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"Hmm, where should I begin?"

The Gluttonous Pope pondered for a moment and then asked, "What do you know about the End Pope?"

Loran was silent for a moment, then said, "A thousand years ago in Kadia, he was known as the 'Eternal Watcher's Bell,' and he was already at the seventh rank then."

"Yes, that's it."

Pope Gluttony snapped his fingers: "Aren't you curious why, even after a thousand years—and even if we exclude the time we spent sleeping, that guy has been active in the world for three hundred years—he's still at the seventh rank when we're all already at the seventh rank?"

Loran frowned. He was indeed curious about this matter. Could it be that the Pope of the End lacked talent? But thinking about it carefully, that didn't make sense either. The Pope of the End's talent was definitely stronger than the remaining four paladins who hadn't broken through to the seventh rank at that time. Even if breaking through to the eighth rank was more difficult, it shouldn't be that he hadn't broken through after hundreds of years.

"Regarding the eighth rank, I believe Lord Lorian already knows something about it."

Pope Gluttony said, "Eighth-tier saints already have their own laws, and this step is enough to kill many people."

"So what? I don't think this step can hold off the Pope of the End for hundreds of years."

"Indeed."

Pope Gluttony nodded and said, "But since we've become their followers, there's bound to be a price to pay. Those of us who broke through to the seventh rank using their power have already been affected. What about those who used their power to break through to the eighth rank?"

"I don't see that you've been affected that much."

"This is information that is prohibited from being sold."

“呵......你的意思每^日.发！书，群【6`5,0/5^0”2*3>3.8】是，终焉教皇担心被邪神力量彻底侵蚀，所以没有突破八阶？”

"Do not."

Pope Gluttony said, "In fact, he had already accepted their power, but after he realized that this power was not right, he took it out and sealed it in the bell behind him."

At this point, Pope Gluttony couldn't help but show admiration: "It's truly remarkable that he could maintain his sanity under the erosion of their power. Even I have some respect for this guy."

"It seems that not all of you are truly serving the evil god."

"This is paid information, so I can't give it to you for free."

"Oh? How much? Why don't you name a price?"

Lorraine smiled and said, "I'm quite interested."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't decided on a price yet."

Pope Gluttony said with a grin, "Therefore, it is not for sale for the time being."

"Heh...so be it. So the Pope of the End sealed the power of the eighth rank inside the bell? But since he sealed this power himself, would he ever take it out again?"

"It's hard to say."

Pope Gluttony sighed: "They are not easily fooled. They turn a blind eye to us on ordinary days, but they personally arranged the matter of the demons. If we are not willing to go all out in the end, we may not even be able to survive when we return."

"...How strong is he after breaking through to the eighth rank?"

"Weaker than Adams, but stronger than the Lord of the Lich King's Court."

Pope Gluttony looked at Loran: "Given the uncertainty of whether the Lord of the Lich King's Court will intervene, my suggestion is, Lord Loran, that you should break through to the eighth rank."

Loran frowned. Although he could defeat weaker eighth-tier opponents with the help of Messiah's power, they were only weaker ones. If the Pope of the End regained his strength and became even stronger than the old lich, then he would probably need to break through to the eighth tier.

“I will try to buy you some time. That guy, End, won’t decide to release the sealed power right away, so you still have some time.”

Pope Gluttony looked at Loran: "Of course, with your current combat strength, you can hold off that guy even without breaking through to the eighth rank, but you will definitely suffer heavy losses."

That's not necessarily true.

Loran thought to himself that if he activated Messiah's blessing, he could easily hold off the Pope of the End. However, this was information that the Pope of Gluttony was unaware of.

However... even if he manages to hold off the Pope of the End, the Demon Clan will likely still suffer considerable losses.

"That's the intelligence. The Enders are coming back. I'm leaving now."

Pope Gluttony hastily logged off, and Lucifer looked at Loran: "What do you mean? I don't believe Her Majesty the Saintess didn't leave some backup plan for you."

"Although there are some, it will probably still cause some losses."

Loran sighed, "And I think it's time to consider breaking through to the eighth rank."

"The way you're talking makes it sound like you can break through any barrier just because you want to."

