Moreover, because the Grudge-Binder had followed Ash and forcibly returned to reality, the real world's rejection of the evil spirit world had weakened by another degree.
Even greater evil spirits could now come freely into the real world.
The barrier between the evil spirit world and the present world had been reduced once more!
When the surviving Marrow Eaters in the forest saw the Grudge-Binder suddenly vanish, they did not foolishly wait where they were for death to come.
They quickly gathered all their belongings and fled toward their tribal grounds. With their chieftain, fused with Item No. 2, leading the way and no greater evil spirits blocking the vanguard, they easily escaped the forest.
The souls they had obtained from the mountain of corpses were not left behind either.
Everyone was troubled and distracted along the way, without any of the joy they had felt before when they had staked everything on the plan's success.
They could not even bring themselves to rejoice over the deaths of all the greater evil spirits.
It was all because something even more terrifying had arrived.
"Chieftain, what should we do?" Hank asked beside him, his face filled with worry.
The chieftain, who had escorted them along the way in the form of Item No. 2, sighed inwardly at those words.
To be honest, he did not really know what to do either!
This newly emerged thing was definitely not a friend, and it was far too powerful. It could swallow greater evil spirits whole as casually as eating a snack.
Even the Judgment Councilor fused with Item No. 2 had been devoured in a single bite.
The absolute disparity in strength made everything they had done, the battle they had fought, and the lives they had sacrificed seem like a joke.
But