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

not known him for long, but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If not for

sure what his death meant

his head and looking at Ren, Waylan asked in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk

"Him?"

the corner of

served his uses. His death

"...What?"

ears as he tried his best to process what Ren had

only after he realized what he

"What do you—"

"Stop."

he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand

Waylan knew who the hand

his head and glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a

do you

unfriendly look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain...

his brows

at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic energy lingering around

said with a

'What do I do?'

part of

to worry

took her hand

do you mean?" Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He

currently using a skill to mitigate the effects of

energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards

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

"I see."

worries. His brows relaxed, the frown

any idea why his brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week since you and he had

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

opened her mouth to

person has inside of their mind. The

Waylan muttered

exactly

"Is Ren perhaps..."

the threads of demonic energy revolving around Ren's

collected all of the

to the point where the demonic energy would

Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated towards her

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

Angelica turned her head.

Ren's head is not in

Waylan with

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

the communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out in

guys done

send you the

We'll

voice behind the communication device sounded relieved as it learned

everything alright?

Di—! Di—!

could even finish his sentence, Ren

was uncalled for," Waylan

was currently in the right state of mind, Douglas

let them know

don't want their morale to fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a

chance to reply, Ren turned around

Clank—!

door behind him, Ren left the

is going to be harder than

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

Ren was making it very

***

Di—! Di—!

in his hand with

Ren to shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially

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