Past Life

"Evil HERO Malicious Bane, direct attack!"

At the Supreme King's command, Evil HERO Malicious Bane seemed to let out a booming laugh. Boundless darkness surged from his body like raging waves, stripping Neo Space itself of light and color until nothing remained but pure, oppressive darkness.

The instant Judai was swallowed by that darkness, he seemed to hear space twist and shatter beside his ears, as though time and space themselves trembled beneath that sharp edge.

Even the strongest will would crumble before this terrifying power, and even the sturdiest wall would collapse. To him, that surging darkness felt like a train charging at full speed, piercing through his defenses and shaking his skin, muscles, and even bones.

It felt as though his Life Force was rapidly draining away beneath the wash of that dark current, and unprecedented pain nearly made him pass out.

But it was not merely physical pain. There was a mental impact as well. In that instant, Judai felt as though he saw countless familiar yet unfamiliar scenes—the faces of spirits who had suffered misfortune during his journey across countless dimensions, and everyone who had been ravaged by the Supreme King's flames of war.

There were even more scenes, ones more distant, as though they no longer belonged to him, yet seemed like memories all the same.

He saw a battlefield filled with smoke.

He saw partings of life and death, his best comrades dying before his eyes, and something even crueler—the doubts and even betrayal of his closest friends.

"What? What was that!?"

Judai dropped to his knees, clutching his head.

Fragments of memory, as though they came from countless reincarnations and countless different lives. He saw unfamiliar faces in those scenes, yet the emotions surging from deep within him were like those he felt