GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 918 A New Name.

Despite the Shaman being largely autonomous, he has to do some of the things that the pack leader asks for in order to remain useful to the pack. The shaman must be valuable to the pack. Give and take must occur between the two parties or the pack leader will begin to oppose the Shaman in every way.

The pack leader doesn't gain anything from the little lights but he has more control over them than the Shaman. This is because the little lights are remnants of warriors and warriors always listen to the pack leader. In this way, the pack leader will be able to affect the source of power of the Shaman to a large extent if he is dissatisfied with the Shaman.

"This can be considered a symbiotic relationship between the paragons and the pack," Legion-6 said in understanding.

"Will my presence here be welcomed?" He asked. Then he smiled. "I can only come back and teach them a lesson if it is not."

So the totem is a common ground for cooperation between an Omega and the pack. The totem belongs to the pack and can strengthen an Omega, so an Omega has to work for the pack. Legion-6 is now joining this cooperation. The two of them, both the pack leader and the Shaman can work against him now. They can refuse his attempt to bond with the totem pole but he has their permission so everything went smoothly.

If his spirit is strong enough, he can overwhelm their resistance and add himself to the totem forcefully. It just so happens that his spirit is strong enough. Fortunately, he doesn't need to. It is both for his good and for theirs that he doesn't need to force his way into the totem.

He let his spiritual energy flow into the totem through his divine sense. There was no pushback so a third giant star appeared within the totem pole. Many little lights flocked to the new star. They swarmed around it and began rotating around it. His star became a whirlpool that is sucking in all the stars. The stars aren't resisting either. They are rushing towards his star eagerly.

"Whoa, easy there," he thought to himself when he noticed that almost every little star in the totem wanted to start rushing in the direction of the new star.

He can allow all of them to come but that will show more than necessary of his capabilities. He will infringe on the benefits of the Shaman if he reduces the number of lights rotating around the Shaman's star and he will also make the pack leader suspect him of being more than what he seems.

So he reduced the strength of his soul even further. This cut down his influence in the totem. The whirlpool around his star settled down immediately. The fuss around his connection died down. The number of lights that swarmed his star is about half of the Shaman's.

The little lights swarmed his connection the way that flies are attracted to light. They came because he is living so he can supply them with spiritual energy. But his spiritual energy also attracts them to him because he is an Omega. The little lights circled his connection excitedly as they guzzled on his spiritual energy in exchange for granting him power. They whispered a single word to him.

"Ragnarok! Ragnarok! Ragnarok!"

They repeated it again and again. It is what they are calling him. His soul is so strong that he can end their world within the totem by attracting them and pulling them out of the totem. So they called him world ender. He can end their world by wishing to.

The Shaman said to him, "I see that you have been named. Congratulations."

He smiled and replied, "It is a pretty good name."

The name pleases him.

"Good for you." Then he urged Legion-6 again. "Hurry up and give me the spell."

"Here you go, old man." He said and passed the spell framework to the shaman through the divine sense.

The Shaman became lost in thought. His eyes became unfocused for a while. Ragnarok used the time to observe the changes that forming the connection with the totem has made to him. The little lights didn't make his soul stronger but they increased the malleability of his spirit. He has become capable of creating more Mana threads for lesser spiritual power.

His soul is very strong but he has to limit how much of it he can use currently. If he couldn't perfectly control his soul then his body would be pressured by the burden of an overpowered soul and explode. The limit he put on his soul also affects how well he can control Mana.

Mana is not controlled as a whole entity. A point of contact is made between Mana and the divine sense. This creates a single thread of control. Many people can create many threads at once. They will just have poorer control the more threads that they create.

So there is a choice to be made between the quantity of threads and the quality of threads. He can create 10 threads of Mana that he can create perfectly. Any more than that and he will start to lose control or risk breaking the limit he placed on his soul. But the influence of the little lights helps him to maintain perfect control for up to 20 threads without burdening his body.

It is a significant improvement that will improve his spellcasting. The cost is the spiritual energy that the little lights are siphoning from him. He has a lot of spiritual energy so he doesn't mind the loss. It is a worthy exchange for more power.

He was brought out of his musing when he heard the sighing of the old shaman.

Ragnarok thought to himself, "It seems he is done assessing the spell. I wonder if he will know that it is a fake spell."