"Besides, are you here to welcome Karyou or to welcome me?"
Aslan shifted slightly to sit more comfortably in this Heavenly Army Commander's seat.
He almost put his feet up on the table like Indra did earlier.
Facing Aslan's faint smile, Indra scratched his face awkwardly, speaking in a somewhat unconfident tone.
"Maybe both?"
"What do you mean, both?"
Aslan glanced sideways, ensuring Karyou couldn't hear his conversation with Indra, as Karyou was busy chatting about daily life with the Iron Fan Princess.
It seemed Indra and the others were serious this time, not joking.
"Alright, let me do the talking."
Prithvi saw Indra's awkwardness, chuckled softly, and explained.
"Indra was impeached for dereliction of duty."
"Huh? Dereliction of duty?"
(No, are you serious? When you couldn't defeat the Absolute Evil, you weren't derelict. When Arcadia was destroyed by an unknown Demon Lord, that wasn't considered dereliction either.)
(Why is it suddenly dereliction now?)
"What? You look disbelieving?"
Seeing Aslan's surprised face, Prithvi chuckled lightly and said casually.
"Because the Heavenly Army didn't promptly destroy the world called Campione, causing a major mythological shift."
As the only law enforcement body appointed by Little Garden's Central Core, the Heavenly Army has many duties, including but not limited to clearing Demon Lords in the Upper and Lower Layers, maintaining Little Garden's order, mediating conflicts between different Pantheons...
Destroying new worlds that have a significant impact on Pan-Human History, and worlds that might cause chaos in Little Garden, and dealing with foreign enemies from outside the universe...
Roughly speaking, it's similar to a UN peacekeeping force with nuclear weapons.
"So, I was suddenly nominated as a candidate???"
Hearing that, Aslan pointed at himself and said confusedly. He felt he shouldn't have such great merit for Little Garden.
"Correct."
At this moment, Indra showed a bright smile. He patted Aslan's shoulder and said in a good mood.
"I and Yang Jian nominated you! Isn't this thrilling? Isn't this exciting?"
Hearing that, Aslan's face gradually became distorted.
No way? He was just eating, drinking, playing, and sleeping in Arcadia, why did such a big problem suddenly fall on him?
He almost thought his secret deeds outside had been exposed.
"Thrilling your head!"
Aslan couldn't help but curse. Damn, a hole as big as the Heavenly Army was dumped on him just like that.
Who would want to take on a mess like the Heavenly Army?
Even if Indra held the position, he probably could only command the Twelve Heavenly Army Guardian Gods.
As for other departments, forget commanding them; it would be good if others even let him through the door.
It's like, don't really think the UN Secretary-General is a great position when several major powers are causing trouble, right?
Especially now, with the Campione War ongoing in the Lower Layer. Various Pantheons have incarnated as Heretic Gods or God Slayers.
(The Heavenly Army, how dare they try to mediate? It would be good if they aren't beaten to death.)
"Indra, you really stop at nothing to escape."
Aslan grabbed Indra's collar, shaking him hard. Damn, this is called setting him up.
Can't he just be left to live peacefully in Arcadia?
"Hey, kid, if you dare, give back my Vasavi Shakti!"
"I reclaimed that with my own ability, why should I return it? I haven't even settled the score with Asura for setting me up!"
"Fine, fine, fine, then tell me, what have you done to my daughter? Are you even human?"
"At most, I'll compensate you with Kurousagi!"
Aslan's movements halted. He looked at Indra with a contemptuous gaze.
"Letting Kurousagi sacrifice herself to protect you? You have the heart to do that?"
"Talk as if you'd let go of Kurousagi. I'm just fulfilling your wishes, aren't I?"
Indra said shamelessly. As if he were any better than Aslan.
(But at least I haven't touched Kurousagi; otherwise, with Kurousagi's personality, believe it or not, I could persuade her to have ten children for me!)
Indra and Aslan stared at each other like quarreling children, neither willing to back down.
Finally, Indra couldn't stand Aslan's gaze and chose to retreat a step.
"How about adding Uesugi and Prithvi?"
"Hmm?"
The corner of Aslan's mouth twitched. Unconsciously, he turned to look at Prithvi and Uesugi, who were frowning beside them, their expressions barely contained.
Then Aslan, without the slightest hesitation, directly threw Indra towards these two goddesses.
Let them teach Indra a lesson, so he knows goddesses aren't easy to provoke.
Finally, Aslan shifted his gaze to Brahma, who was working and organizing information to the side.
The man in white robes, with a turban on his head and a bindi on his forehead, was bowing his head handling official business. As if noticing Aslan's gaze.
