Wood: This Dagger Is Coated in Potent Poison. I Lick...

The black-robed man stood before Hyacinthus, whose expression was nothing short of dreadful.

He had been only one step away from victory, yet at the very last moment, this bastard had suddenly stopped him!

Of the fifteen Hestia Familia members who had entered the game, the only men should have been the "Great Sage," another white-haired brat from Hestia Familia, and a third-rate red-haired smith.

Hyacinthus had no impression of the man before him at all. He also had no idea how the other man had suddenly appeared here.

Could he, like Hyacinthus, have some kind of invisibility item or ability? Maybe he had used it from the moment he entered the War Game, which was why they had failed to notice him.

Had sixteen people from Hestia Familia taken part in the War Game, not fifteen?

Looking at the real Wood before him, Hyacinthus's imagination began to run wild.

"Who am I? I'm the person you've been looking for all this time. You were just thinking about killing me, and now you can't even recognize your target?"

While Hyacinthus was still busy trying to make sense of things, Wood had already taken off the mask covering half his face, revealing his appearance.

When Hyacinthus saw Wood's face, he stared in disbelief. "You're the Great Sage!

"No way! The Great Sage isn't this short, and his build is different, too.

"And if you're the Great Sage, then who is this guy?!"

Seeing how utterly shaken Hyacinthus looked, Wood exchanged glances with the "Wood" beside him. In the end, they decided to let him die knowing the truth.

Wood brought his palms together. Under the power of Life Return, his bones crackled, and his height and build quickly returned to normal.

Meanwhile, the other "Wood" recited the release incantation, "The Apocalypse