The seal shattered.
The mind fell.
Chaos was no longer energy…
it became identity.
The First Hell collapses behind him.
The black rift expands.
Kim's body rises within the storm.
His eyes are open… but there is no awareness in them.
The system attempts stabilization:
Warning: Complete Loss of Control
Random layer transition due to energy overflow
Space twists.
Colors are pulled away.
Then—
Fall.
Second Hell: Valley of Wailing
An endless stretch of land.
A dead gray sky.
But what fills the place most…
is sound.
Screams.
Thousands.
Millions.
Not only heard—
but touched.
Sound becomes transparent chains piercing bodies.
Wrapping around necks.
Entering ears.
Tearing minds apart.
If one weakens…
they turn into a wave of sound.
They melt.
Become an eternal scream.
Kim falls into the center of the valley.
His body slams into the ground.
The screams rush toward him instantly.
Sonic chains pierce his body.
But—
no scream leaves him.
His eyes are cold.
Then—
a smile.
Not a human smile.
But something that just enjoyed chaos.
Madness Begins to Respond
The sound tries to break his mind.
But his mind…
does not exist.
Zarveth broke the restraint.
Now nothing protects balance.
The screams enter his head.
Instead of melting him…
they distort.
They change.
His left eye ignites.
A skill is born without announcement:
Devour the Wail
Any sound he touches…
is erased.
Not converted to energy.
Not redirected.
Canceled.
The valley trembles.
For the first time…
sound disappears in part of the realm.
Desire Transforms
Kim slowly stands.
The screams around him begin to vanish as he approaches.
Souls suspended in chains look at him.
Some whisper:
"Save us…"
His eye shifts toward them.
A moment.
Silence.
Then he whispers:
"Save…?"
A low laugh.
"No."
He extends his hand.
The sonic chains explode.
The souls are not freed…
they disintegrate.
Erased.
The valley shakes violently.
Guard entities appear—
faceless beings, their bodies formed of vibrating sound waves.
They rush toward him.
Each one embodies thousands of screams.
Kim does not move.
He simply—
thinks.
"Destroy."
The word becomes reality.
An invisible wave of chaos spreads.
The creatures vanish.
Not killed—
deleted from the definition of "sound."
The valley loses balance.
Collapse of the Hell of Pain
With every step—
an entire region of screams falls silent.
Chains drop.
The ground cracks.
Souls that once melted mentally…
now evaporate entirely.
A deep voice trembles across the valley:
"Stop."
The Guardian of the Second Hell appears.
A massive entity without a mouth.
Only enormous ears.
Its voice shakes existence:
"You do not belong to this pain."
Kim looks at it.
No hatred.
No anger.
Only emptiness.
"I'm looking for a king."
The guardian replies:
"Your path is not here."
Kim tilts his head.
"Then… I will erase the path."
He extends his hand.
True chaos activates without limits.
Not an explosion—
but total distortion.
The law of "auditory pain" collapses.
The hell's defining feature shuts down.
Those who weaken mentally no longer melt…
nothing melts.
The entire valley begins to decay.
The guardian shouts:
"If you destroy me… your name will echo across all layers!"
Kim answers with terrifying calm:
"That's the point."
He presses down.
The valley breaks.
Sound is cut.
Complete silence for the first time since this dimension was created.
The Second Hell…
collapses.
Amid the silence—
Kim stands.
The air holds no sound.
No screams.
No pain.
The system appears with difficulty:
Primary Objective Changed
Search for Father: Abandoned
New Objective: Destroy the path until arrival
His gaze lifts downward.
Toward the depths.
Where the Seventh Layer awaits.
He whispers slowly:
"I will not search for you."
"I will burn the path… until you are forced to come out."
A cold smile forms.
"And I will destroy everything… until I reach you."