-In an instant, the surrounding darkness of the Hidden World began to tremble.
This world, which could conceal even the senses of Demon Gods in the present world, suddenly began shrinking like a punctured balloon.
The overwhelming mystery and dark light of Ether instantly burned to a boil, and the Barrier covering the entire building shattered into utterly useless dregs.
Everything happened in an instant, in less than a tenth of a second.
But this was not because some flaw had appeared in Aleister's invariably failing fate.
The foundation of the Barrier technique lay in creating environments with different functions according to one's needs.
The ultimate expressions of Barriers, such as Reality Marbles and the Golden Great Evolution Technique, could even replace the world itself with one's own Inner Landscape.
But unless they reached the overwhelmingly superior level of a Demon God, even the strongest Barrier practitioners within the world needed foundations rooted in the present world to create them.
Thus, when the present world's magnetic field parameters were permanently altered, even the most earthquake-resistant skyscrapers would collapse.
Even the most farsighted designer could not anticipate such changes to the data underlying the rules.
In fact, every Barrier across the world had simultaneously begun collapsing.
So Roland was in no hurry at all.
Aleister's sole purpose in creating the Hidden World had been to confer once more about the final plan.
And once that purpose was fulfilled, everything became an overt stratagem.
The Demon Gods knew Roland was preparing a decisive move to turn the tables, but they could not be certain, nor would they believe, that resistance mounted right under their noses could guarantee his victory.
Although they could not fully discern Roland's unknown methods and hidden cards, True Gremlin held a nearly overwhelming advantage in direct confrontation. Thus,