Chapitre 594: Above All Lives

"But Edmond is also thinking for the sake of the Alliance. If I were to choose a mage other than the Seven Saints to be the leader of the Alliance, I would choose Edmond without hesitation. He may not be a good person, but he will be a very good leader.

"Do you know what a good leader's basic qualities are?"

Matthew blinked.

It meant that he didn't know anything.

Soria smiled gently and continued,

" That is to understand the art of compromise.

"Imprisoning Isabelle was a compromise between the Alliance and the gods. In that era, the foundation of the Alliance wasn't stable yet; natural disasters occurred frequently in the prime material plane, and the outer planes were even more unstable.

"As one of the leaders, Isabelle never understood what compromise was.

"She thought she was Yin.

"However, she did not have Yin's strength.

"Therefore, she became the target of compromise.