"A king is not crowned by blood, but by the weight of sins he dares to carry."
The City of Sin did not sleep.
It murmured. It remembered.
Jiwoon stood before the ancient vault at the city's heart, now open at last after the Trial of Envy. Behind him, the air still echoed with the Queen's voice:
"One down… three to go."
But Jiwoon's eyes weren't on the path ahead.
They were fixed on the relic within.
A massive, obsidian-black armor lay dormant on a floating altar, curled like a beast in slumber. Its scales shimmered like a void, its form unmistakably draconic—with jagged horns, layered plating, and an open chest cavity that pulsed with faint crimson light.
A single inscription hovered above it:
[Relic Acquired: Ebonwyrm Exordium – Armor of the Sin-Devouring Dragon]
Status: ALIVE.
Fuel: Sin.
Intelligence: Semi-Autonomous.
Binding: Awaiting Pact.
Jiwoon took a breath.
"This… was worn by the first Queen of the Abyss?"
A voice answered—not aloud, but from within the armor itself.
"We remember her fire.
Do you dare burn brighter?"
Covenant of Power
Jiwoon stepped forward.
Every step sent his heartbeat thundering louder, as if the city itself held its breath.
When his hand touched the armor, a surge of agony and clarity flooded him. Visions of a black dragon king, roaring across the skies of the ancient City of Sin. A god-devouring monster… chained by its own guilt.
And then came silence.
[Sin Pact Initiated: Jiwoon x Ebonwyrm Exordium]
[Compatibility: 98% – High-Risk Synchronization]
[Result: Armor Bound to Host]
As the armor enveloped him, it whispered:
"All sins feed me.
Feed me, and I will defy gods for you."
The transformation was instant. The moment the final plate snapped into place, time shuddered around Jiwoon. Everything slowed. Everything bent.
[Ability Unlocked: Temporal Null – "Stop Everything."]
[Effect: Jiwoon moves freely while freezing localized space-time for all others.]
[Side Effect: Constant Sin Drain]
His aura turned pitch-black. Wings of energy flared behind him—no longer feathered, but draconic, pulsing with red lines of ancient fury.
Intrusion: Raegorn Arrives
But peace didn't last.
Lightning cracked across the dark sky of the City.
A figure descended.
Clad in radiant gold armor with twelve rotating rings of divine light, a man landed on the steps of the altar. He had no weapon—he was the weapon.
[Warden Rank: Raegorn, the Golden Executioner]
Affiliation: Sin Enforcement System – 2nd Rank
Order: To erase Jiwoon and reclaim corrupted system assets
"Jiwoon," Raegorn said with a frown. "You've gone too far."
Jiwoon didn't blink.
He raised his clawed gauntlet, and time cracked.
"I've only just begun."
Clash of Titans
The battle erupted in an instant.
Jiwoon's Temporal Null froze space around Raegorn, but the executioner shattered it with pure divine pressure. Raegorn countered with Judgment Field Collapse, creating a golden shockwave.
Black flame met divine light.
Claw met gauntlet.
Each strike between them sent out echoes that cracked the walls of the City of Sin.
End Scene
As the dust cleared, both stood bloodied but unyielding.
Raegorn wiped a trail of blood from his lips.
"This armor… it shouldn't exist."
Jiwoon stepped forward, armor glowing with absorbed sin.
"It didn't. Until I gave it purpose."
[Ebonwyrm Exordium Sync: 45%]
[New Ability Unlocked: Sinpulse Overdrive]
The next blow would not just be a clash of strength—
It would be a declaration.
A god-killer had been reborn.