Chapter 544

“Huh.”

Raon gasped while watching Runaan’s small back.

‘Look at her...’

He’d thought that it would take a long time for the growth in her mental world to take effect in reality because people didn’t change that easily.

However, he was gravely mistaken. Runaan's mind had achieved tremendous growth, rather than her strength.

She was such a gentle girl whose hand trembled from killing a random enemy, yet she wasn’t wavering after killing the butler she’d known her entire life and boldly pressured her enemies with her aura.

She seemed to have steeled herself in order to protect Rokan, Clara, and House Sullion.

Hmph...

Wrath watched Runaan with teary eyes.

Ice Cream Girl! The King of Essence is so proud of you! You ignored him while calling him dust, but he is still proud of you!

He sniffled while shouting that it was good enough for him. His red nose suggested that he was serious about it.

‘He always goes too far.’

Raon smiled faintly as he watched Wrath continuously shouting Runaan’s name.

’No, maybe it’s not excessive.’

Runaan has always been distracted.

She must’ve been worried about protecting her family from Syria, and she must’ve been contemplating what course of action she should take.

However, her worries completely disappeared. both voluntarily and involuntarily, and her mind had become even harder than steel.

‘And... she’s also gotten a lot stronger.’

Runaan had only become a Master recently. She should’ve normally gone through a period of stagnation, but she’d achieved drastic growth from defeating Baphomet in her mental world.

Her realm was at the intermediate Master level. It was difficult to believe, but she’d almost caught up to Mark Goetten.

“Kneel.”

Runaan pointed her radiant Snow Flower at them, and Eden’s demons rushed at her with trembling shoulders.

“Aaaaah!”

“Yaaah!”

They noticed that it was their last chance and unleashed the combative energy they’d been hiding to attack her.

Blades sharpened like the rough fangs of beasts were rushing toward Runaan’s vitals.

Slash!

Runaan bent her left knee slightly and pulled Snow Flower towards her chest. Her silver blade bolted like lightning from under her arm, creating sharp fragments of ice.

Clang!

Eden's demons tried to kill Runaan without caring about their own lives, but they froze completely as soon as they touched the frost and collapsed.

“This is your last chance. Kneel.”

Runaan calmly advanced to cut off the head of a demon wearing an orc’s helmet and pointed her sword at the traitors once again.

“Hmm...”

“How is this happening...?”

The traitors from House Sullion watched Runaan’s coldhearted gaze with trembling lips. They realized it was impossible for them to win and fell to their knees.

“Hah...” Martha gasped while watching Runaan’s back. “She really got stronger. Wow, I’m so salty!”

Even though she sounded like she was irritated, she collapsed with a satisfied expression on her face.

“Th-then, I’m going to collapse now...”

Dorian panted like a thirsty puppy and fell to the ground.

“You idiots! Fight until the very end!”

“We are going to die anyway if we surrender now!”

“Take as many of them down with you as you can!"

The Green War Demon and the other demons from Eden were ordering them to fight until the very end just as black and red clothes fluttered from above the walls to the right.

Glenn Zieghart. His crimson eyes revealed his rage as the head of Zieghart and the lord of the land.

“How dare you act like this here!”

Glenn’s pressure was almost brutish as he walked towards Eden's demons, clearly enraged.

Rumble!

His massive wave made it look like the sky was howling and the land was screaming. Eden’s demons dropped the weapons they were holding and started to convulse as if they were being suffocated.

“Ugh...”

“We aren’t done yet!”

“For the restoration!”

Eden’s demons realized that there was no escape for them and concentrated their aura in their energy center in order to end themselves.

“Huh...?”

“Wh-what?!”

“Why...?”

However, their lips trembled in panic as they realized that their aura was as immobile as hardened plaster.

“You aren’t allowed to die.”

Glenn coldly twisted his lips while looking down on Eden's demons.

“You won’t be able to die until I give my permission.”

Eden's demons collapsed while foaming at the mouth as soon as that frightening resonance brushed past them.

Raon swallowed nervously as he watched Glenn.

‘Is he really human...?’

He had neutralized Eden’s demons without even moving his finger even though hundreds of people were in that wide space. His might had truly transcended the human realm.

“Hmm...”

Runaan sighed and sank to the ground.

“L-lady...”

“Are you okay?”

“Lady Runaan!”

The loyal retainers of House Sullion who’d been stopping the traitors ran up to her to examine her condition.

“I’m fine.”

Runaan nodded and raised her finger to point at the traitors.

“Tie them up for now.”

“U-understood!”

The warriors seemed to be surprised by Runaan’s dominating spirit, something that they’d never seen before, and they couldn’t take their eyes off her even when they were suppressing the aura of the traitors and tying them up.

“Runaan.”

Raon came up next to Runaan. Her clear eyes had returned to being blank at some point.

He thought that those eyes were the best suited for her.

