I stared at the message with blank eyes instead of crying out in joy. 

[You have received the skill ‘Devi’s Sword.’]

I had been pierced by this exact skill in the past, so how could I ever forget about it? I had to use up everything I had saved up, including A-class insignias, S-class weapons, and mana stones that I had kept hidden in the secret safe to heal myself. A single strike was that devastating. I would have died if I not for a shock-absorbing insignia, and my body would have been shattered then. 

Anyway, I realized the trait The Man Who Overcomes Adversity had made the First Evil into who he was after putting myself into his shoes. That trait was unbelievably powerful, and the entire world had noticed its potential when the Eight Evils and Eight Virtues had fought together for the first time. It was obvious that the First Evil would have died then, but The Man Who Overcomes Adversity had resurrected him without a scratch and let him...