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.

dashed forward, where he was followed by the simultaneous assault

Booom—!

on the demons that were in front of him. The moment their eyes locked, both of them took on more vicious

"Huek!"

"Kuak!"

hand and swiped in

in the air with the flick of his finger, and as a result, the demons' bodies burned to a crisp, exposing five

destroying them as he stomped on them with his

Bang!

"Ukh…"

demon appeared from his right side and attacked

'There's so many.'

even a second after killing five demons, and ten more were at him. The

They seemed endless.

"Fuck this shit."

out a resounding shout as he pounded his shield against

"Huaaa!"

Boom—!

that presented itself in that split second by pressing his foot against the ground and propelling his body in the direction of the demon that was

"Huek!

nearby demon detached, falling to the ground. As the blood continued

about the cores, Hein crushed the head of the demon with his foot and kicked

his foot smacked against a

head…Hein used everything that he had at his disposal

wasn't that

fighting ability came as a result of Han Yufei teaching him martial

quite some time ago that merely defending himself was not going to be sufficient. He needed to find ways to deal

nearly as bad

involuntarily at the memory

was bearable at

inhuman at this point. Hein feared

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 take a breath at any point

brace himself and wait for his stamina

quite

to him that I have

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

[Steel domain]

shield became brighter, and it wasn't

Hein grunted once, the shields began to grow in size with the assistance of Hein's mana, which was attached to the

hovering shields, centered

'Down.'

outward. All of this transpired in a fraction of a second, and with a twist

hand forward and the radius around

"Heek!"

"Hueak!"

pouring shortly after as agonized screams

about this as he could feel his

more exhausting than I

started to grit his

could survive for more than twenty minutes. It sounded like a lot of time, but in reality, it was practically nothing in comparison to a war that would probably last

…If that wasn't all.

Boooom—!

aback by an expected explosion, during which he felt a powerful force blast against his shield, and he was forced

"Urkk!"

rotating around Hein fell to the ground in a helpless manner as he skidded