The party wore awkward expressions as the nephilim interrupted himself, presenting two distinct personalities.

  But they didn’t have much time to care as the oppo fpped his wings, shooting projectiles of dark energy in all dires.

  “There are so many!”

  “How are we supposed to dodge this?!”

  “Don’t move! It’s alright!”, calmed Liam his friends.

  Proving their trust the other party members froze in pce, looking at the dark projectiles worriedly.

  “I won’t let you cause any more damage!”

  Pha growled angrily as he fpped his wings once more, shooting bullets of holy light. They traveled at incredible speeds, perfectly crashing into the dark bullets and decimating them.

  Bloody Edge was ih not far from the holy nephilim, staring at the se in puzzlement. He already expected to die at this dista none of the projectiles ever reached the ground.

  “Is this really a boss?”, asked Cye with a chuckle.

  “What a righteous nephilim. Battling against the devil inside his mind! Friends! We o assist him!”

  Radiant Shield felt inspired, looking at Pha with fasated eyes.

  His call came at the right moment as the nephilim’s wings were overtaken by darkness again.

  “I will destroy everything you love!”

  The nephilim spoke with a vicious voice as he nded on the ground, raising his hands above his head. Dark magic gathered, enveloping the entire dungeon in a freezing aura.

  Liam hastily ordered his teammates:

  “Quick, quick! Bring out everything! Cye, throw all your holy grenades!”

  The others were ied by Mirage’s urgency. They used all their skills, hag wildly with their ons.

  A blinding light erupted as Cye began throwing her holy grenades.

  After the third, Pha’s casting got interrupted, sending him stumbling.

  Liam stared at the blond woman in bewilderment:

  “How many of those grenades do you have?”

  “Hm? About ten more or so?”

  “Wha…”

  Liam’s voice became stu his throat, in disbelief of Cye’s luck. Had he known there were so many grenades he would’ve allowed her to use a few during the boss fight.

  “How dare all of you fight back?!

  Do you know what it means to face a devil’s wrath?!”

  “Refresnim! Go back to hell! Your kind doesn’t belong to the nd of the living!”

  “Who are you to decide this, nephilim?! You are closer to my kind than many other races. Why resist me?!”

  “You are not going with the times! Us holy nephilim are righteous fighters, close to the gods!”

  As Pha was arguing with himself, his face suddenly torted, looking as if he had seen something impossible.

  “No! How this be?! Why are you carrying a blessing? Are those disgusting Godspawn pying tricks?! No! No! I don’t! AHH!”

  Patches htly burning holy fmes gradually appeared on the surface of Pha’s body. They gave of a fortable warmth, benevolent towards all of creation.

  However, the present pyers, all inal nephilim, felt a strange flict between attra and disgust.

  This holy fme appeared to be the nemesis of all dark energy. The bck color on Pha’s skin only resisted briefly before melting away, eleg shrill screams from the devilish voice.

  Finally, the holy nephilim stood proudly in the room’s ter, his skin a healthy rosy color, his head tilted slightly upwards with a benevolent smile on his face.

  “Pfff.”

  Suddenly a snort ruihe atmosphere. Cye and Balm pressed their hands on their mouths, tears threatening to e out of their eyes.

  But no one bmed them as the others wore awkward looks as well. No one could avert their eyes from the shining bald head whioeared before them.

  “Brave adventurers. The devil has bee back to hell.

  I hope this will be a lesson to you, teag you a devil’s trickery.

  heless, you acted with righteous iions. I thank you for that.”

  “Hahaha.”

  Mhter escaped Cye’s mouth as she g Bleary Mirage.

  Righteous iions… sure. Totally didn’t know that gem was fake.

  Pha shouzzled expression for a moment befn the otion.

  “Adventurers, I see all of you have a righteous heart. It is not your fault for being born with darkness in your bodies.

  Speak the word and I shall se you of your dark side, weling you among the glorious holy nephilim.

  Together we will serve the gods, assist the godspawn and quell chaos in the world!”

  Listening to the man’s speech, the party was taken aback. Silver Bde frowned as she turowards Bleary Mirage:

  “Does he offer us to ge races?”

  “Yeah. If you accept, you will bee a holy nephilim.”

