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 sighed in

still felt a little bit down about his death. If not for him, they

fact, he wasn't sure what his death meant

asked in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now that Ultruk is dead, do we have to

"Him?"

from the corner

uses. His

"...What?"

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

what he said

"What do you—"

"Stop."

could vent his anger, a delicate white hand touched

turning around, Waylan knew

glaring in her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning rage inside

do you mean,

explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain...

replied, his brows jumped up in

it was only then that

with a troubled look, his

'What do I do?'

not in the right condition, the next and last part of the plan would be even harder to

need to worry too

her hand away from

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

a skill to mitigate the effects

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

what skill he's using,

"I see."

eased some of Waylan's worries. His

brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been

to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed as she fell

her mouth to answer Waylan's

inside of their mind. The darker someone's thoughts,

Waylan muttered in

knew exactly what Angelica meant by her

"Is Ren perhaps..."

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

all of the demonic energy in the

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

the small threads

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

Angelica turned her head.

short, Ren's head is not in the right

replied Waylan

and uninterested in the things the two of them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang

guys

send

perfect. We'll

communication device sounded relieved as it learned of the mission's

is everything alright? No

Di—! Di—!

could even finish his sentence, Ren switched off the communication

uncalled for,"

right state of mind, Douglas was asking an

had to let them know

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

Waylan a chance to reply, Ren turned around and headed out

Clank—!

him,

going to be harder

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

Ren was making it very hard for him to remain

***

Di—! Di—!

looked at the communication device in his

to shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when

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