Revelation

"Aria-nim is so smart. I like people like Aria-nim."

By saying that, he admitted to all the statements Aria said. The fact that he just watched as the group of men he fooled struggle between life and death fighting the wolves. The fact that he used them as testers so that he could get out of the dungeon if it smelled like trouble.

"In contrast, I detest people like you. Thank you for giving me the information I need. Considering that I helped you kill the boss and clear your quest, our debts should be cleared. I hope that we don't meet again in the future." Aria clicked her tongue in disgust. She couldn't let her mind rest easy at all. Everybody had their hidden motives. Even if the opponent was a kid, she couldn't take them lightly.

"No, that's impossible, you know?" Yoo Jin laughed.

"If you hate me, then you're in for a big storm. There's one thing I never told you... Along with the notification of a new player, we are given the newbie's location for 3 days.. I didn't guess your identity, my tracker told me that you are a ."

"Although... meeting you was a coincidence." He added. "A nice coincidence."

"In fact, I am also a new . It has been a day since I got elected. Miss Aria should know what I mean."

"You might also be tracked, and your pursuer is heading towards South Korea. As such, I will also be involved.. huh?" Aria tightened her fists. She hadn't gauged the other ' strength yet.

Two signals, coming from the same place. It would definitely attract the attention of the others.

If possible, she wanted to go alone.

After further calculations, she was sure that given an unlimited time, she would've been able to gather all the right conditions to open the door to Unity. With the right skills and abilities, she could do it all by herself.

"Correct. I have a rather interesting theory, at that. Miss, what if my quest was purposely made to lure you in to meet with me? What if the System issued the quest so that we could butt our heads against each other? If it's like that, then once they arrive in South Korea, the System will definitely force us to meet.. for the initiation process with the other ."

"Like you and me, we met like this. Thankfully, we cooperated instead of bickering with each other."

"As fellow new , why don't we stick together for some time until the tracking season ends?" Yoo Jin offered.

Aria glared at the child. However, his statements were truly worrying.

"There's no need to think that hard, miss. I can help you." Yoo Jin further continued. "I'm not alone. My real purpose was to scout this dungeon for the quest. I had a bad feeling, so I didn't jump in straight. As long as you cooperate with us, it will definitely bring you benefits."

Weighing out the choices, Aria finally came with a resolute conclusion.

Although Yoo Jin was most certainly not innocent, who said that she was? His methods were questionable, but she could go further than him.

Aria decided to follow along with Yoo Jin's plans for now. She still had to ask a lot of things, and staying with Yoo Jin would at least grant her some information about the world.

'..Yoo Jin got to level 7 just by training in a single day without fighting monsters, he said. Then, his evolution progress should be remarkable.' Aria had to remind herself of his words carefully.

She kept track of everything he said in order to detect a slip.

The boy was not simple. Of course, he was a . One of the seven out of seven billion. He wouldn't be simple.

Aria sighed.

'Come to think of it, there was another cheeky brat that I met during my time.'

Zenovann. A boy of unknown origins that showed up one day, asking to be her apprentice.

He wasn't exactly crafty, but he often played pranks. A bright child.

'His eyes were pretty.' The blood red irises that glimmered like rubies, combined with his black hair was the spitting image of the devils depicted in the records.

'Who knows, maybe he was indeed a devil.' No one was able to confirm his identity. He appeared out of nowhere, and had no affiliations whatsoever. Not even his birth records was admitted into the registry.

The Devils. A forgotten race that had perished thousand of years prior to her time. The true ancestors of demons.

The Demons still existed when she was alive, but it would be a blasphemy to compare them to their Devil predecessors. They came from the same element, but..

Simply put, Demons were a degraded version of Devils.

Both the Devils and the Demons were stronger than the average Human, but there was a stark difference between the two.

Devils could only have black hair and a pair of blood red eyes, in contrast to the Demons who possessed all sorts of different attributes.

The Demons were basically crude, diluted versions of the Devils. They could lose control of their powers if they weren't careful, just like monsters. They weren't monsters, but the line that separated them from being one was very thin.

Their powers were formidable, but their lack of control made them poisonous to themselves and everything around them. One false trigger and that would be the end of them. They would descend into madness and thrash around with their huge power.

At first, they also thought that Zeno was a member of the detested Demon race, but he soon proved that perception wrong as he continued on without any signs of corruption.

No. His heart was purer than those who devoted themselves into the Holy Church.

A pure soul, through and through. Even though he was a bit annoying, it couldn't be denied that he was the personification of innocence at heart.

'The brat... wasn't there.' Aria recalled the incident. Zenovann and Eris was missing from the prosecutors out of the Seven. Of course, those two were akin to family to her. She had raised and taught the two from childhood.

She, Aria Schreiner, was a teacher to many.

The betrayal.. It was still etched deep within her heart. The bastard Azef's disgusting expression...

A question came to mind.

'Was Azef that sort of person?'

Doubts began to form inside her head.