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“Wait… why am I crying… like an idiot?”

An Yu-min was embarrassed by the tears streaming down her cheeks.

She quickly wiped away the tears with her fingers.

The An Yu-min I know is the type of person who never cries.

He has a stubborn personality who is more determined than anyone else to become a hero. I’m embarrassed to shed tears in the first place.

“Is it because there is a lot of dust here? Dust may have gotten into your eyes.”

He muttered with a truly embarrassed expression.

But her eyes changed.

Unlike before, when it became one with chaos and spread dark red fraud.

An Yu-min regained his clear eyes.

“What happened? They must have entered this temple to dispose of the polluted World Tree… Ugh…”

An Yu-min held her head for a moment.

It seemed like memory confusion had occurred.

I was erased from her world.

As such, it would not be surprising if side effects were occurring due to the reality change.

It will take some time for the changed reality to be reestablished.

Fortunately, it didn’t take that long.

An Yu-min, whose headache seemed to have subsided, immediately recognized me.

“You are… Unknown. Fortunately, you were safe. It feels bad to join hands with a villain… but let’s hurry. If we don’t deal with that polluted world tree, the world may perish.”

Although I felt a little uncomfortable.

An Yu-min did not show any hostility toward me, but instead suggested a joint attack.

‘Is that how the memories were organized?’

They remember me.

But I couldn’t feel any affection in those eyes.

At that moment, I was convinced that all feelings for ‘Lee Jun-woo’ disappeared from An Yu-min.

‘Is it finally the end?’

There will be no need for any more regression.

And with the relief of having removed the core of the apocalypse, I felt a little more relaxed than I was.

Gugugugugugugugung-

But not all phases are over.

Assimilation with the polluted world tree.

And through the incarnation, An Yu-min, chaos descended on the earth.

We have now lost Ahn Yu-min, the incarnation of that.

As a result, if the chaos that lost reality was left as is, the apocalypse could begin again.

I shouted at An Yu-min in a cold voice.

“You know what you have to do right now, right? The heart of the polluted world tree. The core needs to be completely cut out.”

An Yu-min looked puzzled for a moment.

You immediately understood what I meant.

“The polluted world tree has taken root all over the world. Unknown, if we don’t cut out the core as you said, the fog of chaos will cover the entire world.”

As she said.

Chaos had already been polluting the world tree since the dark ages when Letisane was alive.

The roots of America, a small part of it, could be purified by my power.

‘Yggdrasil’, located in this mountain range, is the world itself.

Completely destroying the heart, which is the body of the World Tree, is the only way to completely eliminate the chaos that resides in the World Tree.

But An Yu-min looked back at me with worried eyes.

“But if you remove the heart of Yggdrasil like that, the death of the World Tree cannot be prevented. If the world tree dries up and dies, the side effect will be chaos in the world.”

As she said.

The World Tree is a world in itself.

The source of mana that exists in the world.

And the entity that has the power to purify the distorted mana that occurs intermittently is Yggdrasil.

Even if the presence of chaos and its influence disappears.

If the source that supports the world disappears, the world has no choice but to come to an end again.

“It’s okay. Because we have prepared measures.”

But I already had a way to prevent that apocalypse.

“That’s…”

Steph of Letisane.

A transcendental grade item made from part of the World Tree.

“It is a sacred object made as part of the World Tree. Unlike the current Yggdrasil, it has a clean core that has not been touched by chaos. It can replace the heart of Yggdrasil.”

An Yu-min immediately understood what I meant.

“Then there is no time. Even if it’s cold, bear it on your own.”

A snow storm began to gather around her.

An Yu-min’s third power, its name is Blizzard Ruler.

The power of transcendence, which created even a large city in the heart of the North Pole, began to cover the Temple of Chaos.

“If we freeze the World Tree, the chaotic movements within it will also be suppressed. And with my sword strike, I will take out the heart of Yggdrasil. Unknown you, destroy that heart yourself.”

An Yu-min made a determined expression.

“I am largely responsible for my current confusion. So even if it costs me my life, I will succeed in what I have to do. I’ll ask for the rest.”

