"You're me, huh?" YuWon mumbled, retrieving his Noir blade.
"You don't look surprised," the other YuWon commented. "I expected more reaction from you."
YuWon sighed, looking at Anna. She was already gone, but YuWon didn't feel any sadness. He had already marked a checkpoint. Everything should be fine as long as he killed his other self. But there was a problem.
He can respawn as well.
It wasn't like his fight with Anna. He was fighting a better and stronger version of himself. Killing the other YuWon once wasn't enough. He'd have to kill him till his respawn points had dried up.
But that itself was a problem. Unlike YuWon, his other self must have killed hundreds of thousands of beings. Creatures that were stronger than anything he had faced.
As such, he had amassed an unthinkable amount of respawn points. YuWon didn't think he had it in him to stop his other self. But before all that, he needed to know something.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked. "Killing everything in sight? Is that necessary?"
The other YuWon smiled knowingly and shrugged. "You're the reason. Your greed has ruined this branch of timelines. I'd explain more, but it would take too long—and I still have to track down your other versions."
With that, he launched towards YuWon, who used [Tectonic Slam] to slow down his other self. Unfortunately, he wasn't the other self for nothing. He dug his blade into the ground and used it to launch himself into the air.
YuWon had expected such a maneuver and immediately let a soul loose toward his other self. The other self smiled and let out his own [Soul Reaver] powers—only his abilities far surpassed anything YuWon could do.
Thousands of souls bombarded YuWon like missiles. He tried to dodge and absorb them, but he couldn't block even a small part of the attack. But instead of taking over his body, the souls started chipping away at his HP.
YuWon felt pain all over his body. At first, he didn't pay any attention, but then he noticed something was off. His HP was actively decreasing, even though he wasn't being attacked anymore.
Moreover, since it wasn't a physical attack, Hydra's heart couldn't heal his wounds, because there weren't any on his body.
"Goodbye," the other YuWon whispered.
With that, the other YuWon turned to leave. He used his sword to create a dimensional rift to hunt his other target, but as he took a step, he heard a laugh.
The other YuWon turned, only to see YuWon laughing like a madman. His body was pale and blood trickled down his mouth, but he kept laughing as he had won a lottery.
"What's so funny?" the other YuWon asked.
"You forgot something," YuWon smirked, gripping the dagger's hilt tightly. "We're the same person."
Once used, only the user could remove the [Medusa's Fang]. But since YuWon and the other YuWon were the same, the dagger recognized both as its owner. In other words, YuWon had as much claim on the dagger as his other self.
With that, YuWon ripped the dagger from his chest. The other YuWon's face twisted in rage, and he lunged at him. But YuWon would not wait for him.
He threw the original [Medusa's Fang] in his inventory and instantly activated [Load] ability. YuWon didn't care where he was going as long as it was far away from the clutches of his other self.
Space and time bent around him as he was pulled away. YuWon was leaving, but not before he gave his other self a middle finger.
"See you later,
me
," YuWon laughed as he vanished.
"...ARGH!"
The other YuWon's scream was the last thing he heard before everything turned dark.