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Kain Kherson.
The eldest son and current head of the Kherson family.
The reason he transformed and infiltrated the academy as the chairman is,
It was also due to the request of the religious leader with whom he had a close relationship.
It was also for the sake of one’s relatives.
Ivan Kherson.
His younger brother, and someone who has been given the same stigma as him.
Because that name came up in a conversation with the religious leader.
And that too in a very unsavory form.
‘I heard that Ivan killed Chris.’
‘……’
‘From what I heard from Paula, it looks like the plan I prepared with Chris went awry and was cut off. Also, you don’t know.’
‘I see.’
‘If Ivan harbors an impure heart…’
There was no need to hear more.
Anyone can see that his younger brother is suspicious,
If the concerns are true.
‘Correcting’ him who went astray is also,
This is a task given to Cain, his flesh and blood.
However, one question remains.
It was about whether it would be possible for Ivan, who had not yet manifested his stigma, to subdue someone as capable as Chris.
He was appointed as the chairman of the academy,
I first checked the records of Ivan’s actions so far.
And, I was shocked.
“Chris is cleanly gone, and the owner of the anger is not as crazy as I thought.”
It wasn’t just about killing Chris.
Paula, Scarlett, Adela.
Survivor of the Saint and Blaze family. And to the authentic succession of the Cash family.
He took them in as his direct disciples,
He also raised his title to professor emeritus.
To achieve all these feats,
The reality is that it took less than half a year.
It made Cain think of one possibility.
He had to check.
“Raise your head. I have to face you.”
Of course, on the outside, Russell has become more solid.
And, at the center of it all was her own younger brother.
This is something that goes directly against Arka’s will.
But what if that stigma was revealed?
The reason why my younger brother, who awakened to the same existence as me, did something like this.
What if it’s to achieve a greater cause?
And Ivan proved it brilliantly.
“Dang, God, no way…”
In desperation, he moved his mouth and spit out the words.
Even if it is called moaning,
Resisted Cain’s abilities.
“It’s fully manifested.”
The human in front of me is,
He is not just a loser who ignores fate and rejects the stigma.
Rather, it fully manifests the stigma of greed.
A person whose rank has risen to the point where he can resist his abilities.
He betrayed the church,
He did not betray Arca and Cain.
This situation itself proves that fact.
Cain immediately unlocked his powers.
“Ugh, huh…”
Arca’s stigma is absolute.
Once you accept that stigma, you become unable to pursue justice in this world.
So, Ivan also betrayed the church.
It must be a process for the greater good.
I spoke to him while he was out of breath.
“I thought you were resisting his will. But now I think I know why.”
Just a little while ago, there was a potential traitor right in front of him.
Once I found out his true intentions, I only saw him as a proud younger brother.
He is trying to swallow up even the religious order.
It is guts worthy of the original sin of greed,
The aspirations of the Kherson family.
In that case, as a family member, he should also support his younger brother’s cause.
But before that.
I wanted to hear it from his mouth, so he began a pleasant interrogation.
“Your complexion doesn’t look good. Is there a reason you’re not letting your guard down?”
Take a look, Ivan.
The picture you draw.
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Lord of arrogance.
When I first encountered him as the chairman of the board in the game, I habitually turned on discernment.
I couldn’t find out his true name.
To be precise, I believed the name printed as ‘Dane Clyde’.
When I saw his true face,
It was when the heat of battle had already reached its peak.
If something went wrong right away, it was game over, so there was no mana to spend on discernment.
So, I… No, the Adam I was controlling. He killed him without knowing his true name.
And, at this moment.
The main character, Adam, disappeared,
Ivan Kherson remains at the academy,
Only now that I have become a double agent with the church.
I was able to use discernment on his bare face.
Strength: S
Dexterity: A
mana: S
Mental Power: A
Stamina: S
Lucky: B
Potential: S
In terms of stats alone, it is a monster among monsters that surpasses even instructor Miho.
He is the master of arrogance, and his power is comparable to that of the cult leader.
Kain Kherson.
He called Ivan his blood relative,
A situation where the profile of discernment, and nothing else, guarantees that fact.
“Your complexion is not good. Is there a reason for not letting down your guard?”
I am here.
How should I treat him?
The younger brother who did not recognize his older brother.
How should we address that?
