Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 1105

Kyle and Swamp Dragon just looked at each other. From the outside, it looked like two old acquaintances meeting, but in truth, both of them knew that Kyle desperately wanted to kill Swamp Dragon.

When Swamp Dragon saw Kyle, he confirmed that Fierce Breaker was dead.

'As predicted,' Swamp Dragon thought as he felt Kyle's undeniable power. 'The pieces are finally falling into place. The board is set. This would not have been my chosen outcome, but it's the best we can hope for.'

Swamp Dragon remembered the time the inheritance sphere had turned green. This had been the signal that Manny had essentially died.

Naturally, Swamp Dragon hadn't hesitated and immediately activated the inheritance.

In the next moments, he had been put into the shoes of an unfamiliar person in an unfamiliar world. Specters, Zephyx, Prephyx, Manufacturers, Extractors...

There hadn't been any Energy in this world, but there had been forces that humanity could use to grow stronger. An Experimental World at the level of a Secondary World.

Swamp Dragon had lived through the life of one of these inhabitants. Arguably, this had been the life of the most important existence in this Experimental World.

He hadn't been the strongest. He hadn't truly been in charge near the end. He had just planned everything and had used his unique set of abilities to fill a critical role.

He had been surrounded by powers that were much greater than him. Taking one wrong step could have easily led to his death.

The situation had been very similar to the situation Ayuvar was in, but even worse. In Ayuvar, they knew at least who their enemy was.

The life Swamp Dragon had lived in these memories showed him a varied perspective on morality. Morality was a subject that was discussed regularly, and it seemed like there wasn't a true consensus as to what was right and wrong. There were parts that over 90% of people could agree on, but there were no parts where people could fully agree. There were even parts that split opinions into two equal camps.

Swamp Dragon had seen the perspective of all of these camps, and in the end, he had redefined his own morality.

Result and value.

Swamp Dragon believed that killing billions of people so that trillions of people could live in happiness was a morally good trade. People often said that one couldn't rectify bad Karma with good Karma. Saving one life didn't mean that it was fine to take another life, but Swamp Dragon didn't agree.

In his mind, it was possible to assign concrete numbers to moral and immoral acts. Ending a life might reduce his hypothetical moral value by a hundred while saving a life increased it by one, but that just meant that ending one life to save 101 lives was a morally good act.

When Swamp Dragon had finished digesting the inheritance, he had looked at Ayuvar.

It had been in an endless cycle of destruction, pressure, and misery. The suffering Ayuvar generated was immense, and it wasn't just momentary. This constant cycle of suffering would keep happening for a very long time. Millions, maybe billions, of years of suffering.

When viewed from that perspective, committing a genocide so that countless future generations could live in peace sounded like a very favorable trade.

To Swamp Dragon, the collective outweighed the individual. The total was the most important. Every choice that increased the total amount of happiness in humanity was the morally correct choice.

After digesting the inheritance, Swamp Dragon had just thought about Manny's plans.

'Let Kyle grow in secret. When his Realm-relative Battle-Strength surpasses the Overseer's Battle-Strength, let him become an Immortal. The Overseer will be forced to decide between two evils. One, kill Kyle during his advancement and die to the World, saving Ayuvar. Two, allow Kyle to advance and enter a True Battle with his agreement, circumventing angering the World. If that happens, the Overseer will almost definitely die to Kyle. Kyle and Ayuvar are saved.'

This had been Manny's plan, and while it sounded simple, it was not easy to implement. If the plan had succeeded, Ayuvar would have been saved in both cases. There wouldn't have been a need for a genocide.

It hadn't been difficult for Swamp Dragon to see the plan with his newfound memories. He could also see why Manny had chosen such a plan.

'You've valued Kyle greatly. You believed that there was a chance that he might make a difference in this great war. However, you didn't believe that this small chance was worth an entire Primary World. Ayuvar has to be saved, no matter what. It's also important to keep Kyle alive, but that's secondary to you.'

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