As he watched the growing number of Komoz before him,
Orsaga's expression did not change.
In fact,
he even had time to quietly sense what was happening far away.
Through his primary ability, source of eternal suffering, he could clearly sense that, in the distant reaches, large numbers of his opponent's avatars were moving farther and farther away, constantly splitting themselves and infecting other living beings as they fled.
Thus, at every moment, their numbers were multiplying in unrestricted leaps.
If even one of those avatars managed to escape,
then no matter how many instances of Komoz Orsaga killed, it would mean nothing.
After all,
thanks to a derivative effect of the foundation trait infinite energy,
unless Komoz was annihilated completely,
dying any number of times was trivial to him and had no fundamental impact. At most, it was a matter of closing his eyes and opening them again.
However,
despite sensing his opponent's actions,
Orsaga showed no tension whatsoever, looking perfectly content to let him run.
The reason was simple.
As a Demon Lord among Abyss Lords, since he had chosen to drag his opponent down here for a spirited one-on-one fight, he had naturally already considered the possibility that his opponent would flee or fight while retreating.
He had also prepared all sorts of plans and countermeasures beforehand.
The source of eternal suffering he was currently using was one of them.
Since this ability could forcibly steer developments in the worst possible direction, turning all kinds of positive developments into negative ones,
it could naturally also forcibly constrain all kinds of possibilities!
Thus,
using the instances of Komoz before him and his own true body as targets, Orsaga forcibly used source of eternal suffering to create something invisible to the naked eye, normally without effect, yet present in