The Author's POV

Chapter 281

"Haaa...haaa...khaaa!"

Slumping on the ground, I greedily breathed in the oxygen in the air. Blood dripped on the ground as I bled from all of the orifices on my face.

'Damn it, that was no joke'

An ranked individual's pressure was no joke. For a brief moment of time, I thought that I was going to die just from his stare alone.

Fortunately for me, he was too far from where I was. By the time he had arrived, I was already long gone.

Still, just the recollection of the pressure he emitted made me tremble in fear.

It was scary.

"Khh"

Groaning, I lifted my head and looked around.

"Haaa, guess things worked out."

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Once I looked up, I realized that this was the same room as before, the private portal room. Thanks to the Monolith ring that I had taken from Luther, I was able to teleport to this room.

The room was still the same as I had left it, as the portal was ready to go.

'Thank god, things worked out.'

Although I could've used this portal to create an explosion, had I done so, I wouldn't have been able to escape.

Supporting myself with the aid of the wall, I weakly stood up. Staring at the portal, my heart was surprisingly calm.

I was just one step away from freedom, something that I had been wishing for the past eight months. Yet, at the crucial moment, just when I was about to take a step towards freedom, to my surprise, rather than feeling excited or happy, I felt extremely calm.

Perhaps it was because of all of that happened during the past eight months, or because of the scare I just got, but I wasn't particularly excited about my escape.

It felt as though this was the outcome that was supposed to happen.

"hmm?"

Disrupting me out of my calm was a sudden fluctuation. The fluctuation was so strong that the ground started to shake.

"Shit, the core is about to explode."

Realizing the urgency of the situation, I decided to hurry up.

I wasn't necessarily worried about someone coming to get me since by now the others were busy trying to contain the explosion, but even then, judging from the ripple just now, the portal was about to explode any minute now.

For my own good, it was better to leave before it exploded.

"Huuu..."

Moving towards the portal, I took a deep breath. Turning back, and staring in the direction of where the general portals were, I raised my hand and flipped my middle finger.

As I did, I swore out loud.

"The explosion is only a little taste of what will come in the future you fuckers!"

For what they've done to me these pasts eight months, I swore to myself that I would do anything within my power to destroy them.

That was a promise.

Glancing in the direction of where the energy was coming from for the last time, I turned around and stepped into the portal.

Once again, a strange feeling hit me, and my body slowly disappeared.

SHUUUUA'”!

Finally, I was free.

***

At the same time.

"Damn it."

Standing in the sky, Mo Jinhao cursed out loud. His ashen grey colored eyes coldly stared at the portal in front of him. In the middle of it was a core that emitted tremendous ripples of energy that spread throughout the distance, dying the sky in the color black.

Kacha'”!

Suddenly, black lightning bolts crackled around the core, as the fluctuations started to intensify. As the fluctuations intensified, Mo Jinhao's face couldn't help but change as even he felt threatened by the energy that was being emitted by the core.

Lowering his head, he looked at Tasos next to him.

"Tasos, inject more mana."

"I'm trying."

Tasos replied back as the hue revolving around his body intensified.

Crack'”!

from the core below them. The fluctuations ran even more

tangible energy that was being emitted from the core stopped mid-air, almost as if it was frozen in time. Following this, the energy rapidly compressed together into the core before, deathly

"Brace yourselves!"

out as his

barrier in front of him, a majestic aura sprang out from his body. Following him, multiple different auras sprang up, with Tasos's energy being the most powerful of

Then, the explosion happened.

BOOOOOOOOM'”!

thunderclap, a deafening sound

spreading throughout the whole barrier that

"Hueeeek!

Jinhao's face paled rapidly as the mana inside of his body quickly depleted itself. Next to him, Tasos was not doing much better

the others, nothing needed to be said as they quickly dropped like flies and spat

how

Tasos couldn't help but curse out loud. The more people fainted the bigger the burden he and Mo Jinhao bore. To make matters worse, he

was the

Crack'”!

Tasos heard a slight cracking sound coming from the barrier. A horrified look appeared

back at him, Mo Jinhao's face became

Crack'”!

Following this, more and more cracks started to appear

"Shit!"

down from his nostrils.

this rate,

"...I know."

barrier, seemingly having come up with a

expression flashed across

would

Mo Jinhao inhaled deeply.

hands, terrifying energy suddenly erupted from his body, completely dying the sky in the color red. Then, clenching his fists, the red glow contracted rapidly until a large red staff

OMMM'”!

air, he lightly tapped it in the air. It was a seemingly simple tap, yet, the moment he tapped with the staff in the air, the space around it started to collapse as a red

formed, the previous barrier completely broke apart, and the

energy from the explosion,

like an immortal, Mo

"Contract."

barrier rapidly contracted. Sweat dripped down from the side of

barrier contracted until it was the size of a football. Inside of it,

"Come."

into the sky up above. Staring at the ball in the sky,

'”Spurt!

spat out a mouthful of blood startling everyone near

"Vice-Leader!"

"Don't come..."

to make sure he was okay,

"I'm f'”Huaak!!"

of blood, Mo Jinhao weakly raised his head in the air. Once he could no longer see

"Release."

BOOOOOOOOM'”!

terrifying explosion rang out. Clouds and wind surged as the explosion occurred, completely enveloping the sky in flames. The ground trembled uncontrollably, and staring at the scene from below, it

the apocalypse

before the sky cleared up, and once again the warm

at the sky from below, no one spoke as

"D-id we do it?"

was Tasos

recalled the explosion that had just occurred. The energy that came from it made him tremble in fear.

'”Spurt!

sound of blood splurting on the ground. Turning

"Vice-leader."

next to Mo Jinhao and supported him with his body. Accepting Tasos's help, Mo Jinhao looked extremely frail, as

are you okay? Is everything

"I'm...cough...cough...fine."

he descended towards the

promptly rejected. Turning around

from this ordeal, and..." Pausing, Mo Jinhao's face twisted savagely. "I want you to tell

as he spat those

"U-understood"

approximate idea of what had happened. They

members of the Monolith

half an hour, they had already managed to calculate the losses they incurred as well as found out the identity of the individual responsible for the

Mo Jinhao and Tasos, was a tall middle-aged man. Although he was much

bowed and handed

we have completed

"Thank you."

the report from the individual's hands, Mo Jinhao's cold eyes swept through the reports. As he was reading, the individual

Almost half of the building is destroyed, and we've lost a major part of our force.

the individual speaking whilst looking through the

the approximate loss

S ranks, twenty-five A ranks, and

"I see..."

a while, Mo Jinhao's face stopped towards a certain file. Glancing at

Tell me

swallowing a mouthful of

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