(I was helping peel sugarcane on New Year's Day, and my stockpile of drafts ran dry. Only getting this out now.)
Inside the wizard tower, Charles was analyzing laws.
More and more laws were being successfully analyzed by him.
Meanwhile, the demon legions under his command were continuously generating gains for him.
The devils attacked; they defended.
Both sides tacitly kept any power above the fourth tier out of the war.
It was not as though no bold devil barons had led troops into the Abyss World.
But before long, they either had to withdraw or died here outright.
So long as these Greater Devils did not enter on a large scale, the moment they came in, the Abyss's will immediately responded.
Every time, the Abyss's will hinted to the Greater Demons nearby, telling them to swarm those devil barons who had the audacity to defy heaven.
Kolsama and Anog, in particular, had been feasting to their hearts' content.
As long as they were nearby, they would rush over at once.
After all, when they ate Greater Demons to absorb power, devouring too many might provoke the wrath of the Abyss's will.
But eating devils had no such consequences at all.
Moreover, eating devils offered the benefit of killing two birds with one stone: the devils' own power, along with rewards from the Abyss's will.
Under such circumstances, lone devil barons truly did not dare enter the Abyss World.
And large numbers of Greater Devils had no need to do so for the time being.
The demons' injuries had yet to recover, but the devils were no better off.
Besides, they could gradually expand through their devil forces, steadily squeezing the demons' territory smaller.
There was no need to risk themselves by charging in to encircle and annihilate the demons.