The Author's POV

Chapter 359

Voooom—

"Haaa...haaa..."

Stumbling out of the portal, before I could even catch my breath, I forcibly raised my hand and pointed at the portal disc underneath the ground.

"...Quickly change the coordinates of the portal before they get here."

If we could enter the portal, so could they.

"On it."

Being the last one that stepped out of the portal, Waylan immediately bent down and twisted the bottom-half of the portal, changing its coordinates.

Click! Click! Click!

After twisting the bottom half of the portal three times, the mana in the air finally stopped gathering towards the portal. Only then did we relax.

"Shit..."

Waylan cursed as he slumped down on the ground. His already pale face paled even more, and his body trembled.

"You okay?"

I asked, leaning by the side of the wall.

"khhh..."

A groan suddenly escaped my mouth as a head-splitting pain coursed through my brain.

'W-What the-?!'

The pain was so strong that my mind blanked for a brief moment.

"Hey, Ren, are you okay?"

Waylan worriedly asked as he moved towards me, reaching his hand out in support.

"Don't touch me."

"Wha-?!"

Smacking Waylan's hand away, I weakly stood up.

'...It...hurts!'

"Khhh..."

A throbbing, constant, and unrelenting pain coursed through every area of my head as I had difficulty breathing.

The pain was so unbearable that for a split second I had thoughts of ending myself. Flashbacks of what happened back at the Monolith replayed inside of my head repeatedly, threatening to eat away at my sanity.

But before things got to that point, using the last shred of sanity within my body, I activated Monarch's Indifference.

Instantly, the moment I activated Monarch's Indifference, my emotions dulled. Although the pain remained, most of the negative thoughts disappeared from my mind.

***

"Ren...?"

Waylan carefully called out as he looked at Ren who was standing opposite of him.

Ever since reappearing from the portal, he had been acting weird. He looked to be in extreme pain, but that did not last for long, as he soon calmed down.

"Ren, are you okay?" Waylan carefully asked once more, his concern only increasing.

"I'm fine." Ren emotionlessly replied as he turned to face his direction.

"I see, I'm glad."

'He must be tired.'

Waylan didn't think too much of Ren's sudden switch in behavior.

They had just been through a lot. They had almost died, and Ultruk had lost his life...

Ultruk, Waylan sighed in

little bit down about his death. If not for him, they would've all been dead

his death meant for the

looking at Ren, Waylan asked in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead, do

"Him?"

from the corner of

his uses. His

"...What?"

cold voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process what Ren

what he said that

"What do you—"

"Stop."

could vent his anger, a

Waylan knew who the hand belonged

glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming

you mean,

unfriendly look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body

his brows jumped up in

Ren, it was only

a troubled look, his anger

'What do I do?'

the next and last part of the plan

to

hand away

baffled.

the effects of the demonic

threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards her direction, connecting to the tip of

using, but, at least for now, he is

"I see."

His brows

have any idea why his brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been

towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as

her mouth

negative thoughts a person has inside of their mind. The darker someone's thoughts,

mean...?" Waylan muttered

exactly what Angelica meant by

"Is Ren perhaps..."

her hand, the threads of demonic energy

all of the demonic

to the point where

forth from Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated towards

their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren suffered a traumatic experience, scarring his mind quite

Angelica turned her head.

short, Ren's head is not

Waylan with a

and uninterested in the things the two of them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang

guys

send you the

We'll

voice behind the communication device sounded relieved as it learned of the mission's

way, is everything alright? No

Di—! Di—!

finish his sentence, Ren switched

uncalled for," Waylan

was currently in the right

had to let them know that Ultruk

question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring

a chance to reply, Ren turned around and headed out of the

Clank—!

behind him, Ren left

be

Waylan would've

it very hard for him to remain

***

Di—! Di—!

looked at the communication device in his

shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255