“Mr. Jung Soo-ho!!”

Kang Ihyeon tightly gripped Jung Soo-ho’s waist.

Perhaps because it was a suicide attempt, or because his adrenaline had exploded, Kang Ihyeon’s strength could only prevent him from moving further forward.

“Hey, please come to your senses. You could cause a big problem if you do this here!”

Every time Jung Soo-ho put his hand into the black liquid, there was a sizzling sound and the smell of burning protein.

It was clear that his arm was being injured.

Kang Ihyeon’s brow slowly furrowed. He had no idea how to handle the situation any further.

Nari was consumed by Simlyek, her identity was revealed, and in a situation where he didn’t know how to escape from here, he had to make an effort to control his rival.

Even though they were just about to reconcile, the mere thought that this reality was tying his rival and Nari together with his own hands made the flames of jealousy flare up in his heart.

‘Ah, it’s annoying. Just……’

Kang Ihyeon’s expression, which showed kindness but was cunning to the core, gradually turned cold.

Excluding Shin Binnari, his world was no different from black and white, so it was utterly unforgivable that his god loved someone.

As long as Shin Binnari looked at him, he could endure anything.

Nari was his god, the object of his affection, and the owner of the single sentence that changed the world for him.

It wasn’t that he wanted something big. If only she could let him stay by her side. However.

Kang Ihyeon looked at the man whose waist he was holding. It’s because of this person. This person is ruining his god.

He was about to drop another huge bomb on his and Nari’s life, which had just gotten back on track.

Even if he endured and endured, even if he tried to smile as usual, Nari was getting closer and closer to this man. His life was about to be ruined again.

‘In that case, it’s better to eliminate the source first.’

[Constellation, the Staff of Purification urges you not to think like that!]

“I have no choice. Angel.”

Kang Ihyeon’s voice trembled badly. Somehow his eyes were filled with delight. The strength he had given to his arms was slowly loosening.

In front of someone who was already too excited to understand, Kang Ihyeon raised a feverish voice to his constellation.

“I have to live……”

Jung Soo-ho is trying to take Shin Binnari away, no, no. Jung Soo-ho is trying to take Mr. Rude away. No, I don’t really know what I’m thinking.

It was okay if Nari didn’t look at him. When no one liked him. But now……

“Quite a murderous thought, isn’t it?”

“?!”

Kang Ihyeon was startled by the voice that suddenly came from behind and turned his body. The back of his neck stood up.

Jung Soo-ho must have felt the murderous intent too, as he came to his senses at some point and turned his body.

“Haha, you don’t have to be so surprised.”

Black hair, pitch-black eyes, a black trench coat. A height of about 170cm with a skinny body. Rude was staring at them. No,

“…Who are you?”

“Oh my, how disappointing.”

Murderous intent that he doesn’t try to hide, eyes that look down on people. ‘That’ wasn’t Rude.

Kang Ihyeon reflexively drew the sword from his waist.

Click, at some point Jung Soo-ho, who had come to his senses, was also aiming a pistol he had gotten from somewhere.

[Constellation, the Staff of Purification warns that you really need to be careful with that man!]

His constellation was also sending a warning message. The man in front of them laughed and looked at the two of them.

“Nari oppa.”

Oppa? Kang Ihyeon looked at Jung Soo-ho. Jung Soo-ho shook his head.

It must mean that as far as he knows, he doesn’t have an older brother. The man in front of them laughed and spoke again.

“I didn’t mean oppa ‘as a human’.”

“…You, then Nari’s constellation……”

“Strictly speaking, that’s not it either.”

Kang Ihyeon’s eyes widened. The man looked at Kang Ihyeon again and said,

“Just in case, I’m asking to check.”

“…Yes?”

“My constellation name is ◼◼◼◼ writhing. Can you hear it?”

Kang Ihyeon and Jung Soo-ho covered their ears tightly with both hands at the noise mixed in with the words, a loud noise that directly hit the brain.

