Although Necromancers were not to be trusted.
And Emperor Haisan had no conscience.
This time, though, Mistress had indeed wronged him.
It was not that he refused to open the door in this situation, but that the door...
Had been designed in an utterly insane way!
"Rounding it off, there are 3.6 billion combination locks! Are you guarding against thieves or guarding against yourself?!"
The Cosmic Pedestal had a core independent of the multiverse system. It normally disguised itself as an ordinary meteorite, and only someone holding the "key" could open it. The Emperor was there now, unlocking it while cursing nonstop.
It sounded absurd, but this core was not important.
Both the "key" and the "door" had, from the very beginning, been stored by Marvel inside its most important avatar, AAO. AAO was the "door," the Limit was the "key," and this universal core was merely the "location" where the door was supposed to exist.
Even if it were accidentally destroyed, reforging one would take only some time.
But clearly, the Emperor had neither the time nor the need for that now.
Both the "door" and the "key" were in his hands. All he needed to do was unlock it.
That was all!
Buzz—
As he spoke, a white line extended from the sphere of light taken from the Limit in his hand. It seeped into the core disguised as a meteorite, gradually unraveling the "door lock."
Judging by the progress, it had barely reached thirty percent.
Yes, the door, the key, and the location—the three vital conditions were all in the Emperor's hands.
But who said there was only one lock???
Looking closely, that white line was not an ordinary beam of energy. Every tiny segment was a cipher representing a complex piece of universal information.
Then, only