Seo Jun-Ho’s mind finally cleared, and before he returned to Earth, the Sage warned him.

“Beware of the demons. They will continue to attack you and try to corrupt your heart using all sorts of different methods.”[1]

“You don’t have to worry about that.” He was sure of it. After looking back on his past, his determination had strengthened. “There was only one reason why I decided to become a Player in the first place.

He wanted to exact revenge on his parents’ enemies—the monsters and fiends. “If you think about it, the demons are my enemies as well because they created the fiends.”

He wouldn’t get off this train until he annihilated them completely, even if there was someone among them that he feared. And even if they weren’t his current goal, he had too many things to protect that he couldn’t afford to hesitate.

“I will continue on to protect everything that I swore to protect,” he said.

“...I wish you luck.” The Sage placed his wrinkled hands on top of Seo Jun-Ho’s hand. “No matter how weary you become, I pray that you will not abandon humankind.”

Somehow, he said the exact same thing as Seo Jun-Ho’s master had, perhaps because the...