Lestinger rolled her eyes, only to find that no one agreed with what she said.

"Hey, really?"

"Well, while it's not something I can break through whenever I want, it certainly won't hold me back for ten years."

Loran coughed and said, "It's just that those at the eighth rank will attract more or less attention from the secular world, and ultimately they won't be as free... But now is the time."

Chapter 214 Methods to Break Through to the Eighth Rank

At night, Loran sat at his desk, lost in thought.

While breaking through to the eighth rank wasn't particularly difficult for him, it wasn't as simple as he could do at any time. The most crucial question was: what would he use to break through to the eighth rank?

Loran fell into deep thought.

Is it breaking through to the eighth level in magic, or breaking through to the eighth level in martial arts?

Logically speaking, his magic should be stronger than his martial arts, but there is a problem here: his magic affinity is ultimately not high enough. Although he can use magic of all attributes, it is just a magic guidance framework that he has built himself.

If one hopes to break through to the eighth rank using demonic methods, it will probably be more difficult than using martial arts.

If the progression from level one to level seven represents the accumulation of quantity, then the transition from level seven to level eight is the process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. And this qualitative change is the law. As a magic user without elemental attributes, it is very difficult for Loran to find a suitable law.

However, there is actually a slightly more opportunistic method: using ice-attribute magic to break through to the eighth rank. Loran had previously completed a system quest and gained an affinity for ice-attribute magic. Although this didn't significantly boost Loran's combat power, having this affinity would make breaking through to the eighth rank much easier for a single-attribute mage.

But if that's the case, there's another problem.

If he were to break through using a single attribute without using Messiah's blessing, Loran would probably only be slightly stronger than a regular low-level eighth-tier. While this is already excellent—having surpassed a regular low-level eighth-tier immediately after breaking through—is enough.

It's enough to deal with the current Pope of the End... but in the long run, it doesn't offer much benefit. Moreover, the lower the level of a law, the less likely it is to accept multiple laws coexisting. Therefore, once Loran uses ice-attribute magic to reach the eighth rank, he will probably have little chance of breaking through to the ninth rank in this lifetime.

Although this is more than enough for most people, even if they break through with powerful laws, there is almost no possibility of breaking through to the ninth rank—if it were really that simple, there wouldn't have been only Messiah at the ninth rank for thousands of years.

But Lorraine still felt that they couldn't stop there.

Therefore, let's treat this as a final contingency plan.

What about martial arts?

Loran began to ponder.

In martial arts, he has two abilities. One is the "Eye of All Magic," which is effective against magic and can be considered a magic nemesis. For magicians of the same level, he is their natural enemy.

But there's another problem: the Pope of the End is indeed a magician, but Adams isn't.

Adams is a true martial arts saint, and Loran's All-Seeing Eye can only have a limited effect on him.

Tsk, why isn't this guy a mage?

I look down on you bunch of brutes.

Someone completely forgot that before learning magic from Messiah, he was also a complete brute.

So, what if we don't look at the Eye of All Manifestations, but instead focus on the Way of the Sword?

Loran was quite confident in his swordsmanship; he had previously defeated Adams fair and square in the illusion.

but......

Loran clicked his tongue. Adams has a second stage, huh?

In his second phase, Adams wouldn't engage in any swordplay or sparring with him; he would just unleash a barrage of light beams as if they were free.

Mr. Loran's swordsmanship emphasizes invincibility and unbreakable speed. Simply put, Loran is not a Saber like Artoria who uses a barrage of attacks, but rather a Saber like Ms. Okita who doesn't unleash her special attacks.

Oh, I forgot, Majin Okita-san has a beam cannon.

Would you rather abandon the Saber class to gain the power of a beam attack? Hagiwara, you bastard.

If you break through to the eighth rank by relying on swordsmanship, you are indeed not weak in one-on-one combat, but you are still not very well-rounded... However, compared to breaking through to the eighth rank by relying on ice attribute magic, the laws of swordsmanship are stronger.

Let's treat this as the second contingency plan.

As for his other abilities... he only had a rudimentary understanding of alchemy, and it was impossible for him to break through to the eighth rank with it. And holy arts were even more out of the question. Although gods truly existed in this world, Loran was certainly not the kind of person who could completely believe in them.

