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The air around Reed changed at that moment.Something.What on earth was about to happen?When Carpeios, with half his body remaining, trembled in confusion…“…!”The archdemon’s eerie pupils dilated wide, because Chaos Evil had shifted into a form it never expected.The black hair – once as dark as his sins – shimmered into a radiant silver.The color of his eyes, previously like a sticky sea of blood, now shone like a sunlit ocean.Purified.The great evil’s power and prestige, so ardently adored by demonkind, withdrew for the moment.At last, the essence of his soul began to show.The being before him was human.And not just any human; this was someone Carpeios knew all too well.“Remember me?”Perhaps worried he wouldn’t recall, Reed produced proof of his identity.A white sword with a distinctive blue square gem in its hilt appeared, sticking out of the sandy floor at an awkward angle.“Y-you’re…”“So you do recognize this form.”“Why…h-how…? How is this possible…? That pathetic, insect-like human…? This is…