The Author's POV

'Is he sharper than I let out, or is he just stupid?"

Suriol pondered to himself as he gazed at the human standing not so far from him. In the previous few moments, right when he was morphing his body, he sensed a slight murderous intent coming from the human.

He thought that he would attack him.

If there was a time when he was most vulnerable, it would indeed be during his transformation, so Suriol found it surprising that he didn't attack him.

'Did he sense something?'

In truth, the human would have most likely suffered severe injuries or even died had he chosen to attack.

The fact that he didn't do anything had in itself saved his life.

Suriol was not so dimwitted as to allow the human to take advantage of such a glaring weakness in his defenses.

He was obviously prepared.

'This new body isn't too bad…'

Suriol shifted his attention toward his new body.

He repeatedly clenched and unclenched his fists before raising his head to look at the human who was staring back at him with a look filled with surprise.

The grin that was already on his face grew wider.

"This is the existence you envy?"

He asked while moving around in this new body of his.

Suriol was a member of the Envy clan. A Duke ranked one at that. What made the clan of envy the strongest of the other clans was the unique power a certain part of their members had.

Evny, Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Greed, Wrath, and Sloth; Each clan represented a sin, and with it, they were born with an innate power that was only unique to their clan, and that perfectly matched their sin.

In Suriol's case, his power was that of someone who, by looking through the memories of their adversary, could flawlessly imitate the person that their adversary envied.

In this case, it was the form that he had just copied.

It took a total of ten seconds for Suriol to get used to the new body, and when he did, he felt everything become clear as information started to flood his mind.

They were a bit scattered as there seemed to be something wrong with the person's memories, but they were enough for Suriol to absorb and assimilate with himself.

"…He is indeed a person worth envying."

He extended his hand, at which point a sword composed of tangible demonic energy materialized.

Suriol slowly assumed his position as he locked eyes with the human standing opposite him.

"Let us see the power of the human that you envy, shall we?"

Click—!

***

"Fuck off!"

Hein let out a resounding roar as his shield collided with a nearby demon, knocking the demon to the ground with a loud crash.

The next thing that he did was stomp on the demon's head with his foot.

Crack.

cracking sound, he dashed forward, where he

Booom—!

that were in front of him. The moment their

"Huek!"

"Kuak!"

extended his hand and swiped

the flame psyons in the air with the flick of his finger, and as a result, the demons' bodies

as he

Bang!

"Ukh…"

a demon appeared from his right side and attacked him. He was, fortunately, able

'There's so many.'

killing five demons, and ten more were at him. The

They seemed endless.

"Fuck this shit."

shout as he pounded his shield against the ground

"Huaaa!"

Boom—!

spread apart. Hein took advantage of the opportunity that presented itself in that split second by pressing his foot

"Huek!

break, he twisted his body and the head of a nearby demon detached, falling to the ground. As the blood continued to pool on his shield, it didn't take long before it turned black in

the head of the

a whip, his foot smacked against a demon's neck, sending it crashing against the

he

learning from Han Yufei wasn't that

result of Han Yufei teaching him

the realization quite some time ago that merely defending himself was not going to be sufficient. He needed to find ways to deal with his opponent, which was why he had asked Han Yufei for assistance; Han Yufei

nearly as bad as my time with

the memory of

bearable at first, but

inhuman at this point. Hein feared him more than Liam

was manageable; however, after practicing some strange art, he became impossible to fight against. Not only would the training grounds be left in shambles, but the manner in which he fought left absolutely no room for Hein to

and wait for his stamina to run out. However, this never seemed to happen throughout their spars

quite

all thanks to him that

a deep breath. Eying the demons in front of him, his eyes sharpened and his shield started to

[Steel domain]

glow around his shield became brighter, and it wasn't long before the

while Hein grunted once, the shields began to grow in size with the assistance of Hein's mana, which was attached to the shield's side in the form of a translucent tangible

five hovering shields, centered by a part

'Down.'

and the shields bowed with their apexes facing outward. All of this transpired in a fraction of

forward and the

"Heek!"

"Hueak!"

started pouring shortly after as agonized screams accompanied the

care about this as he could feel his

is a lot more exhausting

to

he didn't see how he could survive for more than twenty minutes. It sounded like a lot of time, but

…If that wasn't all.

Boooom—!

an expected explosion, during which he felt a powerful force blast

"Urkk!"

ground in a helpless manner as he