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"Is there something on your mind?"
Sensing that Li Zihan was somewhat absent-minded, the girl looked at the man who counted as her future husband, her expression slightly puzzled.
Li Zihan was a very serious person.
This was a certainty.
When he accompanied her to play, he was always very serious and would absolutely never get distracted.
"There is a little something, indeed."
Very honestly, Li Zihan stated his situation.
"I'm waiting for Rama to return, to bring back the two Divine Swords of Salvation to me, and then fulfill my covenant with him."
"What covenant?"
Like a curious baby, Miss Stargazer continued to ask.
She didn't know much about her future husband and wanted to understand more.
"He helps me kill Verethragna, and I go kill him, then succeed him as the King of the End."
This utterly inconceivable statement spilled from the boy's mouth as if it were a casual complaint, leaving Miss Stargazer instantly stunned.
Hey, hey, hey, what is this situation?
A covenant to kill one's ally?
Moreover, it sounds like Rama is exchanging the position of King of the End and the equipment named Divine Sword of Salvation for death.
Miss Stargazer felt she might have misheard.
"It sounds a bit unbelievable, but it can't be helped."
Li Zihan, who had established an agreement with Rama through a Vow, shrugged his shoulders and said:
"Being the King of the End is a drudgery."
"Anyone who becomes the King of the End, except for that guy Rama who merged as one with the Divine Sword of Salvation, will eventually be swallowed by the Divine Sword."
"But even so, the consumption of Rama's spirit and energy by the Divine Sword is excessive, making it difficult for him to bear."
"He wants to escape all this, but he worries about the safety of the world, putting him in a very contradictory state."
"So, I'm using the method of succeeding him as the King of the End to liberate him, fulfilling his duties in his stead."
Clearly happy about obtaining everything he wanted through an exchange, the boy was very cheerful.
After Verethragna died, only one high-risk intruder remained in this world.
Fu Hua had already gone to London to search for Alucard. Before long, she would be able to capture that Vampire King and send him to another world.
When that time came, he would be able to obtain the method of Eternal Destruction.
Once he obtained that, and after crushing the God of War to acquire the Star Grail, he could officially begin his journey of 'cheating' (becoming overpowered).
Taking the Star Grail, which could serve as a "Seat" (Throne), as his Holy Relic, and then using Rama's Authority to integrate the Holy Relic with himself—this was undoubtedly exploiting a bug.
Just like the primordial "Seat" in Dies Irae, it was a special structure established by highly technologically advanced humans after stepping into the universe and finding the origin of the coordinates of all phenomena.
When someone occupies it, they gain the ability to dominate the entire universe and dye the entire universe in their own colors.
The Lord of the First Heaven, Mithra (Truth), whose true name is Truth and whose godhood is the True Self, modified the rules of the universe by occupying the Seat. By governing all things in the universe, he caused a qualitative change in himself, reaching a level that transcended the universe.
The Star Grail in No Game No Life is a tool with characteristics consistent with the primordial Seat.
Whoever holds the Star Grail can dominate the Star Grail Universe, turning everything within that universe into their own power.
As long as he seized it, Li Zihan could replicate the upgrade plan of the Lord of the First Heaven and reach a level transcending the universe.
However—
Merely transcending a single universe is insufficient to overturn the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta.
The "Tree" and the "Sea" are composed of countless parallel universes; clearly, they are not things that an existence who hasn't reached the multiversal level can overthrow.
Therefore, the Star Grail, which can only dominate a single universe, must undergo modification.
The Lord of the Fourth Heaven—Mercurius (Mercury Snake), a regular guest in "Who Would Win" debates—allowed the possibilities born from expanding worldlines, causing the Divine Throne World, which was originally just a single universe, to split into a multiverse.
Then—
He strengthened the "Seat," making it capable of withstanding the "Reason" formed by his personal will, and then governed the Divine Throne World that had transformed into a multiverse.
The Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta are also multiverses.
As long as he could replicate the operation of the Mercury Snake, forcibly beating down the Tree and the Sea and turning them into a world under his governance would be something within easy reach.
But here comes the problem: how to replicate the Mercury Snake's operation?
Replicating the operation of an existence whose minimum attack power is the Big Bang, who can casually aggregate the mass of stars within a multiverse to blast out, whose aging mindset causes mystery to gradually disappear, and whose surging mindset causes spiritual energy to recover across the multiverse.
The answer is: it's impossible.
Li Zihan simply could not perform operations at that level.
Destroying everything of the position of universal domination and reconstructing it into a mechanism capable of carrying the "Reason" of a Tyrant God and extending it without limit—this operation is inconceivably high-end and cannot be replicated at all.
Therefore, let's use Rama's Authority to integrate the "Seat" and the "God" into one.
The boy, who would soon usurp Rama's Authority and then kill him, had flickering eyes.
However, speaking of which, just waiting for Rama like this was actually quite boring.
The boy, who hated boredom very much, looked at the girl who theoretically should be considered his, and a thought moved in his heart.
"What do you want to do?"
Suddenly sensing that a certain guy's gaze seemed a bit ill-intentioned, the girl froze for a moment, then instantly became vigilant.
What does this bastard want to do?
"Nothing, just agonizing over how to hand over the power of Holopsicon to you."
The boy, who had snatched the power named Holopsicon from the Military Uniform Princess, smiled and said casually.
Holopsicon (Senra Banshō).
—The power of all creation, the flow of all things, the power of true world reincarnation.
The power of Holopsicon is the power to birth everything from nothingness.
It can achieve twisting causality and, through adding "settings" post-hoc, easily obtain any ability.
Simply put, as long as people acknowledge the holder of this ability, the holder will continuously become stronger.
This was the trump card of Miss Military Uniform Princess, a boss who died very unceremoniously in this world.
But because the Omnipotent Halo (Ars Almadel Salomonis) and Indra's Thunder were smashed directly into her face, this boss lady, whose growth potential was theoretically terrifying, died directly, and the ability fell into Li Zihan's hands.
In a sense, Miss Military Uniform Princess lived a stifled life and died a cowardly death.
"You mean, that power?"
The girl, who had heard from the Black Princess that Li Zihan went to fight the Military Uniform Princess for her sake, wanting her to walk a stable path, had a look in her eyes containing emotions that were hard to articulate.
"Of course."
The boy, activating the Authority derived from Kusanagi Godou, looked at the girl belonging to him, a smile brimming on his face.
"Close your eyes, I will show you a miracle."