#44. Mirror Wraiths

As usual, Kim Jin-Woo opened the portal and passed through the spatial doorway. But when he stepped forward, he froze on the spot. He was greeted by a bizarre sight that he had never seen before.

“What on earth…?”

“What on earth…!”

“What on earth…?”

“What on earth…!”

In front of him, countless Mirror Wraiths were staring at him as they copied exactly what he said. But the most creepy part of this was that every single one of the Mirror Wraiths wore a face identical to his.

His heart thumped loudly as he felt his skin crawl all over.

***

As Kim Jin-Woo sat on the throne, his face couldn’t be any more pale. A deep sense of exhaustion exuded from his parched lips and droopy eyelids. When he thought about it, it was hard to believe that this change had happened in such a short period of time, especially when he had been full of energy until just a moment ago.

He had experienced all sorts of weird and unexpected things in his time in the Underworld, and yet, this was nothing like any of them. He shuddered as he recalled his...