It was not possible. How could one 'seal' such a being?

[You have come to die, Human Awakener.]

Jaehwan felt like he would choke even by just being watched, but he barely spoke.

"I'm not here to die."

He raised his head to see, or tried to see. Catastrophe asked,

[…Then? Are you here to 'defeat' me again?]

Jaehwan felt his insides being damaged again as he spat out blood, which turned into silvery powder.

'Dammit, I can't even speak well.'

Jaehwan talked again.

"I'm here to make a deal."

Silence fell. In the next moment, laughter filled the Dead Man Palace. Every Dead Man was laughing. Jaehwan took a deep breath and spoke again.

"First Awakener, Catastrophe, the King of the Chaos. Once G.o.d, but now a King."

It was the information he read from the memory. Jaehwan then knew there was no going back after saying this. His plan that he thought up after getting the memory from Record of the Depth required him to overcome this moment.

"You, the once best G.o.d in the Depth, is now the mere gatekeeper. How ironic."

The laughter stopped immediately. The surrounding energy began to spike and all Dead Men began to breathe heavily. It was the anger from their master being shared to them. Jaehwan could barely fight back his fear. Jaehwan added, "Catastrophe, do you not wish to get revenge?"

Revenge?

"To the one who kicked you out of the and sealed you into this cursed place."

The power loosened a bit at once, and Jaehwan continued.

"I know the promise you made with Mulack 900 years ago."

The atmosphere had been altered to a point where Jaehwan could feel it too.

[…How do you know?]

A deal made 900 years ago. The deal that was never made. Jaehwan spoke to him.

"I will fulfill that promise. I'll be Mulack's successor."

[Human… do you know what it means?]

Jaehwan then realized his gamble was moving in his favor.

"Yes. Catastrophe, I will bring you to the end of the ."

At the same time, outside of the factory, the one who was sleeping woke up.

"…Are you awake?"

Sirwen Armelt opened her eyes and frowned at the bright daylight. She moaned as she tried to get up, and the man next to her helped her up. Sirwen glanced around. There was a forest to the north, a desert to the east, and plains to the west. To the south was a giant factory.

Sirwen was confused. Was she back in ?

"You've been sleeping for too long."

Sirwen then realized it was Euren who was beside her.

"Where are we…?"

"We are in front of the Void Factory. You've been sleeping for 2 weeks."

Sirwen then relaxed. She wasn't at the Uncanny. She had finished Squeeze.

'I see. The Void Factory.'

She then realized the weird scenery of the place. This was the center of .

'Wait- Void Factory?'

Sirwen was then struck cold. If they were at the factory, they were now right before . That meant…

"Jaehwan! Where is he?!"

"Oh, he is…"

Sirwen became pale as she heard where Jaehwan was. It has been 2 hours since he entered the factory.

"I have to go! He should be stopped!"

"What are you…"

Euren was confused by Sirwen's panic, but before he could do anything, a member who was scouting the area came running to him.

"We're doomed!

People turned to the man who was running and panting, but n.o.body was worried. This was the group of the most powerful fighters in . Whatever happened was not going to be much of a problem. Kanghw.a.n.g, who was bored of waiting, stood up immediately.

"What are you…"

But at that moment, the man froze and disappeared into silvery powder. Everyone stood up in shock. No one had sensed any sign of attacks.

"…What?"

In the next moment, a figure appeared through the desert dust. But there were more. Someone moaned.

"N-no…"

This was the power that they knew well. They hate and feared this power. There were hundreds of such, and in front of them, all five of them were greater than any of the others.

'No! The has made a move already? But how?'

Sirwen was shocked as well as she checked the face of the person who first appeared. She knew him well. He was the most feared Commander of the 9th region.

"B-bring Jaehwan!"

n.o.body could hear her voice. It was the beginning of the ma.s.sacre.