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She slowly falls down before my eyes, her abdomen pierced by the tip of a spear.

dump!

“Sophia-!”

“Saint!!”

I just stared blankly, not daring to call out or catch her as she fell.

“… That’s ridiculous.”

An irritated voice coming from next to me.

“The apostle of the Seven Pillars risks his life to save the apostle of the Seven Deadly Sins… It seems the saint cherishes you very much.”

“… … .”

It’s as if cold water has been poured over my whole body, my blood feels cold and my hot head cools down.

The feet finally come off.

He walks over and sits down in front of her as she lies dying.

“Saint.”

She opened her eyes with difficulty in response to my voice and looked at me.

“Dojin…, Mr.”

I can’t think of anything.

What on earth should I say?

Why should I be mad at you for doing something so stupid?

Or should I thank you for saving my life?

Meanwhile, she asked me instead.

“Are you okay…?”

It’s okay.

That’s the problem.

I should have been right, but you were right.

It’s my fault that she became like this.

If I had struggled till the end, if I hadn’t closed my eyes then.

I feel like I’m possessed by something.

“Mr. Dojin.”

A clear energy appears in her eyes as she calls me.

Are you feeling better?

no.

Rather, it is evidence that the end is near.

Reflection of light.

Just as the sun shines brightly just before setting, she too will shine brightly for the end of my life.

“Behind me… , please take care of the Guardians.”

I feel a strong sense of trust.

I can trust and entrust you with anything.

But you were wrong.

I’m not good enough for you to trust me.

I joined the Guardians for my own safety, not for the world.

Don’t leave the fish to the cat.

“No, Your Majesty.”

“Dojin-ssi… ?”

“I’m the type of person who can’t live with debt.”

Especially, I don’t want to accumulate any more life debt.

Because up until now, there have been too many people who have passed on their debts to me and died without permission.

“Don’t even think about leaving that heavy burden of life on me.”

I will save you no matter what.

Even if it costs me my life, I will do it.

She asks, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth.

“You don’t want to die either, do you? ”

“… … .”

It comes to mind.

A way to save her.

To be exact, he is constantly whispering next to me.

If she does as I tell her, she can live.

Malice seeping into every word.

But the method itself is plausible.

I am the apostle of greed.

They are not beings who only seek desire.

Fulfilling the wishes of those who covet their desires.

That is the way to spread the will of the goddess I serve throughout the world.

Hehehehehe…!

A malicious laugh swirls through my body.

Gluttony, which was nothing more than a vicious snake, finally sheds its skin.

Glossy scales, sharp claws and teeth that can swallow anything.

With pupils that were slit vertically and two long horns protruding from its forehead.

It looks just like the legendary snake.

It is not long before he becomes a dragon, and he is only waiting to ascend to heaven.

The moment you realize this, a message window appears before your eyes.

[The sub-trait ‘Gluttony’ has successfully shed its power and evolved into ‘Exploration’.]

“… … .”

The hunger I felt whenever I faced that guy slowly disappeared.

Was it like that?

“… I was constantly eating to get to that point.”

The guy is still greedy.

But I stopped filling that hunger by eating energy.

Now the guy’s prey is the desires that abound in this world.

When it fills its stomach again with new food, it will evolve once again.

I look up at the Imugi, which is made up of a cloud of energy rising up like a mist over my shoulders.

“Now you look like you’re worth looking at.”

Imoogi.

A legendary animal that endures eons of training to become a dragon.

However, it is quite different from the ordinary performing Imoogi.

It seems as if pure evil has piled up and piled up to reach the present, and with every movement of the energy, malice soars.

If you make one wrong move, you might get swallowed whole.

But it doesn’t matter.

There is no room for him to dig into me right now.

My will is solely focused on saving her.

Whisper to her.

“Sophia.”

“Ah… ?”

Awaken her spirit by her name, not by her title.

If this method works, she might not be a saint anymore.

“I’m not really interested in saving the world.”

“… … .”

“The power of greed was not there when I fought Jinjo, but long before that.”

It doesn’t matter if one country falls and a new country is established.

Even if half of the Earth falls into the hands of one power and its inhabitants are treated like slaves, it would be the same.

I don’t care who becomes a slave or a king, as long as it doesn’t affect me.

“Then why… .”

I answered honestly to her who asked as if she didn’t understand.

“Just to use it. I don’t like the Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Pillars of Evil. I just wanted them to fight hard and perish together.”

It wasn’t because I had any grand desires or wishes.

I just didn’t want to miss out on the happiness that had come to me.

To do that, we absolutely must win this fight that we were forced to participate in.

