Kang Woo only smiled at that—half amused, half impressed. Her determination… it never wavers.
Makima tilted her head, her expression softening into something teasing.
"You haven't said what the current topic is now."
Kang Woo arched a brow. "What topic?"
Makima leaned closer, eyes narrowing with a playful sharpness.
"For some reason, you looked visibly annoyed earlier. But it wasn't anger—it was more like your expression said, 'Ehh? This tiny chirp of wood is actually better at something than me?'"
Kang Woo's lips tugged into a crooked grin. "So… you want me to be more transparent, huh?"
Makima nodded once, firm but with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"Uh-huh. Come on then. Tell me. What am I better at than you?"
Kang Woo let out a low chuckle, eyes narrowing faintly.
"What a troublesome wife you are…"
He snapped his fingers. A soft ripple of light unfolded before Makima's eyes, and her entire profile appeared in glowing script, like a status window ripped from Kang Woo's perspective:
Name: Makima (Control Devil, Current Holder of the Piety Commandment)
WARNING: Has Gaia Support
Level: 45 (Max Level Cap)
Awakening Traits
• First Awakening Trait: Represents the Concept of Control (Rank: SS) — not yet fully realized
• Second Awakening Trait: Soul Dominion: Enchantment × Amplification (Rank: SSS)
Abilities
• Telekinesis (command "Bang")
• Controlled Abilities (from individuals/devils she has brainwashed)
• Hellblaze (Rank: A) — via Commandment
• Darkness Manipulation (Rank: A-S) — via Commandment
• Commandment of Piety (Rank: S)
• Quincy Abilities (Rank: Sternritter, Vollständig achieved)
• Schrift A: Auctoritas
Stats
• Strength: 70
• Vitality: 90
• Agility: 95
• Health: 70,000 (Regeneration: 700 HP every 2 seconds)
• Negative Energy: 60
• Mana: 40,000 / 40,000 (Refill: 500 every 5 seconds)
• Intelligence: 130
• Spiritual Power (Great): 30,000 / 30,000 (Refill: 500 every 0.3 seconds)
• Luck: 45
Equipment
• Red Leash Gunblade
• Ring of Narya
• Quincy Cross
Makima stared at the readout for a long second before turning to him, her voice quiet but sharp.
"So… this is how you've seen me since we first met? No wonder you were alarmed."
Kang Woo's expression didn't change. "I wasn't alarmed at you. I was alarmed at the Gaia support. It means if the world decides to create a counter to me, it'll do it."
Makima exhaled softly, a faint bitter smile tugging at her lips.
"I guess that's what you meant by the hidden jackpot you have from me."
Kang Woo shook his head. "No. The hidden jackpot isn't the Gaia support. It's your Soul Dominion: Enchantment × Amplification —your potential as the Control Devil. And there's another jackpot I haven't told you about yet. When the time's right, you'll know. But let me make this clear—this isn't the first time I've blown apart a world with a defense system or a sentient core. Gaia isn't unique."
Makima's eyes glinted with a sly spark. She tilted her head, voice low and teasing.
"Kang Woo… I want to see your status. Show me the invisible screen you always hide from me."
Kang Woo gave her a dry look, his mouth twitching. "Too long. I mean it."
Makima leaned in, her tone turning almost sing-song. "Come on. I want to see what you're hiding. This invisible screen you always have…"
Kang Woo said nothing, only smiling faintly. Dude, I'm level 159… probably three times higher than her, he thought, amused.
Makima raised a brow, her smile sharpening. "Or are you being shy? Well… maybe you are. But if I'm better than you at, say, five things in that list of stats… then I'll declare you my property. Oh, my weakened Demon King."
Kang Woo's grin widened into something crooked. "You're being chaotic like me now. Not like the composed Makima you always show."
Makima chuckled softly, brushing a strand of hair back. "Too bad, isn't it? You're not the only one with a mirror. There's another reflection of you right here—me. Not just the Black King carrying your arrogance."
