With all of the leaders under his total control, Theli made sure to pay a visit to the territory of that ogre BH-O decimated to give the same wormy treatment to the one supposed to take after him were he to disappear under suspicious circumstances.
Ithelisemou had to thank Lust for the intel about Wrath's plan, thanks to that he would be able to get close to her too as well as Greed apparently, his time with Lust had been full of discovery, in more way than one.
Usually, he wouldn't have taken part in such a mission has the United Central Tribes way of doing things wasn't common and made for great observational material but he could always continue all of this using the wormed leaders, it wouldn't be the same but it would still make for great material.
As far as he could see, the worms had no trouble with this beastfolks, none of them seemed to possess any control or awareness anymore, they were effectively brain dead as the worms took their seat as the mastermind of their bodies.
They had lacked refinement of their mind to resist it.
Theli had made act to send their forces at Wrath, it was meaningless since this place was already under control but he wanted to see how she would do and all consequences of such an action could easily avoided by lying.
The observation of the sins made him very excited but he had to keep a clear mind so as to not miss anything or else it would turn out like that one heart operation attempt, he didn't want things to be messy.
On top of observing the sins in the flesh, he now technically had a whole country to his disposal and a large one at that with various species roaming it, species with some sapience at that, with the authorities being himself now, he could get much more colleagues to work with now.
Technically speaking, since everything was an experiment to him, everyone was a de facto colleague of his experiments but only those deeply involved or taking part in very important ones deserved to be mentioned as such.
He took out a stack of paper from beneath his cloak and popped out a pencil from his sleeve, getting ready to record every inch of Wrath's fight against about twenty five percent of the UCT's forces, only twenty five because this place still needed to have some sort of military presence or else his new experimental ground would just turn into a purely observational ground for acts of war.
He had already witnessed a lots of war and took part in a few, getting new data from yet another war was doomed to be difficult and waste a lot of ressources that could have been used more efficiently.
Still, twenty five percent was a ton of soldiers of all kind, UCT didn't mess around with its amount of warriors.
When they started showing up before Wrath, instead of cutting down a thousand of them in a single slash like was common for highly powerful sword users, she made use of her sin and it caused all of them to start hatefully turn against one another, losing all senses and fighting like mindless beasts.
Theli couldn't help but think that this wasn't an ability that seemed very tailored for the warrior she was, he had been able to witness her short confrontation with Earthblood, a fierce Gigas Phrynosoma Hernandesi Bipedalis warrior he had slightly tricked in the past, making him think that Toutatis had chosen him as a champion, he had grown even stronger since then and even if he was no divine champion, he should have been able to put up a fight.
He wrote down his theories and thoughts as well as his observations as thousand were dying, a small smile making his way on his face as he could hear it, not the sound of death and fighting but the sound of progress.
Before meeting with the lich, he had only been able to meet the husk of the former gluttony, he had already been dead at the time, only the spirit of his gluttony remaining and he had still been overwhelmed with information, observing the new sins from so close almost made him tremble.
None of those things were visible on him at the moment, he only looked like a slightly amused man as he swiftly wrote things down while gazing at a scene of senseless massacre.
He had first thought of making the attacking force retreat after being called out and then show up to reveal that he had taken control of UCT but now that they were under the effect of Wrath's attack, it seemed dubious a retreat call would even be heard by them and he doubted he would be able to cleanse them of it without being noticed, this attack was clearly made using the sin itself and this was something he had never seen to such an extent, only from lesser sins, even the former Gluttony had been unable to make use of his sins, presumably because he was already dead or perhaps because the current Gluttony had already been born.
So instead, he simply appeared has the massacre was nearing its end, suddenly showing up a bit behind Greed who was just watching, he made sure to make his arrival known beforehand and be as unthreatening as possible as he did so.
"Well, who are you?" she asked, seemingly uncaring that he teleported behind her.
"The guy Narik was supposed to bring, je suis Ithelisemou, nice to meet you" he said, removing one of his gloves and extending his hand forward, he had made sure to keep remnants of the lich's death mana that had clung to him to make it more believable so Greed shook his hand happily.
Feeling the dried up hand against his, he almost made an unwarranted remark about how good it felt and held her hand for a bit longer than he should have.
"I have successfully taken control of all the leaders a few moments ago, this large army will be the last one sent" he explained her as he sat down beside her.
"Oh, that's good job, I am Greed by the way, let's make acquaintances while Wrath is busy slaughtering these people" she said as the coins in her eyes flashed.
Greed was incredibly friendly, normally, people seeing a dried up corpse with such clear facial expressions trying to get close to them would back down or straight up escape but Theli did the opposite, very much enjoying being face to face with her.
"You see, I am all about my coins" she explained and Theli rubbed his chin.
"All kind of coins? Do you have favorites perhaps?" he asked her, those two were really doing small talk with slaughter in the background.
"I am glad you asked, I do like all coins but gold ones are my favorites by far, that's why I shove some in my sockets" she said, casually pulling one out.
"Those coins are fairly ancient, you must have been around for a while" remarked Theli, these coins came from a kingdom that was only present in some underground ruins and in lines of books.
"Yeah, I used to run a shop in the dungeon of endless descent when it was still occupied by something else than monsters, let me tell you, after the monsters took back power, the few customers I got were willing to pay much more for simple stuff, so now I have a huge amount of valuable stuff to sell but no one wants to trade with me on account that I am scary and that I pull my items out of my throat" she told him, the dungeon of endless descent being populated by people instead of monsters was something that went as far back as more than a thousand of years, it was so long ago no one could tell with certainty when it had happened.
Sensing that it was an opportunity to get a great partnership, Theli slided in arm on her shoulders like a slick and sneaky snake and started speaking business.
"What the hell" were the words Wrath used when she came back after killing all of the remaining soldiers, witnessing as Greed and someone she didn't even know seemed on the verge of kissing as they stood way too close to each other to just be friends.
"Oh hey Wrath, I made a new friend while you were gone, he's the guy Narik was talking about, I am sure you're gonna love him!" casually responded Greed.
"Nice to meet you, impressive sword techniques" he then said, their nonchalantness leaving Wrath standing still as she watched them staying in their original position.