"You must be an ancient chief god!"
"How else could you destroy my mental chains so quickly?"
"Have the gods who once stood above everything been reduced to cowering like turtles?"
The Eye Beast roared like a mad thing.
Ren looked utterly exasperated.
"You're so dramatic."
"I'm just a human."
A flicker of contempt crossed the enormous eyeball.
"A human?"
"Since when are humans this strong?"
"If you weren't a puppet of the gods, how could you break my restraints?"
"You gods really are treacherous!"
The Eye Beast bellowed at the top of its lungs.
Besides anger, its voice actually carried a hint of grievance.
Ren laughed in sheer disbelief.
An old monster that had devoured over a thousand dimensions was accusing someone else of being treacherous?
It really had no shame.
These days, nobody believed you even when you told the plain truth.
"Think whatever you like."
"It doesn't matter who I am."
"What matters is that you're about to die."
Ren gave both arms a fierce shake.
The muscles in his arms swelled, and the battered chains wrapped around him shattered on the spot.
They scattered into glittering fragments that filled the air.
The Eye Beast's single eye instantly went wide.
The monster had no face.
It relied entirely on that enormous eyeball to express its emotions.
Clearly.
It had never expected Ren to break free so quickly.
"Damn you, Elder God!"
"You're even craftier than demons."
"I will never die at your hands!"
"I'll seal your soul away completely!"
The Eye Beast's frenzied mental fluctuations erupted.
From within its enormous body.
Over a hundred glowing chains shot out, stabbing straight toward Ren.
"I don't care whether you're a human or an Elder God."
"You'll become my puppet either way!"
The Eye Beast's single eye was thick with