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

he still felt a little bit down about

his death meant

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

"Him?"

from the corner of his eyes,

served his uses. His death was

"...What?"

voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process what Ren had

realized what he said that Waylan stood up in

"What do you—"

"Stop."

before he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand

around, Waylan knew

his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning rage inside

do you mean,

Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in

Waylan replied, his brows

head to take a closer look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic energy lingering around his

said with a troubled look,

'What do I do?'

in the right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even harder to

to worry

took her hand

you mean?" Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't

a skill to mitigate the effects of the demonic energy, but

energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved towards her

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

"I see."

His brows relaxed, the

get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week

extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as

her mouth to answer Waylan's

on the negative thoughts a person has inside

don't mean...?" Waylan muttered in a stunned

knew exactly what Angelica meant by

"Is Ren perhaps..."

of demonic energy

collected all of the demonic energy in the

mind is not clean, but it's not to the

as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated towards her

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

Angelica turned her head.

head is not in the

Waylan

taking out a small communication device from his

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out in

you guys

send you the

We'll start

relieved as it learned of

everything alright? No one

Di—! Di—!

before Douglas could even finish his sentence, Ren switched off

uncalled

currently in the right state of mind, Douglas

had to let them know that Ultruk

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

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

Clank—!

door behind him, Ren left

is going to be

not for Angelica's previous words, Waylan

it very hard for him to remain

***

Di—! Di—!

at the communication device in

finish speaking. Especially not when he was with the representatives

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