In the anime, I become stronger by eating myself

It wasn’t until the bedroom door was closed from the outside with a subtle sound that Darkness regained her ability to move.

"Aqua, wait!"

Darkness hurriedly opened the completely closed door, leaned out, and shouted loudly outside.

Unfortunately, there was no one in the corridor.

Instead, Huihui was awakened by the sudden noise and rolled off the bed.

"Hey, what's going on? What happened?"

Huihui was a little resentful, but at this moment, Darkness had no intention of answering Huihui’s question.

The great goddess of water...

This is the self-proclaimed title that Aqua often uses. Before, Darkness and Megumin didn’t take it seriously and only regarded Aqua as a fanatical Axis believer.

After all, they were Axis cultists, so no matter what they did, it wouldn’t seem strange.

If we have to say what is special about Aqua, it is probably her auxiliary skills, which seem to be a bit overpowered even for a high-level profession like the high priest.

From this perspective, Aqua does look a bit like a goddess.

But she didn't have the feeling of a god at all that Darkness imagined.

Instead of believing that Aqua is a goddess, it is better to believe that your best friend Chris is a goddess!

And now, Darkness began to believe it a little.

......

Axel, the novice village, the border of the ancient kingdom of Belzer, a place so desolate that the previous demon army was too lazy to capture it.

It was the birthplace of Aqua when she descended to the lower world, and it was also the birthplace of Luo Zhen when he traveled through time.

Due to the emergence of the maze city, most adventurers flocked there.

There is no other way but to go. Without other commissions, adventurers can only go to the maze city to make a living.

But Axel's adventurers were not affected too much and continued to live their lives as usual.

If you want to ask why?

No matter how outrageous Sylvia is, it is impossible for her to capture all the wild monsters in the world.

As for the monsters around Axel, except for the valuable Hydra that was captured, the rest are nothing more than giant frogs, wolves and the like that are everywhere.

Even without a commission, these monsters themselves have value and can be eaten or sold.

It is not a problem to feed these adventurers who have been playing badly.

Not to mention that after the labyrinth city became mainstream, normal adventurer commissions also reappeared.

Because of the sharp decrease in wild monsters, the number of commissions has also dropped sharply. The bigger the city, the more so.

Axel remains unaffected. It can be said that the Novice Village is both his success and his failure.

Good things cannot be enjoyed, but bad things are unlikely to happen to you.

The place where the abnormal situation occurred was in Axel!

Luo Zhen had never noticed it before.

And now, when he raised his perspective to overlook the entire world and looked deeper, he discovered that the area below Axel was empty and there was a huge magic circle.

After finding the target, the next step is to approach it.

Luo Zhen flashed and came to the basement of Axel, observing the target closely.

There was a fluctuation of magical power, but it was very weak. As for the time when it appeared, it was just now!

This was not a magic circle that had existed here all along, but it appeared only after the abnormal situation occurred.

Thinking of this, Luo Zhen's eyes involuntarily swept around. There was nothing here. The only thing with magical fluctuations was the seemingly illusory magic circle in front of him.

It is not a self-regulating magic circle, that is, someone actively triggered it.

But Luo Zhen was 100% sure that he was the first to arrive here, and Vanir was the second.

"Aren't you coming out yet?"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect to be discovered as soon as I arrived. You are worthy of being my friend."

After being exposed by Luo Zhen, Vanir walked out from the corner with a big laugh.

Because of his playful nature, Vanir took the initiative to serve as the final boss of the last floor of the dungeon, but this does not mean that he will stay there honestly.

Vanir still hangs out in Axel on a daily basis. There is a colleague in hell who is worthy of his attention here. Vanir is planning how to bring him back to hell in an interesting way.

Until what happened just now, the devil has always been elusive, and Vanir is the closest, so naturally he had to come and take a look.

In addition, there are some devilish thoughts.

I just didn't expect that even though he was so fast, there was actually someone faster than him.

"Hey, my friend Luo Zhen, don't look at me like that. Don't worry, I won't snatch it from you."

"Besides, you should think about how to deal with the rest first, rather than me."

While making guarantees, he approached Luo Zhen without any embarrassment after being exposed.

Following one's heart and knowing when to advance and retreat are also characteristics of demons.

Banier knew that he had a chance only if the right time, right place and right people were there, and he had only been thinking of giving it a try.

Now it is obviously impossible, Luo Zhen arrived earlier, and a goddess followed closely behind him.

"That's enough, Mr. Luo Zhen."

"Don't be deceived by Mr. Vanir. That thing is good, but it can easily lead to corruption!"

Wearing a headscarf and a dress, Eris, who was wrapped up tightly compared to the cool image of Chris, was the third to appear here.

She was pouting and looking at Luo Zhen angrily.

At this point, how could Eris not see what Luo Zhen wanted.

I had expected it, but it was hard not to feel some emotions when it was revealed.

World sovereignty, the unification of the divine world and hell has always been something that they are fighting for.

