The malice emanating from the world was unmistakable. It gave Shinji, who was inside it, a faint sense of suffocation. But since this had never happened before, Shinji carefully sensed his surroundings for a while and found no clues.
"It has to be the Overlord's doing!"
He was certain of it.
The Overlord was the only one with the power to affect the entire World No. 2. All of World No. 2's Lantern Bearers had already died at Shinji's hands, and its will had fallen into disarray to some extent. It couldn't possibly act with such resolve and unanimity.
Shinji looked up at the sky, his expression growing grave.
Shinji knew nothing about the Overlord behind the World Destruction Society. So, lately, he had used the Lantern Bearers' network to make inquiries, but he had learned very little.
That was only to be expected. Information about the Overlord was itself a source of corruption, and even Lantern Bearers instinctively kept their distance from it. On top of that, every world that had faced the Overlord had ended up as its prey. So even among Lantern Bearers, there was very little information about the Overlord.
Whoosh.
The technological orb, Little Round, flew up beside Shinji. "Scanning complete!"
Shinji ordered, "Report your findings."
Little Round immediately projected a 3D image and reported, "The planet's civilization is mobilizing. Their likely target is the two Divine Trees."
Shinji frowned.
The projection Little Round displayed showed the forces representing World No. 2's civilization gathering in a city not far from the Divine Trees. Some of them had already approached the trees to investigate.
World No. 2 was a low-magic, low-martial-arts world. Its overall level was on par with the Demon Slayer World, though its upper limit of strength was slightly lower. So even if its