Kang Woo let out a tired sigh, his grin curling at the edges.
"Yare yare… I give you one small window, and suddenly your gremlin, possessive personality takes over."
He snapped his fingers.
Makima's eyes lit up with sharp amusement. Kuhuhu… closer than I thought. I managed to make him reveal his biggest secret. She cut her thoughts short the instant the screen shimmered into being—because what she saw left her stunned.
Player Name: Oh Kang Woo
Level: 159 (The Latent Great One – Incomplete Great Demon Lord due to certain conditions unfulfilled)
Status: error, error — max level cap broken
Awakening Traits
• First Awakening Trait: Authority of Predation (Rank: ?)
• Second Awakening Trait: Soul Distribution × Auswählen (Rank: SS)
• Third Awakening Trait: Starscourge of Lucis – (1 of 3 original magic fragments recovered)
• Fourth Awakening Trait: Chrono-Void Ascendancy (Rank: EX)
• Fifth Awakening Trait: The Next Crimson King (Rank: ?)
Abilities Conceived by Kang Woo — Inspired by Anime and Original Creation
• Ten Thousand Demon Core (Rank: ?)
• Hellblaze (Rank: S)
• Burning Legion Connection (Rank: C–SS)
• Demon King Magic: Invincible Ruler (Rank: SSS)
• Darkness Manipulation (Rank: S)
• Reactive Evolution (Rank: SS)
• Anos Voldigoad's Powers (Status: 10%)
• Quincy King Abilities: Schufftazel (Level Access Granted)
• Space Between Time (Rank: EX)
• Schrift B: The Balance
• All-Spear Authority (Progression: The Raven King, obtained upon claiming Ivaldi's Gungnir)
• The Almighty , Schrift A (Current mastery: Two irises)
• Heart of Chaos (Status: Sealed, Rank: EX)
• Black King Authority: 4 of 4 (Dreaming, Death, The Abyss, Ego)
Stats
• Strength: 994
• Vitality: 344
• Agility: 263
• Health: 290,000 / 290,000 (Regeneration: 1,200 HP every 0.5 seconds)
• Intelligence: 300
• Mana: ∞ (Infinite)
• Demonic Energy: Immeasurable
• Spiritual Power [Damaged]: 150,000 / 150,000 (Refill: 1,200 every 4 seconds)
• Luck: 338 (Lucky Duck effect scaled)
Equipment
• Eye of Mikhail (07-Ghost Version)
• Cavaliere (Devil Arm – Motorcycle Form)
• Force Edge – The Demon Sword Sparda (Sealed)
• Blade of Chaos (God of War version)
• Draupnir Ring of Lucis
• Doom Slayer's Super Shotgun
Artifacts
• Artifact of the Black King (1 of 3 Recovered): [Despair of the Black King] – Chain Handcuffs (located on Kang Woo's left shoulder)
Inventory
• Graces (1 of 4): Sunshine
• 19 Tons of Compound V
• Commandments (4 of 10)
• Portable Forge of the Huldra Brothers
• Emerald Tablet (Faust)
• Incomplete Hōgyoku
Familiar
• Nightmare (DMC 5 Version)
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Makima could only stare, breath shallow. The gulf between them was already crushing—and then the sharp, crystalline Ping cut through the room.
But this time, it wasn't just Kang Woo who heard it. Makima did too. Her eyes widened as the translucent interface shimmered in front of her. Kang Woo had deliberately left his screen visible.
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[System Notification]
Auswählen: 3,556,061 souls fully processed across all parameters.
Quincy King Abilities upgraded: Schufftazel → Father of Quincy.
Congratulations: User now holds authority to create and command his own batch of Schufftazel in the future.
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Makima's breath caught, her mind reeling.
he actually devoured three million souls yesterday. And the result. His power doesn't plateau,. It keeps rising—higher, further, like nothing else on this planet.
Makima's hand pressed against the edge of the table, steadying herself. Her breath came measured, as if she needed that moment just to keep from being swallowed whole by the sheer scale of what she'd seen.