I moved according to my instinct.
I trusted the gamer’s intuition and answered immediately, leaving him no time to doubt.
“…I’m sorry. “There was confusion in my memory for a moment.”
“Why?”
“No matter how greedy I may be, the more extravagant the pattern becomes, the more strain it puts on my body.”
Take off the glove on my right hand,
It showed increased stigma as it killed and absorbed gluttony and jealousy.
He said this a little while ago.
‘Growing to this level… Has fully manifested itself. Then the story is different.’
At first, the pressure that seemed like it was going to devour Ivan softened significantly starting from that line.
Appearance.
No matter how much you think about it, the meaning of this word is nothing but a stigma. He knows.
That Ivan is the master of greed.
No, he may be involved very deeply, not just to the extent that he knows.
Also, the fact that the stories were different also bothered me.
With those words, he ended his life.
In other words, to summarize.
Cain knows that Ivan is the owner of the stigma,
Because of that, I overlooked something.
The ad lib based on my guess is,
It seems to have been a fairly close answer.
He nodded.
“Be patient. “This is the path you have accepted.”
“Yes.”
“Then, let’s get to the point.”
He got up again and started walking around me slowly.
“No way, after things have escalated to this point, I still can’t say that I agree with the church’s will.”
It’s just as they say.
Since he came here and saw it with his own eyes, it would not have been difficult to infer that Ivan had betrayed the church.
However, you must remain calm.
Because the truth that will not change even if the sky falls sustains my spirit.
If they were going to kill him, they would have killed him a long time ago.
He was smiling now,
I didn’t feel any life.
Not yet.
“Yes.”
“Why?”
The church is the organization that most intuitively and efficiently realizes the cause of Arca.
Even though Ivan was so close that he could be said to belong there, once he entered the scene, he betrayed like a knife.
Find the reason.
Given the fact that everything is at stake in the score distribution, it could be considered the most important narrative of Bing’s life.
Judging from the relaxed atmosphere, he seemed to be enjoying this situation even though he already knew how Ivan would respond.
Ironically, from now on, I have to risk my life to guess the ‘correct answer’ that he guesses.
“There are too many.”
“……”
“The promised future. We just ate the idiots who would only get in the way of the new world we were rebuilding.”
Stigma is an absolute device.
No more evidence is needed to prove that Ivan is a villain.
So, the reason why Ivan killed evildoers and absorbed their power.
It is right to do something for yourself and Arca, not for the world.
“Actually, it’s an excuse. I just followed my instinct and ate it. But…”
I am greedy, so I just greedy what I want.
I think you, Oman, will agree with that cause.
“Don’t you think so?”
This is probably what you wanted in the first place.
If not, I would already be dead.
“…Huh.”
Cain eventually burst out laughing.
“You can’t fool blood, right?”
Now is the time to save your words.
I have to compare the answer I gave with his.
“The world that Arca promised. Humans who will open a new era must have the appropriate qualifications.”
“……”
“You are a hundred times right, little brother. A stigma is only a means and cannot be a qualification.”
Lord of arrogance.
As expected, he had no intention of going with the religious leader or anything.
“I have cooperated with the church until now, but now that I know that you have grown so well.”
“……”
“I will help you. When you, who has noble blood like mine, eats up the religious leader with your own hands, I will stand at your right hand.”
Extreme consciousness of the chosen people.
I don’t know if the underlying thing is affection for his younger brother Ivan or pride in his Kherson lineage.
I answered calmly.
It’s as if ‘my words are my words’.
Very shamelessly.
“I already proved it.”
Killed two people.
Without receiving any help from his family, Ivan used only his own abilities to immerse the two brands.
The owners of the stigma follow Arca,
Because we do not show solidarity with each other.
If you go to Moro, you can just go to Seoul.
If only that promised future could come true.
As Ivan eliminates and eats the rest one by one, he accumulates achievements that surpass them.
It was one method,
Cain in front of me seemed to be very okay with the plan.
Because it’s arrogance.
Even if you cooperate with the cult leader, you are a person who can never serve him.
So, in this situation, his younger brother Ivan showed a better direction.
He cannot condemn Ivan.
“Skellett. Adella. Paula.”
“……”
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“These will also be pieces of your plan.”
“Yes.”
However, in the end, it is just a different dream.
