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

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

what his death meant for the

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

"Him?"

Waylan from the corner

uses. His death was

"...What?"

of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process what Ren

only after he realized what he said that Waylan stood

"What do you—"

"Stop."

a delicate

knew who

Waylan coldly spoke, his voice

do you

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

brows jumped

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

with a troubled look, his anger

'What do I do?'

Ren was not in the right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even harder to achieve, especially

to worry

hand away from Waylan's

Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't understand why Angelica

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

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

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

"I see."

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

get affected by the demonic energy? It

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

while, Angelica opened her mouth to answer

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

muttered in a

stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica

"Is Ren perhaps..."

hand, the threads of demonic energy

her hand and collected all of the

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

sprang forth from Angelica as the

energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here,

Angelica turned her head.

short, Ren's head is

see," replied Waylan with a worried

of them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered it on and

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

long, the communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice

you guys done

I'll send you

We'll start immediately,

device sounded relieved as it learned of the

is everything alright? No

Di—! Di—!

could even finish his

was uncalled for," Waylan

in the right state of mind,

them know that Ultruk

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

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

Clank—!

the door behind him, Ren left

is going to be

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

it very hard for him

***

Di—! Di—!

communication device in his hand

off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with

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