An Kai had not mistaken what he saw!
The name that appeared at [Godkin Ranking: 1,000] belonged to an old acquaintance of his.
Someone he considered a fool, an utter blockhead!
And at the same time...
A good person!
"To perform the deeds of a god in a mortal body." That was how An Kai had described Will-Bukelin's death back then.
The principles Will-Bukelin had lived by were ones An Kai could never follow.
Nor would An Kai ever learn to face the world the way he had.
In his early days in the Desert.
Living in that dog-eat-dog Desert, An Kai had not fallen into depravity quite so quickly largely because Will-Bukelin's actions had influenced him.
Only when Will-Bukelin died had the person capable of influencing An Kai's principles vanished for good.
If Hanks was someone who helped An Kai retain his humanity...
Then Will-Bukelin was the only glimmer of light in An Kai's dark life.
Letting out a soft breath, An Kai used the [Godkin Ranking] to look through Will-Bukelin's life story.
The [Godkin Ranking] recorded it in great detail.
Beginning with the long-forgotten name of the [Bukelin Duchy], it introduced everything Will-Bukelin had done throughout his life.
If other beings had earned their places on the [Godkin Ranking] through their "strength" and "talent"...
Then Will-Bukelin had earned his place on the [Godkin Ranking] through his own "spirit"!
The [Godkin Ranking] entry for Will-Bukelin contained a very fitting assessment:
"One day, I met Will-Bukelin. Through him, I came to know a god, and that god's name was spirit!"
When An Kai reached the part of Will-Bukelin's life story where they met and he entered Chaos City...
A faint smile appeared on his face.
The smile of someone reunited with an old friend.
Until he reached the end of