  “Really?!”

  A discussion immediately broke out. Now that they had a bit of experien the game, they pted the advantages and disadvantages of ging races.

  Naturally, this brought forth other questions:

  “Mirage, we ge to other races as well?”

  “Yes, mostly through items. But there are also quests for some special races. For example, vampires.”

  Suddenly Cye’s and Balm’s eyes lit up.

  “Did you say vampires?”

  “Eh… yes…”

  “Balm, did you hear this?”

  “Yes, we meet vampires! Athletic, pale, handsome…”

  “Maybe one of them falls in love with me. But we ’t be together. So he will be torween biting or fetting. How romantic…”

  “Girls, you’re drooling!”

  Fortune didn’t uand the two girl’s rea as she remihem. Luckily Cye and Balm snapped out of it, looking not o embarrassed.

  “Fortune! Don’t you wish to be held irong arms of…”

  *cough*

  Just as Cye wao vihe tent creator, a loud cough interrupted her. It came from Pha, who spoke in a stern voice:

  “All vampiric creatures are but filth! We holy nephilim are the epitome hteousness. I strongly reend all of you to let me se the darkness in your bodies.”

  The three mages felt a faint pressure directed at them, prompting them to keep their mouths shut.

  Thus, Radiant Shield turowards Bleary Mirage:

  “Mirage, I might want to try it. you reend a good path for me?”

  “You want to remain a tank, right? Why did you even choose inal nephilim in the first pce?”

  “I wao be a hero, Bloody Edge wao be a thief, and Sun’s knight suggested we should all py together.”

  Hearing this, Liam smiled wryly. This was a on story for casual friends but among pro pyers every decision had to be carefully sidered.

  “I see. Then I would reend a ge. Go dowh of a padin, a mix of tank and healer. I think it should suit your pystyle.”

  Radiant Shield showed obvious relief as if getting rid of a burden in his heart.

  “Great. I have loved pying padin in ames. I won’t disappoint you guys!”

  The party members smiled at Radiant Shield, encing him.

  But Liam noticed that Bloody Edge appeared somewhat stiff. Their eyes met in midair.

  [Bloody Edge: Hey, Mirage.]

  [Bleary Mirage: Why are you sending a message?]

  [Bloody Edge: I don’t want to get the NPC’s attention. He’s scary.]

  [Bleary Mirage: Uandable. So, what do you want to ask?]

  [Bloody Edge: Is it possible to bee a dark nephilim? I imagihose will be better for thieves?]

  [Bleary Mirage: I wouldn’t put such high emphasis on races. They have a higher impa stories than on your character. However, there are csses you only pick if you belong to certain races.]

  [Bleary Mirage: Dark nephilim certainly offer advahief csses, but it will be more difficult to py as a group. Holy nephilim also have advahief csses, following a path of illusions. The decision is yours to make.]

  Bloody Edge fell silent, reading Mirage’s messages. He looked at the ground, at his bck clothes.

  His thoughts ed. This was a decisioween pying for fun or being professional.

  The man g his party members. He remembered the duhey had just cleared and the money he would soon earn.

  He balled his fists as he watched Radiant Shield steeping forward as if in slow motion, approag Pha.

  Subsciously Bloody Edge took a step as well. A jolt went through his body as he let out a deep breath.

  Let’s go. I will try my luck! If I fail, I still join Sun’s Knight in college…

  Moving quickly, Bloody Edge arrived before the holy nephilim together with Radiant Shield. The two friends looked at each other:

  “Edge? What are you doing?”

  “ging my race of course. I received a hint that holy nephilim have strong thieves as well.”

  Before Radiant Shield could ask more, Pha interrupted the versation:

  “So, it is only the both of you? A pity. If anyone else decides to embrace the holy light iure, e to find me.”

  With those words Pha held out his hand above the two men’s heads. A golden light erupted.

  Bloody Edge and Radiant Shield closed their eyes, brag for the pain.

  But the game wasn’t unreaso wouldn’t do something like violently stripping the darkness from them.

  After bathing in a golden shower for a few seds, bck steam sizzled, disappearing beyond the ceiling. Pha drew back his hand with a satisfied smile, finishing the process.