A dharmapala was usually a deity that recited Buddhist prayers to expel demons and protected Buddhist dharma, but the name occasionally carried a different meaning.0

―An act of protection for a person who is lost in their own principles.[1]0

A Celestial was the embodiment of a law of nature, so one could call oneself a dharmapala by protecting a Celestial. However, that also meant the Celestial had to trust their dharmapala, because the Celestial would be defenseless while immersed in their own law of nature.0

“…No matter how hard I think, I have no idea what’s going on inside his head. Even if he can just trigger Rollback, he knows I have ways to nullify it and attack him back,” Bel-Marduk muttered to himself, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Chang-Sun, who was deep in meditation while sitting in the lotus position.0

It looked as if Chang-Sun would collapse to the side with one tap, but he and Bel-Marduk were not exactly sure who else they could ever trust to be their dharmapala.0

Bel-Marduk had killed Ithaca and tried to use Chang-Sun until the end, and Chang-Sun had gotten where he was for the sake of taking revenge on Bel-Marduk. If not for the...0