"My lord's footsteps have entered a realm forbidden to gods and demons."
The Far North.
Grayfia gripped the hilt of her long blade, her expression fervent.
Her long silver hair whipped wildly in the wind.
At that moment,
Tobirama Uchiha wore the dragon robes of the Great Empire, his white garments spotless.
From the Golden Chariot, he held the newly reborn Witch of Greed, Echidna, in his arms.
He strode forward
and stepped into
the ancient black-hole altar connected to the depths of the Great Waterfall.
The Great Waterfall
marked the very edge of this world, the end that led into the void.
And deep within that bottomless black hole,
under seal,
slept the source of the entire world's greatest terror: the Witch of Envy.
The chariot let out a deafening screech as it tore through the void,
forcing its way past the waterfall.
"My lord, it's... so cold down there..."
Inside the carriage, terror flashed in Emilia's beautiful eyes.
"The magical energy here has gone completely out of control."
"My divine lord, let me scout ahead for you."
Blushing, she nestled obediently against Tobirama.
"No need to rush."
Tobirama's expression was stern, his voice utterly calm.
"Earth veins. Sense."
He closed his eyes, and his vast Divine Sense spread silently outward.
In an instant, every crack and every sealing mark in the black-hole formation
fell
under his control.
"My lord, that black mist ahead... it's disgusting..."
Felt tightened her grip on her blade, looking uneasy.
"Merely mortal mist. I can purify it with a flick of my finger."
Tobirama spoke coldly, without a trace of warmth.
The chariot's speed
surged again that very second.
Rumble!!!
The chariot hurtled onward,
passing through layer after layer of pitch-black spatial rifts before descending underground.
"My lord, this is where the