"That power should have been mine! Why can you withstand it?"
The white-robed man roared in frustration, utterly unable to understand why things had turned out this way.
"Maybe because I was the one it chose from the very beginning."
Roland looked at the mark on his hand, somewhat puzzled himself.
The Book of Revelation Virus possessed a collective consciousness. Its first host would become its king—the holder of the highest authority, known as Eve. The virus itself bore the mission of bringing about the apocalypse, and to fulfill that requirement completely, the existence of another power, Adam, was indispensable. Only together would the two possess the power of Genesis.
But the question was, why had he been chosen?
Seeing the white-robed man's state, Roland understood that he simply lacked the qualities needed to bear this power. Naturally, the Virus Queen could not have given him the King's Power.
Clearly, this was all the work of the second Contract Spirit behind the scenes, wrapping up this gift and eagerly delivering it to him.
Adam's authority was extremely dangerous. Even to the Virus Queen, this authority was independent. Yet the second Contract Spirit within had still made such a bold choice despite Roland having demonstrated clear hostility.
It was far too suspicious...
Although being chosen was an important factor in many anime, and many opportunities really could only be used by the protagonist, with only the protagonist capable of accomplishing everything—even plenty of hot-blooded series could not escape this fatalism, just as Naruto was born the child of prophecy and Asura's reincarnation—one first had to be acknowledged by the Apocalypse Virus before obtaining the King's Power. While that silver spiral had been flying toward him, even if someone really had stood in front of Roland to seize that power, they would