Testing the Alliance

Meanwhile, Naimus emerged from Independent Time and swiftly relocated.

The sky was filled with floating head balloons.

Naimus spun around and struck with his sword, surging sword energy echoing with green lightning.

Sword of Fortune: Thunder Falcon!

Exploding lightning spiraled through the air, swallowing most of the head balloons.

Then, under the cover of the lightning, Naimus's presence rapidly faded.

"Hm?" The Clown Emperor's thoughts stirred slightly.

"Is something the matter, Clown Emperor?" Atata asked.

They had just been discussing the details of attacking the 333rd layer.

As allies, the most important thing was not helping each other during the assault, but making sure they did not hold each other back.

Just as the Clown Emperor had said before, if he truly made a move on his own—

The most likely outcome would be Atata abandoning the chance to attack the 333rd layer and immediately turning toward his 181st.

A territory without a lord had only limited resistance against another Demon Lord.

Thus, in this joint attack on the 333rd layer, where they would clash with the Twin Demons, they would inevitably need to leave their own territories for a time.

So they needed a detailed contract to restrain one another.

The slight fluctuation in the Clown Emperor's thoughts was immediately caught by Atata.

"No, it's a minor matter. A Variant Demon is causing trouble in my territory."

"My subordinates have already locked onto him. Variants are simply rare, so I was a little surprised," the Clown Emperor said at once, knowing that he could not show weakness at a time like this.

If he could not even stabilize his own territory, it meant his control over it was insufficient. That was a weakness.

Atata would undoubtedly choose some method to test him next.

Though the Clown Emperor did not