A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

The giant serpent with the wings of a falcon, with less than half of its body remaining, ventured into the narrow crevice of the real world.

"It's this monster!?" Dipfick stared at the giant snake in astonishment.

He should have completely eradicated the snake's life force...

The black dragon stared at the giant snake and finally understood what was going on.

The giant serpent, which should have died, was forcibly kept alive by the ring it swallowed.

The giant serpent of today is a "dead soul" completely controlled by obsession.

Dipfick realized the giant serpent was coming for him, so he instinctively took to the air and left the ground.

Although this giant serpent was not powerful, its madness was enough to shock even the black dragon, which symbolized vengeance.

But this time, it was Tipfick who was overthinking things.

The giant serpent that Greed transformed into wasn't originally after Dipfick; it was through the pseudo-world that it gnawed its way into the real world.

He came only for Bray, for those who despise him.

The giant serpent opened its mouth, which had been reduced to only one side, revealing its broken fangs, and spat its tongue at Bray.

"Clang!" A sword slashed out, deflecting the giant snake's fangs and sending sparks flying.

After its attack was interrupted, the monster let out an even more ferocious roar.

"..." Bray felt a familiar and intense sense of disgust and narrowed his right eye.

Bray was all too aware of the aversion he felt due to their striking similarities.

“Gurid, what an irony this world is.” His tone carried a hint of sorrow.

Faced with the malice that came straight at him from the giant serpent that was the incarnation of Gureed, Bray could only lament.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!!!" In response to Bray's lament, the giant snake simply roared.

Even his roars were hoarse, perfectly matching his crippled body.

Pitiful? Indeed, and very tragic.

This frenzied giant serpent froze the two golden beings who were still fighting.

It's not that He is so powerful, it's that He is too crazy.

So insane it seemed the snake would turn its head and bite the gods at any moment.

Time in the real world seemed to stand still at this moment, with only Bray and the giant serpent able to confront each other.

Giant Serpent? Bray still preferred to call this guy Goody.

He hated Gureed, but even so, he thought he should at least address him by his name.

"Boom!!! Boom!!!" The giant snake's fangs could tear everything around it apart.

Everything, tangible and intangible, will be absorbed into His belly—

Although part of His abdomen had already been torn off.

“Hey, Goodeid,” Bray called out to the giant snake.

He knew what kind of person the giant serpent originally was, so why couldn't he address it by its name?

Upon seeing Gurid chasing after him, Bray had an idea.

Its sharp snake eyes were fixed on Bray, looking like it wanted to devour him.

He never came into this real world because the world wanted him to help Bray.

Perhaps the awakening is because the world intends for the giant serpent to help those who uphold the precepts.

Unfortunately, the world has always overlooked the word "outside the law".

A greedy thief who doesn't follow the rules, even if he transforms into a monster, will not follow the rules.

"Listen to me," Bray said calmly, completely unconcerned by the other's cold gaze.

No matter how cold he is, can he compare to Greed when he was a human?

"Snap!!!" The giant snake lunged at Bray again, but Bray used his sword at a very subtle angle to block out only half of its mouth.

No matter how hard the giant snake tried, it couldn't break the seemingly fragile sword.

How He longed to bite down on the hand holding the Blaine sword as well.

He didn't know who Bray was; he only knew that he was rejecting and loathing Bray.

Although erasing Bray from this world would not calm his frenzied heart in the slightest, He still longed to devour Bray.

"Roar—" A low growl came from the giant snake's throat.

"Don't you want to see what kind of world will is responsible for bringing us to this point?" Bray said in a deep voice, his imposing manner completely unyielding.

He knew that the Golden Seed was watching him and Goodeid from the side.

However, this had no impact on Bray.

As long as they remain observing and wondering, then at most they will just have two more listeners.

Who knows Gullid best...? Actually, it's Bray.

Bray knew how to stop the giant snake.

"..." The giant serpent's sharp eyes opened slightly wider, and its mutilated body trembled.

The maddened giant snake saw scene after scene flashing before its eyes.

The World Will... an existence He abhors.

He hated the world's will even more than Bray.

“If you want to go, take me in that direction,” Bray said, pointing ahead.

There was nothing there but the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

Even so, the giant serpent still believed Bray's words. For some reason, it was convinced that Bray would not deceive it.

They both dislike and trust the other person.