But Eris had no idea what it was, how it was formed, or what form it took.

Maybe the people above don’t know either.

Just like the study of the soul, we only know that it is a good thing, but we know nothing about the details.

However, I still have a general understanding of it. I was taught in school that holding world sovereignty is equivalent to having the supreme status in this world and the ability to make your wishes come true.

To achieve true omnipotence on a global scale.

To be honest, this level is not high for gods, especially great gods.

Under the jurisdiction of the unified divine realm, worlds mostly refer to individual planets, and occasionally even smaller.

Eris cannot destroy planets.

But someone of Aqua's level can summon water to flood a planet even without using divine power.

Using divine power is even more powerful. It can easily destroy a planet, just like using a high-pressure water gun to destroy an ant nest.

Without leaving any trace...

Of course, this was all what Eris heard from others. She had never seen Aqua do this in person, and after getting to know Aqua, she felt that she would not do such a thing.

But I heard from a certain goddess senior that Aqua-senpai was really super powerful in the past!

Even among the great goddesses, she is the pinnacle.

According to common sense, if the world can be destroyed easily, then world sovereignty is not important.

If you can overturn the chessboard, what’s the point of having the ability to change the rules of the game at will?

This makes sense, but the fact is just the opposite. World sovereignty still plays a big role, whether for ordinary gods or great gods.

Omniscience and omnipotence limited to a single world is also omniscience and omnipotence, which is something that gods who walk the path of the rules under their own control cannot do.

This thing is not lacking in the unified divine world, but the more the better!

One point that needs special attention is that humans must not be allowed to obtain it. There are too many cases that show this in the unified divine world.

No matter how good a person's character is, after experiencing the feeling of being omnipotent, he or she will eventually become extreme.

The human heart is the most fickle thing!

The so-called sharp weapon in one's mind will naturally give rise to murderous intent, with the mentality that one can change everything in the world.

A disappointment, a feeling of anger, a moment of jealousy, or even for the sake of "fairness and justice", all kinds of factors and reasons can make people cross that line.

Once crossed, the boundary becomes increasingly blurred, one becomes more and more dependent on the power of world sovereignty, one’s mentality changes, and finally one gets lost in the pleasure of dominating everything.

In the end, he became a being that even the gods could not handle, a true demon king.

There is no other way. It is impossible to sacrifice the entire world just to get rid of a madman. The conventional way of dealing with it is that the gods suppress the world's sovereignty, and the brave are responsible for killing the devil.

Eris was willing to believe in Luo Zhen's character, but she also didn't think that the judgment of the gods would be wrong.

Luo really wants it, but he can't give it to her!

"Mr. Luo Zhen, do you trust me more or Mr. Banier more?"

"Taking away world sovereignty will only harm you!"

A weird conversation came out!

How did Luo Zhen know about the existence of world sovereignty? Vanir next to him was the answer. Eris naturally followed the speculation and believed that Luo Zhen wanted world sovereignty because he was bewitched by Vanir.

In response, Eris wanted to take a tough approach, but after thinking about it, she felt that she was no match for Rozen, not to mention that Vanir was also there, so she could only take a soft approach.

On one side is a gentle and generous goddess, and on the other side is a mysterious and wretched masked man. Eris is still quite confident in herself.

But unfortunately, Eris had been the one who had misunderstood something unilaterally, and Luo Zhen didn't even look back at Eris.

When Eris appeared, the magic circle in front of her had already been officially activated. As for its carrier...

It's water?!

The moment this thought appeared, blue light filled Luo Zhen's vision.

"Hey, Dust, why are you glowing?"

"How dare you say that to me, Kazma? Aren't you glowing too?"

"Wait, it looks like Axel is glowing!"

"Wow, come and see, what is that?"

A pillar of light that penetrated the sky and the earth appeared from the ground under Axel. In a short period of time, it illuminated the entire sky and could be seen clearly even from a long distance.

Rozen was in the center and was not affected at all, but Vanir disappeared early. For a moment, only Rozen and Eris were left here.

This is definitely Aqua's work!

It was fine before it was activated, but after it was activated, Luo Zhen couldn't feel that the nature of this familiar power was wrong.

As for the effect of the magic circle?

Luo Zhen heard the final resistance of the world's will and a sound similar to drowning.

It was Aqua who did it... Could Aqua do such a thing?

Surprised is not enough to describe Luo Zhen's mood, the word should be used to describe it as astonishment.

The naive and innocent Luo Zhen himself has become a fool, but he is crushed by Aqua in terms of IQ?

Such thoughts can't stop coming up.

Luo Zhen didn't feel any humiliation, but was more worried.

After all, Aqua is one of us, and now we can only be sure that it was Aqua who did it, but we cannot be sure whether she did it on her own initiative or was deceived.

Aqua was too easy to deceive, and Luo Zhen's impression of her was that she was not proficient in magic. The most likely possibility was that Aqua provided divine power of corresponding nature.