Kim stood in the middle of the arena, his pierced chest still bleeding, yet he did not fall.
On the contrary, a dense black light rose from his body, mingling with tongues of purple flame that ignited in the air around him.
A message appeared before his eyes, written in a bloody hue:
> "Contract sealed with the Abyss."
"Level up: Prince of the Abyss."
"Skills acquired:
— The Book of Sin
— Scythes of Doom (copy of a time skill)
— Eternal Flame"
Kim stretched out his hand, and suddenly a massive book materialized in his palm, its cover black leather that dripped blood. On its first pages the names of the heroes who had stood against him were written. Each name gleamed as if it were an inevitable fate.
He smiled coldly and murmured:
— "The first sin… Time."
He raised his head toward the girl who controlled time.
Then dark red clock-hands shot from his eyes, a colossal infernal clock enveloping her. She screamed as she watched time unravel around her body; each second for her became a year of torment.
Kim's voice rumbled:
— "Scythes of Doom… turn."
The other heroes recoiled; one cried out:
— "He's stealing his enemies' powers! This isn't a fight… it's a slaughterhouse for souls!"
But Kim paid them no mind.
He pressed on his pierced chest and unleashed the "Eternal Flame."
The blue-black fire sealed his wound; in seconds the flesh knit together and his chest was whole as if it had never been pierced. Yet the flame was not used only for healing — it surged forward like a massive fiery blade and cut a building in half.
— "This is only the beginning."
A new page opened in the Book of Sin, and the black sigils within began to grow in power.
The Dimension Guards exchanged glances. One said:
— "He's no longer human… he has become a prince of the Abyss."
Kim stood with his bandaged eyes ablaze, laughing slowly:
— "If you see me as an intruder… I will tear your laws apart as they tore my life."
Darkness rose from his body like a roof swallowing the sky, heralding the start of a new massacre…