He would manipulate and deceive in any way as long as he can destroy God's creation. Satan admits that God was good but his goodness made him “miserable” (IV, 73) because of his “boasting” (IV, 85). It is likely that God did not intend to boast, but that does not stop the evil that lingers in Satan's mind from thinking this way. Finally, Satan breaks his connection with God forever by declaring, “farewell, hope; and with hope, farewell, fear; Farewell, remorse, all my property is lost” (IV, 107-108). Satan bids farewell to who he once was, a god among the heavens, and abandons all hope of repentance from God. Instead, he embraces his sinful nature, emphasizing his refusal to conform to God's intention and the fact that he looks toward "at least through you / I hold an empire divided with the King of heaven, / Through you, and perhaps more than half will reign.” (IV, 109-111) From now on, Satan intends to have his own standard in his own country, hell, which no longer has God in it.