The world has been cleansed, but the abyss never left. Jiwoon begins to sense what lurks beneath the silence.
[Scene 1 – The Echoes Beneath]
The streets were quiet, but Jiwoon felt it.
A hum beneath the earth. A weight pressing against reality.
He knelt in an alley near the outskirts of the academy—
where nobody walked, and shadows whispered louder.
Jiwoon (to himself):
"The system may be gone, but something older… something deeper… is watching."
The ground beneath his palm pulsed.
A black sigil shimmered—foreign even to him.
System Fragment:
[Detection: Ancient Sin Relic – "Abyssal Seal"]
[Source: Unknown. Affinity: 98% with Host.]
Jiwoon (frowning):
"It's calling to me… but it's not part of the system.
This is something even the Queen hasn't mentioned."
[Scene 2 – The Arrival of the Heralds]
A sudden shift in the air.
The temperature dropped—voices vanished.
Even the wind dared not move.
Three figures emerged from the shadows.
Clad in cloaks stitched with moving symbols—living sin.
Each carried a different weapon: a blade of rust, a staff made of bone, and a lantern filled with screams.
Central Herald (deep voice):
"Jiwoon. Vessel of the forgotten sin."
Jiwoon (calmly):
"You're not from this world."
Left Herald (whispering):
"We are the ones who served before the system.
When sin had no scale. No limit."
Right Herald (smiling):
"And we've come to reclaim our king."
[Scene 3 – The First Clash]
Without warning, the Herald with the lantern lunged forward—
Releasing a wave of darkness in Jiwoon's direction.
Jiwoon raised his palm, summoning a partial phase of his armor.
Ebonwyrm Exordium: Core Wing Guard – Activated.
Black scales formed over his arm.
The wave shattered on contact.
Jiwoon:
"I don't take orders.
Especially not from remnants of forgotten nightmares."
He rushed forward—
Sin crackled at his feet like lightning.
With a swift motion, he struck the lantern from the Herald's hand—shattering it.
Screams were unleashed into the sky—then silenced by Jiwoon's will.
System Fragment:
[Absorbed: Remnant Fear – Minor Grade Sin]
[Scene 4 – A Warning from the Abyss]
The central Herald did not flinch.
Instead, he stepped forward and dropped a black scroll bound by bone thread.
Central Herald:
"The Abyss is opening again.
And the true inheritor will be decided by blood."
He turned.
Central Herald:
"Your Queen… was once one of us.
Ask her who she betrayed."
And then—they vanished.
Dissolving into ash and shadow.
Jiwoon picked up the scroll.
It pulsed, warm and unnatural.
Inside… was a map.
A path leading to the Abyss Gate.
[Scene 5 – The Queen Watches in Silence]
Deep beneath the City of Sin, the Queen watched from a pool of ink-like memory.
She saw the scroll in Jiwoon's hand.
She did not speak. But her knuckles clenched.
**Queen (whisper