Back in the present.
Cyn stood motionless, staring at Ramon's opened abdomen—the rat, and the grotesque mark embedded inside his body.
There was a repulsive green mucus coating the area. At the sight of it, Cyn recalled the Scar of Pride. Although it had remained silent for some time after the recent events, it ultimately returned—mocking him as always.
Cyn touched the green mucus.
It was warm.
Despite Ramon having been dead for several days—his body dissected and kept in cold conditions within Cyn's laboratory—this reaction was abnormal. Fortunately, Cyn already knew the reason.
'So he's still pretending…I'll let him be.
Once you enter this place, there is no way out.
Not even for rats like you.'
Cyn smiled and turned away.
According to the Scar of Pride, the Church's classification system for Scar Bearers functioned as follows:
Any living Scar Bearer, as a vessel, was required to obtain the material form of Scar Energy in order to use it in reality.
