The shadow was Seol Jihu.

One could tell at a glance that he was in a bad shape, and that was putting it nicely.

Already exhausted from the earlier brawl, he looked even more grotesque now because of his body’s rejection of divinity. Cracks that looked like spiderwebs covered the surface of his skin.

But what mattered to Seol Jihu was that his body was still moving. He jumped out of the hole and shot forward toward the Parasite Queen like a bullet.

The Parasite Queen stopped her hand and began to rouse her energy.

She guessed that by now, the enemy would have figured out what their ultimate goal was. As if to prove her theory right, Seol Jihu’s face was full of rage as he rushed toward her.

Of course, he was bitter. He had planned to fight to the death and aimed to resurrect afterward, but the said method had just been rendered unusable.

Now there was only one thing left on the Parasites’ agenda: watch Seol Jihu struggle one last time before he met his end from which he would never recover.

But this didn’t mean they could let their guard down. Ironically, the enemy was more dangerous now than ever.

[Stand back! Get as far away as possible!]

The Parasite Queen alerted the Army Commanders who were about to jump into the scene.

[I will deal with him myself.]

As the queen stretched out her arm in front of her, Seol Jihu thrust his spear.

Thud!

Seol Jihu’s body jerked to a halt. He saw that his spear had stopped in the air without even reaching the target.

[I have no obligation to fight you.]

A leisurely voice rang out.

[You’re still keeping at it even in that condition…. You really are a mad dog.]

[I presume you’d like to take as many as you can before you return to nothing.]

The Parasite Queen spread her fingers open.

[Taking one or two Army Commanders with you may not be entirely impossible since you have accepted my energy, albeit forcefully.]

“Keuk…!”

[But did you really think I would let you have your way?]

She had already played all the cards in her hand. Now his death was only a matter of time. She had no reason to fight him at the risk of further depleting her precious resources.

[I told you when you turned down my offer, that you’d fight like a dog and die like a dog.]

The Parasite Queen continued, enjoying the...