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

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

what his death meant for the

looking at Ren, Waylan asked in a somber tone, "What do we do

"Him?"

corner of his eyes, Ren shook his

served his uses. His death was

"...What?"

ears as he tried his best to process what

he said that

"What do you—"

"Stop."

could vent his anger, a delicate

Waylan knew who the

her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast with

do you

Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in

Waylan replied, his brows jumped

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

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

'What do I do?'

and last part of the plan would be

need to worry too

hand away from

Waylan asked, sounding baffled.

using a skill to mitigate the effects of the demonic

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

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

"I see."

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

affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a

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

opened her mouth

feeds on the negative thoughts a person has inside of their mind. The darker someone's

mean...?" Waylan muttered in

knew exactly

"Is Ren perhaps..."

of demonic energy revolving around Ren's body

collected all of the

to the

Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated

for demonic energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is

Angelica turned her head.

short, Ren's head is not in

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 it on and quickly got in

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

stopped vibrating and a familiar

you guys done

I'll send you the coordinates

perfect. We'll start

communication device sounded relieved as it learned of

is everything alright? No one

Di—! Di—!

Douglas could even finish his sentence, Ren switched off the

uncalled for," Waylan

in the right state of mind,

had to let them know

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

a chance to reply, Ren

Clank—!

door behind him, Ren left the

is going to be harder than

Waylan would've been unable

was making it very hard for him to

***

Di—! Di—!

device in his hand with an

before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with the representatives from the

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