"Dammit… the [Sea of Blood, Mountain of Corpses] was actually…."

She felt dizzy and fell onto the ground. Soon, she became unconscious.

Even after Myad had shown his collection of all the [Parts], Jaehwan was not concerned. The Void Sword and the Eye of Geshtalt that Myad held were imperfect.

"Is that your [Setting]?"

"Yes, it is."

Just like how Jaehwan had [Fall], he expected Myad to have something also. [Sea of Blood, Mountain of Corpses] was more like a unique world rather than a Setting after all. Then what was Myad's setting? Pierre once said this:

-He didn't have the Setting in the beginning. It was after I left Rupture that he created that Setting. I am not sure what he went through, but he created it with the 'Ouroboros' we taught him to create an entirely different Setting. Since the Ouroboros was incomplete, it is far from the actual Eye of Geshtalt. Yet, it has power equal to Budda's [Reincarnation].

And Jaehwan now realized what Myad's Setting was.

Setting – [Mocking Truth]

Myad's Setting was to copy Settings or Parts he had experienced or seen.

"You don't seem surprised."

"It's not that surprising."

"Haha, yes, of course. It is still fake."

That was why Jaehwan wasn't concerned. The copied Setting was a fake that could only have half of the power of the original.

"That alone isn't enough to defeat me."

Jaehwan spoke as he swung his void sword against the Machina.

"Yes, this alone cannot do."

Jaehwan's Void Sword and Myad's Void Sword clashed against each other, creating a distortion. Myad then dodged Jaehwan's stab and taunted, "Oh, will you stop that? You will break it. I didn't create this to fight. The [Parts] are only the key after all."

"A key?"

"Yes, a key. And it doesn't matter if the key is fake or real as long as it can do what it's required to do."

Machina's hand that held the sword pointed it to the sky. The fake Eye of Geshtalt began spinning in Myad's eyes.

"If the door can be opened, it doesn't matter if the key underperforms."

Machina began to s.h.i.+ne in a variety of colors. It wasn't something that happened before. Jaehwan felt like something was not right. He quickly charged against Machina with both his swords. And in the next moment, he saw Myad smiling brightly. It was the smile of a man who had witnessed the world he had long wished for.

"You will never understand how long I have waited for this moment! How happy I was when you acquired the rest of the [Parts]!!"

Jaehwan felt strange. Myad's smile was real. His actions were fake and his life was a lie. But why? Why did it feel as if the eye was looking into genuine 'salvation'?

Machina – Hidden Phase

System Operation

With a powerful explosion, Jaehwan's body was thrown backward. As he was being thrown away, Jaehwan saw the color change in the sky — the blood red clouds were dripping with blood.

It was once someone's unique world, but it was no longer a unique world.

It had now become a reality. The b.l.o.o.d.y reality destroyed all the other worlds and contaminated everything else. Screams came from the countless worlds as they were all ripped apart.

Soon, there was only one world. There was no more fighting or screaming.

[A lone world.]

Machina was up in the sky, s.h.i.+ning brightly like a red star.