The battle between demons and devils had never ceased.
Charles's territory grew ever larger.
And under these circumstances, Charles could even feel a constant torrent of power surging toward him.
Inside the wizard tower, Charles sensed the power swirling around him and came to a realization.
"Is this authority?"
He closed his eyes and felt the changes this power brought him.
As a fifth-tier demon lord, after obtaining authority over this portion of territory, he had nearly reached the peak of the fifth tier.
"This doesn't seem like the authority of an ordinary demon lord?"
Did demon lords possess authority? They did, but very little.
Normally, within an Abyss World, an abyssal archdemon lord controlled nearly all authority.
Fifth- and sixth-tier demon lords possessed almost no authority. Even if they did, it was only a tiny portion.
The vast power was almost entirely concentrated in the abyssal archdemon lord.
But now, that power was shifting downward.
Charles understood that this was because Hachiwote had been dead for far too long.
Moreover, no new abyssal archdemon lord had appeared in this Abyss World, which was why this situation had arisen.
Without a new abyssal archdemon lord, the struggle for authority naturally fell upon these demon lords.
Even though Charles had long suspected it, he could not help thinking at that moment, If I can completely grasp this power, could I become an abyssal archdemon lord as well?
But he quickly suppressed the thought.
The Book of Causal Paths wrote: "Stop fantasizing."
"The fact that you can obtain this power means the other demon lords can obtain it too."
"Those two sixth-tier demon lords may have gained even more power than you."
"What do you have to fight them with?"
Charles let out a breath of stale air and said, "That's right.