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'”!

that they both heard a subtle cracking sound coming from the core below them. The fluctuations ran even more wildly, and a thick black tangible energy began to spread outwards

almost as if it was frozen in time. Following this,

"Brace yourselves!"

out as his robes fluttered widely

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

Then, the explosion happened.

BOOOOOOOOM'”!

thunderclap, a deafening sound

out from the core at unprecedented speeds, spreading throughout the whole barrier that was surrounding it. The energy that was spreading out from the sphere was so strong that it could've easily reduced

"Hueeeek!

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

others, nothing needed to be said as they quickly dropped like

it, how fucking

bigger the burden he and Mo Jinhao bore.

was the

Crack'”!

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

Mo Jinhao's face became

Crack'”!

and more cracks started to

"Shit!"

as blood started to flow down from his nostrils. Turning towards Mo Jinhao, he

what should we do? At this rate, the barrier won't hold out

"...I know."

barrier, seemingly having come up with a decision, much to Tasos's surprise,

expression flashed across

would have to

Mo Jinhao inhaled deeply.

and raising both 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

OMMM'”!

staff in the 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 glow

formed, the previous barrier completely broke apart, and the remaining

previous barrier managing to absorb a lot of the energy from

like an immortal, Mo Jinhao suddenly clenched his hand

"Contract."

towards the surroundings, and the red barrier rapidly contracted. Sweat dripped down from the side

seconds, the barrier contracted until it was the size

"Come."

ball quickly flew into the sky up above. Staring at the ball in the sky, blood

'”Spurt!

mouthful of blood startling everyone near

"Vice-Leader!"

"Don't come..."

as the others were about to approach him to make sure he was okay, Mo Jinhao raised his hand to

"I'm f'”Huaak!!"

his head in the air. Once he

"Release."

BOOOOOOOOM'”!

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

the apocalypse

cleared up, and once

one spoke as absolute silence

"D-id we do it?"

Tasos who stared at the sky with utter

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

'”Spurt!

sound of blood splurting

"Vice-leader."

help, Mo Jinhao looked extremely frail, as it looked as though he

are you okay? Is everything

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

as he descended towards the ground with

offered Mo Jinhao to sit down, but he promptly rejected. Turning around and staring at the scene,

you to ask someone to report to me the losses that we've incurred from this ordeal, and..." Pausing,

weakened, and severely injured, as he spat those words, Tasos and

"U-understood"

around the Monolith to get an approximate idea of what had happened. They also checked the cameras and surveillance system to

members of the Monolith

already managed to calculate the losses they incurred as well

much weaker than the likes of them, he had

before them, he politely bowed

have

"Thank you."

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

losses are heavy. Almost half of the building is destroyed, and we've lost a major part of our force. The estimated damage is around 10

looking through the file, Mo Jinhao

approximate loss of

twenty-five A ranks, and over a hundred

"I see..."

the area. After a while, Mo Jinhao's face stopped towards

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mouthful

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