Looking at them, Rude shook his head once and clicked his tongue.

“Then how about ‘Lord of Chaos’?”

“…I can hear it.”

“I see, as expected, you’re half-immersed in the system…… That’s enough then. Stop interfering and get lost.”

The man waved his hand once as if annoyed. Countless tentacles popped out from the floor and tightly bound their bodies and covered their mouths.

Kang Ihyeon’s constellation displayed a translucent indirect message.

[Constellation, the Staff of Purification protests to the being in front of him, asking what his incarnation is doing!]

“Oh my, Nari. You’ve completely fallen into this. See, I told you to be careful, even your subconscious takes quite a bit of effort for me to handle.”

The man, no. The ‘Lord of Chaos’ checked the bathtub on the altar and put his hand into the bathtub as if he didn’t even hear the protest.

Unlike Jung Soo-ho, there was no sound of something burning.

[Constellation, the Staff of Purification strongly protests, asking if he is ignoring my words right now……]

“Shut up, Archangel. What are you doing now? This is ‘our’ territory. Are you going to start another war?”

The Archangel’s indirect message turned to dust and disappeared as he waved his hand in the air again. The ominous eyes of the Lord of Chaos shone.

“Olympus is staying quiet, so you shouldn’t act up like this now……”

Bzzt, a blue translucent indirect message appeared in front of Jung Soo-ho and was immediately erased. His prudent goddess seemed to have tried to say something but just closed her mouth. The Lord of Chaos snorted.

“You knew that Nari’s constellation was ‘our father’, right? Ah, so that’s why you attached Kang Ihyeon?”

[Constellation, the Staff of Purification remains silent at the words of the Lord of Chaos.]

“Back then, our side thought we had wiped out the seeds…… But not?”

The Lord of Chaos burst into laughter at the Archangel’s silence.

“Haha, hahaha!!! Ahahaha!! Ahaha, haha!! Ah, ah, ah it’s funny. Ah really, it’s too funny. Ah.”

After laughing for who knows how long, the Lord of Chaos wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers and looked at Kang Ihyeon and Jung Soo-ho again.

“Did you think that would succeed? Look at Jung Soo-ho next to you, the chief gods of Olympus, whom you once treated as demons, are still strong!”

[Constellation, the Staff of Purification looks at the Lord of Chaos, asking what he means by treating them as demons.]

“Don’t make me laugh, weren’t some of the demons written in the Lesser Key of Solomon made by copying the gods of Olympus?”

Jung Soo-ho’s goddess had no answer. Kang Ihyeon’s Archangel was the same. Silence sometimes meant the answer.

The Lord of Chaos smiled leisurely and opened a ‘dimensional rift’. Jung Soo-ho, who had no immunity to mental attacks, closed his eyes tightly as if his head hurt.

“Ah, let’s stop the three-way confrontation here. I have to go find the ‘real Nari’ now. If you keep revealing your presence in the subconscious without permission…… The dream owner will get angry.”

At the same time as those words, a growling sound was heard from deep inside the cave.

The slimy creatures were crawling and approaching the bound Kang Ihyeon and Jung Soo-ho.

Squish squish, the slimy creature that had reached in front of Kang Ihyeon and Jung Soo-ho began to take shape. Shin Binnari with a hole in her heart was staring at them with dull eyes.

“Here, take this.”

Nari looked up at the Lord of Chaos with blank eyes. He put a black half-scissors in Nari’s right hand. And pointed to Kang Ihyeon and Jung Soo-ho in front of him.

“They’re intruders. We have to deal with them for our Nari, right?”

Slowly, Nari looked at Kang Ihyeon and Jung Soo-ho. A chill ran down their spines.

Whoosh, an ominous murderous intent swirled around them in the empty wind.

Nari….. No, since he said he was going to find the ‘real Nari’, that must be a product of Shin Binnari’s subconscious.

