Rumble―! Rumble―!
As Ren rose from his seat, the world began to exhibit signs of collapse. His eyes alternated between crimson and dull gray as his black hair gradually turned white.
"You… what?"
Jezebeth, also stunned by the abrupt change, rose from his seat and stared at Ren with an expression of bewilderment.
"Why are you here? How is this…"
He fumbled over his words as he stared directly at Ren. None of it made sense to him at the moment.
He was certain from the moment he sat down with him that he wasn't conversing with the Ren he knew but rather with the other version of him. The inferior version of him.
He wasn't supposed to be here.
With Kevin gone, nothing prevented him from vanishing without a trace.
So…
So why was he still here?
"What have you done? Where is…"
It was unusual for Jezebeth to be this flustered, but the sudden situation made it difficult for him to articulate himself appropriately. His mind was flooded with various questions, making it difficult for him to complete a sentence.
"Aha…"
But he wasn't the demon race's leader for nothing. After a brief moment of fluster, he regained his composure, and his gaze grew extremely icy.
"Answer me this…"
He looked around him.
"…If you're the one that's here, does that mean that you've absorbed the other version of you? Does he still even exist?"
Jezebeth made sure to look directly at Ren when asking the question. He wanted to know the answer. No, he needed to know the answer.
There was something unsettling about the situation, and he didn't like the feeling.
"Does he still exist?"
Ren's mouth eventually opened, with a trace of a rare smile appearing on it.
"…You'll see soon enough."
That wasn't the answer Jezebeth wanted.
***
"Welcome to the Pillar of Gluttony."
A majestic voice echoed in the air, stretching endlessly and reaching the ears of all those within its range.
"What's going on?"
"Where am I?"
direction from which they perceived the voice to have
place... and
we just in Immorra? When did
fiery orange ball hung low on the horizon, and it cast long shadows that were
was desolate and uninhabitable, with scorched and
that made it difficult to see beyond
the sky, their
Swoosh―! Swoosh―!
twisted and gnarled forms writhed in the dim light of
muscles as it wielded a jagged, fiery sword. Its eyes gleamed
beasts skittered out of the hill, their sharp claws and jagged teeth bared in hunger. Their fur was matted and oily, and their eyes glowed with crimson light
of winged fiends took to the
"Creaak!"
"Creaaak!"
screeches filled the air, and their eyes glittered at the sight of the people beneath them as
the leading demon shouted and
"Attack!"
"Watch out!"
as he swung his sword at
"I will kill yo―uh?"
swung,
person with normal vision could
"Whhhaaaat?"
his eyelids grew increasingly heavy. His physical strength suddenly vanished,
Crrrrr―!
drew his last breath, he felt his stomach
Thump!
their weapons, but for some reason,
lost all energy, and what replaced
Spurt―! Spurt―! Spurt―!
demons tore their bodies in two using their
take long for the situation to start turning
"Heelp!"
Spurt―!
shortly after. A hand emerging from the other side of their
Clank―!
all hope was
"Ukh."
react despite the dire circumstances and were able to halt the demons'
elf, and an
themselves against the demon's attacks thanks to the orc, who tanked all of the
Clank―!!
"Khhh…"
as he continued to absorb the onslaught of
Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!
whirlwind behind him, impaling the demons that were in front of him, and the orc charged to the right,
weren't the only creatures
monsters present, and they made
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
The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!