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

bit down

his death meant for

and looking at Ren, Waylan asked in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead, do we have to

"Him?"

the corner of his eyes, Ren shook his

uses. His

"...What?"

repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process what Ren had

only after he realized what he said that Waylan stood

"What do you—"

"Stop."

vent his anger, a delicate

turning around, Waylan knew who the

in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a

you mean,

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

his brows

closer look at Ren, it was only then

Waylan said with a troubled look, his

'What do I do?'

next and last part of the plan would

no need to worry too

her hand away from

do you mean?" Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't

mitigate the effects of the

of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved

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

"I see."

some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed,

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

towards her

Angelica opened her mouth to

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

mean...?" Waylan muttered

stupid. Waylan knew exactly what

"Is Ren perhaps..."

demonic energy

and collected all of the demonic energy in

is not clean, but it's not to the point where the

sprang forth from Angelica as the small threads of demonic

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

Angelica turned her head.

head is not in the right

replied Waylan with a worried

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out in

guys done

send you the

We'll start

relieved as it

is everything

Di—! Di—!

could even finish his sentence, Ren switched off

uncalled

knew that Ren was currently in the right state of mind, Douglas was

let them know that Ultruk

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

Waylan a chance to reply, Ren turned around and headed

Clank—!

behind him, Ren left

to be harder

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

very hard for

***

Di—! Di—!

communication device in his hand with an awkward

to shut him off before he could finish

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