As it grabbed the black scissors, Simlyek slowly began to spread around.

The Simlyek spread like a black fog. Seeing this, the Lord of Chaos grinned and took a step towards the dimensional rift he had left open.

“Right. Archangel, shall I tell you something good?”

Before taking the last step, the Lord of Chaos looked back. And smiled from ear to ear.

“We decided to imitate you for once.”

Bang!! With those last words, the cave with the altar shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

The stalactites hanging from the ceiling fell down, and hit Jung Soo-ho and Kang Ihyeon’s heads and bodies, who were tied to the floor, several times.

“Ugh……!!”

[Characteristic :: ‘Unquenchable Flame’ is activated!]

The Sacred Fire quickly healed Kang Ihyeon’s wounds. But that doesn’t mean the pain goes away.

The pain of having his limbs torn off was something he hadn’t felt in a long time.

Since he rarely acted with Rude, Kang Ihyeon bit into the gag in his mouth, feeling the sensation for the first time in a while.

It’s because he’s not with Nari now.

Kang Ihyeon, who had thought that far, opened his eyes wide.

‘What about Mr. Jung Soo-ho?!’

A sudden thought made Kang Ihyeon wriggle. Jung Soo-ho doesn’t have healing skills like this.

He also doesn’t have the ability to protect his own mind from Nari’s evil tendencies.

In this situation, the only one who could protect Jung Soo-ho was Kang Ihyeon.

Kang Ihyeon, who had even had extreme thoughts just before, came to his senses surprisingly quickly, unlike someone who would.

The earthquake had stopped and the stalactites were no longer falling, but the hazy black fog still surrounded them, making it impossible to see even an inch ahead.

The situation was such that it was impossible to know how ‘Nari’s subconscious’ would act next.

‘Damn it, if only this gag wasn’t here, I could somehow use a skill.’

Whoosh, it doesn’t burn well even with Sacred Fire. Kang Ihyeon, who thought that finding Jung Soo-ho was the top priority, was about to stand up by putting strength into his knees,

“S-stay still.”

At the same time, someone who had approached without a sound grabbed Kang Ihyeon’s hand.

As Kang Ihyeon flinched, they pressed down with their hand to prevent him from moving and were quickly cutting the rope with a creaking sound.

“…This, this was given by the goddess, so, it’s, it’s really sharp…… It, it cuts.”

The hoarse voice of someone who hasn’t spoken for a long time. It’s definitely a voice he’s hearing for the first time.

Nevertheless, Kang Ihyeon, who realized who was behind him, smiled with the gag in his mouth.

Jung Soo-ho was hateful. Kang Ihyeon knew exactly which opponents he could win against and which ones he couldn’t.

Jung Soo-ho was an opponent he could never beat forever. Wasn’t he the one who brought a huge turning point to Shin Binnari’s life?

No, even if it wasn’t that. He realized that no matter what he did, he would always lose to Jung Soo-ho.

While he was helplessly accepting the situation, Jung Soo-ho would have been secretly cutting his rope with a knife, trying to break through the situation somehow.

How could he, who was cunning and full of thoughts, win against such a cool person?

“…Words.”

“…Ung, this is because the conditions were met.”

Jung Soo-ho, who said that, stood up from his spot and took a step forward. Only then did Kang Ihyeon grab his knees and stand up.

In front of them, Nari’s subconscious was preparing to swing the black half-scissors.

“It, it’s Nari’s subconscious, right?”

“It seems so…… Can we calm it down?”

“I, I can’t do it alone, can, can you help? I’m, I’m really dizzy right now.”

Kang Ihyeon just nodded beside him. Kang Ihyeon’s baton and Jung Soo-ho’s cloak fluttered in the black Simlyek.

“Yes, of course.”

[Priest-exclusive basic skill :: ‘Sacred Incantation (Formula Trinitaria)’] [Ranger-exclusive basic skill :: ‘Declare Area’]