is normal. But when you choose the Dinosaur Coin, you should also abandon this most primal desire, because the Dinosaur Coin is essentially nothingness, and even the greedy cannot be born from it."

"If one cannot relinquish this final desire, then the Dinosaur Coin can never fully acknowledge him."

"No living being, no matter how desperate it is about the world, even if it chooses to destroy the world, will destroy itself, because it is the instinct of life."

"The most important thing to do if you want to become a dinosaur glutton is to forget that you are a glutton and forget that you are life itself."

"You are already a living being, and life is a real existence, which is relative to nothingness. How can you possibly completely merge with it?"

"I see. It seems my understanding of desire is not deep enough."

After listening to what Lei Jieduo said, Hong Shang sighed, "I neglected the most basic desire to survive."