The burly man suddenly said, "Don't stare for too long!"
Shinji hurriedly withdrew his gaze.
For an instant, he felt as though his mind had been drawn toward the darkness beyond the heavens, seized by an urge to see it clearly.
The burly man took another puff of his cigar. "Don't worry too much. Before this world is destroyed, it can't threaten you or your world!"
Still shaken, Shinji asked, "What exactly is it?"
"A monster that feeds on worlds. Some call it the 'Overlord,' some call it the 'Calamity,' and others call it 'Doomsday.'"
The burly man glanced at the sky, then quickly looked away as well.
Shinji's face stiffened. "It feeds on worlds..."
Just from names like 'Overlord,' 'Calamity,' and 'Doomsday,' he could sense how terrifying that monster was.
He could not imagine that such a monster existed in the universe.
After calming himself slightly, Shinji asked again, "Why did it set its sights on this world?"
"Bad luck, I guess!" The burly man took a puff of his cigar and exhaled smoke. "Anyone can get caught by it. It's only a matter of time!"
Shinji could not help asking, "Is there no way to fight it?"
The burly man looked at Shinji and smiled. "Maybe there is, but I don't know."
Shinji looked around at the desolate landscape. "What about this world's Lantern Bearer? Why didn't he resist?"
"You mean that idiot?" Apparently stirred into talking, the burly man casually found a charred boulder and sat down on it. "Of course he resisted. He just used a very stupid method."
"A very stupid method?"
"Otherwise, why call him an idiot?" The burly man chuckled. "Knowing he could not stop the Overlord with his own strength, he spread news of the Overlord's arrival and Doomsday's descent throughout the