"I did not expect you to openly ask for the Alchemists to bring out books that would help you in the end," the Artifact God said when the Alchemy God flew back toward them. "Did you truly expect them to hand it over if they had it?"
"I hoped they would," the Alchemy God said.
"And what would you have done if they had revealed it to you?" the Formation Monarch asked.
"I do not know," the Alchemy God said. "My first choice would be to simply ask them to exchange our treasures for a while, and see what we can learn from the two. If not, I would try to take them as my disciple. If that didn't work, I would bribe them with everything I can afford."
"Oh? You're saying you won't use force," Artifact God asked.
"I would," the Alchemy God answered. "But only as a last resort. I do not wish to harm the progress of an Alchemist for my own greediness. That would be the last of my wishes here."
The Artifact God simply smiled, saying nothing else.
