Tribulation

However, before this devouring began, Lorien first decided to filter out the useless Laws that wouldn't benefit him.

For example, among the nearly hundred Laws, dozens were related to the fear of certain animals

I mean, what possible gain would Lorien get from absorbing the Law of [Mice], moreover, god knows what would happen if that were to happen.

Just thinking of the possibility of transforming into Peter Pettigrew sent shivers down Lorien's spine.

'Nope, just nope!'

'Even if the possibility is 0.000000000000000000001%, I have to erase it!'

Making his decision, Lorien didn't hesitate at all as he immediately discarded all those extra Laws, leaving only those with vague concepts such as the fear of [Heights], [Small Spaces], and so on.

After all, as seemingly insignificant as these laws seemed to be, they were actually small fragments of higher Laws.

For example, the aforementioned fear of small spaces law was a fragment of the Law of space.

So, fragmented as these laws were, absorbing all of them would be of great use to Lorien.

'However, I don't know if these would be enough...'

'After all, I can sense that even though thanks to the [Eternity] Law I took a large step forward, I am still half a step away from succeeding.'

'Well, there is no way of knowing without trying I guess, so let's begin!'

Not wasting any more time, Lorien immediately released his hold on the Laws he had just discarded, allowing them to escape back into the world outside his domain.

The moment this happened, a mysterious and all-encompassing power emerged, surrounding them and swiftly teleporting them back to hell where they would be reincarnated into brand new devils.

However, at this moment, Lorien neither knew nor cared about any of this as he focused his attention on the remaining laws and began assimilating them immediately.

*Bzzz*

*Bzzz*

Having already experienced such a process before and considering the fragmented nature of these Laws, the assimilation happened at a breakneck speed, even surprising Lorien himself.

In just a fraction of a second, nearly 90% of these Laws were assimilated by Lorien's domain, further enhancing it and propelling it to greater heights.

Having just reached the 16 km mark following the previous enhancement, the domain began expanding once again at an incredible speed.

16.2Km, 16.7Km, 17Km, 17.4Km, 18Km...

This seemingly endless expansion continued unabated until the domain finally reached the 19-kilometer mark, where its expansion finally came to a halt.

However, amidst all these secondary gains, Lorien's attention remained fixated on the [Eternal Dream Tree] at the heart of the realm.

More precisely, his focus was on the embryonic innate laws brewing within it.

Right now, Lorien sensed that only a small nudge was needed for the Law to come into being.

Though initially not overwhelmingly powerful, the Law of [Dream and Reality] that would emerge from within the domain would suffice to shatter the barrier preventing him from reaching the Law Stage.

More importantly, these laws would also align perfectly with Lorien, rendering them the perfect catalyst for the Law transformation and even the Source Ability upgrade.

'Hmmmm.'

'It seems that I'll have to go for a walk to hell to gather the remaining laws.'

However, as he thought of this, Lorien couldn't help but turn his attention to the devil hunters whom he had somewhat ignored.

Looking at them, Lorien's attention couldn't help but immediately be attracted to the devils among them whom he had intentionally bypassed in his previous absorption process.

'Should I...'

His gaze shifting from one individual to the next, Lorien's gaze finally settled on Denji, his eyes narrowing with each passing moment.

Noticing this, the devil hunters who were still shocked after witnessing the domain expansion were suddenly snapped back to reality, feeling as if a cold bucket of icy water had been thrown in their faces.

Shaking uncontrollably, Hirokazu and Kobeni were the first to collapse under this intense gaze as they began mumbling.

"He-Hey, why do I feel like he wants to kill us now..."

"Da-Danger, this is dangerous."

Following them was Power, who somehow quickly noticed that Lorien's gaze was mostly targeting her and Denji.

So, after sensing trouble, she immediately spoke up, attempting to avert disaster.

"He, begin with him!"

However, it seems that as oppressive as Lorien's gaze was, it was apparently insufficient to suppress someone like Denji, who had a screw loose in his brain as even after locking eyes with Lorien, he remained unfazed.

Normally, after witnessing such a feat of strength from their opponent, even the most courageous individuals who would decide to fight in the end would exhibit signs of fear.

However, Denji showed no such emotions.

Noticing this, Lorien couldn't help but smile and nod towards them before averting his gaze.

'The complete lack of fear in a world where your opponents are powered by fear, this might be the true reason why he is the main character.'

'However, such a lack of fear without any plot armor will only get you killed faster, so while I respect it, I don't particularly agree with it.'

'Fear is one of the main things that pushes people to improve, however, I as an outsider who hasn't lived in this world am not qualified to comment on this.'

'Moreover, this is not time for this as it appears that I am in a bit of a problem here...'

Turning his gaze towards the sky, Lorien's face immediately turned solemn as he sensed a great danger brewing there.

Additionally, as a foreshow to the danger, Lorien felt something that he had never felt before sense becoming a reality warper closely linked to the world.

Negative Luck — It seems that after forcefully absorbing such a large number of Laws from the world and assimilating them, the world had finally reacted.

Right now, not only was Lorien shackled by Negative Luck, but there was also a strong oppressive power attacking his domain from all sides, attempting to wrest control from him.

Most importantly, there was also an oppressive and dangerous power emanating from the sky, which Lorien deemed to be the most perilous threat.

'This...'

'Is this the world's counterattack?'

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