Skadi, returning to infinity

“Since Miss Skadi doesn’t know who Rize Kamishiro is, I think it’s a misunderstanding.”

"During this mission, our Extreme Adventure Team has seen that Miss Skadi has tremendous potential."

"So I'd like to ask, Miss Skadi, would you like to join our Extreme Adventurers?"

Aizen is a shrewd old man. Skadi pretended to be stupid, so he pretended to be confused and directly stated his purpose.

He said so much, but in reality, besides telling Skadi how powerful the Extreme Adventure Team was, he also told her to think carefully before making any decisions about whether she could withstand it.

Beyond them.

The goal was to attract her, give her a full understanding of the Extreme Adventure Team, and get her to join them.

Since Skadi wasn't intimidated, he immediately went back to his original objective.

Replacing Rize Kamishiro with someone more outstanding is a good option.

"Hmm? I'm not interested in joining the Extreme Adventurers at all."

Skadi feigned surprise at realizing his purpose, remained silent for a moment, and then rejected his offer.

"why?"

Aizen wasn't angry; he just wanted to know why she refused.

"Because we are the enemy."

Her answer was so innocent, like that of an "angel" who shouldn't exist in this world, that even Aizen couldn't help but smile.

Why do you think that enemies can't be on your side?

"In the [Game of Gods], only interests truly connect people, and the Ultimate Adventure Team is formed from the purest form of interests."

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"You could even call the members of the Ultimate Adventure Team 'Wish Hunters,' because they'll participate in any mission world that offers a significant reward in terms of wish power."

"Everything we do is nothing more than maximizing our profits and gaining more spiritual power."

"We don't care how the process will unfold."

"What we should be concerned about is how much we gain in the end."

"And this is precisely the most fundamental way of survival in this strange place."

"Those who act on behalf of others without understanding this will eventually be eliminated."

"Only those agents who understand this and are willing to put it into practice can continue to survive in the game of the gods."

"Do you understand, Miss Skadi?"

Whether Skadi knows it or not, Aizen is making things clear now so that Skadi can no longer pretend to be stupid.

"But what happens to this mission if I join you?"

"Only one team can complete the task; the other team will fail."

"High risk, high reward, you can't let my mission fail, can you?"

"That's not good..."

However, Skadi's answer still surprised Aizen.

Or rather, it fits the rules of the game "The Game of Gods".

This left Aizen unsure of Skadi's thoughts, and he fell silent, trying to decipher her ideas.

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Chapter 65: A Conversation Between Two Chess Players, A Showdown Between a Best Actor and a Best Actress

"If we offer you an invitation to withdraw from this mission, and you claim all the rewards available in this mission world, then you are..."

Would you like to join our team?

Aizen remained silent for about a minute before giving a very "expensive" answer.

In their plan, they could obtain at least 600,000 or more wish power rewards in this mission world.

These rewards are divided equally among five people, with each person receiving a starting reward of 120,000 wish power.

This level of reward is rare even in SS-level mission worlds.

Not to mention that this is just the basics; the highest possible reward could be around 1.2 million points of wish power.

Dividing it among five people, that's 240,000 each, equivalent to completing a highly difficult SS-level mission independently.

With such a generous reward, choosing to leave now means who knows how long it will be before we encounter it again.

If they choose to leave now, four people will need to pay 30,000 units of willpower for S-level redemption and 50,000 units of willpower for SS-level redemption.

One S-rank and three SS-rank require a total of 18 wish points, plus a compromise reward of one million wish points...

He essentially gave up 1.2 million in wish power in exchange for Skadi joining their team.

Moreover, this would likely mean abandoning the pursuit of responsibility for Rize Kamishiro's betrayal, and failing to recover at least 100,000 units of willpower from her.

These scattered expenses, when added up, are enough for them to complete five or six SSS-level missions.

Therefore, by simply doing some calculations, we can determine the enormous cost Aizen will have to pay this time.

This is just the beginning. If Skadi really joins their team, given Aizen's level of commitment, he'll need to spend at least a million units of willpower to train her.

Take care of her.

That would truly transform Skadi from a "newbie" NPC into a super buffer.

Aizen gambled all the willpower he had spent on the future, showing no mercy whatsoever.

From this point of view alone, Aizen is indeed very qualified as the leader of the Ultra Instinct Adventurers, a gathering place for villains.

He truly saw Skadi's potential and was willing to go to such great lengths to recruit her into the army.

After all, with Skadi's barrier buff, the Ultimate Adventure Team is essentially like each member having one or more pieces of equipment or skills of the same level.

It's a bonus brought by bloodline ability.

Based on this calculation, the agents of the eleven Ultimate Adventure Teams saved at least one million units of willpower.

Moreover, this is just the beginning. As Skadi's strength increases and her bloodline abilities are further developed, she will become even more powerful.

Even in the more distant future, a Skadi could enable an ordinary Rank 1 character to defeat the best of their class, or even those of higher ranks.

It's not impossible to defeat an even stronger enemy.

It was precisely because Aizen recognized Skadi's potential that he went to such lengths to bring her into the Ultra Instinct Adventurers.

Such a powerful person should naturally be brought under one's control, just like nuclear weapons between major powers.

If there's really no other way, and to prevent her from ending up in another team and becoming a potential enemy, then she must be eliminated.

Aizen is now taking a step forward to see if he can get Raskati into the team.

Skadi was well aware of Aizen's intentions.

She previously deployed her own barrier to enhance the abilities of Archer and Kurumi Tokisaki, enabling them to contend with or even defeat enemies stronger than themselves.

She had already anticipated this moment.

If she dies at Aizen's hands, it means Aizen has averted a potential crisis, and a treasure trove world with millions of wishes awaits him.

We dig and obtain.

If she's not dead, then the next step is negotiation and persuasion to make Skadi one of their own, sacrificing these willpower in exchange for a super...

Having great teammates isn't necessarily an unacceptable outcome.

Either way, Aizen would benefit. Even if Skadi refused, getting rid of her in this world wouldn't be a difficult task.

Skadi wasn't the only one planning what she wanted to do; Aizen also had his own ideas.

It can be said that from the very beginning it was a clash between Skadi and Aizen, and everyone else was just a pawn on this chessboard.

Now the two players are facing each other directly, and one player is even indicating that he can forfeit in order to ask the other player to join his team.

This is really a bit unexpected.

What if I say no?

Skadi gave her answer while Aizen waited.

"Are you really not going to consider it? There are quite a few teams stronger than our Ultimate Adventurer Group in the entire [Game of Gods], but what you're likely to encounter now..."

We're probably the only ones who think so.

"If you don't join us, you'll never have the chance to meet us again." - Du

"You don't need to worry about joining us just to survive. I will treat you with the best care and help you grow."

"You will become the core of our entire team, and no one will be able to criticize you."

"Once we find a team of thirty people with a contract in the future, I can even establish you as the saintess of the team, making you sacred and invincible."

Violation.

"This is all foreseeable, a bright future."

"And if you refuse, the only result will be that you become a handful of dust in this world."

"No one remembers your arrival, and you have no way of exploring the entirety of the Gods' Realm."

Even so, are you still willing?

Aizen stopped hiding his intentions and offered two options—or rather, one option—in very gentle terms.

Either agree to his request and join them to survive.

Either refuse his request and die in this world.

This was a very clear threat, leaving Skadi absolutely no chance to refuse.

"I'm sorry, but even if you threaten me like this, I will not agree to your demands."