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 in

bit down about his

sure what his death meant for

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

"Him?"

glancing at Waylan from the corner of his

served his uses.

"...What?"

cold voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to

what he said that Waylan stood up

"What do you—"

"Stop."

could vent his anger, a delicate white hand

turning around, Waylan knew who

glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning

do you

"The demonic energy in his body has

brows jumped

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

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

'What do I do?'

and last part

no need to worry too

hand

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

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

the threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body

exactly sure about what skill he's using, but, at least

"I see."

eased some of Waylan's worries. His

started to get affected by the demonic

towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed

a while, Angelica opened her mouth

inside of their

Waylan muttered in a

exactly what

"Is Ren perhaps..."

her hand, the threads of demonic energy revolving around

then waved her hand and collected all

not clean, but it's not to the

Angelica as the

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

Angelica turned her head.

is

replied Waylan

the things the two of them were talking about, taking out a small

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

long, the communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice

guys

done. I'll send you the

perfect. We'll start

sounded relieved

everything alright?

Di—! Di—!

before Douglas could even finish his sentence, Ren

was uncalled for," Waylan

was currently in the right state of mind, Douglas was asking an important

to let them know that

is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into

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

Clank—!

door behind him, Ren left the

to be

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

very hard

***

Di—! Di—!

in his hand with an

could finish speaking. Especially not when he was

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