Elsewhere.
As the One-Ring True Spirit Wizard led the group toward the Firestone Great World, they encountered dozens of Abyssal Devil Race legions of varying sizes along the way. Yet before the invincible charges of the True Spirit Wizards, those forces collapsed and scattered, allowing them to continue onward.
Of course, that was also because they had not encountered the Abyssal Devil Race's main forces.
Among the nine True Spirit Wizards assigned to the bait mission, Black Isotta was entangled by three different voices within his consciousness. At times, they even caused him to hallucinate, leaving him unable to distinguish reality from dreams. Though his strength had increased to a certain extent, everyone could clearly see that his mental state was abnormal.
This was probably also a side effect and flaw of the Mystery of Life and Death.
Whether it was the Black Witch King, Black Isotta, or the First-generation Wizard King, all of them had been forced to experience the so-called face of death because of the Mystery of Life and Death. Though they had each encountered death in different ways, their prolonged contact with it had made their consciousness and thinking different from those of ordinary people—what they called normal living beings. They seemed to have become more extreme.
Precisely because of this, Black Isotta's changes proved that his exploration of the Mystery of Life and Death had grown ever deeper, while his consciousness drifted ever farther from that of a normal living being...
"With the truth of transcending life and death, explore the endless unknown."
"Black Isotta True Power, attain eternity!"
"Surpass An Tuximo, surpass the Second-generation Wizard King, surpass Green, surpass eternity!"
The hunched figure carrying the Purgatory Furnace on his shoulder silently followed the others as they advanced through the void, parting layer after layer