“...”0

Sangun stayed silent. That was no different from outright saying that Lee Jun-Kyeong’s guess had been correct.0

“Are you really becoming a ruler?”0

Sangun had undergone a huge change. He had lost his pure mana, developed demonic mana, and had even had his appearance transformed.0

“You’re even becoming more and more obsessed with desire and authority…”0

“That’s right,” Sangun interjected as if he didn’t want to listen to Lee Jun-Kyeong continue any longer. “I am becoming a ruler.”0

He was morphing into a ruler of an area, just like Elfame.0

"How…” Lee Jun-Kyeong muttered blankly as if shocked by something he had never heard or thought of.0

Sangun slowly opened his mouth. “I…”0

“I needed strength,” he then said with a bitter smile and sunken eyes. “Surviving through the cataclysm…that means doing whatever it takes and paying whatever it costs in order to survive.”0

***0

If one could become a ruler just by needing power, then everyone would clamor for it. That was because a ruler was no different than being the greatest being under God at this moment.0

The power of the rulers had forced all of the apex Hunters to work together to defeat them, and it was also the power of the rulers...0