Kang Woo tilted his head, studying her with a faint grin.
"Wow, wow—are you alright?"
Her eyes didn't leave the translucent screen. They glimmered faintly, softer than her usual cold steel.
"I'm alright… it's just—can I see it for a few more moments? It's overwhelming. And… beautiful."
Kang Woo gave a shrug, casual but amused.
"Go ahead. Not like I mind. But—" his smirk flattened, eyes narrowing, "—there's something pissing me off. Not about you. It's this."
His gaze shifted, glaring at the Emerald Tablet—Faust's version—that glowed faintly within the interface. His jaw tightened.
"That thing just… spawned . Which means…" His thoughts sharpened into a growl. That bastard Black King is at it again. Trying to shove his obsession with the Hōgyoku into my hands. push me into completing it faster.
Makima's eyes moved carefully over the glowing screen of Kang Woo's stats. Her brows furrowed, a sharp thought cutting through her composure.
Nearly everything in his parameters is ranked S—some even SSS. And me? The few S-ranks I have came from the Commandment of Piety and the Quincy abilities he implanted into me. They aren't even mine by origin.
Her gaze traced further down the screen, and a soft, incredulous breath escaped her lips. Her mind reeled.
My husband's strength… even when he claims his power is sealed, I'm barely a quarter of it. His mana—truly infinite? His demonic energy—immeasurable? What does that even mean? Does it mean he's carrying something like a planet-sized reservoir of demonic energy inside him?
Makima's gaze caught on something higher—something she had never seen before. Rank EX. Her hand lifted unconsciously, resting against her chin.
I've seen enough RPGs to know—A ranks mean strong, S ranks mean supreme. But EX? And he has not one… but three . In games I've only ever seen S, maybe an SSS in pachinko. Just what kind of measure is this… to be called EX?
Her thoughts circled restlessly. I need this system inside my own head too. If this is what he sees… She hesitated, the thought souring. But is this the Black King's doing? That parasite always clawing at him? If so, do I even want it? Having that thing inside my body would be unbearable. My screen would be locked on my face just like his, day and night.
She let out a quiet murmur under her breath.
"…This is so complicated."
Then her eyes landed on one line of text—and her lips twitched. Soul Dominion: Enchantment × Amplification (Rank: SSS). Higher. Beyond. Exceeding even Kang Woo's vaunted Soul Distribution × Auswählen.
Makima's thoughts trembled with disbelief, caught between amusement and unease.
Really? Me? Surpassing him in this? I've never devoured a single soul in my entire life. All I've ever done is control those beneath me—The magic and Quincy abilities I wield now are only because of Kang Woo. I've never consumed millions. I only witnessed what Auswählen looked like when he unleashed it—the sheer terror of it. Compared to that, the Gun Devil incident was nothing more than a forest fire.
Kang Woo exhaled sharply, irritation roughening his tone.
"Makima, I'm going to let the black shit out again—it keeps pushing at me."
Makima blinked, but her voice stayed calm, curious.
"Ohh… okay. But, Kang Woo, can you tell me first—what exactly does 'EX' mean in rank?"
Before Kang Woo could answer, the floor shifted. A ripple of black goo spilled from his body, pooling into the shape of a man. It hardened, took form—and sat across from them, a mirror-image mockery.
It was Kang Woo's face, Kang Woo's body—but wrong. The sclera of his eyes were black, his irises a cold, flat gray. In dim light, one could mistake them for twin brothers.
The Black King smirked, his voice a rasping echo.
"It means, little chirp of wood, that an EX-ranked ability can blow apart a planet . That's the measure you're staring at."
Makima's eyes narrowed, her lips curling into disdain.
"You sound very satisfied seeing me shocked like this, don't you… black shit."
The Black King's grin widened, sharp and mocking.
"Of course. But let me share something funny. Kang Woo's stats—this system you're gawking at? It's late. Delayed. He consumed too much . The Crimson King hasn't even been fully processed yet."