"The power of the Thorned Necklace."
"It brings everything it touches under its control while exterminating evil enemies that endanger the city and the people's life safety."
"..."
Linsey was underground, carving a path toward where he remembered Dark Street to be.
He did not idle during the process, frequently opening the Decryption Game to scout the white thorns that repeatedly swept over his head like strips of light.
Once those Thorns of Rejection sealed off the entire city, their spread and growth came to a halt.
Even though Linsey was now within arm's reach of them.
Those devastating thorns showed no sign of closing in on him.
The Thorned Necklace had stopped moving.
"As long as I don't touch them directly, I should be safe."
"Yanafeien probably activated its power to deal with the enemy who appeared in the city."
"Their identity..."
Naturally, the most suspicious one in Linsey's mind was the fellow who called himself the 'Only God.'
Although the assassination attempt by the believers had been a misunderstanding.
The evil god's existence itself was not false. It truly was stirring up trouble in the neighboring world and had even been drawing closer to the City of Law.
With his doubts in mind, Linsey soon arrived beneath Dark Street.
This place was likewise covered in thorns.
Linsey dug out a hollow. Layers upon layers of thorns hung overhead, radiating white light.
"Let's try it?"
Linsey activated every buff he had, set up his defenses, and carefully extended a finger upward.
Crack—
The armor provided by the Miniature Shield shattered instantly.
Then Linsey felt a powerful suppressive force pressing down on his finger. Only because of the Human Wisdom Codex's protection did he have a chance to pull it back.
"No."
"Skills and equipment alone really can't break through