Holding back his laughter, he asked, “How is your condition?”

“It’s bearable.”

Runaan blinked, saying that she was fine, and turned around to crawl towards Rokan and Clara.

“What even happened?”

“There’s a story behind this.”

“A story?”

“Yes. What happened in House Sullion was...”

Since the saint was alone, Raon explained what had happened so far.

“Huh, the sinister influence of those demons even reached all the way here...”

Federick gasped, finding it surprising that the important people in House Sullion were Eden’s demons.

“They can even deceive their own family if they take off their helmet, after all.”

“They took advantage of people’s feelings. They really are evil demons.”

He deeply furrowed his brow, showing his hatred towards Eden.

“I’ll take care of them. But you don’t seem to be in a good condition either.”

Federick tilted his head while looking at Raon’s pale face.

“I just overworked myself a little. I don’t have any serious injuries.”

Raon smiled faintly and shook his head. He’d actually gotten a serious internal injury because of his wrath, but he refused the treatment because he didn’t want Federick to find out about it.

“I see.”

Federick chuckled and took a pill out of his pocket and threw it at him.

“It’s a medicine for internal injury. It’s a new product, so you can test it out for me.”

He told him to take the medicine and went inside with the patients.

‘He knew about it all along.’

There was no way someone called a saint wouldn’t notice his internal injury. He must’ve been considerate of his circumstances.

“Thank you.”

Raon bowed at Federick’s back and left his mansion.

Once he returned to the annex building, Sylvia’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Why are you already back? And why is your face so pale?!”

Her lips trembled as she asked why he returned injured when he’d gone for a group meal.

“There were some issues...”

He briefly explained what happened so she wouldn’t be too shocked since he figured she would find out soon enough anyway.

“Th-then is Runaan alright?”

“She probably isn’t alright, but I think she can endure.”

“How about you?”

“I’m fine, too.”

Raon pretended to be fine and forced himself to smile.

“You’re not fine at all! Go take a rest already!”

Sylvia noticed that it was a forced smile and hit his shoulder while pointing her finger for him to return to his room.

She went to the kitchen and told the maids that they should prepare some food. She seemed to be planning to make some food to help the injured recover.

Mom, you are so kind!

‘She’s not your mom.’

Raon pushed Wrath away and entered his room.

“Haa...”

Either from the relief or the injury, the strength left his body and he sank to the ground.

‘This is even more serious than I thought...’

The aftereffect from the wrath was way worse than he’d expected. It was even more painful than when his bone was exposed from an injury he got in an all-out battle.

The King of Essence told you. It’s way too early for you to control pure wrath.

Wrath rolled his lips into a smile and sneered at him.

‘But I didn’t expect it to be so bad.’

You’ve been controlling wrath so far by following the road that the King of Essence had carved, like when you were using the Perception of the Snow Flower, the Snow Flower’s Veil, and the Evil Eye of Wrath.

He raised his round hand and continued to explain.

However, this time you unleashed your wrath on your own accord, straying away from his path. Wrath is an extremely powerful energy, incomparable to aura. That’s why it’s normal that it puts a heavy strain on your body.

‘Yes, I know.’

Raon acknowledged it honestly and nodded.

‘Let’s handle the most urgent problem first.’

Raon swallowed Federick’s internal injury medicine at once and activated the Ring of Fire.

The rings rotating around his heart created a line connecting the high-purity mana to the medicine’s healing ability to increase his body’s recovery.

Whap!

The Divinity Blooming from the Underworld also spread out from deep inside his energy center. The internal injury slowly subsided despite how serious it was, and the pain decreased significantly.

“Haa...”

Raon opened his eyes after he absorbed all of the medicine’s energy.

That’s why the King of Essence keeps telling you to know your place!

Wrath had apparently been blabbering all along. He liked to continue even when no one was listening, just like everyone who talked too much.

‘You seriously talk so much.’

No amount of nagging is enough for a pathetic guy like you. Come over here. The King of Essence shall give you a proper lesson today.

He tapped on the floor and waved for him to come towards him.

It’s a thousand years too early for you to control wrath! In fact, back in Devildom...

Wrath was about to start bragging about himself once again. Messages appeared while hiding his blabbermouth.

[You’ve achieved an overwhelming victory against an opponent more powerful than you.]

[You’ve witnessed the flow of another person’s mental world.]

[All stats have increased by 17.]

[The trait Evil Eye of Wrath has increased in rank.]

[The trait Snow Flower’s Veil has increased in rank.]

It was announcing the rewards for defeating Syria and helping Runaan in her mental world.

Ah...

Wrath’s mouth was about to widen when another message appeared.

[The new trait Wrath Release has been created.]

“Wrath Release?”

Aaaaah!

Wrath grabbed his own hair while glaring at the message.

Kill him, just kill him already!

He fell like a deflated balloon, his eyes full of tears.

Stop taking everything away from him and kill him instead!!!