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When the Apostle of Paradise fled, the dimensional rifts he had opened began to close on their own.0

Beru’s eyes gleamed as he confirmed the apostle’s disappearance. “He must still be alive,” he remarked. “The fact that he lives after facing me means he cares about survival more than anything else.”0

The followers of the Itarim that Beru once faced in the Outer Universes all had different appearances and abilities. This was because there was more than one Itar. The various Outer Gods’ followers and creations likewise possessed a variety of different traits, and as a result, the entire landscape of war shifted whenever a new Itar appeared to join the battle. For Sung Jinwoo, who had to face them all, it was like battling an army that never ran out of reinforcements.0

But despite the appearance of unity, there were unseen tensions between the Itarim. They had allied only out of convenience. Their goals were temporarily aligned against a common threat, but they were never truly on the same side. They moved together against their powerful opponent, Jinwoo, but their true purpose in entering...0