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...

about Ultruk, Waylan sighed

felt a little bit down

fact, he wasn't sure what his death meant for the upcoming

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

"Him?"

glancing at Waylan from the corner of his

his uses. His death

"...What?"

ears as he tried his best to process what Ren

he said that

"What do you—"

"Stop."

he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand touched him on the

around, Waylan knew who the hand

spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast

do you mean,

Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain...

Waylan replied, his brows jumped up in

take a closer look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic energy lingering around

Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger previous subsiding

'What do I do?'

in the right condition, the next and last part of the

to worry too

hand

mean?" Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't understand why

a skill to mitigate the effects

her hand forward, the threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's

about what skill he's using, but, at

"I see."

eased some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the frown disappearing from his

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

threads of demonic energy continued to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's

opened her

negative thoughts a person has inside of their mind. The darker

mean...?" Waylan muttered in a

stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant by

"Is Ren perhaps..."

threads of demonic energy revolving around

waved her hand and collected all of the demonic energy

but it's not to the point where the

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

is when their mind is unstable.

Angelica turned her head.

Ren's head is not in the right

see," replied Waylan with

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

long, the communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out in the

guys done

send you the coordinates

perfect. We'll start immediately,

relieved as it learned of the mission's

everything alright? No one died,

Di—! Di—!

his

was uncalled for,"

currently in the right state of mind, Douglas

to let them

their morale to fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while

a chance to reply, Ren turned around and headed

Clank—!

him, Ren

be

Waylan would've been unable

it very hard for him to remain

***

Di—! Di—!

device in his hand

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

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