He can only use holy magic because of Messiah.

Using holy arts to break through to the eighth rank would not only be associated with the Church, but he also lacked the talent for it.

Tsk, isn't there a better way?

Lorraine frowned.

This is the downside of learning too much. If others break through to the eighth rank, they'd be lucky to have even one solution, regardless of whether it's good or bad. But Loran knows too much, so he's become picky.

He still preferred to break through to the eighth rank using the demonic path, because his demonic level was stronger than his martial arts level, and his strength after the breakthrough would be even greater—although it would also be more difficult.

Rather, he simply doesn't have a method to break through to the eighth rank using demonic techniques.

Loran slowly released a wisp of magic power, without using any magic construction, and also suppressed the affinity of ice-attribute magic.

This is pure, attribute-less magic.

Logically speaking, one cannot cultivate the demonic path with attribute-less magic power, let alone break through to the Saint level? But Loran has already broken through, and even hopes to go further.

But what should we do?

Loran casually constructed a magical structure, and then the attribute-less magic began to guide the magical factors.

Depending on the magical structure Loran employs, the magical factors he draws in will also differ.

This is a unique way of releasing magic, unlike anything ever seen in the world before. Currently, only Loran, Charlotte, and Messiah know how to do it.

So, is it possible to break through to the eighth rank by starting from this aspect?

Lorraine frowned.

"I should refer to other people's experiences," Loran thought, pondering the several eighth-tier individuals she knew.

Messiah's laws are divine laws, favored by the seven gods, and possess a special power against evil. However, what constitutes evil is determined by Messiah herself.

The meaning is: Daily updates! The book, group [6`5,0/5^0”2*3>3.8] means that if Messiah says you are evil, then you are evil. However, only the purest can comprehend the divine law, therefore those who comprehend this law have their own standards for what constitutes evil, and are not people who would abuse it.

Messiah broke through to the eighth rank with virtually no difficulty back then, so it has no reference value for Loran.

This entry is from Gui.

Principal Lundilan's law is the Sea of ​​Knowledge, which is considerably weaker than Messiah's law. Loran didn't know how this guy comprehended this law, but judging from the name, it probably required the accumulation of knowledge.

Loran wouldn't bother with something like that.

Wow, this person just said they looked down on the brute, what a double standard.

Of course, the main reason why Loran was unwilling to learn from Lundilan's method was that this law was too weak in combat. Using his method was not as good as Loran's own two contingency plans.

The Elf Queen's laws are the laws of nature, and Loran cannot refer to them either—she has the ancient elven tree, but Loran does not.

The Lich King's law is the Law of Creation, but this old fellow's law is similar to that of Lundilan, both relying on the accumulation of knowledge. However, the old lich is older, and therefore much stronger than Lundilan.

The last eighth-tier being was the deceased Demon King. Loran was also familiar with his law, called "Day of Conquest," which was said to have been created by him. This guy was quite talented, but unfortunately, he ran into Messiah, and even the old lich who could have helped him was stopped by Loran and the others.

It doesn't seem to have much reference value... Wait, original?

Yes, why can't I create my own rules?

Loran slammed his fist down. This former Demon King was incredibly talented, and he was just as lacking? His own unique magical structure was also unparalleled and unprecedented.

If he, the Demon King, can do it, why can't I?

Since he's going to break through to the eighth rank, he should use the best laws to do so! The current situation isn't so urgent that he has to break through to the eighth rank immediately, so there's no need to compromise.

It's not too late to change the rules and use the second or third contingency plan when it's really too late!

Chapter 215 Preliminary Conception of Laws

After having the idea of ​​creating laws, Loran went to Lucifer the next day and asked her to take him to the Demon King's library.

"The laws of creation?"

Lestinger was somewhat shocked upon hearing this: "Breaking through to the eighth rank isn't enough, you're going to push yourself to an even higher level?"

"Do you think everyone is like you, just getting by?"

Lamia snorted coldly, but also looked at Loran: "Are you really confident?"

"What are you saying? The former Demon King could do it, but I can't?"

"That's true, but it took that guy over a hundred years to create it, which is already considered exceptional talent."