"Although a Sequence has many branches for growth, in principle, if one wants to ascend to the highest level, one must choose a path and pursue it relentlessly."
Among the Authority Holders, Lilith focused on pursuing the Blood Moon, Ling Ling pursued the fire of the Golden Crow, while he pursued the truth of magic.
"Even Voidspawn should focus on their own line of talent. Void Walkers can travel freely, while everything seen by Void Lords is analyzed into its most fundamental state of information."
"How many beings have you seen who reached Sequence 5 with abilities this messy?"
The Magician said gravely, "Still, time and space are indeed paths that many gods cultivate together. That alone doesn't prove anything... I hope..."
"It isn't what I think it is."
It wasn't as though the Magician had never seen similar paths before, but after enduring the difficult process of advancement, the laws those paths represented in the later stages were terrifying.
Truth, knowledge, omniscience, or omnipotence.
No matter which of those paths it represented, once it succeeded, its strength would be utterly terrifying—if Rimuru was truly following one of them, then every other force in the Real world was merely accompanying the Light Chasers or Hell on their run!
Thinking of that, the Magician sighed and put down his bread.
Fuck, he'd lost his appetite.
After the celebration ended, Rimuru and the others returned to Kamar-Taj, while S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Light Chasers returned to New York—and regardless of whether it was S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Light Chasers, each side was missing one person when they left.
They were Tony Stark and Lina.
"She... just came along with us? By the way, her team still belongs to... uh, the mages' side, right?"
Back in her own home, Ye Xiaoqian stretched before diving