The chaos that eroded An Yu-min’s inner self.

All that chaos escaped into tens of thousands of mirror worlds.

The current An Yu-min was the same hero An Yu-min I knew.

‘I’m glad so.’

Ahn Yu-min, who was integrated with chaos, was the incarnation of that evil spirit.

As a mortal being, it was impossible for me to kill her.

Also, An Yu-min, who has escaped the chaos, is still a SS-class powerhouse.

However, she returned to her normal hero appearance.

The price was to erase all feelings for me, which was An Yu-min’s world itself.

Kwazijijijijik-

Ahn Yu-min’s determination to regain his senses was remarkable.

As she said.

Without sparing his own body, he reached the polluted center of Yggdrasil.

I collided with that transcendental giant monster.

Geaaah-

A vibration that felt like the world was screaming covered all the surrounding space.

The demonic energy, which is more dangerous than the area controlled by Song Yu-hwan’s power, dyed the entire area in a dark red light.

‘Even if it is a world tree that has lost its incarnation, it is still chaos. Very strong.’

I also couldn’t let down my guard.

Even if the godhead has disappeared, what Yggdrasil is assimilating is the world itself.

If you don’t go beyond that world, there is no future.

While An Yu-min was buying time, I prepared the final spell.

‘The fire of Prometheus. For that too, we must use the fire of Prometheus, who has become even more awakened.’

The Heart of Yggdrasil.

Chaos must have polluted the source of life from the root.

In order for Letisane’s staff to become the core of the new World Tree, it had to be destroyed without leaving any trace of its contamination.

It was like surgery to remove cancer.

If any traces of contamination remain.

Letisane’s staff, which has become the new core, may also be contaminated again.

‘What type of skill do you need to create that level of firepower…’

The fire of purification had to be strong enough to destroy a world.

Intuition penetrating my mind.

A moment ago, the spell that made An Yu-min’s world disappear came to mind.

‘Formation of the world through the power of mirrors. And if you ignite Letisane’s staff through the multiple worlds…’

I finished organizing it in my head.

Although we cannot create tens of thousands of mirror worlds like before.

Unlike An Yu-min, I still have the power of Letisane and the power of the World Tree.

The transcendent power I realized a little while ago.

If you use all the power of the 4th power.

A mirror world that temporarily resembles current reality. You can create those multiple worlds.

‘If we mobilize all of our demonic power. It would be possible to temporarily create about five multi-worlds.’

In that temporarily mixed multiverse, the staff of Letisane is equally ignited.

And, if you use the multiverse itself as a mirror to concentrate the firepower of the burning staff on one fixed point.

In theory, it is possible to create firepower comparable to the power of God at a single point.

Truly the fire of God. It is the flame of extinction.

‘The side effects or aftereffects of creating that multi-world may remain. I have no choice.’

Because that was the most certain way to eliminate chaos.

Meanwhile, An Yu-min’s fierce battle has reached its end. Although my whole body was full of wounds. An Yu-min was still alive.

3 hours for me to complete the order.

An Yu-min also finally opened the door to the area where the heart of Yggdrasil was stored with a sword strike.

“The heart was exposed to the outside! Right now!”

An Yu-min shouted.

It was right now.

I closed both eyes.

A huge mirror of chaos that appears in the image.

Just as I have copied and created countless powers through that mirror.

The Mirror of Chaos temporarily copied the current world.

‘Multiple Mirror World.’

Grrr-

Another me, who exists in that mirror world, ignited the staff at the same time.

It feels like an eternity, but it is definitely a moment.

I fixed the eyes of the entire mirror world on the heart of Yggdrasil.

“Big black…”

I ended up hemorrhaging blood while trying to withstand the reaction of the divided world coming back together.

Kukukukukukukukuk-

But it worked.

The mirror world merged into one world again.

However, the fire of Prometheus was amplified dimensionally, exploding at one point a firepower that could not be created in reality.

Ahhh-

The chaotic being let out a scream of extinction.

And, the center of the World Tree.

I threw Letisane’s staff into the crater-like empty space beneath the temple’s altar.

