The Korean Peninsula was a land that received great grace when the heavens opened thousands of years ago.

But about a hundred years ago, when the collision with the Otherworld occurred, it was also the first to be affected and suffered greatly.

Those who remembered the age of darkness doubted whether the peninsula had truly been blessed by heaven, but that doubt faded when they saw the faint light draped over Gangwon Province.

The demonic energy that the Sin Alliance had painstakingly spread across this land—using war and the altar at its center—vanished, and only crisp, clear air could be felt.

Strike-team members who had been struggling while the main fighting force was away stared, dazed, at the afterimage of the light—then burst into cheers.

[cheering]

Monsters that had run rampant using profane darkness and demonic energy faltered, pressed at once by the light that swept over them and the strike team’s surging morale.