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The originally languid Annan, lounging in his chair like a cat, suddenly widened his eyes in a flash.
At first, Annan was just watching with a bystander's curiosity to see how Tan Juan would go about increasing his "equivalence" and by how much.
Earlier, Tan Juan had an epiphany, realizing the shame of lacking firepower despite being a player with ties to the destruction school of magic—he equated "equivalence" with Justice, deciding to devote himself to the path of Justice.
But unexpectedly, not long after he left, someone cursed him.
The curse named "Knot" wasn't complicated, naturally falling within Annan's knowledge.
Although Annan knew the principle of this curse and how to unravel it, he had no intention of informing Tan Juan—because it wasn't the kind of high-level curse that entangles with the soul and is difficult to lift.
The "Knot" series of curses are, at their core, a form of "inhibition."
