The attendant back at at the meeting point had said ominiously, "At that point, it is not a matter of greed anymore. It is a matter of survival, so you should expect the world kings to come at you with everything they have."
The first time Loki had heard this, he had been surprised. The look of surprise on his face had caused the attendant to laugh in amusement.
Then the attendant had said, "Not to worry. As long as you can help the outpost core wrestle 30% control of the power of the world, the outpost core will be done with its third stage, and your mission will be considered complete."
The will of the world didn't know all of these. But it knew that ever since the strange crystal entered the third dimension, something had begun to go terribly wrong.
