Dohyuk fell to the ground. He just had used a god skill. It was an incomplete move, but thats why it was more dangerous. Before he fell, Heeyun came running and helped Dohyuk.

Dohyuk did not faint, but he couldnt stand still. He would require a few hours of rest.

But you

Heeyun looked down at Dohyuk, panting. She knew how powerful that mad boys movements were. It would take years of training to even come close, and yet Dohyuk managed to overcome it.

You really are great.

Right.

It wasnt Dohyuk who answered.

!

!!

Dohyuk and Heeyun both turned to Kyuho who was lying down.

You WERE great. Really

Kyuhos voice shook. Heeyun thought it was due to his injury, but Kyuho did not have any injuries.

You

The reason why his voice shook was because he was crying.

You are not the one I knew

He spoke as he stood up. Dohyuk gritted his teeth and tried to stand up, but he couldnt.

Let me do it.

Heeyun spoke as she made a light spear.

You did what you could.

Heeyun turned to Kyuho who was now ready to run.

You.. you youre

Heeyun was almost ready to fight, but she lost all will to fight because of his words. Kyuho yelled as he ran, crying in delight.

Youre cooler now!!!

?

Kyuho pushed Heeyun back, ran to Dohyuk, and hugged him.

What

Before Dohyuk could say anything, Kyuho wailed.

Im sorry, Dohyuk!!!!!

He couldnt think. It was just uncomfortable as Kyuhos tears and snot dropped onto Dohyuks shoulder.

The bazaar had a few liquor stores. The group that Kyuho wiped out had consumed a lot of them, but there was still enough to let the new group eat and rest.

He quenched his hunger and thirst, but Dohyuk couldnt sleep. Neither could Heeyun nor Namgun.

Rest up, Dohyuk! Your muscles need some rest.

Do you think

I can rest with you by the side? But Kyuho did not try to kill Heeyun and Namgun anymore.

I lost.

He accepted his loss.

There was no way my wound would have been healed with the god intervention and I would not have killed them.

Besides, I was wrong. Youre stronger than me even now.

Kyuho spoke and shrugged his shoulders. Weaklings need to listen to strong ones. Thats how it works. I mean, I need to listen to you either way but

Then, Get lost! was what Dohyuk wanted to say if his legs were okay.

Anyway, how did you do that?

What do you mean that?

My religion! You kicked me in the stomach and I saw Eudevich getting kicked out of me. I lost my religion and I didnt know it was possible!

I dont know.

Really? You didnt know and you did it anyway? Y-youre really COOL!!

They talked a few times but the answer was always this: The boy was mad. He had that hint of bloodthirst in him, and the compass was still spinning.

What is that?

Let me ask you something.

Of course!

Dohyuk put the compass back into his pocket and sighed.

Lets be calm.

He couldnt understand. He could have used this situation to his advantage, but he just didnt feel comfortable. It was like as if he had faced those gods.

Do you like this world?

Huh?!

I mean, you like this messed up world

Dohyuk then stopped. Kyuho was staring at him in shock.

Whoa that was shocking.

What is?

I just thought your memory came back. You used to ask us that a lot.

-Do you like this world? Dont you want to make things normal again?

And what was your answer?

Well, it wasnt the answer you wanted. Most didnt even think about it, or they liked it. I was the same.

Why?

This was what Dohyuk wanted to ask everyone. Why is everyone so hostile? Why do they act as if its normal to oppress and kill others?

Isnt it obvious?

For the first time, Kyuho gave a logical answer.

We were tamed to be that way.

Tamed?

What do you think that they are doing with us? Those ones that changed our world.

A game.

Thats what he was thinking. The one who had supreme power. They were changing the world and playing the world like a game.

Oh, maybe you see it that way. I guess you have a different perspective now.

Youre saying its not?

Dohyuk became curious as Kyuho seemed like he knew something.

You know something, dont you?

Uh, naturally? I mean I was always with you and I was there right before you finished it. I know a few rules that I should not know. For example, a condition to end this situation that you call a game/

And thats a killing a god.

No. Kyuho shook his head, Listen. This is not a game where you progress and beat you the story and you beat the game.

I thought we had the main trial? We can go to the city and

Yeah, well the quest is there and theres another one afterwards, but thats not how it ends.

Kyuho tapped his head, The condition is here.

What do you mean?

You cant see it now, but there are some stats that you cant see in your status window. One of them is Sanity. But you cant see it in the current stage yet.

He had. Thats what he saw when he went into the sleeping bag.

This rating goes up when one faces a situation that you cannot comprehend. The maximum limit differs for everyone, but when it does reach the limit?

Kyuho made a gestured of his head exploding.

They go crazy. There are a lot of ways you can go crazy though.

The world, messed up by the god named Casita. Humans only went mad in one way.

Its called being tamed.

It was changing the mind.

The world forces you to know that the strong live and the weak die. The weak need to kneel before the strong or backstab to win.

!

Some thought of it that way from the beginning like me but

So those that came back

Well, if their memory is intact, their sanity seems to stay that way. Those who stayed to the end were all broken.

Thats when Dohyuk realized what he was most uncomfortable with.

Anyway, so when all of the people go mad and this world is turned to the world that the god wants-

The trial will be over.

The strongest will reign in place of Casita.

Ruling over the world perfectly transformed, unlike any other human.

Like you guessed, that crazy bastard has made many like this already.

But it seems our world was the one that went on for the longest. Even the angels were shocked.

Until the last one in the world goes mad. It meant that if people withstood, they had to go through more trials and to grow stronger. Thats why Earth became strong and even after countless trials, the last one did not lose his mind.

I guess you can take it from there.

One could become powerful enough to fight against the power of God. Without choosing to gain the right to rule over the world, he fought back instead.

What

The one who didnt go mad! Who do you think it is? Its YOU!

Kyuho spoke as if he were a fan in front of his long-time role model. Kyuho gave him a thumbs up.

Damn bastard, if only he didnt cheat. It was you who shouldve won!

Since when did you know of this?

Uh it wasnt too long ago, or thats how I feel. We heard it while we killed a bunch of those angels on our way to Casita.

How many people know this?

Everyone who went to kill the God heard it.

Then

You thought the same thing!

If Dohyuk was the only one who was not insane when he went to kill Casita, and the others who followed did not know how to end this until then, the only way to end this was to kill Casita

They will now try to kill you instead of Casita. Bastards.

The answer was really simple. To those who thought they were strongest excluding Dohyuk, they were guaranteed to be the best in this world if they killed him.

Thats what I was trying to do! I was getting rid of those who even think of challenging you! Its easier to kill them now than to kill them later.

When I was Great Emperor, Dohyuk said, I set the order for the people.

Yeah.

But if all the people became mad to fit the world They must have liked it.

Of course.

Even those weak ones would benefit from it.

Yeah, well. Insects have a dream too. Its better to have hope that you can someday come up and crush down those other insects. Kyuho added, But why does it matter? You were really strong. Its natural to listen to the strong.

Dohyuk then pitied himself from his previous life.

Then what about you?

Me? Kyuho became confused.

Youre stronger than me even now. Besides

The simple answer came back.

You are you, and strong or not, youre still the best.

Hah.

Dohyuk let out a laugh and felt his eyes closing. He was at the limit, and he also learned that this boy was not dangerous.

If I wake up

He had decided on what he was going to do next.

Goodnight.

Dohyuk closed his eyes.

And when he opened his eyes again-

Huh?

Youre awake.

Something unexpected was waiting for him.