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And then—

Rumble!

“Ugh...!”

The escape route shook violently, a tremendous roar echoing from above. The principal was thrown to the ground.

She realized it must be Woo-jin’s magical formula—Heaven’s Reversal—unraveling.

Had Se-ah won?

No.

Lee Se-ah’s magic, which had been felt so vividly even here, had vanished like a ghost.

"Se-ah’s magic...?"

The principal’s face paled. She slumped to the ground, staring blankly at her injured leg.

"My daughter... Se-ah..."

Se-ah had lost.

Se-ah... was dead.

She looked down at her own hands.

Everything she had worked to build...

Had ended with her daughter’s death.

Cough!

“Principal... ma’am...”

At that moment, Song Ye-seo of Spartoi came to, coughing up blood as she surveyed the surroundings.

“This... can’t be... is this...?”

Ye-seo pieced the situation together.

"...My dear."

"Principal...?"

Ye-seo looked at the principal’s face and swallowed nervously.

It was an expression of someone who had given up everything.

“There’s somewhere I must go... And I’ll give you one last order...”

Ye-seo, with great difficulty, stood up and forced a smile.

“Yes... Whatever order you give...”

Thud.

Goliath landed on the ground, his clothes tattered.

Crack.

Woo-jin returned as well, gracefully warping through space to arrive. His school uniform was also reduced to rags.

“Hah... Hah...”

Woo-jin caught his breath, struggling for air.

Dust and debris swirled around them. It was easy to infer that the Central Area had been reduced to ruins.

Crackle...

Heaven’s Sword had reached its limit and crumbled to dust.

It had absorbed the full force of Baek-seo’s ultimate technique combined with Woo-jin’s maximum magical output. A weapon incapable of handling such immense power had met a spectacular end.

Baek-seo must have anticipated this outcome.

Woo-jin decided to think about the broken Heaven’s Sword later.

Immediately after, the goblin club also shattered and burst into flames before disappearing. Now, Woo-jin was left empty-handed.

Nothing remained of the Central Tower’s location. It appeared to have collapsed under the strain of the battle.

Woo-jin looked around once more, concerned about Goliath’s condition. But the explosion’s aftermath and the dust clouded his vision, making it impossible to see where Goliath was.

Thump.

"...!"

Suddenly, his heart pounded, and excruciating pain began to spread through his body.

It was the penalty of his Territory Domination ability.

Just before Woo-jin succumbed to the pain—

Wham.

A golden-haired girl appeared out of nowhere and threw herself into Woo-jin’s arms.

It was Geumyang.

Instantly, the pain subsided.

Only the soreness from his battle with Se-ah remained.

“You’ve done well.”

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“...You too.”

After absorbing Woo-jin’s penalty, Geumyang gently pulled away from his embrace.

“Is the task done?”

Geumyang nodded.

“What about the King of the Reversed World?”

“Thanks to you and Goliath defeating Lee Se-ah, the contract-holder has vanished. It seems the principal had bound her to the contract. So, with Se-ah’s death, the contract was nullified. The Reversed World has decided to withdraw, the trapped souls are freed... In other words, they’ve ascended.”

Geumyang shrugged.

“That’s it?”

“No, it’s only natural for there to be anger after losing something they invested so much effort into. But that’s all. The resources the King had been using were destroyed, so now he has to search for something new.”

Geumyang made a circle with her thumb and forefinger, signaling money.

“So, at that moment, I offered him something else.”

“Something else?”

“A meticulous deity like myself always has something good prepared.”

Geumyang grinned smugly.

“What did you offer?”

“I introduced him to the Goblin King.”

“The Goblin King?”

“Yes, it’s from our world. The Goblin World has the energy resources that the Reversed World needs, similar to human souls but consisting of memories and emotions, though they aren’t truly alive.”

The penalty imposed on Kim Dal-bi through her contract with the Goblin King.

It involved precious memories and the accompanying emotions.

Such concepts, gathered from various creatures, could be used as energy resources in the Goblin World.

And the Reversed World could use them as power.

“Furthermore, the Reversed World amplifies those memories and emotions to generate new strength. That was the source of Lee Se-ah’s power. If provided to the Goblin World, it would create substantial added value. Heh heh...”

To Woo-jin, the explanation was incomprehensible.

However, it seemed that the King of the Reversed World and the Goblin King had found a mutually beneficial relationship.

“So it’s a business deal.”

“In this world, things aren’t that different. Anyway, I dangled the carrot, and the King took the offer. And with that, the situation was resolved.”

Geumyang puffed out her chest with pride.

“It was all thanks to me, warping through space and hopping between worlds as I pleased. Truly, this was my grand achievement!”

Her eyes sparkled, seeking praise.

“Yeah... Thanks. You did well. Things worked out thanks to you.”

“Hmph, yes. Now, keep praising—... No, never mind.”

“Why?”

Geumyang’s expression turned uneasy as something crossed her mind. She thought of Han Seo-jin.

“There’s something I need to tell you. That man, Na-mu... hmm?”

Geumyang suddenly stopped speaking and looked off into the distance. Woo-jin turned his head in the same direction.

Through the slowly settling dust, an elderly woman in a wheelchair appeared. It was Principal Lee Doo-hee.

The wheelchair was new, but the principal herself looked like she could collapse and die at any moment.

Behind her, pushing the wheelchair through the dust and blood, was the barely-conscious, battered Song Ye-seo.

“Finish it. We’ll talk later.”

“Mm.”

Geumyang warped through the cracks and disappeared.

Woo-jin observed as Principal Lee Doo-hee approached. The wheelchair came to a stop at a respectful distance from him.

“Principal... I’ve brought you here...”

“You’ve done well...”

Thud.

At last, Ye-seo collapsed to her knees, her strength spent.

“You... killed my daughter...”

The principal bowed her head.

Her shoulders trembled.

Her wrinkled face contorted as tears welled in her eyes.

“My daughter... I’m the one who drove her to this... I killed my own daughter...”

Her voice was filled with grief.

The principal’s hands, resting on the armrest of her wheelchair, trembled violently.

“Say what you came to say. Stop rambling.”

Woo-jin’s tone was firm.

Even the principal’s sorrow over her daughter’s death couldn’t stir any sympathy from Woo-jin.

He didn’t care about the principal’s past. The atrocities she had committed were unforgivable.

After a moment, the principal wiped her eyes with her broken hand, composed herself, and looked directly at Woo-jin again.

“I’ve lost. You’ve won. I was too arrogant, it seems...”

“...”

“When The Hole appeared in the Pacific and released the Golden Sheep and numerous monsters... the world became hell. I lost my parents to the monsters... I lost my sister.”

The principal’s voice was calm as she continued.

“This city was built as an academy for the new humanity, prioritizing knowledge and education. But I didn’t believe it was the right choice for humanity. I wanted to take back the world, to reshape this city into something better. Or maybe... I just couldn’t let go of my anger...”

“And so?”

“But in the end, I couldn’t change this city. Neither my body nor time was enough to transform it... So I created my daughter using my own DNA. I entrusted her with everything...”

The principal lowered her head.

“I was supposed to pass everything to her... slowly... In the end, I would give my life so that my daughter could succeed in the revolution, becoming the true ruler of Neo Seoul... That’s why I kept myself alive at the bare minimum...”