Chapter 27: Ascension Rune
Somewhere in the depths of darkness, the ancient creature with the blindfold let out a painful wheeze. A single drop of blood crashed to the ground, reflecting the only salvation and doom for the one who rose above the gods.
An ordinary young man from another dimension, everything was bound by the Arcane Scripture even before the world was born.
He did nothing but run, forcing the course of events to bend so that death would avoid him.
But... his first chase was nearing its end. However, the real pursuit did not begin yet, for the Crimson Reaper and his Blades were nothing in the face of true power.
"Gha... Gha... Gha..."
Kain was breathing heavily, not from fatigue but from the adrenaline rush making his body shake.
He realized that he could have just died, but he acted regardless.
Now, the runes led him back to the beginning, accompanied by messages.
[Trait - the Lost Lamb has been altered under the weight of events into a new Trait.]
[New Trait - Cornered Beast.]
Trait description: [Even when there's nowhere else to run, it doesn't mean it's the end. The desire to live comes from the blood, depends on its power, and gives rise to the relative instincts... The power of the runes and your body will awaken to the peak when you find yourself in a corner... but only if the situation is so desperate that fate itself is helpless.]