"Even the system fears what it cannot control."
Jiwoon had barely taken a breath after stepping out of the Forgotten Layer.
The air was thin—too still.
Suddenly, the world around him fractured. The sky dissolved into shifting lines of red code. The ground vanished beneath his feet.
[Emergency Protocol Triggered: Judgment Host Overcapacity]
[New Trial Imposed: Core Resonance Activation]
He was falling—not through space, but through memory, through sin.
The Inner Abyss
Voices echoed.
"Why does he carry so much and still remain sane?"
"He should have shattered…"
"No… he's not shattering. He's changing."
A circular platform appeared beneath him. Runes of old sins spiraled outward, and in the center: a mirror.
Jiwoon stepped closer. The reflection staring back was not human.
Two eyes, like twin black stars.
A burning sigil behind him: Kirin horns intertwined with a dragon's maw.
Wings of dark mist shimmered behind his back.
"I passed your trials. I buried your secrets. But I'm done playing your game."
His hand touched the mirror—and the system screamed.
System Disruption: Authority Rewritten
[Title Acquired: Covenant Sovereign]
[System Notice: Authority exceeds projection. Conflict of Origin Detected.]
[Sin Command Overridden – Manual Covenant Mode Unlocked]
No longer a mere player, Jiwoon now stood as a self-made sovereign. The chains of the Sin System coiled at his feet—not as bindings, but as tools.
He raised a hand—and the shadows obeyed.
The Sinbound Appear
Three figures emerged—beings Jiwoon had once judged. Their bodies were covered in old wounds and scars of past sins.
But now… they kneeled.
"You once feared your guilt," Jiwoon said.
"Now wield it."
[Sinbound Covenant Activated]
System Message: Servants are granted form by their sins. Strength scales with guilt. Purpose determined by redemption path.
These were not summons.
They were mirrors of regret.
And Jiwoon was the only one who could lead them.
Toward the City of Sin
The air cracked.
A massive beast emerged from the shadows behind Jiwoon—its hooves silent on the void, its body cloaked in dark fire and scripture.
[Abyssal Qirin – Mount of the Sinsworn]
Abilities:
– Shadow traversal via "Paths of Past Sins"
– Stomach of Confession: Imprisons enemies in guilt-wrought judgment
– Gatekeeper to the City of Sin
Jiwoon mounted the beast without hesitation. Behind him, the land fractured—before him, a path of obsidian light stretched forward.
"This world doesn't need another god…"
"…It needs someone who remembers why justice hurts."