Even though Ivan’s plan is the same as Cain’s until ‘catching and killing the cult leader’. Because he doesn’t know.
A stigma has appeared on this body,
The owner of the body is not Ivan.
A situation has arisen that negates the stigma itself, which is the biggest safety feature that allows him to trust Ivan and proceed with the story.
Unless you know,
That destruction will also be a predestined process.
However, there is no need to plan to catch and kill him now.
As long as he trusts Ivan,
Because it can be used in another direction.
So, until then.
I will play the role of the younger brother who draws the big picture.
“The church has no intention of covering you up and trusting you. That’s why I came.”
“So that’s what happened.”
“But, as long as the intention has been revealed.”
He laughed bitterly.
Because he was a person who held hands with the religious leader, but did not worship him.
“Let’s start talking about something a little different.”
—
“Huh…”
A moan echoes in the quiet bathroom.
It was mine.
Having a long conversation with the master of arrogance who had unlocked his abilities was extremely unpleasant.
Physical fatigue could not be ignored.
I felt like I died for a moment and came back to life.
After standing blankly for a while and organizing my thoughts, I was able to feel refreshed.
He washed his hands and cleaned them up again.
‘Really, I’ve got a ridiculous backsliding.’
It is ironic.
I, who sent Moriam and the chairman away in the name of supporting blood relations, find myself in exactly the same situation.
Who knew? I didn’t know either.
In the first place, if Arman had said something about Ivan when he died in the game, I would have guessed it.
Why did he keep quiet about Ivan until the end?
Whether the reason is due to blood ties or interest in the cause.
It’s not important right now.
I had to think about the last conversation I had with him.
‘The church has now decided to blatantly exert influence on the academy. ‘I mean, I’m willing to take risks.’
‘…..’
‘I am the one who came as the vanguard. However, if that is your will, I will cooperate.’
His last word.
‘Eat up the dogs of the church. ‘Don’t worry about what happens next, just trust your instincts.’
He tells me to do whatever I want.
They say you will bear the brunt of all the repercussions.
I almost died, but
The reward for not running away was sweet.
“Ha…”
Nevertheless, the stiffness is relieved and the fatigue comes like a flood.
It made me say a word to myself.
“I can’t eat it, really…”
It’s difficult. How long will I have to swim like an acrobat on this thin ice?
It is a game that has been opened with great momentum,
Now we have long since passed the point of return,
Even though there are so many achievements.
I think it’s inevitable to get tired,
I came out of the bathroom.
Tuk-
As soon as I turned, I bumped into someone.
I briefly bowed my head and tried to go on my way, but I couldn’t.
“You can’t do it.”
“Yes?”
Scarlett takes my hand.
I didn’t shake him off, but I also had no intention of being taken away obediently.
“Where are you going?”
“Hospital.”
“Are you sick? But why-“
“Your hospital!”
My head throbbed because I suddenly screamed. He touched his forehead and asked again.
“Why am I going to the hospital? There’s nothing wrong with me.”
“Not knowing that is the biggest problem. Are you pretending not to know even though you know?”
After she turned around,
He pointed to the exact center of my body.
“Do you think I saw it once or twice? I swear, you fell down and couldn’t get up!”
“……”
“You go around acting like crazy, so why shouldn’t I even worry? Huh?”
Yes. I feel like I’m going to die.
But, where is the time to go to the hospital now?
Starting with the next event…
Jureuk-
“…Use it.”
Ah, damn it. Look at the timing.
I responded by wiping away her nosebleeds without her knowing.
“Please stop making a fuss. Please go to a private room instead of the hospital. I will do my homework for the amount of time I forgot in the back alley-“
I couldn’t finish my sentence.
The nosebleed was not an incident, but a sign.
With a staggering body.
Consciousness also becomes clouded like a whirlpool.
Oh, really. If this is going to be the case, why did you drink Damian’s tears? Stamina A Is this all you need?
Let’s just wait and see. Let’s say it’s the fatigue accumulated in the body…
Get stabbed in a back alley.
After going out of control three times, I woke up on the stone floor.
Resolving the events that occurred as soon as I returned,
The power of the master of arrogance was defeated.
This is about it.
I just closed my eyes.
It is right to faint.
“Hey, hey! Damn, I knew it would be like this!”
