A different world game? A different world game!

Deep within the layers of chaotic, distorted energy in the semi-space gaps.

Bloodhammer Magnum's massive body was submerged in a deep pool of water.

The pool water was not clear, but rather had a viscous, dark blue hue, like a frozen night sky.

Beneath the surface, countless blurry, distorted, and pained faces appear and disappear, their mouths agape silently, their empty eye sockets conveying eternal despair and wailing.

A low, mournful groan, seemingly emanating from the depths of the soul, echoed eerily in the silent semi-space, forming a chilling background sound—this was the Pool of Mourning Souls.

A wondrous abyss formed from pure, tormented souls.

Magrum's enormous lava-patterned hand casually tossed the water, its dark red scales greedily absorbing the chaotic energy and soul essence contained within.

He did suffer a minor injury. In that brief but intense clash with the immovable god Carlos, the opponent's rock-solid divine power caused his arm, which had been bracing against the counterattack of [Abyss Death Knell], to still feel a slight, rhythmic stiffness.

This injury would have been insignificant to an evil god, but Magnum chose to soak in the pool that nourished chaos, seeking a faster and more comfortable recovery.

He let out a deep, muffled growl, as if enjoying the massage brought on by the soul's wailing.

Not long ago, when Carlos's aura suddenly appeared above the crumbling section of the city wall, Magrum instinctively gripped the Abyss Death Knell, his fighting spirit surging within his lava bloodline.

The temptation to destroy the order of the gods is immense.

It's impossible, though.

However, to his surprise, the Abyss Messenger, who was usually quick to find excuses to avoid battle, was unusually proactive this time and took the lead in meeting him.

Magrum stopped moving, its large nostrils spewing out two plumes of sulfurous smoke, a hint of displeasure mixed with understanding.

However, he was also puzzled as to why the other party was so proactive this time.
The Abyss Messenger's "proactivity" does not stem from courage or responsibility, but from "restraint."

The two Order Gods stationed on the 1121st floor of the Bloodbath Fortress, Carlos and the newly appointed savior Kana, have very different characteristics.

Carlos's divine power is centered on "earth", "weight" and "tenacity" - which are precisely the cornerstones for building defenses and consolidating positions.

While the power of the Fallen Abyss Messenger is indeed strong and bizarre, its destructive shockwaves are much less effective against the "toughness" rule of the rock. The two sides are more like they are fighting a battle of attrition, and it is difficult to form a fatal counter.

However, Kana is quite different.

The Fallen Abyss Messenger had experienced firsthand Kana's incredibly troublesome "datafication" ability in battle.

In that confrontation, the Destructive Power that the Fallen Abyss Messenger was so proud of seemed to have crashed into an invisible, hard barrier. It was broken down, slowed down, and even used against him, leaving him feeling extremely constrained and frustrated.

It can be said that Cana's abilities were not only not countered by him, but were actually completely suppressed by him to some extent.

The thought of facing that inescapable power of rules again filled the Fallen Abyss Messenger with a sense of unease and disgust on a spiritual level.

Moreover, the other party had already figured out his abilities and indeed discovered this weakness that he was able to overcome.

If the fight continues, and this god of order is even slightly aggressive and tries to do something, he will definitely be injured if he pays a certain price.

This is not what he wanted to see.

Moreover, this Kana is known as the Savior. Saviors are sometimes different from ordinary people.

They might be willing to pay some price to severely damage him.

Rather than being tormented by Cana's abilities, it's better to face Carlos, that tough rock, at least in terms of the rules there's no disgusting sense of restraint.

Therefore, he decisively "humbly" gave the inevitable "opportunity" of clashing with Kana to the belligerent Maglum.

Just as Magrum was enjoying the solace of the grieving souls, a stream of information condensed from pure abyssal energy pierced through the barrier of half-space.

Like a cold, venomous snake, it coiled around his consciousness—from the frontline demon commander, the slaughter demon lord Balzac.

The message was filled with anxiety and warnings.

An elite Order force led by the legendary axe-wielding centaur, Lelia, is wreaking havoc on hatching pools and chaos nodes in the heart of the demon realm, and the Order occupation is rising at an abnormal rate.

It has now begun to approach 40%.

The target is aimed at the 50% critical point!
Balzac claimed this was a sign that the Order was attempting to turn the 1121st level of the Abyss into a springboard for the Blood War, and requested the attention of the evil god, who might intervene.

