The chains of shared interests grew ever denser, and the entire system grew wildly atop evil. Some wanted to put a stop to this insane experiment, while countless people in the floating city threw themselves into it.
Unfortunately, the net was too tightly woven, and too few people recognized the danger.
After all, the benefits of seizing energy were far too tempting, enough to silence most people and even make them willingly become part of this evil system.
Most people thought Calamities were nothing special and could never cause much trouble.
With their abilities and their technology, they could certainly withstand any disaster.
Explosive technological growth and an inner spiritual foundation that failed to match it.
In the end, they bore bitter fruit.
Bitter fruit that even countless Heroes, advancing one after another, could not turn back.
The forcibly accelerated Calamity grew stronger and stronger. The monster initially kept in a cage finally tore that cage apart and spread a maddening virus throughout the city.
A Calamity that had fused with a sliver of the indifferent [Fate]'s Godhead manifested in the world through the indulgence of living beings.
The Calamity named [Sinful Karma] emerged from the malice of living beings and descended upon the world with the deepest intent to kill.
The city's alarms pierced the peaceful sky, and streets and alleys were instantly shrouded in blood-red. Wherever [Sinful Karma] passed, every lie woven from greed was torn apart.
Everyone who had participated in the experiment was dragged into hell by the evil they had planted with their own hands.
Those in power who had once pushed innocents into the abyss were the first to be entangled by sinful karma, slowly gnawed away amid endless agony and repentance.
Those who wanted to resist could no longer turn the tide.
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