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

but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If not for him, they would've all been dead by

what his death meant

we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk

"Him?"

corner of

served his uses. His death

"...What?"

voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried

what he

"What do you—"

"Stop."

he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand touched him

knew who the hand

coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning rage

do you mean,

demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain...

Waylan replied, his brows jumped

look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic

with a troubled look, his anger previous

'What do I do?'

condition, the next and last part

need to worry too

took her hand away from Waylan's

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

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

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

not exactly sure about what skill he's using, but, at least for now, he is

"I see."

His

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

continued to extend towards her fingertips,

Angelica opened her mouth to

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

Waylan muttered in a stunned

stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant

"Is Ren perhaps..."

the threads of demonic energy revolving around Ren's body had diminished

and collected all of the demonic energy in

not to the point where the

black hue sprang forth from Angelica as the small threads of

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

Angelica turned her head.

is not in the right

Waylan

were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

stopped vibrating and a familiar

you guys

send

perfect. We'll

sounded relieved as

everything alright? No one died,

Di—! Di—!

his sentence, Ren switched

uncalled for,"

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

them know that

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

Ren turned around and headed out

Clank—!

him, Ren left

be

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

current Ren was making it very hard for him to

***

Di—! Di—!

the communication device in

had not expected Ren to shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was

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