Temporary Allies

Killing never ended. The joys, sorrows, grief, and pain of intelligent beings could not be shared. Hellish jokes would only grow more numerous.

When were soldiers most likely to lose contact? Not after charging, but before their superiors ordered them into a Jade Ruin Charge.

"...Don't get involved. Don't get involved. Absolutely don't get involved. Remember, you're Tier 4. Those people are all Tier 7 or above."

Just as Lu PingAn was considering whether he should "go do something," Big Cat urgently cooled his head again.

"I think it might work. I have quite a few cards in my hand, and this thing too..."

Lu PingAn stroked the Decapitation Sword. It was venting its own desire, yearning to complete itself with a lord's flesh and soul.

"I don't want to emphasize the gulf between Rule-level and Law Decree-level again. Can you be sure that the one making this judgment is you, rather than that thing in your hand?"

"...Of course."

Lu PingAn paused. His instinctive answer had been, "Of course it's my own idea," but was it really?

He reviewed everything he had done along the way.

"...Uh, it seems I've been a little too aggressive?" Thinking about it, Lu PingAn had indeed been rather reckless throughout this journey.

In the past, unless he had been forced into a corner, he should have been fairly content to slack off. How had he ended up wanting to "slay gods" at every turn?

"The abyss is a world. Abyssal power is one of the sources of calamity in the multiverse. Even if this is only a miniature version, it is impossible for mortals to completely resist its influence."

Big Cat said something pointedly. Lu PingAn nodded, indicating that he understood.

He returned to his own position and thought it over. The people