After muttering a few phrases repeatedly, he constantly recalled Beatrice's figure in his mind.

"Beatrice asked me to take good care of the little swan. No matter what, I should protect her."

But such thoughts could not suppress the great sin of greed.

It continuously induced some dark thoughts deep within his heart.

Find a way to devour the black swan.

Even find a way to devour the little swan!

Think about it, the effect of gluttony, the black swan has already clearly told you.

If you can find a way to devour other great sins, your strength can quickly grow.

You should have already had a guess, right?

In the war against the great sin of fury, you were obviously at a distinct disadvantage.

But after the emperor killed the great sin of fury, you devoured the essence of power of the Master of Fury, and suddenly possessed the possibility to burn the world.

Even the great sin of fury should not have allowed your power to rise to such an abnormal level.

So the answer is actually quite clear...

You launched a perfect gluttony, completely devoured the source of the Master of Fury's power.

Just think, merely the current black swan has raised your class level to Warrior LV10/Sword of Martial Arts LV3/Eternal Blade LV10.

If you possessed it permanently, wouldn't you instantly become legendary?

So, Louis, act now!

As an earthling, you should know very well.

Power is the premise of maintaining justice, now all you need to do is...

Eat her!

…

The evil thoughts spreading from deep within him continued to rise.

Louis squinted his eyes.

Actually, such thoughts had flickered more or less in his heart.

Just like a man loyal to his wife, seeing a beautiful woman, will have some evil thoughts flash through his mind.

But the difference between humans and beasts is that humans can control such desires.

Judge by actions, not thoughts; every heart is flawed.

In a daze, Louis finally understood something.

He recalled the scene earlier when the little swan was attacked.

When he told the little swan to dodge, her first reaction after dodging was to cast a protective spell on Louis.

She didn't even have time to cast it on herself...

Indeed.

Life's greatest pain is knowing what is right, yet always making the wrong choice.

With Lumi's protection, they persisted for a while even facing the power of divine affliction.

So that protective magic should definitely be cast on oneself to reduce team casualties.

But...

The gap between knowing and doing is huge.

It's like encountering an armed thug charging at your friend, preparing to stab them repeatedly.

And as the thug runs past you, you have the chance to delay his move.

But this could possibly make the thug's target shift to you.

Yet you think that the bodyguard your family hired is beside you, making it less likely to get hurt.

In this situation, can you truly disregard your own safety to act against the thug trying to charge at your friend?

Louis realized he might not be able to do it.

But the little swan did.

"So, it's not because Beatrice asked me that I wanted to save her."

"It's because I wanted to save her that I came here."

The moment he understood this.

He felt the power within him boiling completely.

The strength of spiritual ability gathered into a whole at this moment.

Unconsciously, William and Grace, carried by Louis with the Grip of Greed, looked up at Louis above.

Especially William, whose face showed an incredulous expression.

"How is it possible, His Highness..."

…

[Location: Outer Circle of Shadow Country]

A group of ready soldiers surrounded the area.

This outer circle gathered the legions of four countries, terrifying flowing light disappearing in the sky.

"Act! Don't give that guy a chance to breathe!"

General Locke of the Lokeshi Empire held high a crimson banner, leading the charge towards the terrifying metal statue.

Behind him was the legion dispatched to guard this place.

Farther beyond the legion, above this inverted world, was the land he vowed to protect.

"Damn, this is exhilarating!"

General Locke, plunged into the ruins by the massive metal statue, ignored the wounds cracking open on his body and collided with the statue once again.

General Locke, profession level LV20.

As powerful as the captain of the Royal Guard, Jino.

They could be considered the openly acknowledged top powerhouses of the empire.

Inherited from the Lokeshi Empire, the Thunderblade Storm, when unleashed, could distort the real world with an incredibly strong spiritual power.

Like the force of a missile strike, it was completely distorted under the influence of spiritual power.

What appeared in the eyes of the opponent was a sensation like distorted five senses: thick air and stagnant thought.

It was as if, in an instant, countless flashing thunderblades were simultaneously slashing at the opponent.

But in reality, from start to finish, there was only that single thoughtless strike hidden behind the twisted spiritual power.

However, at this moment, the Thunderblade Storm, which had sent countless foes to their graves, seemed to have lost its power.

The twisted spiritual power was directly ignored by the statue.

The incomprehensible metal palm shattered the mountain-splitting, stone-cracking thunderblade into a sea of lightning.

The legion members from the Ense Empire were electrified to the point where their scalp tingled, yet they held tightly to the iron chains without hesitation.

If Louis were here, he would find these warriors donned armor similar to the White Crow Legion, though more intricately crafted and coated in black.

They stood here in groups, akin to black statues.

In their hands, they held chains thicker than their forearms.

Runes constantly spread along the chains.

At the end of the chains was the bound massive golem.

Those were the Dark Crow Guard.

Once part of the White Crow Legion, they split off due to unknown reasons, forming today's Dark Crow Guard with select elite members.

Most of the time, they hid in the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm, following the Emperor in slashing demons.

But now, a unit of their elite had quietly separated and come here.

"Hold tight, don't let the Lokeshi scum look down on us."

In the forefront of the Dark Crow Guard, a warrior, with even more exquisite armor than the others, roared like thunder.

He laughed heartily while swinging the chain in his hand.

At the end of the chain was a huge metal ball, half the height of a man.

With a single-handed force, the metal ball spun in his grasp.

Terrifying power gathered on the chain, twisted blood energy stained the metal red, and a dreadful whirlwind formed from him as the center.

Then...

With a boom.

Accompanied by a mighty surge, the brutal impact directly struck the statue.

One circle, two circles, three circles...

Waves of shock like white air swirled outwards.

The sky, under the heavy pounding, was punctured with a large hole.

Yet the terrifying impact quickly came to a halt.

The statue's cold, massive hand grasped the metal ball firmly.

Despite being constrained by the countless rune chains of the Dark Night Guard, it still displayed unmatched power.

The iron ball was caught in its hand and hurled back towards the Dark Crow Guard.

Again, a land-cleaving airwave generated all around, as the ground shook and the mountains trembled. The person rushed forward, clad in gauntlets, and punched the iron ball to change its trajectory.

As the iron ball hit the ground, columns of sand dozens of meters high erupted.

He laughed while spitting blood.

"So hard!"

Beyond the legions of the Ense Empire and the Lokeshi Empire, in the distant horizon, black streamlines were constantly converging towards the statue.

If someone looked closely, they could see countless evil spirits entwined within those streamlines.

Those were the legions of East Monet and West Monet Kingdoms.

Due to the influence of the Eye of Fear, the mainstay combat groups of these two countries were increasingly leaning towards Necromancers.

This time, the legions summoned here were mainly the Mage Legion.

Many forbidden dark magics that couldn't be used on ordinary people were being continuously infused into the statue at this moment.

Many mages were looking somewhat pale.

They were the unluckiest on the field; the power of the Dark Night Goddess inherently possessed strong corrosive properties, akin to the convergence of negative energy.

Attacking the statue was akin to a pyrrhic victory, killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of their own.

Many mages were unable to hold on, their bodies trembling.

And in the sky, the giant statue showed no regard for the crowd below.

The majority of its attention was focused on the two persons constantly fleeing in the sky.

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