549. The Usurper’s Treasure Box (7) The Usurper. This is a High God. Taesan swiftly widened the distance between them.
He quietly observed the Usurper who gazed at him blankly.
‘…Is this not the Usurper’s true form?’
The Death God had said before. The Usurper, along with other High Gods, was breaking through the barrier. It wouldn’t be guarding the treasure box itself.
More than anything, the Usurper before him felt incomplete somehow. Like a missing piece had been cut away. As if sensing Taesan’s thoughts, the Usurper smiled.
“As you guessed, I am the warehouse keeper, the thief catcher who kills and guards the storage. You could call me a part of that being without any problem.”
“A part?”
The Usurper said it had separated a part of itself to guard the treasure box. Being the warehouse keeper, its power and essence were not that strong. But even so, it was definitely the Usurper.
Taesan examined his opponent. Neither human nor monster. Something that belonged to this world, yet not truly a High God’s form — a distorted shape.
Like a thousand faces. That must be the Usurper’s true nature.
“But… this is strange. How did you manage to crawl in here? It was so perfectly hidden that once the link broke, even you shouldn’t have been able to notice it.”