"Let me borrow this—"
Edwin spoke softly, then grasped the core hovering before him.
It was just as he had imagined.
The so-called Acting Method of this world was nothing more than a long, one-sided pursuit in which the soul imitated a Beyonder characteristic.
Humans abjectly twisted themselves to accommodate the rules that came from beyond the stars, begging for their favor.
In other words, it was the Beyonder characteristic that chose its host, like a finicky monarch inspecting his lowly subjects.
Compared to Stiano, he was undoubtedly better suited to this Paragon Uniqueness.
The instant his fingertips touched the mechanical heart, a vast torrent of information tried to overwhelm his consciousness.
It was the information contained within the Beyonder characteristic, the authority belonging to a god. Like a flood bursting through a dam, it sought to assimilate Edwin's soul completely.
Unfortunately for it, Edwin's soul was utterly different from an ordinary human's—
If an ordinary person's soul was a stream, his was the Mariana Trench.
His soul was far too immense in both quality and quantity. Combined with the barrier between worlds, this rendered the Uniqueness's attempt at assimilation powerless.
Not only that, his spirit body seized control of the Uniqueness in turn, forcibly halting all its struggles.
And with this Uniqueness supporting him, he usurped all the authorities of one of this world's True Gods.
The next second, Edwin's body vanished—or rather, transformed.
He was no longer a carbon-based being of flesh and blood. He had become pure light.
Light shot into the sky, tearing through the gray, isolated space and the shattered canopy of distorted rules above Backlund.
A Giant of Light stood upon the ruins of Backlund.
He was immense, tall enough to overlook the entire city. His body consisted of flowing light, yet within it