While the arakai prepared for an ambush, their target merrily continued his exploration of new potentials of power. Rui had become so absorbed in the limitless potential that came with Legislation and hyperdimensional reality that he had all but completely forgotten about his duties as Emperor and Chancellor. Thankfully, the manifold allowed him to be secluded for long periods of time without much time passing in the real world; otherwise, he would have been in a real pickle, struggling to grasp for time that he didn't have.
He had already spent some time exploring hyperdimensional reality in the previous fourteen months within the manifold. However, this layer of reality was so obscure and unfathomable that he had yet to create any stable technique that consumed a reasonable amount of his Martialverse.
