The mirror shattered, but the reflection remained.
Jiwoon walked through the debris of the fractured veil — stepping into a realm he didn't recognize.
But he wasn't alone.
System Notification
[Threat Level: Unstable]
[A new faction has entered the physical realm]
[Name: The Sinner's Cult]
Purpose: To awaken the sins Jiwoon rejected.
A Girl in White
Among the ash and smoke stood a figure —
A girl, barefoot, draped in white robes that shimmered like starlight.
She looked maybe sixteen, maybe timeless.
"Jiwoon," she said softly.
"I've been waiting for you."
He narrowed his eyes.
She had no Sin Mark. No aura of corruption.
"You're… not one of them?"
She smiled.
"No. I'm here because of what you've saved."
Revelation: Sin Echoes
She explained: when Jiwoon absorbed sins, traces remained. Echoes.
Some were painful…
But others — healed.
"I was a target once," she whispered.
"System Number 041. But your purge erased the contract. I was freed."
Jiwoon's eyes widened.
He had never thought of what happened after.
The Savior Paradox
"There are others like me," she said.
"People you saved… even when you didn't mean to."
"But the Cult sees you as a failure."
"To them, your mercy is a sin."
Jiwoon's fists clenched.
"Then let them come."
Incoming Hostiles: Cult of Sinners
A rip in the sky opened. Dozens of masked figures appeared —
Each wrapped in red robes, etched with black sigils.
Their leader stepped forward — a man with no eyes, only mouths where his eyes should be.
"We speak the sins he refused to carry."
"And now, he must drown in them."
Jiwoon's Response
Jiwoon stepped forward calmly.
"I've heard worse things whispered in my sleep."
His red eye flickered.
"Let me show you what sin sounds like."
Sin Skill Unleashed: Echo Pulse – Reverberation Mode
With a single stomp, the ground fractured.
The cultists screamed — their bodies convulsing as every sin they had ever spoken echoed back into their skulls.
Some begged for silence.
Some shattered from within.
Only the leader remained.
Closing Scene
Jiwoon faced the leader.
"You carry voices in your eyes?"
"Good. Let them see this."
A beam of red light exploded from Jiwoon's chest, piercing the man and the sky behind him.
The world trembled.
"Mercy is a weapon," Jiwoon said.
"You just didn't know how to use it."