Zoooong.

A deafening sound rang in his ears. It was a noise that Seol Jihu had never heard before in his life and something that was hard to describe with words.

Its effect was immediate.

"!"

The Unicorn’s four limbs were twisted all of a sudden, causing it to collapse on the ground. Raging Temperance finally showed signs of urgency.

"Keuh…."

It let out a short groan while its body lightly swayed. It looked as if it was being subjected to a tremendous amount of gravity.

"Euhhh!"

At that moment, a third of the flock of Nightshades that it had previously released could be seen being absorbed back into it.

Raging Temperance managed to steady himself.

"Heheh… Heheheh…!"

It let out a suppressed laugh while sweating.

"I was wondering what you were up to… but it was only a curse of the Seven Sins?"

"You expended so much effort to manifest yourself here… yet you only managed to limit my abilities?"

Avaritia did not reply. She only sent a mocking glare towards it, cold enough to make everyone in the area feel its chill.

"Truly laughable, Avaritia!"

Though the Unicorn laughed with great arrogance, anyone could see that it was forced laughter to mask its bluff.

In other words, Raging Temperance himself was telling them that the curse was effective.

"Hmph. It doesn’t matter. Even if I can’t do anything about the Authority, I can just recover the divinity I’ve lost."

Following that, another third of the Nightshades around the Unicorn were absorbed.

—Good. The movement speed of that perverted Unicorn should have significantly dropped now.

Seol Jihu could...