I agree. I just finished V20. I really like the state of the story as well as the scaling. I feel like all the tiers are quite healthy with little to no imbalance.
But yes I want Chloe to be OP. She's the Hero of the story. I like Milim being the undisputed pinnacle of power and Chloe being her foil. Rimuru, Guy, Prime Rudra, Velzard, Feldway, and probably Velzard are more so in the mix with contention between them. I think this would be ideal for the final stages of the LN. I don't want it to be too clear-cut between the god tiers.
Yes, the power scale is pretty stable, honestly, it's almost impossible for you to see someone with a top 10 that you agree with because it's not clear who is superior to whom, if I were to have any complaints, it would be the confusion related to speed and the information particle, but I think it's confusing because it's MTL straight from RAW, something I missed was Diablo in action as well, but I believe he, as well as Zegion will come into action as they are invading the labyrinth, and I believe Dino will be in trouble with Zegion's curse, or he might be able to handle that, Testarossa is missing too but she is in Ingracia so I think she will be sidelined again
I think the path I would like was for Rimuru to stay at the end of space-time for a while, I don't think Fuse sent him there for nothing, if I were to say, I think Chloe's role will be to defeat one of the main villains, she winning Ivaraj, Zelanus or something like that would already make me satisfied, and I think Milim is the most special case in Tensura, since from what I remember she is the only one who can beat the godtiers with sheer raw power, I mean, Rimuru was shuddering just from facing Milim, this is sinister
Also, do you think that with so many quotes of planets and stars being able to be destroyed so casually even in a "strong world" having a divine tree and the Veldanava system itself protecting does anything help on the possible 3-A statement in volume 17 or do you still think it's 4-C?
I also wonder if HGR will be taken down with the information that destroying the core infinite regeneration won't work, what do you think of that?