Magrum's massive head swayed slightly, and a sulfurous sneer spread across his lips, which were submerged in the pool.

He let out a disdainful snort, the message bursting like a bubble on a pond, leaving him utterly unmoved.

An evil god? The abyss's demands?

He, Magrum, came here simply because the will of the abyss had a most basic contractual requirement for all abyssal gods.

When the gods of the Order faction appear on the front lines of the bloodbath and intend to intervene in the battle on a large scale and disrupt the balance, a Chaos God of equal rank must appear to counter them.

The aim is to prevent them from indiscriminately slaughtering the demon legion or forcibly advancing the rules of order.

This is the only mandatory constraint the abyss imposes on them.

The abyss itself is the embodiment of chaos and freedom, granting them immense power and a high degree of autonomy.

The will of the abyss cannot and will not force them to carry out specific tactics or act as firefighters, as it would with cannon fodder imps.

If there were truly such harsh and coercive intervention, these unruly evil gods would have long since abandoned the abyss and fled to other planes.

Their very existence serves as a strategic deterrent and a regulator of rules.

On the bloody battlefield of the abyss, those gods of order are not bound by any constraints and can do whatever they want.

Furthermore, the gods of order who are willing to come here must all want to do something, so their initiative is far greater than that of the demons.

Magnum may be warlike, but isn't he currently "recuperating" in the Pool of Wraiths?

The mobilization of the demonic forces below, the loss of strongholds, the advancement of a certain mortal legend… do these trivial matters require him, a god, to handle personally? What a joke!

"Balzac..."

Magnum's deep roar reverberated above the pool, creating ripples of soul energy.

"A war lord under the Blood God? Useless! He can't even quell this little disturbance, he only exaggerates the trouble."

As a god, Magrum saw things far more clearly than any mortal lord.

So what if the order occupation rate increases to 50%?
Even if it really comes to that, it will only attract more demonic forces from the abyss to gather here, raising the intensity of the bloodbath on the 1121st floor to a whole new level.

What's so new about this? Throughout the endless history of bloody battles, which key battlefield hasn't experienced such ebb and flow?

Order and chaos are in this eternal tug-of-war that sustains the battlefield of bloodshed.

As for Balzac's alarmist "bloody springboard" theory...

Magrum's face, covered in lava-like patterns, showed disdain.

To truly tear apart the barriers of the abyss space, forcibly pull adjacent layers into the same bloody battle vortex, and expand the scale of the battlefield?

That would inevitably trigger a large-scale conflict between gods! He acknowledged that Kana had a somewhat troublesome reputation, but the opponent's level of divine power... Magrum could clearly sense that it wasn't strong.

Cana does not possess the immense power to forcibly anchor or distort the multi-layered abyssal spatial structure.

If Kana dares to so recklessly interfere with the rules of space and try to establish a springboard, then it is time for Magnum to fulfill his contract and appear to stop him.

The other side can only send troops and use the normal rules as a springboard.

His task was to keep Cana in check.

That's it.

As long as Kana doesn't move, Magrum doesn't need to move.

How well the troops below are fighting, and how many percentage points the order has increased—what does that have to do with him?
He had already made preparations to "respond" to Kana, and his contractual obligations were considered fulfilled.

If other deities of order are indeed attracted to come and try to provide support, the will of the abyss will naturally forcibly summon or distort space to allow evil gods from other dimensions to be teleported over to "fill the void."

The ordinary demon troops piled up like mountains on the battlefield are meant to be worn down and used to decide the outcome when the gods are locked in a stalemate.

Moreover, a more subtle calculation flashed deep within Magrum's lava-like eyes.

They say they don't want to fight bloody battles and expand the battlefield, but what do they really think?

The war lords under the Blood God are not fools.

If the 1121st floor can truly expand, drawing one or two adjacent abyssal floors into this massive war furnace... what does that mean?
This means that an even more powerful source of war is converging!
An even more intense rule of slaughter and destruction is boiling over!
More war-related gods will be promoted.

This is a good thing for all the demons who are close to the gods and are trying to take this path.

Not only for these legendary powerhouses, but for a war-oriented evil god like him, this is not a disaster, but... an opportunity!
The atmosphere of war in the abyss will be even more intense, and the power he can draw from it will be even greater.

The abyss's desire to expand chaos and the war gods' selfish desire to strengthen the origin of war are, to some extent, not entirely opposed.

