"So you want me to do it—to destroy the altar hidden behind the mirror, the one that's being used to pinpoint a location?"
In Spirit Body form, Klein gazed at the deep, shadowy Mirror World before him, where countless serpentine shapes seemed to writhe. His expression was stiff.
For the first time, he felt so directly just how afraid of snakes he was. If he weren't in Spirit Body form, he suspected his hands and feet would have gone numb and his teeth would have started chattering.
This was completely different from the snakes he had encountered in the underground ruins on Williams Street. Those had been real snakes. They had made him uneasy and afraid, but he knew they couldn't threaten him.
The writhing shadows in the Mirror World before him merely looked like snakes. Some had stark black-and-white eyes; others had beautiful human female heads that flicked out forked tongues. They were eerie and dangerous.
As a Beyonder who had encountered several evil deities and had plenty of experience, he sensed a terrifying aura from those serpentine shadows on the same level as the True Creator.
There was no sense of Corruption or filth, but the aura was even eerier, filled with terror and destruction.
Gulp.
He swallowed saliva that wasn't there, then turned to Cyril, his eyes full of reproach.
"You didn't tell me this was an evil deity's altar, and one obviously protected by an evil deity's power, at that!"
Cyril met his gaze with an entirely innocent expression.
"I said I didn't know the specifics of this place beforehand. Do you believe me?"
"No." Klein shook his head firmly.
"Uh..." Stumped, Cyril chose to skip the subject.
"Actually, it's not that big a problem. This is only a trace of the Primordial Demoness's power, drawn