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

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

he wasn't sure what his death meant for the upcoming

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?"

from the corner of his

already served his uses.

"...What?"

of Waylan's ears as he

was only after he realized what he

"What do you—"

"Stop."

vent his anger, a delicate

turning around, Waylan knew

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

you

Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic

brows

Ren, it was only then

said with a troubled look,

'What do I do?'

and last part of the plan would be even harder to achieve,

need to

her hand away

Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't

effects of the demonic energy, but it's

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

using, but, at least for now, he

"I see."

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

by the demonic

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

while, Angelica opened her

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

Waylan muttered

stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant by

"Is Ren perhaps..."

the threads of demonic energy

collected all of the demonic

the point where the demonic energy

sprang forth from Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated towards

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

Angelica turned her head.

is not in the

see," replied Waylan

talking about, taking out a small communication device

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out in

guys

done. I'll send you

perfect. We'll start

sounded relieved as it learned of the mission's

is everything alright? No one

Di—! Di—!

even finish his

uncalled

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

them know that Ultruk had

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

giving Waylan a chance to reply, Ren turned

Clank—!

the door behind him, Ren left

be harder than I

previous words, Waylan would've been

very

***

Di—! Di—!

in

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

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