This was another mode of traversal, different from traveling through network cables. It was as though they had passed through a barrier, and the scenery before them instantly became utterly desolate.
Roger raised an eyebrow. "This is somewhat different from Rachelna's description."
According to Rachelna, most of the Greater Fallen World should have been developing normally by now, while certain regions had been engulfed by war and Blood Beasts. Though there was a trend of spreading, the Lord of the Fallen had the home-field advantage...
But what they saw now was a barren, deathly still wasteland. Every place looked like land after a volcanic eruption, devoid of even the faintest trace of life. Forget the Fallen World—even if someone said this was the Pain World or the Despair World, Roger would believe it.
"There seems to be something over there!" The Magic Goddess pointed in one direction and spoke slowly. "I sense divinity!"
Divinity?
Was it the source of the contamination, or the Lord of the Fallen?
Driven by curiosity, the two headed toward the area emitting divinity. Before long, they discovered a raised platform in the distance. On top of it stood a wooden goat-head statue!
As they approached, the goat-head statue slowly turned its head toward them... They could clearly sense that it was merely a block of wood without any sign of life. Yet at that moment, this lump of wood seemed alive. Its obsidian-like eyes seemed capable of shining...
"Technology God, you arrived quickly—far quicker than I imagined." The wooden statue spoke in a hoarse voice. "Unfortunately, you came too late. The War God's contamination is about to completely devour this world."
"The War God?" Roger's brow rose slightly.
He had not expected the one stirring up trouble to be the War God again... Why was