The Book of Causal Paths wrote again: "And now, I can already feel it—the power of the Sea of Causality is boiling!"
"This can only mean one thing: a massive bloodbath is about to erupt here!"
Charles said, "Is it because the devil legions are about to arrive as reinforcements?"
The Book of Causal Paths wrote: "Without question. Hachiwote wants to split apart the lands of Purgatory; the fury of Purgatory's will is violent."
"There were already so many devil reinforcements inside this city before, let alone after so much time has passed!"
"The unity of devils is something these demons cannot compare to. They have strict laws: if a devil's territory comes under attack and the surrounding devil nobles fail to provide aid, they will be punished. In the most severe cases, they may even be stripped of their titles."
"So, since Hachiwote is still staying here, all that awaits you next is a great war."
Charles scratched his head at that. "Hachiwote really is greedy. If he took his legion and retreated to his own world now—"
"With the world's blessing upon a demon overlord, granting him seventh-rank power, the devils probably wouldn't be able to defeat him in a short time, right?"
"He might even make a profit and return to the Bottomless Abyss."
Yet the Book of Causal Paths wrote: "Your thinking is different from his, because you are not looking at these matters from his position."
"To steer an Abyss world upward from the Bottomless Abyss and crash it into Avernus of Purgatory is no simple matter. It often requires hundreds, even thousands, of years of waiting and opportunity."
"Hachiwote may have waited for over a thousand years before finally obtaining such an opportunity, then expended immense power before finally crashing into Avernus's heartland."
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