Despite creating an avatar with magic, the demon relentlessly pursued him. Damn, these field boss monsters seem resistant to illusions. Unless they’re exceptionally well-made, they’re unaffected…

“We don’t trust sensations. It’s too easy to be deceived. Only faith is true. Only He is the truth.”

The high priest laughed as Lude, cornered, faced the growling demon. Just when Lude didn’t think he could endure any longer…

Boom! The demon’s claws pierced Lude’s abdomen.

“Ugh…!”

As death approached, Lude summoned several spears in mid-air, which turned into black magical energy and dissipated. The high priest looked at him and smiled.

“I’ve heard the worst enemy of illusionists is physical pain. It disrupts concentration. Weak liars.”

At the high priest’s words, Lude gave a bitter smile. Sensing his final moment, he chuckled.

“Guess… this avatar wasn’t enough for a 2nd grade gate…?”

“Wouldn’t you think so? I’ve always warned the demon against illusionists. They’re all liars, be careful.”

“Yeah? Great parenting.”

A dry female voice came from behind the high priest. At the same time, the Lude in front of him turned into a mannequin-like form and collapsed.
The white high priest turned around abruptly, alarmed. Until the voice was heard, there had been no indication of anyone else’s presence! A woman with black hair in a ponytail, upturned eyes, wearing a hoodie, was preparing to swing a black half-scissors.

“Wait, when did you…!”

“Right, right. It’s wise not to trust illusionists.”

Deceived. This was the real body. The black man’s presence had been so overwhelming that the high priest hadn’t noticed her. She maximized the avatar’s presence, while she stealthily hid behind, unnoticed.

‘Since when? The explosion. She must have separated herself from the avatar during the explosion.’

Realizing the situation quickly, the high priest clenched his teeth. Even if the black man’s presence hadn’t been maximized, he wouldn’t have noticed her. He had never seen anyone create such vivid avatars.

“My disciples! Come to me and protect my body!”

Feeling the crisis, the high priest contorted his face, preparing to counterattack. White rose stems sprouted from his robe. The beast was leaping to protect the high priest.

But her scissors were faster.

“They’re all liars.”

The petite woman sighed and lightly swung her black half-scissors. Thud, the monster’s head dropped to the floor. It was over. The last thing the white high priest heard was her voice.

“You shouldn’t have trusted your senses.”

[It was a bit of a hassle this time, sighs the Lord of Chaos.]

Busy looting, she needed time to repair the damaged Lude avatar.

She had to remain as herself while looting. The thought of someone catching her in the act was horrifying.

“Yeah, how did I know the difficulty level would suddenly change? If I hadn’t sent only the Lude avatar in that explosion, I would have really died. Fortunately, there were no witnesses, so I didn’t receive the social anxiety debuff.”

Lucky, she reminisced about the situation. The Lord of Chaos appeared happy in the indirect message.

[Our Lude is careful and a genius, claps the Lord of Chaos.]

“Of course, I am number one!”

Proud, she stretched her back. Just as she checked the last item left by the boss monster, her face contorted in disappointment.

[Item Information]

Name: Essence of the White Rose (L)

Type: Consumable (One-time use), Special

Effect: The flower language of the white rose is ‘new beginnings’. Destroying this item will nullify all the karma you have accumulated so far.

Note: It also nullifies contracts with the Lords.

“What is this, total garbage…!”

[You’re going to nullify our hard-earned karma? ㅇㅅㅇ The Lord of Chaos makes a cute face.]

“Quiet! It’s a good alignment item anyway!”

For an evil-aligned person, karma was a reward. So, this item was useless for her. It might work on someone of good alignment, but it’s unlikely anyone would want to break a contract with a Lord.

Sighing at the waste of effort, she resigned herself to keeping it for potential future use. “Well, I’ll just go home and stitch up the Lude avatar.”

Inspecting the Lude avatar sprawled on the floor, she noticed it was severely torn. “Looks like I’ll spend all day stitching this up tomorrow. Apart from this and the lousy reward, it was a pretty fulfilling day.”

After picking up the golden half-scissors from the floor and storing them in her inventory, she dispersed the Lude avatar into black mist and stretched thoroughly.

[What about the golden retriever young master? asks the Lord of Chaos.] “Oh, Kang I-hyun? Just a passing comment. Once I leave here, there’s no chance I’ll see him again. Doesn’t he already have a partner? Why did he come alone? To see me, really?”

[It seems he really likes you, the Lord of Chaos laughs heartily.]

“I’m not particularly pleased… I find people’s attention burdensome.”

The Lord of Chaos sent another indirect message to Nari, slightly perilous in nature…

[But Nari, you might want to look to your side, the Lord of Chaos gestures to the side.]

“Huh? The side? Why…?”

Nari casually glanced to the side and then froze in place.

Clang…! The sound of a golden holy sword hitting the ground was heard.

Kang I-hyun was staring at Nari with stunned eyes. Silence filled the gate. Kang I-hyun, with a robotic expression, pointed at Nari.

“Yo-you-you-you-you’re Lu-Lu-Lu-Lu-Lude…!”

[Now the real fun begins, the Lord of Chaos puts on 3D glasses.]

It had been 6 years, 2 months, 7 days, and 21 seconds of operating as a secondary character.

The exact moment when the existence of the main character, Shin Bit-Nari, was discovered.