As long as Kana doesn't move, he's happy to sit back and watch, letting the war burn even brighter.

Fulfill the contract, wait for the outcome, and that is enough.

……

The abyss was filled with the smoke of gunpowder and the earth was cracked and scorched.

The silence of the Pool of Sorrows was replaced by the booming sounds of clashing weapons, the hissing of holy light, and the roars of demons.

Leilia, the legendary centaur warrior, is now facing an unprecedented predicament.

The [Sun Soul] battle axe in her hand still burned with blazing holy flames, tearing through the chaotic aura with each swing, carving out golden-red furrows in the scorched ground.

However, her opponents are two powerful lords who have been drawn back from the demon army.

On the left, a Bone-Piercing Demon Lord was like a twisted, living storm of blades. Its five-meter-tall body was covered with a gray-white exoskeleton covered with sharp bone spikes, and the ends of its four mantis-like arms were huge bone blades that shimmered with a cold, eerie blue light.

Its attack method is bizarre and swift. The bone blade is not a simple slash, but a high-speed vibration, rotation, and even a brief detachment from the body to fly around, cutting towards Leilia from all kinds of tricky angles. Each collision bursts out a piercing metallic scraping sound and a chilling aura of death.

On the right is a berserker lord, which is much larger and more ferocious than an ordinary berserker, standing nearly seven meters tall. Its bulging muscles resemble twisted lava blocks, covered with thick, dark red scales.

It wielded a giant axe that burned with inextinguishable hellfire, each strike carrying destructive power and scorching heat, as if it wanted to cleave space itself apart.

Its attacks were wide and sweeping, filled with primal and savage power, forcing Lelia to mobilize all her strength and rely on the resilient runes flowing on her [Barrier Oath] armor to withstand its might.

The two demon lords had no coordination whatsoever, and their attack trajectories even occasionally interfered with each other.

However, the combined strength of each of them created a terrifying suppressive force.

The Bone-Piercing Demon Lord's ghostly speed and tricky attacks forced Lelia to constantly dodge and maneuver, his four hooves pounding the shattered earth with rapid thunderous sounds.

The Berserker Demon Lord's earth-shattering strikes forced her to repeatedly concentrate her strength and use the holy flames of her [Sun Soul] to meet the attack head-on. Each impact caused her robust body to tremble slightly and her arms to go numb.

Although the holy flames could scorch the demon's body, the two lords' abyssal power was exceptionally vast, and their thick scales/exoskeletons provided strong protection.

Leilia's long golden hair danced wildly in the battle storm, her eyes still sharp as an eagle's.

However, her room for maneuver has been compressed, making it difficult to counterattack. She can only rely on her honed combat skills and the sacred characteristics of the [Sun Soul] to barely hold on, and is clearly at a disadvantage.

However, while Lelia held off her two strongest adversaries, the Night's Watch elite forces she led displayed an overwhelming advantage.

The Night's Watch's elite force is stronger than demons; it's even a demon-slaying force specifically designed to counter demons.

The warriors, clad in the rune-studded Barrier Oath heavy armor and wielding the Abyss Arbiter weapon that gleamed with the light of exorcism, coordinated their movements skillfully and strategically.

Having endured several days of fierce fighting behind enemy lines, their tactics became more refined and efficient.

We already know how to cut and annihilate demons more quickly.

They know how to deal with their abilities and their chaotic nature.

Faced with this elite reinforcement force composed of horned demons, berserkers, and shadow lurkers, the Night Watchmen quickly formed an unbreakable battle formation.

Warriors wielding the Miniature Holy Light Hand Cannon formed a dense net of purifying fire in front, suppressing and dismantling the demons' charge.

Elite warriors wielding longswords or warhammers scalpel-like precision as they cut into the demon squads split up by firepower, making full use of the [Abyss Arbiter] weapon's effectiveness against abyssal creatures.

The roars of demons mingled with the explosions of holy light, and severed limbs flew everywhere, accompanied by acrid black smoke.

The Night's Watch forces, like highly efficient war machines, are methodically dividing, surrounding, and annihilating this elite demon force that is trying to stop them.

The two demon lords cannot return to help, because the two of them together can absolutely suppress Lelia, but if there is only one, the effect will not be good.

It's said that the two of them held off Lelia, but given that the basic forces are weaker than the Night's Watch, it actually seemed like Lelia alone was holding off both of them.

The scales of victory seem to be tipping in their favor. (End of Chapter)