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"I don't want it."
The craziest part of Obhedhrur's offer was that Kireina rejected him outright.
"What…?"
"I don't eat my foes anymore."
"…?! Why? As Chaos Beings, it's the norm to consume the weak to become strong."
"I don't need to do that."
"…?!"
Even the other Chaos Kings glared hungrily at the seventh's corpse, yet Kireina felt no hunger at all—she had already eaten breakfast.
"I realized that I cannot become stronger by merely consuming life and absorbing or stealing their powers," Kireina explained. "True strength is born from the heart, from the soul, and from my own life and struggles. This power you see was built upon my obsessive struggle and my Repentant Enlightenment."
Kireina swung her sword, slicing through the corpse and reducing it to ashes.
