He does not need a system. He is the system now.
[Scene 1 – Beneath the Quiet City]
Jiwoon walked along the streets of the rebuilt world.
Laughter filled the air. People smiled. Life seemed normal.
But beneath their feet—he saw everything.
A little girl bounced a ball down the street, carefree.
Yet behind her, in her shadow, Jiwoon saw the ghost of her mother—screaming in a memory erased by the reset.
Jiwoon (thinking):
"They don't even remember what they did…"
He raised his hand.
There was no system command. No external interface.
Just… memory.
Just wrath.
[Sin Echo – Passive Field Activated]
The world shimmered.
Sins—long buried—floated up from the ground like whispers made of blood.
Past crimes. Forgotten screams. Regret that refused to stay buried.
[Scene 2 – The Queen's Message]
That night, Jiwoon stood alone atop a rooftop.
But he wasn't truly alone.
A voice slithered through the darkness.
From the shadows emerged a woman wrapped in flowing violet robes.
Her presence chilled the air—The Queen of Sin.
Queen (softly):
"The system feared you.
I welcomed you."
She stepped closer, the edges of her form dissolving into smoke.
Queen:
"You are not just a vessel.
You are the root.
A fragment of the one who devoured gods."
Jiwoon (eyes narrowing):
"You mean… the demon god with ten wings."
Queen (smiling):
"Yes. The Black Dragon Emperor.
His sin didn't vanish—it found its new home… in you."
[Scene 3 – The Shattering Awakening]
Without warning, a pulse of raw power exploded from Jiwoon's chest.
Ebonwyrm Exordium began to glow—its black armor pulsing with crimson veins.
System Fragment:
[WARNING: Sin Resonance Detected]
[WARNING: Forbidden Lineage Reactivating]
[Core Awakening – 1/5]
Jiwoon gasped as dark wings started to form behind him—
Only for them to flicker and vanish just as quickly.
Jiwoon (shaking):
"This power… It's waking up."
Queen (with quiet pride):
"Good.
The world may have forgotten.
But sin… remembers its king."
[Scene 4 – Someone Is Watching]
Far away—high within a tower marked by holy glyphs—
Aven watched through a glass orb reflecting Jiwoon's awakening.
He said nothing.
But in his eyes—there was the calm of someone who had made a decision.
Aven:
"So… this is who I'll be fighting."
To be continued in EP.95 – "Heralds of the Abyss"