He whispers in her ear, knowing everything.

“Can you still entrust me with the Guardians? Your comrades you love so much could all die while being used by me.”

Still, really.

“Can you close your eyes comfortably?”

“You…!”

Resentment and hatred settle in her once clear and pure eyes.

okay.

That’s it.

He doesn’t miss this moment and places his hand on her bulging abdomen.

The gluttony that had been surrounding her body in the form of a snake enters her shoulder, runs down her arm, and pushes the energy of gluttony into her body that is touching her palm.

It’s not the strength to swallow.

The power to draw out her desires and make them come true.

The moment when the dark aura stimulated her desire and made impossible survival possible.

-“Stop.”

“Huh…!?”

“Kahk… !”

A voice that came out of nowhere shook both her and me.

* * *

My mind, which had been briefly disconnected, is once again connected.

Dark darkness.

As he lifted his eyelids that had been blocking his vision, an unfamiliar landscape greeted him.

A sky so blue it’s almost freezing.

A gentle breeze.

Lush trees and brightly blooming flowers.

A garden that looks like it has been carefully tended by someone spreads out before your eyes.

Kim Do-jin frowned when he saw this.

‘Why am I here?’

I’m trying to recall my lost thoughts.

I pushed in my power, which had now evolved into greed, to the dying saint, Sophia.

okay.

“Sophia.”

Where is she?

As I was scanning my surroundings with an urgent gaze, a voice echoed once again.

-“She is with me.”

I feel a sense of uneasiness.

It was clearly the voice that shook her and his body, causing her to lose consciousness.

“… … .”

He quickly gathered his thoughts.

An unfamiliar world that suddenly unfolded.

A voice that resonates majestically throughout the world.

There is only one being capable of this.

-“Walk all the way to the end of the path in the garden. I am there.”

A narrow path appears between the blooming flowers, barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

Kim Do-jin begins to walk silently along that road.

I’ve roughly guessed.

Where is this place?

And who is the being that calls you?

We had been walking through the ever-expanding garden for 30 minutes.

Finally, the roof of the temple, rising sharply beyond the horizon, comes into view.

I wish I could fly across the sky and get there in one breath, but it was impossible.

‘… the magic power is locked tightly as if it is bound to something.’

The magical power inside the core does not move as if it is tightly bound to something.

It seems like there are restrictions on this entire place.

The temple we arrived at after walking diligently.

Kkeugkeug…!

As if to welcome his arrival, a huge door opens.

The interior was not much different from the interior of the Gula Temple that I had visited countless times before.

Thick pillars, torches hanging from each pillar, a huge statue and a throne beneath it.

On the throne sits an old man with white hair, sitting upright and staring this way.

And next to her was Sophia.

With both hands clasped together and head bowed as if he had committed some great sin.

The old man gestures.

“Come closer.”

Kim Do-jin walks slowly and looks the old man up and down.

From his extremely thin body, I could feel the aura of an absolute being that I had felt from Chris a moment ago.

You’ll understand when you look closely.

What are the real feelings hidden behind a gentle expression?

“You were about to do something reckless.”

It was anger.

Darker and more intense than the goddess of wrath.

“How dare you push that dirty air into my apostle’s pure body.”

The pent-up anger that could explode at any moment is shot at me through my gaze.

“Do you really want to die?”

The prediction was correct.

The opponent is God.

He is also the god of the Seven Pillars of Evil, which stands in opposition to the Seven Deadly Sins.

His name is Caritas.

The god of charity, considered the greatest virtue among the Seven Guardian Deities.

Such a being is sending its unstoppable murderous intent towards us.

“Ugh… … .”

The dense living space is suffocating.

It’s as if I’ve been abandoned in the middle of space, and no matter how hard I flap my mouth and nose, I can’t breathe.

You’re seriously thinking of killing me.

Once again, my mind was starting to become hazy.

-“Leave it at that.”

Another voice echoes throughout the world.

The back of a woman who suddenly descends from the sky blocks the view and lands on the ground.

As I looked at his back, I burst out laughing.

That would be the case.

“If you don’t want to face the wrath of the woman in this place.”

Because the existence in front of me is my only ally who will never change in this world.

It didn’t end there though.

“Hohoho, how funny.”

Another woman lands before your eyes.

“You two.”

She shows her discomfort by running her hand through her red hair as if she finds the other person ridiculous.

“You dare to talk about anger in front of me?”

Caritas, the God of Mercy.

Gula, the goddess of greed.

The goddess of wrath.

The sky turned black at the sight of the three gods gathered in one place, and all the flowers withered and bowed their heads.