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The rain continued to pour down. It had been about ten minutes, and Antirianus’s expression had already hardened. He watched as Ludwig, who had yet again managed to endure the relentless assault of vengeful spirits, staggered but somehow managed to stand.
“You’re standing up again.”
The dark flames that had once flickered along his right arm had long since been extinguished, and though drool hung from his mouth, Ludwig continued to rise, as if he wouldn’t fall unless he was truly killed.
Any ordinary person would lose their sanity just by coming into contact with these spirits, yet Ludwig endured their assault.
Even the Demon King had fainted from mental exhaustion after being attacked by them, but Ludwig, fully aware he was being toyed with, continued to grit his teeth and stand up.
Only to buy time.
Knowing his existence held no value beyond that, he refused to fall.
Could a soul of steel truly exist? Could an unbreakable human truly be real?
Once again, the torrent of spirits engulfed Ludwig.
Rrrumble!
At first, Ludwig had screamed as if his very breath would be stolen away, but now he no longer cried out in pain. It wasn’t as though he was getting better at enduring the pain; he simply lacked the strength to scream anymore.
The ashen storm passed through him, consuming him as he writhed on the ground like an insect, yet after that, he somehow managed to rise again. This time, he would not fall.
To the monster, this was no longer just a game. If he actually had to kill this boy, who was somehow enduring all this, without forcing him into utter submission and despair, it would be his defeat. He needed to break him, to crush him, and only then kill him once he could no longer rise.
If such an unbreakable will truly existed, he wanted to witness it with his own...



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