「…You had so many other methods, but you had to crush their heads with an axe. Wasn’t it an unwritten law to not interfere with another person’s transformation?」

Upon hearing Simon Magus muttering, Chang-Sun tilted his head and replied, “Why would I?”

「Hmm?」

“Why would I bother with that?” Chang-Sun replied with a cold smile. “If he’s going to die anyway, it’s better to die quickly.”

「W-Well, that’s true…」

Simon chuckled dryly, thinking it was a good thing that he lacked a body. If he had one, he would already be sweating profusely. Regardless, he felt pity when he saw the heads of the Archangel Leader and the Kraken, who were overlords of the <Saha World>, being split apart whenever Chang-Sun threw his axe. In truth, Simon himself was also a demigod. Perhaps it would be different to die honorably as a warrior after directly fighting a one-on-one battle, but he really did not want to be butchered like that.

‘…No, maybe it’s not that different, because I’d die either way,’ Simon thought as he glanced in the other direction through Chang-Sun’s eyes. Although he had tried to run away from death, he could not avoid it in the end; in contrast, a certain person still lived, standing far away from him. Looking at Jacque the Manticore, whose halo shone around him, Simon quietly spoke up.

「Master.」

“What is it?” Chang-Sun answered.

「Can I…?!」

“Go on,” Chang-Sun said with a nod.

「…Can I really go?」

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