Yeon-woo looked at Jeong-woo’s outstretched hand with a trembling gaze. 

[The changing of darkness is in progress. 56%]

[Transcendence is taking place!]

The transcendence was still incomplete, which meant Yeon-woo hadn’t completely escaped the limits of the Black King. He needed to complete his transcendence if he wanted to change the world how he wanted. 

Jeong-woo looked at Yeon-woo with a grin of disbelief. “What’s with you? You never cared about this kind of stuff.”

Yeon-woo smiled bitterly. “…You’re right.” Even if he couldn’t reach the ending he wanted, he could spend time in a world that had a similar ending. If it was a world where he was born, raised, and lived with his family… 

“Geez! What are you doing! You’re not coming? Do you know how much I suffered getting here? I picked up a disciple and fought with some weird monsters. I’m just going to leave you here if you keep—”

“I’m going, gosh. You’re so hot-tempered.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you.”

The two brothers bickered as they grasped each other’s hands. Yeon-woo stood up with assistance from Jeong-woo. The Black King would remain here, but the form of the Black King that was named “Cha Yeon-woo” would be returning to where he was supposed to be. 

［Cha Jeong-woo guides Cha Yeon-woo.］

［Cha Yeon-woo follows Cha Jeong-woo.］

［Deus Ex Machina and the Black King are still interlocked!］

［The world continues to fragment.］

［The universe continues to expand.］

［The Heavenly Demon looks down at the world with a warm smile.]

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“Ugh, those damned punks.” Kronos glared in the direction of the noisy front yard, which was still rowdy this late...