[Significantly impacted some important world figures, rating increased! Impacted some ordinary humans significantly, rating increased! Eliminated 88 ordinary Witch Cultists, rating increased]

[Settlement complete. Congratulations on achieving EX-Rank Rating. Reward: One EX-Rank Evaluation, 300,000 Points, EX Rating Treasure Chest]!

[Would you like to open the EX Rating Treasure Chest now?]

Seeing the highest rating achieved once again, Takeru showed a happy smile. Though he had suspected it earlier, uncertainty remained until confirmed.

Moreover, this situation gave Takeru a clearer understanding of the Reincarnation Space's rating system.

First, although EX Rating was the highest, it didn't necessarily require the Reincarnator to maximize world development to obtain it.

It was like an exam where the perfect score is 100, but you only need 90 to get an EX rating, or even lower.

Of course, perhaps it was because Takeru and the others had experienced too few worlds, and this world's difficulty was relatively high, so the requirements were lowered.

Regardless, obtaining another EX Rating made Takeru very happy. However, this time there was no prompt about binding to the Re:Zero World.

Clearly, the first-time benefit from the Akame ga Kill! World was a one-time bonus.

"Open the EX Rating Treasure Chest!" Shaking his head, Takeru didn't hesitate and spoke directly.

[Ding! Congratulations on opening the EX Rating Treasure Chest. Congratulations on obtaining 80,000 Points. Congratulations on obtaining 200 Attribute Points. Congratulations on obtaining Low-Level Character Manifestation Card x2. Congratulations on obtaining Intermediate Character Manifestation Card x1. Congratulations on obtaining Special Ability Manifestation Opportunity x1 (Limited to current perfectly cleared world)!]

[Congratulations on obtaining Item Slot Expansion Permit x10. Congratulations on obtaining Advanced Skill Enhancement Scroll x1. Congratulations on obtaining Gene Enhancement Potion x2. Congratulations on obtaining Beginner Enhancement Potion Discount Exchange Privilege. Congratulations on obtaining Multi-World Lottery Chance x1]

Hearing the Reincarnation Space's prompts and seeing the numerous items obtained, Takeru quickly looked at their descriptions.

[Special Ability Manifestation Opportunity: Currently manifestable abilities are: 1. [Unseen Hands] 2. [The Lion's Heart] 3. [Little King]]

[Beginner Enhancement Potion Discount Exchange Privilege: Spend D-Rank Evaluation x1 and 2000 Points to exchange for a Beginner Enhancement Potion in the Reincarnation Space. Purchase limit: 30]

[Multi-World Lottery Chance: Randomly draw one ability or item from other worlds.]

Seeing this, Takeru was stunned. The other things were fine, but the Special Ability Manifestation gave him immense joy, because it meant Takeru could manifest the Authorities from the Re:Zero World for use in other worlds.

Although lacking [Little King]'s assistance, making Takeru couldn't be permanently invincible, but being invincible for eight seconds every two seconds was also very overpowered.

Of course, this so-called invincibility wasn't absolute. At the very least, some special abilities or higher-tier worlds might easily breach this Authority.

After all, if some beings surpassed time and space, this Authority would be laughable before them.

Besides those, there were also powerful beings who, even if they couldn't breach Takeru's time-protected state, could still kill Takeru within those two seconds.

But if Takeru truly provoked such beings, he could only lie down and wait for death.

However, as long as Takeru didn't act recklessly, the probability of encountering them was very, very low.

Gaining another trump card, Takeru showed a smile. Moreover, besides protecting himself, [The Lion's Heart] could make any thrown object maintain its initial velocity indefinitely, becoming an absolutely lethal weapon. Even ordinary sand or stones could become terrifying weapons.

Also, if applied to others, Takeru could, like Regulus, easily throw a person at a constant velocity from Earth to the Moon until they left the Authority's maximum range of influence.

Obtaining such a powerful ability was something Takeru hadn't expected. However, although [The Lion's Heart] was very powerful, Takeru wouldn't neglect his own improvement because of it.

After all, Takeru didn't want to be easily killed if [The Lion's Heart] was breached.

Additionally, without the assistance of the other Authority, Takeru currently couldn't achieve what Regulus did… permanently preserving his own state, becoming eternally youthful, free from hunger, thirst, and fatigue.

