A path of pure white flames on a scale magnificent enough to fill the sky.
My pride was scratched and I was annoyed by the fact that I 'received help', but apart from that.
-Fwoosh—!!
"…!!"
For some reason, the flames were quite fierce only towards me, so I inwardly wondered if it wasn't used 'to help me' but 'to kill me'.
Of course.
"U, uh!? Are you okay, Yuhyeon-ssi?! No, why is this only towards Yuhyeon-ssi…."
"…."
I grasped that it wasn't the intention from Jung Heewon's very flustered expression.
"Hell Flames Ignition. The Stigma of an Archangel that burns with pure white flames to punish all evil. It has to be so. Because this flame strictly reacts roughly only to 'Evil'."
"…Ha."
It was absurd.
So, does it mean that the guy in front of me is not 'Evil', so the Stigma just now didn't burn towards him, and the Stigma activated properly because I was 'Evil'?
"To say a cult leader isn't evil. The god who decides good and evil is quite human-like indeed."
"Then what is a cult, and what is a correct religion? Then Kang Yuhyeon, can you properly explain the criteria that divide them?"
"…."
"Right. In the end, there is no standard. Just as the standard of good and evil is ambiguous, the standard of cult and religion, even all of them, isn't certain! Therefore, even humans and those called gods by them just decide based on the meaning contained within!"
The guy spreading his arms wide and speaking was somewhat soaked in madness.
Right. An accessory of reason worn out to the point where only that remained.
"I perform salvation for the liberation from the scenario that other Incarnations will face. And you commit indiscriminate massacre if necessary only to see the 'Conclusion'. So wouldn't it be easy to distinguish which side is evil and which is good, Kang Yuhyeon."
"…You talk too much."
"As a leader leading a group, as a cult leader spreading a doctrine, isn't this much natural."
The guy who leisurely retorted to my words began to shine slowly with a faint smile.
At that moment, a huge Mandala began to appear shining brilliantly behind his back.
Centering on a bright lotus flower, beautiful curves drawing their own shapes were enough to attract people's attention, but.
-Sa…v…, e m e….
-K, kuaaaak…!!
-Do…n't want…to…di…e….
Later, I had no choice but to stiffen due to the hundreds of faces screaming inside the Mandala that began to rotate slowly.
…Ha, after doing this, only I am 'Evil', huh?
"I will give you a last chance, Kang Yuhyeon. Become one with me."
"Get lost."
"I knew you would say that."
-Swaaaaaah—!!
When the guy picked up one face that appeared on the Mandala and threw it quickly at me, a rough storm rushed at me from it.
Although I wasn't in top condition due to the fatigue accumulated from monster hunting and Cursed Energy consumption.
-Seo-geok…!!
I wasn't broken enough to be defeated by just this.
And furthermore.
"Confirmed with this."
"…?!"
-Whooosh…!!
"You bastard, invested everything in Agility-type skills."
"…!!"
My pride couldn't tolerate losing to a guy whose weakness was clearly visible.
"…Ha! To think you saw through it even though we haven't exchanged many blows. Indeed, Kang Yuhyeon!"
"…."
Why is the guy so happy in this moment.
But now was the time to put such questions aside for a moment.
"However…."
Apart from this face full of carelessness, the guy in front of me.
"Having companions is far from the Kang Yuhyeon I know."
""…!!""
Because the guy never relaxed his tension during the battle even once.
"Foolish sentient beings. Do you still not know. That your salvation is only becoming one with me."
Crossing his hands and scattering Magic Power around, it soon became dozens of spears floating in the air.
And those spears soon—
"Sentient beings. Realize your ignorance. And be enlightened."
Became a baptism covering them.
"Everyone get down!"
At that moment, just before the baptism of spears like heavy rain covered Jung Heewon and Yoo Sangah.
Along with a woman's voice coming from somewhere, mysterious Taoist magic spread out like clouds and protected them.
"Ho-oh. Besides the Angel of Eden and Olympus—"
-Whooosh…!!
"Kugh…!!"
"Hup…!!"
"—Seems you also obtained a Taoist and a Wolf in your hands."
-Kwa-ga-gak—!!
"Th, this is…?!"
"Lycaon…!!"
Shin Yoosung and Lycaon's attempt to ambush ended in failure.
But apart from that, Lycaon seemed to have received a shock elsewhere.
"…This is, the Path of the Wind? Why can you, a human, use what is passed down only in our Imyuntar species…."
"Oh. Descendant of Imyuntar? To see a connection passed by in previous lives within endless reincarnation like this?"
The face of the guy with a faint smile began to change into even more delight as time went on.
Not knowing what was so funny or enjoyable, Jung Heewon and Yoo Sangah flinched at the guy's madness slowly taking over the surroundings.
