But now, before she could make a move, a terrifying rumble suddenly echoed through the Underworld, as if something dreadful had burrowed inside.
Then a long, icy voice rang out through the Underworld, like that of a vengeful spirit coming to claim a life.
Hearing that frigid voice, even Izanami couldn't help shivering.
"W-what was that?"
Izanami frowned. Had their battle really spilled into the Underworld?
Or had Izanagi been killed?
Just then, a spirit of the Underworld came running over.
"This is bad, Lady Izanami! A monster has broken into the Underworld and is hunting and devouring the gods! You have to come see!!!"
The Underworld spirit looked panicked as he spoke.
"What? Did that bastard Izanagi get killed and come here to cause trouble?"
Izanami asked instinctively.
"No, no, Lady Izanami! It's not Izanagi. It's some pitch-black thing, a monster none of us can fight. No god is a match for it! Lady Izanami, please hurry and see for yourself, or it'll eat every god in the Underworld!"
The Underworld spirit knelt on the ground, his face filled with grief. Only then did Izanami notice that his lower body was gone, as if something had torn it clean off.
Just then, the Underworld spirit began to slide backward, as though an invisible hand were dragging him away.
"Kwaa! Lady Izanami, save me!!!"
The Underworld spirit shrieked in terror.
"I'll save you!"
Seeing this, Izanami rushed forward and grabbed the spirit's arm, straining against the unseen force.
"Kwaa! It hurts! Aah, stop! Stop it!!!"
The Underworld spirit screamed in agony. With a tearing sound, his arm snapped off, and his body was dragged into the darkness.
A dreadful, uncanny chewing sound followed. His desperate screams abruptly stopped. He was dead.
"How... how could this happen...?"
Izanami stared blankly at