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

bit down about his death.

his death meant for the upcoming

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

"Him?"

the corner of his eyes,

his uses. His death

"...What?"

as he

he

"What do you—"

"Stop."

could vent his anger, a delicate white

knew

his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning rage inside

do you

explained, "The demonic energy in his body

his brows

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

a troubled look, his

'What do I do?'

the right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even harder to achieve, especially since Ultruk

need to worry too

her hand away from Waylan's

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

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

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

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

"I see."

words eased some of Waylan's worries. His brows

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

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

her mouth to answer

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

don't mean...?" Waylan muttered

exactly what

"Is Ren perhaps..."

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

her hand and collected all of the demonic energy

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

Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated towards her

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

Angelica turned her head.

Ren's head is not in the

Waylan with a worried

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang

guys done

send you the coordinates

perfect. We'll start immediately,

relieved as it learned of

is everything

Di—! Di—!

before Douglas could even finish his sentence, Ren

was uncalled for,"

in the right

them know

fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint

reply, Ren turned around and

Clank—!

the door behind him,

going to be harder

Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been

very hard for him

***

Di—! Di—!

looked at the communication device in his hand with an

could finish speaking.

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