The moment the Fear King died, I flew next to Hwaya. But when I noticed what state she was in, I stopped. She was taking deep, slow breaths. Every time she breathed in, a vast amount of mana rushed into her. It was her mana that scorched the Fear King. No… To be precise, it was mana that once belonged to the Fear King, having its impurities removed by Hwaya’s flames.

I said quietly, “Looks like Hwaya has found her path.”

Just like how I had accepted the Beast King’s mana without the dungeon’s help, Hwaya was absorbing the Fear King’s mana as her own. I didn’t want to bother her as she was going through this process, so I decided to just watch her from afar.

In just five minutes, Hwaya sucked in all the mana and opened her eyes. When she realized I was staring at her, she made an expression that seemed to say, ‘oops.’

“S-Sorry, Shin. I got too excited and took everything… C-Come here. I’ll give you half.”

She smiled and gestured for me to come over. I knew what she planned to do, but I asked her out of politeness anyway, “And how do you plan...