A heavy pressure filled the air. Feeling the shift in the atmosphere, I rolled my eyes.

‘It’s time.’

The Hermit’s aura made my hair stand on end. Despite the unsettling sensation, my mind felt sharp and focused.

[This lunatic.]

Noya’s voice rang out in my head, filled with disbelief.

[You’re really going to go through with this? Have you lost your mind?] ‘You helped me get this far. Are you backing out now?’ [Helped you? What nonsense are you talking about?]

Of course, he’d helped—by revealing Namgung Myung’s nature to me.

Or rather, more accurately—

‘The personality of someone who …