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...

Waylan

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

he wasn't sure what his death

somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead,

"Him?"

Waylan from the corner of his eyes, Ren shook

served his uses. His death was

"...What?"

repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he

only after he realized what he said

"What do you—"

"Stop."

before he could vent his anger, a delicate

turning around, Waylan knew who

Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning rage inside

you

by Waylan's unfriendly look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy

brows jumped

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

a problem," Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger

'What do I do?'

and last part

need to worry too

her hand

asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't understand why

mitigate the effects of the

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

exactly sure about what skill he's using,

"I see."

His brows relaxed,

demonic energy? It

towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she fell into deep

opened her

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

don't mean...?" Waylan muttered

knew exactly what Angelica meant by her

"Is Ren perhaps..."

demonic energy revolving around Ren's body had diminished

then waved her hand and collected all of the

not to the point where the demonic

the small threads of demonic energy

demonic energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren suffered a traumatic experience, scarring his mind

Angelica turned her head.

short, Ren's head is

replied Waylan with

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang

guys

done. I'll send you the

We'll start

communication device sounded relieved as it learned of the

way, is everything alright? No one

Di—! Di—!

before Douglas could even finish his

was uncalled for," Waylan

Ren was currently in the right state of mind,

to let them know that Ultruk had

fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint of remorse or emotion

Ren turned around and headed

Clank—!

door behind him, Ren

to be

for Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been

current Ren was making it very

***

Di—! Di—!

at the communication device in his hand with

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

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