Or rather, although such an existence was fearsome, Takeru felt it somewhat strange and didn't really want to become like that.

In comparison, Takeru preferred to improve to a level where time couldn't leave traces on him, rather than pausing his own time.

Because this pause wasn't all benefits, as the disadvantage was that since his own time was paused, his abilities couldn't improve either.

After weighing the pros and cons, Takeru stopped overthinking. He directly said to the Reincarnation Space: "System, use the Special Ability Manifestation Opportunity, choose [The Lion's Heart]!"

[Ding! You have made your selection. Manifesting for you now.] Following the Reincarnation Space's prompt, Takeru felt a peculiar sensation, as if a special authority was being extracted by the Reincarnation Space from the Re:Zero World and quickly manifested into Takeru's body.

Simultaneously, the Re:Zero World's World's Will sensed the missing part of its rules.

Most importantly, this loss wasn't temporary but permanent loss. It began to roar. The most direct manifestation was sudden violent winds, dark clouds, thunder and lightning in parts of the world below, appearing like a terrifying natural disaster.

Of course, Takeru couldn't see this. He just closed his eyes, feeling the special ability enhancing him.

After a while, Takeru found [The Lion's Heart] had become his innate ability.

Moreover, using it felt even more natural than in that world before, though it still required proper development and improvement.

Skipping over [The Lion's Heart], Takeru began using other items. First, the item slot expansion… this time he obtained ten. Though the cost in points and evaluations was somewhat painful, Takeru decisively used them.

[Use Item Slot Expansion x10! Requires C-Rank Evaluation x10! 50,000 Points! Item Slot Expansion Permit x10; Confirm?]

"Confirm!" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

[Deduction successful. Expansion complete. Remaining: EX-Rank Evaluation x1, A-Rank Evaluation x2, D-Rank Evaluation x1! Points: 428,000]

After expansion, Takeru saw his item slots had reached 32. He figured he wouldn't need item slot expansion for a while, and 32 slots were enough.

Next, Takeru looked at the Multi-World Lottery Chance and directly used it.

[Ding! You have used the Multi-World Lottery Chance. Congratulations on obtaining Storage Ring x2. (Note: Contains ten cubic meters of space. Can be bound by blood or spiritually bound.)]

Seeing the two peculiar rings in hand, Takeru was stunned. He hadn't expected to obtain storage equipment again.

However, with 32 slots, Takeru didn't really need them. But Miu had been coveting their ability to retrieve items from thin air for a long time, so giving them to her as a gift was a good option.

Another point that surprised Takeru was that lottery items weren't fixed to just one. Thinking this, Takeru casually stored the rings in his item slots.

Then, there were the 200 free attribute points. Without much thought, Takeru allocated them to Defense and Spirit. After the enhancement, both his basic attributes successfully surpassed 1000.

While Takeru was improving, Beatrice woke up. Looking at the peculiar space around, she curiously observed. Takeru gave her a light smile and told her to wait here for now. Takeru was preparing to manifest Ram and the others.

Subsequently, Takeru used the Beginner Character Manifestation Card and noticed the people he could manifest were Rem and Felt. Ram and Emilia weren't on the list… not because their affection wasn't high enough, but because their basic attributes exceeded 100, making the Beginner Card insufficient.

Another point is that Takeru noticed Roswaal and Aina, whom he had controlled with Kotoamatsukami, weren't within the manifestation scope. This meant control methods involving altering thoughts couldn't be used for character manifestation, which served as a reminder for Takeru.

Without overthinking, Takeru first used the two Beginner Cards on Rem and Felt, then took out the two Intermediate Cards for Ram and Emilia.

[Ding, use Beginner Character Manifestation Card x2 and Intermediate Character Manifestation Card x2. Requires consumption of C-Rank Evaluation x4, 12,000 Points. Confirm?]

"Confirm!" Facing the Reincarnation Space's inquiry, Takeru quickly confirmed.

[Deduction complete! Summoning and contracting in progress! Remaining: EX-Rank Evaluation x1, A-Rank Evaluation x1, B-Rank Evaluation x1, C-Rank Evaluation x2, D-Rank Evaluation x1! Points: 416,000]!