“The world tree…is growing again…”

An Yu-min was mesmerized and watched the rebirth of the world.

After confirming the end of the rebirth, I also lost consciousness on the spot.

***

An Yu-min escaped the temple of chaos.

Due to the harsh reaction of the battle, the underground stairs leading to the top of the mountain range collapsed.

The World Tree has completed regeneration safely.

The trunk of the World Tree gently wrapped around her.

The stem sent the two people up instead of down the stairs.

An Yu-min, who held the fallen Lee Jun-woo in his arms, was soon able to get out of the center of the world tree.

And then I came back outside and met two familiar people at the top.

“Ah, An Yu-min!! Oh, what happened! Seo, no way, Lee Jun-woo, Unknown… Ah, no!!!”

A young man in a gangster top.

Jeong Si-woo shouted with a desperate expression.

“I’m going to kill that woman! Unknown… Revenge of Unknown…”

“Calm down. Junwoo is alive.”

An Yu-min frowned at Jeong Si-woo’s fuss.

Fortunately, Lim Jae-ho, the werewolf next to him, quickly grasped the situation.

Ahn Yu-min hurriedly handed the fainted Lee Jun-woo to Lim Jae-ho.

“Take it quickly. I don’t really want to keep hugging a man like this, do I?”

The two people hurriedly checked Unknown’s condition.

I just fainted for a moment.

An Yu-min also confirmed that there were no injuries. There won’t be any big problems.

‘Is everything over now?’

An Yu-min closed his eyes for a moment.

Theia’s final exam.

Apparently, he was swallowed up by a chaotic being in that underground tower.

And, after that, he remembered all the massacres he had committed as he became the limb of chaos.

Even though it was the result of the will of chaos controlling him.

In the end, it is the result of one’s own weakness in not being able to withstand the chaos.

I had no intention of making excuses for those war crimes.

‘If I go to trial, will it be the death penalty? Life imprisonment? Neither… it’s something I have to accept.’

An innocent person died because of him.

Even though I helped Unknown prevent the end of the world.

Even if the world would forgive him, An Yu-min planned to pay for his sins himself.

‘me too. Unknown. If only I was a strong man like you. Although you were a villain, you were more like a hero.’

For a moment, I looked at Lee Jun-woo, who was with the two people from Ignition.

Memories of him remain.

But strangely, it was like a vast snowy field filled with white snow.

It was a blank page.

I didn’t have any feelings for Unknown at all.

His name, Lee Jun-woo, was familiar, but I didn’t feel any feelings of hatred or fondness.

A pure blank slate and nothingness.

‘Why is it like that?’

For a moment, I felt frustrated.

I felt like I had lost something very precious.

But I couldn’t even figure out what I had lost.

I was wondering if it had something to do with that Lee Jun-woo.

Soon An Yu-min denied that idea.

This is a man who has no feelings at all.

Just like Lim Jae-ho and Jeong Si-woo over there.

As always, An Yu-min was not interested in men. Because becoming a hero was everything in her life.

I thought about my future.

I don’t even know if I will be put on death row by law.

Or, he might end up doing the job of a hunter, which was so rough that he thought he would be better off being executed.

But, in any future.

I was confident that Lee Jun-woo would not infiltrate my life.

‘In many ways, your situation is the opposite of mine. From now on, we will pretend not to know each other.’

I didn’t even feel any regrets about it.

Because the emotion itself did not move.

“Huh?”

However, despite that calm feeling, tears came out again without me knowing.

“The ice power I used a little while ago… has now melted.”

I muttered like that.

Strangely, the tears did not stop for a while.

For An Yu-min, Lee Jun-woo was a world.

It became impossible to even notice that the world had disappeared.

It was both a blessing and a terrible curse for An Yu-min.

It was a punishment more cruel than death.

Even if he was killed leaving his feelings for Lee Jun-woo behind, An Yu-min would have chosen that option.

But An Yu-min soon stopped even thinking about the reason for her tears.

One month after this.

The World Tree began to regenerate and began to purify the fog of chaos.

And at the Pope’s palace in the Goddess Church, it was declared that the crisis of the end of the world had ended.