I Will Fight for Iver!

"Doesn't this mean that Constant Self will achieve victory and allow all of humanity to evolve—"

Isabel blurted out.

"Impossible," Iver said. "Because it didn't reach this realm through a normal path. No one else could replicate its journey... A path that cannot be retraced cannot be called a Path."

"—You're wrong, Iver."

The Perfected One Bram's voice repeated the sound of mechanical synthesis, yet carried a rumbling divinity like a choral hymn. It felt as though a streamer had activated some kind of "Buddha special effect"—solemn and majestic enough to make Iver feel as if he were about to be crushed beneath Five Finger Mountain.

Bram's voice was lofty and magnificent. His expression was solemn, like that of a saint. When the black crosses in his eyes fixed upon Iver, Iver felt as though he had been locked onto.

And he made no attempt to conceal his secrets—he had not only lost "shame," but also "selfishness."

"My path is the true path. In the legend of the Child of the Moon, both the Path of Love and the Path of Transcendence reached the Sixth Level, and could indeed become the Perfected One... But that was merely using the power of transcendence to forcibly allow Love Power to 'transcend' the restraints of Beast Power.

"But I provided another answer—the true answer! Loki gave me Love Power close to the Sixth Level. It was the purest form of love, condensed when a parent 'devoted' their entire life to their child.

"Using our identical power of adaptation as a bridge, I connected his love with my heart of transcendence. That set foot upon the true path. But one crucial thing was still missing—Love and Transcendence could not reach the Sixth Level simultaneously.

"Unless one received the grace of a divine being. Using