Messages of the quest completion popped up in the window. Yeon-woo breathed out in relief, thinking he had finally gotten rid of this vexing creature, but he still felt a bit uncomfortable at the same time. ‘“Do you think he’s still alive?”

“He’s not a creature who can be described as being alive or dead since he’s a piece of darkness—or a cluster of negative energy. Something like that. He can appear in any form.”

As long as the swamp that was the origin of darkness and emptiness existed, the Demonism would never disappear. He would be reborn. The specific Demonism that had tortured Kronos and Yeon-woo had been destroyed, but another similar Demonism with the past Demonism’s memories could be reborn since he was a piece of the Black King or a part of his will.

However, because the Black King was an unknowable being who was beyond a mere existence or concept, it was difficult to say whether the Demonism was an identity or another ego of the Black King. Beings with his vastness had broad and unfathomable minds, it was hard to determine his will from the surface alone.

It was similar to the time Yeon-woo experienced vertigo when he first encountered the multitude of thoughts of the Crawling Chaos, back when he was still trapped within the boundaries...