Grimm turned his head over. The person appeared to be very skinny. His loose sorcerer's robe seemed like it was hung over a rack.

Bo, bones?!

The Stigmata Sorcerer's face was just a pale white skull, the same kind that you would find in a skeleton from the laboratories.

Curiously, the pair of green flames within the Stigmata Sorcerer's eye sockets pulsed for a moment. Grimm felt that his soul was about to be seen through completely, he was completely shocked underneath his Mask of Truth.

A Stigmata Sorcerer that had the mastery of the souls?

The last Stigmata Sorcerer wore a huge black and white patterned sorcerer's robe. The lines looked like a zebra's. He did not speak a word and was unusually mysterious.

There was a faint slus.h.i.+ng sound continuously humming underneath his robes.

"My plan?"

Black Isotta once again chuckled in his "heehee" manner.

Suddenly, Black Isotta reached out his frail old palm. There was some ripple in the collapsing s.p.a.ce around him. A pure black energy ball expanded, and from there a normal-looking gla.s.s fragment screen emerged.

The gla.s.s fragments were spiraling endlessly on the frail palm of Black Isotta.

It was the gla.s.s that Grimm had shattered after he had deceived the Infernal G.o.d from the foreign world into an Infernal Pact during his apprentices.h.i.+p. He brought one of the fragments back to Master Peranos.

"The two symbols of the civilized world: an Eternal Dominator by those above Level 7 as well as a system that makes the civilization stronger each time it wins a war. Compared to the huge worlds that had total dominion over the sorcerer's alliance, the worlds that had a pattern of emerging stronger every time they won a war had been all destroyed by the sorcerer's world. Therefore, we must completely crush this Infernal Spirit World that could control soul slaves like us!"

Finally, Black Isotta said in a dark and cruel manner," This is a mission and the will of the Great Seven Ring Celestial Sorcerer himself, if it becomes necessary, the great Seven Ring Celestial Sorcerer will descend upon the world himself!"

"What!?"

"The Seven Rings Celestial Sorcerer is going to descend upon the world himself?"

The sight of shocked Stigmata Sorcerers made Grimm felt like he was listening to the stuff of fairy tales.

From the words of the Stigmata Sorcerers, Grimm was able to get a few messages.

One, he had preferential treatment from the Black Isotta thanks to the fragmented gla.s.s, and he is now going to give him an almost impossible mission.

Two, the sorcerer's world named the Infernal G.o.d's world as the Infernal Spirit World, and that they've had short contact there.

Three, the Infernal Spirit World has a civilized battle system, and that they share the same ability with the sorcerer's world after the first civilizational war, the ability to control Soul Slaves!

Four, a Level-4 and above being was known as the World Lord while a Level-7 being or above was known as an Eternal Dominator.

Five, this Infernal Spirit World was going to be completely obliterated by the sorcerer's world and if needed, the great Seven Rings Celestial Sorcerer would descend upon the Infernal Spirit World himself.

And Grimm would be the opening gunshot that starts the war to obliterate this Infernal Spirit World!

Suddenly, the mysterious Stigmata Sorcerer, the sorcerer who wore a zebrpatterned robe, suddenly broke his silence.

"It seems like those great ent.i.ties had started to wake up in the holy tower due to the Metal Destroyer civilization."

The atmosphere was a bit down.

The civilizational war is the beginning of greatness for one civilization but an ending point for another civilization.

n.o.body could be certain if the Sorcerer World would emerge triumphant from the battle.

It was like the ancient times when the weak Sorcerer World defeated the great Bizzare Nightmare civilization. But at a much recent past, the zenith of the sorcerer's world was almost wiped out by the Abyss civilization. They could only organize a messy escape, abandoning all the glories of their old world cl.u.s.ter.

As Black Isotta who had been around since the second civil war of ancient times, he knew more about the terror of a civil war than any other people.

"Right, we still have time to deal with the Metal Destroyer civilization, and the recon sorcerers of the alliance hasn't returned. No point thinking about them."

The gla.s.s fragments was spiraling faster and faster in the palm of Black Isotta. It faintly emitted a dimensional coordinate that matched the Burrow World.

Black Isotta's voice was utterly deep and dark.

"Now I could forget everything about the Infernal Spirit World, but I must get the ability to communicate with souls across the world as well as the ability to open up the pa.s.sageways for the Soul Slaves between foreign worlds!"

After a pause.

"If Grimm doesn't succeed in luring a World Lord from the Infernal Spirit World over and instead made them aware of our attempts and seal off the world gates, causing them to abandon this world that they use to breed their Soul Slaves and gather their resources, we will breach forcefully!"

As he talked, Black Isotta looked at Grimm.

"Grimm, the mission I'm giving you is this: in three months, the World Lord of the Infernal Spirit World will open up a world gate that connects both their world and the Burrow World using the soul of the world. You are to get into the Infernal Spirit World ahead of that and lure the Infernal G.o.d, who has a grudge on you, into this Burrow World!"

The ability to open up a wormhole between two worlds using the soul of a foreign world?

No wonder…

No wonder the Infernal G.o.d was trying hard to gather human souls from the sorcerer's world.

So, its original purpose was to open up the wormhole between the sorcerer's world and its own to invade the sorcerer's world.

Black Isotta glared at Grimm.

"We could only determine the world accurately from a World Lord. We could then enter into the Infernal Spirit World from the more stable void fortress through the dimensional gap. Remember, you must stop them from sending in low-level creatures into the Burrow World and be aware of what's happened in the Burrow World. This...this is a Rank-1 honor badge demon-hunting mission that I'm giving you!"

'A Rank-1 honor badge demon-hunting mission?!'

While Grimm was astounded, he could only feel bitterness. Looking at Black Isotta from his Mask of Truth, he falteringly said," But...but I'm too weak, I'm afraid…"

Not even the World Lord.

Any Level-3 creature would be enough to stop Grimm from fleeing back to the Burrow World the moment he enters the Infernal Spirit World. There' was no chance that he could hold off the low-level creatures from entering the Burrow World one step ahead and lure the Infernal G.o.d at the same time.

No wonder the muscular Anatomy Refinery Stigmata Sorcerer would say that he was being sent to die needlessly.

Black Isotta, however, grinned mysteriously. He said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I've made some arrangements."