Sung Shihyun was observing the battlefield with nonchalant eyes.

He seemed a little angry.

No, not angry. Rather— the lines between his eyebrows indicated frustration.

Finally, he closed his eyes and shook his head as if he couldn’t stand to watch any longer.

He couldn’t be blamed.

Spectators in the stands hoped for the game they were watching to be so intense that they would have to sit on the edge of their seats the entire time.

But the players on the field had different opinions. They would rather win by a mile than stay on their toes all through the game.

Of course, if they were on the losing side…

“Fucking shit…”

They would curse like so.

That was exactly how Sung Shihyun felt right now, especially as a human who defected to the Parasites’ side.

It was like playing a game of chance. He had been betting on ‘odd’ when the result had been ‘even’ for hundreds of times in a row, and now that he’d finally bet everything he had left on ‘even’, he got stuck with an ‘odd’.

“Seriously, I don’t understand. Why did the World Tree suddenly revive? What’s with that light and darkness? What moron let things get this messed up?”

[Sung Shihyun.]

The moron… or rather, the one in charge of this situation called him.

[You will need to help out.]

Sung Shihyun bit his tongue and glanced up at the sky.

“Should we keep going? Or….”

[We will retreat.]

“…A wise judgment.”

Sung Shihyun gave a deep sigh and nodded.

“Well, how exactly can I help?”

[Vulgar Chastity is in danger. Can you buy her some time?]

Confused, Sung Shihyun tilted his head.

He had expected orders to rescue the Army Commanders or create an escape route for them, and so was preparing to tell the queen that he couldn’t do both.

But to stall for time— that wasn’t something he expected to hear.

The Parasite Queen seemed to have made an important decision.

‘At this point, I guess it would be hard to come out unscathed without trying...