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

but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If not

his death meant

somber tone, "What do we

"Him?"

glancing at Waylan from the corner of his eyes, Ren

served his uses. His death

"...What?"

inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process

he realized what he said that Waylan stood up

"What do you—"

"Stop."

he could vent his anger, a

Waylan knew who

his voice forming a deep contrast

you mean,

demonic energy in his body has started

replied, his brows jumped up in

a closer look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine

Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger previous

'What do I do?'

next and last part

need to worry too

her hand away from Waylan's

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

to mitigate the effects of the

energy lingering outside of Ren's body

what skill he's using, but, at least for now,

"I see."

words eased some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the

to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week since you and he

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

a while, Angelica opened her mouth to

person has inside of their mind. The

don't mean...?" Waylan muttered

knew exactly what

"Is Ren perhaps..."

her hand, the threads of demonic energy revolving around Ren's

all of

not clean, but it's not to the point where the demonic energy would corrode

Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy

someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable.

Angelica turned her head.

is not

see," replied Waylan with a worried

them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar

guys done

done. I'll send you

perfect. We'll start

voice behind the communication device sounded relieved as it learned of

way, is everything alright?

Di—! Di—!

Douglas could even finish his sentence, Ren switched

was uncalled

was currently in the right state of mind, Douglas

them

is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint of

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

Clank—!

him, Ren left the

is going to be harder than I

previous words, Waylan would've been

Ren was making it very hard for him to

***

Di—! Di—!

the communication device in

not expected Ren to shut him off before he could finish speaking.

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