Bray withdrew the sword that had been gripping the giant snake, and the snake did not bite Bray again.

Did Greed, who had transformed into a giant serpent, regain his senses? Of course not.

It was only because of some deep-seated obsessions that He stopped attacking.

The giant serpent didn't care about the world's will or what it had done.

He only needs to understand that he has reasons for having to see the will of the world.

So... what's the reason?

The giant serpent coiled Bray behind it and roared toward the sky.

"Ping—" A crisp sound rang out, as if the world had been shattered by glass.

Then the whole world was covered in a deep blue hue.

The colors faded, leaving only blue.

It was even more thoroughly blue than the Azure Forest that Bray had passed through before, with no other color besides "blue".

Once the world returned to normal and the abnormal colors disappeared, the giant serpent had already shattered the world before it and was dragging its mangled body forward.

"Trying to escape?!" Tipfick never expected that Bray would cooperate with the giant snake.

How could He let two people He wanted to kill leave?

“Before you stands I, Dipfik,” Anikaye said fiercely, grabbing the dragon’s mouth, which was filled with flames.

"You even trust that monster... What are you thinking?" Anikaye sighed deeply.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, and the earth trembled and cracked.

But no matter what, none of this could affect the departing mortals and monsters. Bray gripped the exposed bones of the giant snake, pushing forward against the strong air currents.

The giant snake was much faster than Bray had imagined.

Moreover, the giant serpent always "crashes" into the world as it moves forward.

The fragments of the real world shattered and flew out like real glass, scratching Bray.

It left scars on his body that resembled the starry sky.

Ahead lay a vast, empty expanse, like a void.

But the ancient whispers in my ears, the ever-changing, shimmering scenery on either side—

Everything was telling Bray that he was getting closer and closer to the will of the world.

Gradually, a scene of countless landscapes blending together appeared around us.

His whole body was contorted, and so was the giant snake.

From the inside out, every part is filled with the feeling of rotation.

What was revealed to him and the giant serpent was an empty world.

A world of pure white, where there is no distinction between light and shadow.

Bray knew what he was about to face... He had been here before.

If you move forward a little, you can hear the voice of the world's will.

That was the end for Bray.

However, the pure white world suddenly seemed to drift further and further away from Bray and the giant serpent.

The distance was increasing rapidly, and no matter how much the giant snake struggled, it could not close the gap with that place.

"Roar!!!!" The giant serpent roared, its eyes wide with fury.

The roar almost tore through Bray's eardrums, filled with resentment and anger.

“Just a little bit short—” came out of the giant snake’s mouth.

Although every word is spoken, He is indeed using human language.

The giant snake gnawed through space, forcibly closing the distance.

On the snake's back, a strong wind pressure was felt.

However, just as the giant snake and Bray were about to enter that space, a staff suddenly appeared beside Bray.

"Clang!" With the sound of a golf ball being struck, the club landed solidly on Bray's abdomen, sweeping him off the giant snake.

Bray slid a considerable distance across the ground, completely separating himself from the giant snake's back.

“Jonathan…” Bray didn’t even need to look up to know who had knocked him off the snake’s back.

“Shh, Mr. Ring-Holder, look.” Jonathan gestured for silence, indicating that Bray should look in the direction of the giant snake.

Bray instinctively looked over.

His pupils constricted sharply when he saw the giant snake crashing into that space.

“Mr. Goodeid is going to die,” the clown said with a laugh.

The monster that Greed had transformed into began to crumble the moment it entered that space.

Its already damaged body was now being crushed into dust.

“Those who harbor malice towards the will of the world will be annihilated when facing her,” Jonathan shrugged.

"Therefore, it doesn't matter if Mr. Goode goes in; he is destined to be unable to break the will of the world."

“The only one who cannot go in is you, Mr. Monk.” Jonathan wore an exaggerated smile on his mask.

He leaned on his cane, looking down at Bray, whom he had knocked down.

“Because…” Just as Jonathan was about to continue speaking to Bray, a frenzied voice rang in their ears.

"Hahahahahaha!!!" It wasn't the giant snake's roar, but Gurid's voice.

"Uh..." The clown turned his head awkwardly toward the source of the sound.

"This is truly... incredible."

Despite its body being crushed, the giant serpent continued to approach the will of the world, opening its mouth, which was missing a large chunk.