Ever since coming into contact with Death Frenzy, Ash had felt a faint sense that something was off.
Later, after fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Nether Devil, the Mirror Demon, and the Black Devil—and even spending several days before the End War speaking heart-to-heart with them—that feeling in Ash's heart had only grown stronger.
Namely, the way the Bond System behaved simply did not match the Doomsday Watcher they described at all.
As the most terrifying artificer, one who could make four evil, mad, arrogant, and cruel spellcraft Demon Kings bow their heads in submission—even fear him from the bottom of their hearts—the ultimate result he had created by burying countless worlds and squandering countless resources was actually a team-support secret art like "you have to get along with other people before you can borrow their power."
Even saying it was like a lone wolf choosing to play team support was not enough to describe the abruptness of it. If he had to put it into words, it was like the great villain in a dynastic struggle novel somehow researching a favorability system that should only appear in a romantic comedy manga.
But when he thought about it carefully, it also made sense. After all, the Doomsday Watcher alone could not defeat Ouroboros, and even the five of them combined could not defeat it. Naturally, he would start wondering whether stacking five people together could produce a qualitative change from quantitative accumulation. Death Frenzy and the others had thought the same way.
In fact, the Bond System completely matched Death Frenzy and the others' expectations. Aside from showing some favoritism toward the bond core—the Operators' spellcraft experience would be shared one-sidedly with the core—in every other aspect, both sides of the bond were entirely equal. There was not the