Chapter 1003: Ants Among Ants
"This doesn't look good." Tsunade's eyes widened as she covered her chest with one hand. "The Holy Light is warning me."
"Granny Tsunade, what warning?" Naruto swallowed.
"The destruction of the world!" Jiraiya gave the answer, his expression extremely grim.
To the Prophet, the destruction of the world was practically the most serious possible future premonition.
Even he was experiencing such a prophecy for the first time.
It was as if his entire body were being crushed beneath a huge, invisible mountain. He could barely breathe, because this involved the destruction of an entire world and countless living beings!
The center of the attack had already been twisted into a pitch-black mass beneath all kinds of light and energy. Terrifying forces collided with one another and continued expanding, like an inflating black sun. Everywhere it passed, everything was completely destroyed.
This is bad!
Every member had lost their previous composure.
This was no longer merely a matter of completing a mission.
"We'd better come up with a solution quickly." Orochimaru's face had darkened. "Once the world is destroyed, countless people will die at our hands. Every person here will be unable to escape the Merchant Guild's punishment!"
No one doubted this.
Because someone had once received such punishment.
A person who had "accidentally" killed a small city during a mission had, on the day the violation was confirmed, been illuminated by the light of the three suns above the members' heads, which never set. The member could only scream, wail, and beg as they slowly turned to ash amid soul-deep agony—it was true death, and no means could revive them.
This was the price of breaking the rules.
It was not the will of a single Beyonder, but the shared will of three Beyonders, covering