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

a little bit down

what his death meant for

looking 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?"

Waylan from the corner of his eyes, Ren shook

his uses.

"...What?"

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

he realized what he said that Waylan stood

"What do you—"

"Stop."

before he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand

around, Waylan knew

her direction, Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming

you mean,

Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has

his brows jumped up

a closer look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic energy

a troubled look, his anger previous subsiding

'What do I do?'

condition, the next and last part of the plan would be

no need to

hand away

asked, sounding baffled. He

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

Ren's

he's using, but, at least

"I see."

His brows relaxed, the frown disappearing

by the demonic energy? It has only been a week since you and he

extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's brows furrowed

while, Angelica opened her mouth to answer

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

mean...?" Waylan muttered in a

wasn't stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica

"Is Ren perhaps..."

hand, the threads of demonic energy revolving around Ren's body

all of the demonic energy in the

it's not to the point

Angelica as the small threads of demonic energy agglomerated towards

quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren

Angelica turned her head.

is not

see," replied Waylan with a

in the things the two of them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

long, the communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out

guys

send

We'll start immediately,

voice behind the communication device sounded relieved as

everything

Di—! Di—!

could even finish his

was uncalled for," Waylan

Ren was currently in the right state

had to let them know that

spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes,

Ren turned around and headed out of the

Clank—!

the door behind him, Ren left the

to be harder than

previous words, Waylan would've been unable to stay

Ren was making it very hard for

***

Di—! Di—!

in his hand with an awkward

expected Ren to shut him off before he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with

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