The air split and the red portal opened, a sharp, and heavy energy emanating through it. Although the energy was contained in a different form, it was just like the vestige’s own. A small boy with a mischievous smile appeared. Kindred knelt and bowed his head, as though he were greeting a god he served. He said politely, “I’ve come to serve you, the other face of the Great Sage.”

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When Yeon-woo was finally outside, all the gifts he’d received from the dragon god disappeared, and he could feel the constraints of the fifth mountain again. However, the world he saw with Extrasensory Perception was no longer uncomfortable. Yeon-woo swept his hair back and turned his head to look around. ‘Have they already left?’

He spread his Extrasensory Perception throughout the dungeon, and he was glad to discover that he couldn’t sense Kahn or Victoria. Since there weren’t any bodies in the dungeon, it seemed clear that they’d managed to avoid the Devil Army. Kahn would have figured out that Kindred...