The moment Seol Jihu contrived a plan and ascertained his goal, the vigor he was giving off subsided. The terrifying, chilling pressure and the numbing killing intent disappeared as though they had been washed clean.

Mary Rhine spat out the breath she’d been holding in and realized something.

‘Could it be?’

Although she wasn’t sure of the specifics, she was worried that whatever Awakening Skill the young man used had run out of time.

However, Seol Jihu jumped down from the fortress wall without a response. Still in a daze, Mary Rhine continued to watch the young man’s forward march as he single-handedly stormed through the wave of monsters.

Mary Rhine wasn’t the only one watching Seol Jihu.

‘Hm?’

The Executor of Superbia, who was in the middle of loading his next attack, glanced sideways. It was because he had suddenly seen blood spurting out like a fountain in the distance.

Although he was far away from where the incident took place, as someone who had reached the apex of the path of Archers, the Star of Pride could see the scene as though he was right there.

‘What? Who the hell is he?’

The Archer made a confused face. Seeing as how the mysterious young man was single-handedly charging through the Parasites’ clean-up party, he seemed to have some skill. But what he was doing just didn’t make any sense.

Unless he had gone mad from the terror of the war, there was no reason he would do something like that. There had to be a reason.

Without stopping his hand movements, the Star of Pride turned his gaze to where the young man was heading. As far as he could tell, the young man seemed to be a High Ranker at the very least.

Soon, his face contorted.

‘That crazy guy. Is he out of his mind?’

If it looked like the young man had an intriguing plan, the Star of Pride was more than willing to support him. But when he saw where...