The seventh Great Sin Beast was Iver himself.
--The chief of the Seven Great Sins, the Beast of Arrogance.
Since Angel Shards could fuse with other Great Sin Beasts, completing their evolution and reshaping their divine bodies...
There was no reason Iver himself couldn't do the same.
"...This is probably just habitual thinking."
Iver slowly closed his eyes.
On another worldline, the advancement path of the Great Sin Scholar was the Great Beast Master.
It was a path that completely enslaved uncontrollable Great Sin Beasts. By fusing the summoned creatures with oneself, even one's fragile body could temporarily gain the power of armor.
It was a sorcerer who controlled divine power with a fragile mortal body.
But things were different now.
Iver had already abandoned that advancement path and chosen another. He was now a Great Sin Beast himself. They would be fellow travelers, comrades—not master and slave, bound by command and obedience.
Under these circumstances, Iver should never have been so fragile... After all, he was the ultimate form unlocked only by consecutively summoning every Great Sin Beast. He should have possessed the power to decide the outcome with a single strike.
In the past, Iver had never truly gathered all six Great Beasts. After he did, he never encountered an enemy he couldn't oppose even after summoning the Great Sin Beasts six times. Thus, Iver had never used this ability. It was no wonder he had forgotten it.
Above the giant's palm, the Angel Shard of the Geometric Angel slowly touched Iver's own Great Sin Card.
The moment they touched, both erupted with dazzling radiance--
They reacted instantly!
The blue-violet lightning that had originally shot from the card was instantly drowned beneath layer upon layer of black-and-white flames in an ink-wash style.
It was different from the other