From the time Tyler gazed into the giant pair of blazing eyes looking down on him, an overbearing pressure pressed down on him! His heart beat chaotically like it wanted to jump out of his chest, his scalp turned cold and light, and his legs felt weak giving in to a kneel.

That pair of eyes, made him feel like he was an insignificant existence- an ant in the face of a mountain!

The voices in his head had all become intolerable blood-curdling screams that brought the most painful headache!

"Speak Demon!"

"I- I came for the 6-star s-word...ma...manual," Tyler struggled with every breath. Cold beads of sweat had begun forming on his forehead.

"NOOOOOO YOU IMBECILE!!!!!!! WHY DID YOU TELL HIM?!!" the voices all yelled at once. It was a furious yell powered by fear!

Tyler immediately regretted saying what he said, but he also wouldn't dare lie to the unknown existence that was suffocating all the air out of him with its pressure. He felt that those burning eyes could look deep into his soul. Even if he wanted to lie, he couldn't!

"Why would this king grant an abomination his treasures?!" The entity's voice boomed with rage after hearing Tyler's confession.

"YOU DESERVE TO DIE!! BACK TO HADES WHERE YOU BELONG!"

Immediately, all the fire torches that seemed to be hanging in mid-air darkness turned golden along with the flames burning atop them.

The previously cold dark world became a burning infernal as the golden flames rose from the torches, twisting and swirling, making golden flame daggers that numbered in thousands- all pointed at the kneeling Tyler!

-Is this how I'm really going to die?

Tyler smiled helplessly as he watched all the scorching golden flame blades heading towards him with the sharpest of edges. He had nowhere to run to, the blades were everywhere with him as their point of focus. Even if he wanted to run, he couldn't! The pressure those eyes gave him had rendered him immobile. Ramiel had warned him to never let anyone know of his identity as a demon. For every existence that knew about demons was missioned to exterminate them. He just didn't expect to run into one! All his plans were going to be ruined just because he wanted a mere 6-star sword art- how pathetic!

"haaaahhh...At least I stopped the revivalist from getting his hands on the Liber Infernus"

Closing his eyes, he accepted the fact that his life was going to end. But suddenly, the golden flame daggers stopped just an inch from his body!

"What did you say?"

The rage in the entity's blazing eyes had subsided.

Tyler slowly opened his eyes to find that the blades hadn't stabbed him. Instead, those blazing eyes were locked on him with astonishment.

Without wasting a moment, Tyler began explaining like it was the only thing that could save his life.

"Esteemed existence, my name is Tyler Vonstriek- the wielder of the Liber Infernus. I had to wield it otherwise it would fall into the wrong hands. Do you perhaps know of the Liber Infernus?"

The scorching golden flame daggers extinguished into thin air and the pressure that was weighing down on Tyler dissipated. The pair of burning eyes in the air shrunk to normal size and descended as a fire body began materializing around them.

By the time the awe-striking process was done, an illusory flame image of a man with grey hair that fell to the ground was formed.

He looked old yet full of vigor and energy. The only traces that showed he was old were the few wrinkles on his face and long white beard- the rest of his body was as robust as a bodybuilder. He looked like a muscular wizard in a flaming robe.

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Although Tyler was warned against telling anyone about the Liber Infernus, he still decided to try out his luck. He couldn't just let his second life go just like that. It would be even less fulfilling than his previous life!

The flame entity's expression turned solemn as he turned around, stroking his beard and staring into the endless darkness ahead.

"Yes, I know of the Liber Infernus. Your intentions are good. But you are wrong about one thing," The flame entity waved his hand, and the floating torches burned with a flash of greater brilliance.

Slowly the golden flames rose and maneuvered themselves in the form of flame specs that filled the space ahead, twisting and turning together to form flame images.

The flame entity's voice grew several times more solemn, "There are no right hands when it comes to the Liber Infernus,"

When he finished saying that sentence, the flame specs had formed into a bigger version of the Liber Infernus while others formed around the Liber Infernus forming a realistic world with the arcane book resting silently on the ground in it. A man suddenly came and picked up the Liber Infernus lying on the ground and the same thing that happened to Tyler when he first encountered it showed.

"It doesn't matter whether you are good or bad, once you wield this hell book.........."

After the man in the illusory flame images transformed into a demon, Tyler could see him screaming and shouting while clutching his head like he was having the most unbearable headache in the world.

Everything he was watching felt so familiar- it had all happened to him at one point!

Although the display of images was awe-inspiring, Tyler's mind was more occupied with the graveness and calamity the flame entity was trying to insinuate!

"You become the wrong hands!"

The man in the illusory image stopped screaming and his gaze turned several times darker as he stared straight into Tyler's eyes. His eyes had turned a deep shade of golden.

Just looking into that expressionless face and those unfathomable golden eyes, Tyler felt his heart shudder!

The man suddenly leaped into the air and stayed afloat, gazing at the settlements below. With a wave of his hands, every living thing he set his eyes upon perished under his flame. With a wave of his heavy sword, the world came crumbling, mountains leveled, armies destroyed, life extinguished!

The process repeated again but with a different person wielding the Liber Infernus, this time a woman. She also destroyed everything. The same scenes kept on repeating and repeating and repeating with different people in different eras- It was unbearable to watch!

Until the flame specs portrayed an illusory Tyler just standing there in the current era holding the Liber Infernus. It did nothing but just stare at Tyler. It had golden eyes and the same expressionless face as all the other wielders in the images had.

Tyler's heart skipped a beat!

The flame specs scattered and returned to the torches. The flame entity turned around, still stroking his beard wisely.

"It doesn't matter who you are. Once you wield the Liber Infernus- you become evil!"

Tyler's heart was in a disorder after listening to the flame entity. His pupils had shrunk to the size of needle holes as fear plunged into the deepest parts of his soul!

-Is this going to happen to me?!

-Am I going to be the one to destroy the world?!!!!!!!!!!!!

"haaaahhhh......" the flame entity let out a long tired sigh, "To think that the world will now have to face two calamities. One- the infernal architect, while the other- the invasion."

He seemed to be talking to both himself and Tyler.

Tyler was at a loss hearing the flame entity's statement.

-Two ca-calamities!!!!!!!

-Me and- the invasion!!!!!

Tyler had thought that by wielding the Liber Infernus, he would stop the extinction of the human race! But now everything pointed to him- being the one to cause the apocalypse! The voices in his head, the headaches, the partial nail transformations, the sinister temptations! He was going to be a monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-So I will be the one to cause the invasion?!

Tyler's quivering eyes suddenly became firm and steady as a strong resolve manifested in his heart.

"NO!"

His sudden statement slightly surprised the flame entity.

"If I can control myself, then the invasion won't happen right?!" Although it was a question, it sounded more like a firm statement.

"Hohohoho......"the flame entity burst into a peal of bemused laughter, "They all thought they could control their demon nature, but you've seen how it turned out, hohohoho......"

The flame entity's statement made Tyler's resolve sway but it became firm again.

"Besides, even if you can control it, what makes you think you are the one to cause the invasion? The invasion will happen- with the infernal architect or not. The presence of the infernal architect will only speed up the invasion. The Invasion is bound to happen regardless," The flame entity assumed a serious manner as he said that.

-What?!

Tyler's mind walls came crumbling down and his brain fell into a sea of confusion.

Tyler had thought that by wielding the Liber Infernus, he could create a butterfly effect and somehow stop the apocalypse. But now, he was told that it was meant to happen and the Liber Infernus wasn't a deciding factor!

-This changes everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!