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But compared to the complete ritual, transcending Human Evil was merely one of the astronomical number of preparations.

The most difficult part lay in making the ritual succeed at the end.

Even Roy, despite being a Demon God, could not guarantee that the ritual would succeed completely, or that he would be able to open the path of 9=2 (magus) after its success.

Because this was an unknown path that no one had explored before, Roy was a true pioneer even in the world of A Certain Magical Index.

Neither Othinus nor Aiwass, who governed the transmission of knowledge, had ever truly touched the realm above the Silver Star.

Even Aleister's theories regarding the Silver Star were merely his own conjecture, not absolute truth.

Therefore, the most difficult and ultimately crucial moment would be in AD 33, the important point in time when the Son of God ascended to Heaven, connecting the Old Testament and the New Testament.

The only good news was that Roy had discovered the existence of the Old Ones in the Moon World. In particular, he had already determined that the highest-ranking among them had reached the realm of 9=2.

This allowed Roy, who had been lost in the darkness ahead, to find a path suffused with light.

The direction in which those Old Ones advanced might not necessarily be correct or suitable for him, but it could serve as a reference, a guiding beacon lighting his way.

"Yog-Sothoth... You will never escape my grasp. No matter where you hide, even if you open countless doors through space and time, in the end, in AD 33, you will inevitably reveal your trail."

"...Yes, I need to speed things up. These evil gods are not beings I can fully understand. No one can know what kind of