Beyond the gate lies the forgotten root of sin—unseen, untouched, unjudged.
[Scene 1 – Descent into Darkness]
As Jiwoon stepped past the gate, the world changed.
There was no sky. No stars. No time.
Just void.
A twisting, infinite space made of echoing screams and frozen shadows.
The Abyss.
System Fragment:
[Sin Territory Confirmed]
[Concept: "Judgment" is non-functional here.]
[Warning: Host perception may be distorted.]
Jiwoon (looking around):
"This isn't a place.
It's a… rejection of existence."
Every step he took felt like walking on the guilt of forgotten civilizations—sinking, crackling, begging to be noticed.
[Scene 2 – A Voice That Shouldn't Exist]
The silence shattered.
Unknown Voice (echoing):
"You've come far, child of the Sinbound Flame…"
Jiwoon stopped.
Before him stood a figure draped in ten wings—not fully formed, like smoke trying to become flesh.
Jiwoon (tense):
"Are you the one who destroyed the old world?"
Figure:
"I am what's left of him."
Its voice was many voices—male, female, monstrous, divine.
Figure:
"The system feared me.
The Queen buried my name.
But sin… cannot be contained."
[Scene 3 – A Trial Without System]
Suddenly, Jiwoon was dragged into a vision.
He stood in a destroyed world.
Ashes. Bones. Blood raining from a broken sky.
System Fragment:
[Sin Memory Playback Initiated]
[Target: Host Jiwoon]
In this illusion, Jiwoon was powerless.
He saw himself—but not himself—slaughtering armies, devouring cities.
Wearing the full Ebonwyrm Exordium, with ten shadowed wings.
Jiwoon (staggering):
"That's… not me."
Figure:
"It could be."
Jiwoon:
"I'd never become that."
Figure:
"That's what I said… once."
The illusion faded—leaving Jiwoon trembling but unbroken.
[Scene 4 – The Lock Breaks]
System Fragment:
[Mental Resistance: Passed]
[Sin Core Unlocking – Phase 2/5 Complete]
[New Ability Unlocked: Sin Echo – Depth Version]
Jiwoon's body pulsed with darker energy than ever before.
His eyes briefly glowed crimson-black.
A second sigil burned into his back—an ancient rune shaped like a dragon's maw.
[Scene 5 – Aven Feels the Shift]
Far from the abyss—back in the human world—Aven looked up from his training.
The sky rippled.
Aven (quietly):
"He's evolving again…"
[Scene 6 – Jiwoon Stands Tall]
Jiwoon opened his eyes.
No fear. No doubt.
Jiwoon (firmly):
"I'm not your heir.
I'm not your weapon.
I'm the reckoning that even sin fears."
The Abyss shuddered.
The figure with ten wings simply smiled.
Figure:
"Then come find me when you've earned your final wings…"