Taboo Imps

Countless voices roared at once.

There were children's voices, Clement's voice, and the voices of countless test subjects who had died at his hands.

Clement had already broken long ago, when he killed those children.

He was no longer a person, but the product of countless moral degenerates fused together.

This was the result of Clement's unstoppable descent after his sense of self began to collapse.

As he studied taboos, images of those who had died because of him began to surface within his soul.

Naimus could clearly tell that if Clement fell into the Abyss now, there was a high chance he would become a Variant Demon.

And if this continued, even without anything else happening, Clement would gradually become a Sin Soul because of the taboos.

Studying taboos, using taboos, then falling into Corruption and becoming a Sin Soul—this was a one-way road with no easy return.

The reason many people had not become Sin Souls was only because they died before reaching that point.

Clement's voice continued to spread, forming wave after wave of mental fluctuations.

Naimus could clearly feel special forces rushing toward him along those mental fluctuations.

Amid the tide-like waves of sound, the power of instant death flickered in and out of sight.

This power countered Naimus's Strong Luck.

Strong Luck allowed Naimus to avoid instant death to the greatest extent possible, but calamity attacks with instant-death properties were also difficult for him to completely ignore because of calamity's elusive nature.

Naimus put away the Sin Soul and swung the sword in his hand.

There was no special technique. It was not that he did not want to use one, but that he could not.

After the longsword carved a deep gash across Clement's body, Naimus exerted a little force with his hand, and