"Let's see if this bug can do math," Lucifer said softly.
He didn't try to move his ruined right arm. He didn't channel his mana into the Blade of Ruin.
He tapped directly into his Void Monarch core, pushing his consciousness into the very fabric of the system that governed the world.
He had hit the mortal level cap. He had absorbed divine essence. He had forged a pact with the Father of the Void. But his primary, defining trait, the reason he had survived the early weeks of his regression had always been the Apex Multiplier.
He had multiplied potions, ore, blueprints, and mana output. He had used it on physical objects and magical spells.
But as he stared down the World-Eater, feeling the absolute, unified resonance of the five women standing beside him, Lucifer realized the true nature of his divine talent.
The Apex Multiplier didn't just replicate items. It manipulated reality on a conceptual level.
