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

but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If

wasn't sure what his death

we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead,

"Him?"

glancing at Waylan from the corner of his eyes, Ren

already served his uses. His

"...What?"

of Waylan's ears as

he realized what he said

"What do you—"

"Stop."

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

Waylan knew who the

glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his

do you

Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain... I can

replied, his brows jumped up

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

is a problem," Waylan said with a troubled

'What do I do?'

the next and last part

need to

her hand away from Waylan's

sounding baffled. He couldn't understand

skill to mitigate the effects of the demonic energy, but it's only partially

Ren's body slowly moved towards her direction, connecting to the tip of

he's using, but, at least

"I see."

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

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

the threads of demonic energy continued to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she

her mouth to

feeds on the negative thoughts a person has inside of their mind. The

muttered

knew exactly what Angelica meant by

"Is Ren perhaps..."

of demonic energy revolving around Ren's body

and collected all of the demonic energy in the

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

as the small threads

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

Angelica turned her head.

short, Ren's head is not in the

replied Waylan with a

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out in the

guys

I'll send

We'll start immediately,

relieved as it learned of the mission's

the way, is everything alright?

Di—! Di—!

finish his sentence, Ren

uncalled for,"

that Ren was currently in the right state

let them know that Ultruk had

his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes,

chance to reply, Ren

Clank—!

him, Ren left

be harder than

not for Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been unable to

Ren was making it very hard for him to

***

Di—! Di—!

the communication device in his hand with an

before he could finish speaking. Especially

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