(Written in my new style)
It ca so suddenly, and now, I can feel sothing rising from my soul. Sothing fragile, yet impossibly powerful. That's what it feels like right now—this rising tension, this rising force… and warmth. Yes. Warmth. It spreads through , subtle at first, then flooding my veins. I no longer feel cold. I no longer feel empty.
"Gaon—your chest!" The eerie voice screams into my mind the very mont my life begins to slip away.
And then—it blooms.
Like a flower of life bursting open inside my chest. Seven colors flare to life within … but one stands out. Faint. Dim. Pink. Flickering weakly, like a candle in a storm.
The Sin of Lust.
I feel it. I know it. Not as depravity, but as desire. The craving to win this fight. The ache to keep breathing, even when I should already be dead.
The desire to live.
It's all in . All of them. These sins are . I didn't acquire them along the way. No. I can feel it now. They've been with since the beginning. From the mont I lived on Earth. From the mont I destroyed the world of No End.
And now... I stand on the edge of this world, carrying power so great it could lt the sun itself.
I am a god.
I am Lee Gaon.
I… I am .
My thoughts swirl like a monologue, like a letter I wrote to myself long ago. A ssage I always wanted to read—but only now, only today, have I finally found the key.
And that key... is . My desires. So I'll let them bloom. I'll let them reshape . Reform . Reforge .
It's ti to end this exhausting journey. It's ti to show my enemies who I am. It's ti to free myself. And to free all those I love… from suffering.
I can feel sothing forming in my chest. A small orb. Brilliant. Tiny at first, but powerful. And as quickly as it appears, it begins to grow—rapidly, endlessly. It's already the size of a fist. But that's only from the outside.
Inside... it's bigger. So much bigger. Like a small universe swirling within .
And I… I am its master.
I let it settle inside , taking the place of the heart I once lost. Filling the void that haunted for ages. Filling with warmth I haven't felt in so long.
And now I feel it. Strong. Alive. Radiant.
But... sothing is missing. Sothing crucial.
Why?!
Why isn't it fully forming? Why?!
"You're missing sothing. Sothing crucial… a person. You know that person well. He is very special to you. He is the reason you—"
The eerie voice enters my mind like a mist, curling through my thoughts, wrapping itself around . Her words twist and turn, never reaching the point, always circling.
She's playing with it. Waving the sentence around in loops.
But I can feel it.
She's hiding sothing again.
Once more...
Doubt is a poison. It bites slow. And when you finally feel it kicking in… it might already be too late. Funny, isn't it? Yeah.
But I have no ti for that.
In this long journey, I've overco many things. Good. Bad. Deadly. Yes.
But I'm grateful. Grateful for all of it. For enduring. For surviving.
And for that reason, I will make it bloom. I shall. But not now. I can't focus on it.
I have a more serious problem...
The claw attack cos at from the left. It's bigger than before. Her claws have transford into sothing far deadlier—pure killing intent sharpened into physical form. I feel a chill run down my spine. That aura is suffocating.
But I dodge.
My space distortion tickles my feet, and like a ghost, I slip past her strike. I don't move far. Only around two ters from where I stood. But even that small distance gives the advantage I need.
I flick my wrist, letting my scythe gather montum, feeding on the force drawn from my muscles. The horns on my head flood my body with unimaginable power. It's warm. Like fresh blood rushing through my veins.
The deadly blade that has already reaped countless lives screams as it falls toward the body of the immortal demon.
"Naïve!" the demon shouts, her voice exploding with every ounce of her lung power. The force behind that scream is so otherworldly, I feel my ears fill with warm liquid, the pressure inside my head pulsing painfully. And then—silence. All the sounds around fade, like the final breath of a candle being snuffed out.
But I can't stop now. Fuck all of that. I can win.
I keep pressing my attack. She moves fast, positioning her claws in front of her like a shield. It looks impenetrable. Shit…
CLANG!
The brutal impact sends a violent vibration through my scythe, and my entire soul trembles with it. The shockwave follows instantly, and my vision explodes into a blinding golden light.
I've poured everything into this strike. Everything. There's no way she can co out of this unscathed.
At the very least, I manage to send her flying. Her body crashes hard against the distant wall of fla, flas swallowing her like the jaws of a beast.
Did I get her? No. There's no way she's dead from that.
I keep my eyes locked on the dead silent fla wall. And that silence worries . It's too quiet. Like a prey being hunted by the predator hiding just beyond sight. I can feel strange ripples moving through the walls. Quick. Darting from one side to the other. It feels almost alive.
And that's how I know I need to be ready.
Quietly, I gather energy into my wings. I wrap them in dark light, letting the chaos energy mask itself and build. Slowly but surely, it prepares to explode.
The fire walls ripple faster. The rhythm grows erratic. And then—sothing unexpected.
All the walls collapse inward, rushing toward like crashing waves, trying to crush into nothing more than at jelly. It would almost be funny. Almost. But I'm not ready to fall here.
"You can die alone!" I shout, and my body bursts with darkness.
"Sovereign Domain..."
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