"What is this...?" Achill looked around in surprise at the mirrors surrounding him, unable to make sense of it for a moment. What exactly is this supposed to be? Is he trying to trap me with these things? Isn't that a little too naive?!
As he pondered, a flash of magical light shone before him. The next instant, the mirrors surrounding him rippled like water, and a series of all-too-familiar scenes slowly appeared within them...
"This is bad..." Looking up at the enormous sphere formed from tightly fitted black mirrors, Rex's eyes flickered with an unusual emotion. "Original Sin Awakening. They say anyone caught within it will inevitably fall into an endless cycle of original sin, ultimately becoming a monster stripped of all humanity. Will you break that inevitable outcome, unknown powerhouse...?"
"All people bear sin. Who, then, will bring an end to mine...?" Waves of powerful, pitch-black magic still rippled around Hypnos as he walked toward Rex, one step at a time. Not a trace of human emotion remained in his solid-black eyes.
"So you really are Hypnos, the man they call humanity's nightmare." Gazing at the figure who had come to stand before him, Rex lay quietly on the ground, his expression as cold as ever. "If you're going to do it, then do it," he said slowly, utterly indifferent. There was neither sorrow nor joy in his voice, not the slightest emotional tremor, and no fear could be seen in his eyes.
That was Rex, the perpetually cold-faced member of the Ten Wizard Saints. Whatever hardship or desperate situation he faced, he would never show even the slightest hint of cowardice or fear!
"No matter how those who bear power try to conceal it, they cannot hide the many sins that power brings..."
With a stiff, mechanical