"Whoever makes a move first goes inside to be muted and sit in on the meeting." Gaven’s voice was utterly flat.

Even after spending three full months deep in the Bottomless Abyssal, he still hadn’t managed to adapt to the Burning Flames Queen, the Giant Bone King, and the Skeleton Dragon King and their habit of throwing hands the moment words went sour.

He probably wouldn’t adapt to it in this lifetime, and he had no intention of trying.

They were the ones who needed to adapt and change.

Even if they couldn’t cooperate as sincerely as the Strategic Shadow officers, at the very least they shouldn’t be tripping each other up and starting civil wars whenever they were idle.

Gaven didn’t have the patience to reason with them—likely couldn’t reason with them even if he tried. Using sheer authority to suppress them was the most direct and most effective method.

Sure enough.

The Burning Flames Queen no longer dared to lunge forward, and the Giant Bone King no longer dared to activate the Skeleton Giant Cannon.

Gaven completely ignored their awkward, embarrassed expressions and forcibly dragged the topic back on track: "How do you think the territory should be divided next to be more appropriate?"

The Skeleton Dragon King was the first to speak: "Divide it equally! Split the whole territory into three, and we three Lords each guard one section."

The Giant Bone King, who had always disagreed with him, raised a rare vote of support this time: "I agree. To facilitate the war against the Ghoul King, I suggest dividing the territory into three from west to east, so that each of us has an opening directly facing part of the Ghoul King’s main force."

"I object." The Burning Flames Queen cast an angry veto. "The Corpses Domain was taken by me; it is my territory. On what grounds do you get to share in it?

I agree to evenly split the Divine Kingdom Territory taken from the Divine Kingdom of Ghouls, but the territory of the Plains of Bone does not move."

This was the reason she was forcibly suppressing the tidal wave of fury in her heart.

If she were imprisoned and muted, the territory division would absolutely be carried out in this extremely unfair way toward her.

"Don’t think we don’t know how you took the Corpses Domain. If the master’s Shadow Flying Device hadn’t blasted Aldridge to death, don’t say taking the Corpses Domain—whether you could have even held your own Flame Bone Territory would be in question. The Corpse King had clearly already started colluding with the Ghoul King in secret. Don’t try to hog all the credit."

"If not for our timely support, you could never have held off the Allied Army of the King of the Jackalweres and the Ghoul King. It’s perfectly natural that we take a share."

On this matter, the Giant Bone King and the Skeleton Dragon King stood on the same side, echoing each other as they laid out all sorts of possibilities. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"Stop grandstanding here." The Burning Flames Queen sneered at their analysis. "You didn’t make a move purely to rescue me; you were mostly trying to save yourselves. Once the King of the Jackalweres broke me, with just the two of you, you simply couldn’t withstand that Allied Army. On this matter, we’re even.

As for Aldridge being blown to bits by the Shadow Flying Device’s self-destruction, that was my God’s achievement—what does that have to do with you?

The Corpses Domain was taken by me; that’s an indisputable fact. No one should even think about taking it from me."

Even though they all served Gaven, the internal competition between them would not vanish. They had now all become beings of Divine Nature; their connection to their own territories would grow even closer, and within Gaven’s Great Divine Country, they would forge their own Little Divine Countries.

Especially the Burning Flames Queen—her Revenge Divine Power possessed greater autonomy. If she wanted to become the true Flame of Revenge, a Goddess of Revenge, she had to gather Believers of her own, and she could only start from her own territory.

The larger the territory, the more naturally beneficial it was to her.

"Since it was all our God’s achievement, then our God has the greatest right to speak." The Giant Bone King turned his head and tossed the problem back to Gaven. "Master, how do you think we should divide it more appropriately?"

He had been the earliest to submit to Gaven; in a sense, that counted as an achievement, and he hoped to win some support from Gaven on this.

Gaven was not in the least surprised by the three’s opinions. If they didn’t fight over it, that would be abnormal.

"I trust that you’ve already invested a great deal of effort into your current territories; they’re what suit you best. If you were to be transferred rashly, it would only weaken our overall strength. Giant Bone, Dragon Bone, and Flame Bone as your inherent territories will not be altered in any way. You have no objections to that, I presume?"

Gaven proceeded step by step, starting from the point on which they could most easily reach consensus.

"None." The three Advanced Undead Lords answered one after another.

This was their bottom line. If things were really adjusted and divided at will, they would be the first to blow their tops.

"Although Lady Putana hadn’t joined us previously, she did, in fact, hold off the Jackalwere King’s Jackalwere Army head-on and rendered great service. It is only right and proper that the Corpses Domain belong to her." Gaven gave the Burning Flames Queen high recognition.

This praise pleased her greatly and eased her resentment toward him somewhat.

Before they could speak up, Gaven abruptly shifted the angle: "But the Flame Bone Territory and the Corpses Domain block the front line too rigidly, which does hinder our upcoming war with the King of the Jackalweres.

You will pull both the Corpses Domain and the Flame Bone Territory back inward by one-third of their area, cede that portion to the other two Lords, and let them have a better external front.

Of course, I won’t let you suffer a loss. The portion you retract and cede will be made up for from the Divine Kingdom Territory of the Divine Kingdom of Ghouls."

Beyond the stated reasons lay the Rulers’ path of Balance.

The Giant Bone Domain and the Dragon Bone Territory, one in the south and one in the north, would wrap the strongest of them, the Burning Flames Queen, in the middle.

Because they now shared a common enemy, the two former bitter rivals who fought daily would drastically reduce their internal strife.