Arceus is under the checks and balances of the old man who is the speaker, so normally he will not extract the vitality of other people through the temple in the Sinnoh region, only every time the old man needs it to take a shot, Arceus will wake up from his slumber, absorb part of the old man's life force and use it as a price to complete the old man's purpose.

This is a contract between Arceus and the old man, otherwise, with Arceus's hatred of humans, it may have been removed from this world as early as the era when there was no alliance.

Therefore, after making an oath with Arceus, the old man exhausted all means to maintain his life, and established an alliance in a vain attempt to use the power of first-level divine beasts in other regions to fight against Arceus. However, this foolish idea only lasted for a hundred years, and it took him a hundred years to understand the power of Arceus, and since then the alliance has given Arceus a new name - the God of Creation.

Since then, the old man no longer thinks about fighting Arceus, but instead thinks about finding the next heir, so that the other party can take his place and continue to suppress Arceus instead of himself.

So at the end of his life, he found Karp.

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When Karp climbed up the stairs of the Alliance Tower, the construction of the top of the Alliance Tower was still the same as before, except that there were very few people walking around here, but now there is no one.

Karp was a little surprised to see this, and he walked to the door of the conference room with this bad feeling, and then pushed the door open and broke in.

The conference table was still in its original position, and the seats on both sides were all empty, except for the old man sitting in the main seat, his eyes closed, motionless.

Karp was shocked when he saw the old man's state, but before he could do anything, the old man opened his eyes. There was a faint white light in his eyes, Karp had seen an old man like this before, but at that time he didn't let this state continue, but now he has always maintained this appearance, and after glancing at Karp, he spoke.

"You're here."

The old man in this state can get a glimpse of the future, so he is clear about Karp's coming.

"Well, I'm here - but to be honest, I'm really relieved to see you're alive."

Karp slowed down and sat casually in the empty seat next to the old man, finally relaxing.

Before, he heard that Arceus had a problem in the Sinnoh region, and he thought that something had happened to the old man.

Karp has never been afraid of powerful enemies, but if something goes wrong within himself, it's a different story.

"Actually, I'm no different from being dead."

Karp was relieved, but he was stunned by the old man's words, and gradually frowned.

"What do you mean by that?"

Seeing that Karp didn't understand, the old man shook his head slightly.

"You should be able to see the white light in my eyes, this is the blessing I have received from Arceus in the time I have lived, it will allow me to see the short future, and it will allow me to suppress Arceus again and sit here and talk to you in this situation where I have already died once."

"This is the power of Arceus?"

Karp was still a little puzzled by the old man's words, and the old man continued to explain.

"Yes, this is indeed Arceus's power, but these two protections were exchanged by me with a hundred years of life force, and this exchange has been proved to be very correct, the Joy family can make up for two thousand-year-long life force, just exchange a hundred years of life force for two Arceus's protection, this is really very cost-effective.

Being able to see the future of protection has allowed the alliance to grow to this point.

The power from Arceus allowed me to accumulate a lot of strength while I was still alive, so that I died a while ago because I lost my vitality, but now I can still survive in this world before my power is exhausted, continue to suppress Arceus, and also give me about five years to prepare for the afterlife. ”

Karp listened to the old man's words, and he fell silent.

According to the old man, the problem with Arceus's rampage before was probably that he died, so Arceus would release the shackles of the oath at that moment and directly extract life force from the part that was linked to it, if it weren't for the fact that the speaker could still use his strength to continue to maintain his life, then maybe Luna, or several elders of the temple clan, would be killed by Arceus in an instant.

However, the old man's current state can only exist for five years according to his own words, which means that Arceus will be free in the true sense after five years, and the alliance has lost its first president.

"Don't feel sad, according to the life expectancy of a normal human being, I should have died a thousand years ago, but now that I'm alive, this is actually something that normal people can't imagine, so there's nothing to be sad about, it's better to think about what will happen after I die."

Listening to the Speaker's words, Karp was silent for three minutes, and after three minutes he let out a long sigh and returned to his usual state.

"I see."

Listening to Karp's words, the old man nodded.

"I can probably exist for five years with the power of Arceus, but this calculation is not accurate, it would be more appropriate for you to calculate it according to three years.

First of all, the new Council of the Alliance, after I died, the original old Council will also be out of the era, without my pressure, they will mess around at the conference table, so they know this very well and will not easily pop up in the future, and the establishment of a new Council, so that the League officially enters the era of champions is something you have to do within a year.

And a year later, I hope that you will officially take my place, re-establish the oath with Arceus, exchange for Arceus's protection, and continue to protect the alliance in my place. ”

After listening to what the old man had said, Karp was silent for a moment, then stood up and shook his head. In the old man's puzzled gaze, Karp looked at his white eyes without fear.

"Within a year I'll get the league into the championship era, and a year later I'll ......"

At this point, Karp paused, and then a determination flashed in his eyes, his voice was not loud, but there was a strange seriousness in his tone.

"In a year's time, when the alliance stabilizes, I will find a way to formally solve the hidden danger on Arceus's side - the new generation of alliance does not need this kind of hatred inherited from an unknown era."

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