Cho Youngran and Shin Yoosung solidified their fighting spirit again and took a stance.
And I—
"Talked enough."
"…!!"
-Whooosh…!!
—Did not miss the guy revealing an opening for the first time.
-Grab.
Past life. Life before that. Reincarnation, etc. Hearing this much, the guy was one of two.
Either a Regressor. Or a Reincarnator.
But it didn't matter which one it was.
Whatever it was, dragging it into a long-term battle against the guy would obviously deepen the defeat, and there was no way the guy would obediently let us hunt him.
Therefore, I chose close combat.
To approach as much as possible so the guy couldn't widen the distance from me. To eliminate his relatively weak Physique and Defense at once since he invested everything in Agility.
-Squeeeeze…!!
"Cleave (捌)."
"—!!"
Grabbing the guy's face tightly, I used the technique as is.
Although touching once can achieve one of the conditions of Cleave, contact.
-Seo-geok. Seo-geok. Seo-geo-geok…!!
Because I had to kill him as surely and miserably as possible.
However—
"…Kuhu."
"…!!"
—The guy's eyes seen through my fingers hadn't lost the light of hope for some reason.
What is it? The fact that the technique activated properly was certain with the evidence of his flesh and blood splashing continuously under my palm.
But, what on earth is this guy thinking. What on earth is he aiming for? All sorts of variables came and went in my head.
And then, as if my endless questions were very funny—
-Tap.
—The guy's finger touched my forehead.
-Whooosh…!!
At that moment, strands of white aura piercing my body as if they were tentacles.
But I slumped without even thinking of resisting it.
"A giiiift… preee…pared speeeecially… forrr youuu. Kang… Yuhyeooon…."
Even though his face was split as much as it could be and he was scattering blood profusely, the guy didn't lose his smile.
As if that was the goal from the beginning. As if the goal wasn't 'expansion of the Church of Salvation through new Incarnations' but 'brainwashing of Kang Yuhyeon' from the start.
[Incarnation 'Nirvana Moebius' activates 'Thought Infection Lv.10'!]
Thought Infection.
A mental-type skill that brainwashes the opponent and violently convinces them of his desires, anchoring a person's time only in the 'present', a powerful skill of Nirvana Moebius.
However, even so, even if Kang Yuhyeon was hit by this skill properly, he would have been able to regain his senses after a brief panic and deal with Nirvana quickly.
Right.
[Incarnation 'Nirvana Moebius' has used Stigma 'Nightmare of the Beginning (Eternal Nightmare) Lv.8'.]
[Incarnation 'Nirvana Moebius' activates Skill '108 Agonies Lv.1'!]
If it weren't for the mental attacks that followed additionally.
"Ku, kuhuhu…. It took… quite… some effort… to fit… this…."
[108 Agonies begin to eat away at your mind.]
[Your mind begins to fall into a nightmare.]
-Pajijijik…!!
Successive mental attacks.
In the midst of that, Nirvana tried to use a skill on Kang Yuhyeon once more, but the Probability of the scenario restrained his action as if not allowing it.
It was regrettable. Very regrettable. To miss the opportunity to become one with him right in front of his nose, just one step away.
But. He wasn't impatient.
[Incarnation 'Nirvana Moebius' pays a large amount of 'his own Fable' to the 'Sponsor'!]
[Incarnation 'Nirvana Moebius' has used Stigma 'Non-Possession Lv.7'.]
Nirvana Moebius, a Reincarnator who lived through a long eternity of time.
Based on living multiple lives, he was experienced and rational, so he could respond calmly even in this situation where he felt like dying any moment.
And furthermore.
'Kang Yuhyeon, if he goes berserk, there is no one who can stop him except for one person.'
Because he knew very well how strong Kang Yuhyeon was.
-Whoosh…, thud…!!
Nirvana disappeared leaving only scattering lotus petals.
Accordingly, the one floating in the air naturally and crashing to the ground was Kang Yuhyeon. Only him.
-Whooosh….
Since he fell quite hard, the dust wind spreading centered on him also shimmered quite fiercely.
However—
"Yuhyeon Oppa!"
"W, wait. Master!"
—That didn't become much of a problem for Shin Yoosung.
Because she was an Incarnation who could use the 'Path of the Wind' controlling the surrounding wind.
However.
"…Yoosung-ah, get down—!"
"…!!"
-Kwa-ga-gak—!!
Due to the formless slash clearing the thick dust wind in an instant and flying towards her, she had no choice but to stop her steps.
"…Oppa?"
"…."
Shin Yoosung couldn't accept the situation even though she witnessed it with her own two eyes.
Furthermore.
[The Fable, 'King of Curses', begins its story.]
The fact that he, making an expression much more emotionless than the moment she first saw him, is hostile to her, this situation.
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