In other words.
If there was a teleportation magic circle here leading to the deep sea, then given the current situation, something ominous might very well have already begun seeping into the outside world.
That was why, after seeing how those Night Doctors had died, Lynn had vaguely sensed that something was wrong here.
Because the two worlds were connected.
And this place led straight into the heart of the Hermitage.
"If it's spreading this badly, I'm afraid Messiah and the others' chances don't look good."
Lynn narrowed his eyes.
And in the very next moment.
They officially reached the border of the Vatican, a country that could practically be described as embedded within a city. That flash of distortion he had just seen through his psionic vision was definitely no illusion, either, but an aberration that might actually have manifested here.
It was simply too uncanny, so uncanny that it severely interfered with their ability to perceive reality.
That interference was terrifying.
Terrifying enough to blind even beings on his and Blood Cloak's level.
"So everything we're seeing right now is an illusion? Something has already changed this place, but it's deceiving our eyes?"
Blood Cloak grew increasingly wary.
Because the gills on the back of that old man's neck had disappeared.
The sticky, damp sensation that had appeared for an instant just now had also vanished as though it had never existed, like an unreal hallucination.
And she was at Death Omen Rank!
After her advancement, her senses and soul had both been greatly strengthened, yet even so, she had still been unable to escape its influence.
Lynn tugged at the brim of his hat and said slowly:
"Possibly. And some contaminated things may have spread here along with the contamination. You must have noticed it just now,