"All right, this was even more troublesome than expected."
"This thing resided within faith and the World of Human Hearts. It had no fixed individual form; instead, it existed simultaneously within everyone's will!"
Greedy gazes fell upon them one after another.
Feeling the god's attention, Linsey could guess the current situation even without using a Scouting Skill.
Wala Wala nodded beside him.
"Every person influenced by It carries this thing's existence within their will. So, to kill It, we cannot target an independent individual. We have to erase It from everyone's hearts!"
The World of Faith and Human Hearts clearly followed different laws from the Real World.
Linsey and Wala Wala's stealth state had not taken effect.
When they spoke, the "residents" of the City of Law also closed in on them step by step.
What these "residents" did not know was—
Within the Friend Channel, Linsey and Wala Wala's exchange was also proceeding at high speed.
Wala Wala: Linsey, are we continuing with the previous plan? Does Eternal Return have the ability to wipe them all out?
Linsey: In the outside world, this god used a method like sacrificing an arm to save itself. So trying to infect all of It by striking one individual is obviously unlikely to work.
Wala Wala: Then we find a way to gather everyone together?
Linsey: That'll be difficult. You can see the information from the Map Skill too. This Royal City is too vast, and there are too many people.
"..."
"Stay here forever!"
Before the two could get beyond the opening of their tactical discussion, a little girl who had approached them pounced first.
Linsey immediately dodged aside.
Wala Wala, beside him, extended her right hand and struck the little girl's neck in midair.
Smack!
Blocked in midair, the little girl