He put down the pen in his hand and looked towards Aslan.
"I know you have many questions, just ask."
Hearing that, Aslan breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he met someone reliable. He hoped Brahma could explain in detail what was really going on.
"Is this your wish, or the Buddhist faction's wish?"
In fact, the current Heavenly Army could be called Indra's private army, or the Buddhist faction's private army.
One thing known is that Indra joined the Buddhist faction long ago, and joining the Buddhist faction would inevitably be constrained by its various chaotic internal factions.
After the Chinese Pantheon left, the factions with the greatest and most complex power in Little Garden are Christianity and Buddhism.
But at least Christianity has a shared belief. Although there are internal conflicts, it hasn't reached the level of Buddhism.
As for Buddhism, there's the direct lineage of the Buddha led by the Eight Legions, the Heavenly Army led by Indra, the Ksitigarbha lineage, the artificial Buddha lineage... and this doesn't even include the Bodhisattvas and Arhats.
Even Indra finds it difficult to gain significant advantage or footing within Buddhism.
As for the reason.
Aslan is also very clear. It's none other than them coveting the foundation left by the Chinese Pantheon that he inherited.
But what's even clearer to him is that the Great Heavenly Venerables also left their foundations, like the great Buddhist revival after the Journey to the West.
It's just that they were truly useless, only self-serving and accumulating wealth, not doing any meaningful work.
Finally, the Dao Ancestor and Nüwa couldn't stand it and expelled them.
Having once tasted the good life, now tasting something else naturally feels bland. They all miss the days when they sucked the blood of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and earned merit by lying down.
"Both."
Brahma said calmly.
Regarding the Buddhist faction's issues, they are confident that the person trusted by the Great Heavenly Venerables must have a way to handle it.
Especially in Brahma's eyes, the current Aslan is even more cunning than Canaria was back then. His instinct tells him that everything happening in Little Garden right now must be related to Aslan.
Those fake Demon Lords from the Buddhist faction, those fake Buddhas, still want to defeat Aslan? Let them first figure out how Mithras died.
The reason for Indra's impeachment wasn't dereliction of duty, but because his injuries had somewhat improved and he was ready to do real work.
So he was impeached.
However, at its core, the reason Indra was impeached is that his heart is too soft. He bears too much, so he can't let go.
If Indra were ruthless, the Heavenly Army's current difficulties wouldn't be like this.
But if he were ruthless, he also wouldn't call himself a useless god.
Now Indra deserves to sit at the same table as Shiroyasha.
"And I think you should know the meaning of the Heavenly Army Commander Spirit Status, right?"
The Heavenly Army Commander is literally the owner of the Heavenly Army. The so-called Heavenly Army is merely the private army of the Heavenly Army Commander.
In other words, this Heavenly Army Commander position is fully equivalent to the position of the Jade Emperor.
With the Chinese Pantheon foundation he is about to inherit, Aslan can fully create his own Celestial Court.
With Aslan as the Heavenly Army Commander, the Heavenly Army's constraints wouldn't be more than when Indra held the position.
Just like the current Twelve Heavenly Army Guardian Gods' Spirit Status relies on Indra's support. With Aslan, all their Spirit Statuses can rely on the Chinese Pantheon foundation.
This way, Aslan can quickly digest the inheritance, and with one move, solidify his position as Heavenly Army Commander, becoming an existence standing at the pinnacle of Little Garden.
And Aslan doesn't have the Indian Pantheon as a burden; they can even become assistance for him.
This is an open strategy!
This is a naked temptation.
Faced with such temptation, Aslan genuinely found it somewhat hard to resist.
However, he had to resist it. The more free the feast, the bigger the hole it represents.
"I think this matter can still be considered..."
Before Aslan finished his words, Brahma said gloomily.
"As long as you agree, the King of the End position is also yours."
Then Aslan snapped back to reality. He looked at Brahma with gloomy eyes, asking with a bit of resentment and wonder.
"By the way, isn't the other candidate King Arthur?"
Brahma nodded slightly.
"Yes, that's the Queen's nomination."
The corner of Aslan's mouth twitched. The maneuvers of the Halloween Queen and Indra really left him speechless.
And could it be that the King of the End position was originally his from the start?
Alright, he admitted that this time, he was genuinely a bit tempted.
After all, if operated correctly, or even without operation, this time it could be said food was being fed into his mouth.
He just needed to open his mouth, and a Two-Digit position would be waving at him.
"Although I'm very tempted, what I love most is saying no to those who think they're right."
"Sorry, I refuse."
The bigger the wave, the more valuable the fish!
He didn't even dare to imagine how big the hole behind this freely obtained Two-Digit position must be.