Deepening the Connection, Unable to Afford Her Life

Ryan had no way of knowing what the shadow beneath the deep sea was. The Witch Crows had not given him a definite answer, and Ryan suspected they did not know themselves.

That was hardly reasonable, but Ryan had no mind to pursue the matter. The fact that deities truly existed had become entangled with his plans to conquer this world.

"These Witch Crows seem to be planning to deal with that Great Being's projection."

That was Ryan's guess. The ancient wizards' previous hostility had been too abnormal. The only explanation was that they were enemies of that deity.

Even these "wise men," however, could not control matters related to deities.

Though he had gained no further information, once Ryan learned that deities existed, he began making his own preparations.

Whatever the wizards did was none of his business if they would not tell him. But having to face a deity was inevitable for him.

"At worst, I'll summon Surtr again. That fellow can be considered an old friend by now."

Thus, on the third day after arriving in this world, the islanders of the Blue Sea Archipelago discovered that there seemed to be more and more people from the "land."

The villagers could not see clearly, but the Witch Crows in the wizard tower atop the mountain had real eyes. They watched hundreds and thousands of strong soldiers appear on their islands.

"What a terrifying army. Could he be the Monarch of a kingdom?"

They had already imagined the human nations of the Otherworld at the highest possible level. After all, in their ancient memories, even a King of a mortal realm had only two or three weaklings at his side.

In ancient times, wizards ruled everything.

Ryan set up camp in the Blue Sea Archipelago without concern for