If Kim Jin-Woo wanted to, he could put an end to the Usurper.

All he had to do was release the Greed that was screaming to be let out just a little, and her existence itself would be erased without leaving a single trace behind. And his revenge would finally come to an end.

But he couldn’t do that. Even with the prospect of finally completing the revenge he so desperately wanted, he held himself back.

“Why?”

The Usurper was a conspirator and a strategist who had manipulated his entire life and flipped it upside down. He hadn’t even realized the meticulousness of her plans until he found out the truth via the Throne of Truth; thus, he couldn’t understand the reason behind the poorly-executed hostage scenario. And he didn’t want to leave behind even a single doubt before finalizing his revenge.

“You should have known that this was how it was going to turn out, but why did you go to this extent?” Kim Jin-Woo asked.

If the Usurper had approached him without revealing her true identity, he might have reacted with his blind faith and affection toward her, as he had still recalled the last memory of So-Hee sacrificing herself to save him. That would have made so much more sense in terms of her achieving her purpose.

It was incomprehensible to him that the Usurper, who...