So the law of death worked. He tried some other laws. Space, Earth, water, and air didn't work at all, they were corrupted easily and assimilated to empower chaos. The law of fire, light, and the law of slaughter were even worse, they agitated chaos before they were corrupted. A simple contact between them and chaos created an amplified effect on chaos.
Only the law of darkness could somewhat hold chaos back. It didn't come as a surprise to him that darkness worked well with chaos energy. The law of darkness didn't restrain chaos like Death could, but it instead accepted the corrosion of Chaos and grew stronger while still resisting Chaos. It was like a leech of Chaos energy. It absorbed chaos energy and transformed it into chaotic darkness.
Seeing as he had gone through every law he knew and he had a lot more time on his hands, he began to try combinations of laws to see if something good will show up. It is common sense that multiple laws working in tandem create a much stronger effect than a single law. That's why concepts are stronger than laws.
It wasn't a surprise when the law of Death and Darkness worked well together. What was a surprise is that the law of fire could amplify their effects. Death would make Chaos less active, darkness will feed on the inactive chaos, while fire will burn darkness away with the chaos it had engorged on.
"If only my law of darkness and fire were stronger, the effect will also be more useful."
As they were, their help in the struggle with chaos is too little. It was around that time that his body turned on him and sided with chaos. His progress was nullified.
The percentage of darkness and fire was too low. He couldn't comprehend laws on his own because demons can't access laws at all. The ones he has access to are from Legion-1 through the soul sphere. It was only later on that a new law was added to Legion's repertoire.
Law of Slaughter: 100%
"That's useless to me," Legion-3 said.
The first legion to be born had finished comprehending the law of Slaughter. Too bad that the law of Slaughter didn't go well with any of his combinations. It may be useless to him, but it made him realize that he is not alone in this struggle, the might of Legion is supporting him.
"I guess I am the only one that I can rely on." He said with slight mirth.
Someone had come to his rescue.
Law of the Soul: 100%
Another legion acquired a new law. He is right in a way, every other legion is part of himself and he can only rely on them. The new addition is the law of the soul. This one came from the second legion to be born.
The developments created a slight pressure for him that the first two legions to be born had already achieved something useful to Legion. But only that, he wasn't ashamed or anything. He was just unlucky to be in this situation. He had also tried his best and his existence had created some value for Legion through the deal he signed.
So he went to work trying to combine the law of the soul with what he had. It was a surprise when his first combination worked out immediately. The law of the soul combined well with death, darkness, and fire. The combination produced soothing energy that he knew to be soul energy. It was like finding water in a desert.
He felt a cool sensation spread in his soul and mind. The burning sensation created by chaos energy eased a bit. This revelation made him realize that chaos energy might be a treasure. Soul energy is a product of an immortal soul. It is the energy that Origin gods use to convert void energy to origin essence.
The rate of soul energy production determines how fast an Origin god can produce Origin essence. The stronger an origin god gets, the faster its rate of production. But here he is, getting it from chaos energy free of charge.
It's just that the production rate of soul energy is too slow. He needs it to fight back against chaos. He can't spare any right now. His defenses were bolstered due to the assistance but he still couldn't distract himself by trying to bind the chaos vessel.
The fight against chaos isn't something where distraction is allowed. It's like pushing a boulder up a hill. A slight mistake will take you to the starting line. It doesn't help that the boulder is getting bigger the more time goes by. The struggle will be in a stalemate at best if you put in your best effort, any less will guarantee you a loss. There's no winning the struggle. If chaos energy is a real treasure then he can't excavate its full usefulness yet.
Legion-3 was in this state when the fourth legion to be born was delivered in the Virut plane. They called him Soverick. A name that meant golden stone/jewel in their native tongue. It was a showy name, unlike Legion-3's demon name. While Soverick was named by some ambitionless refiners, Legion-3 was given a true name by the very abyss itself.
His true name is Aeterna Prima Invidia... The name consists of about a hundred words but the first three words mean ETERNAL AND PRIME ENVY. The will of the abyss believed him to be envious of others and not greedy. He had always thought himself to be greedy for more power but it seems his motivation is due to his envy of more powerful people or a particularly powerful person.
Legion-3 had chosen to call himself AETERNUS. It beats Soverick, and the will of the abyss trumps some ambitionless refiners who named Legion-2. So he was smug about his name. But he didn't get to feel smug for long. In just two short years of existence, Soverick proved himself to be a shining star.