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 sighed

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

wasn't sure what his death

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

"Him?"

from the corner of his eyes,

served his uses.

"...What?"

of Waylan's ears as he

realized what he said that Waylan

"What do you—"

"Stop."

he could vent his anger, a delicate white hand touched him on the

around, Waylan knew who the hand

Waylan coldly spoke, his voice forming a deep contrast

you mean,

at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain... I

Waylan replied, his brows

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

Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger

'What do I do?'

part of the plan would be

no need to

took her hand away from

Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't understand

effects of

threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly moved

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

"I see."

His brows relaxed, the

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

to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's

opened her

inside of their mind. The darker someone's

mean...?" Waylan muttered in a stunned

wasn't stupid. Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant

"Is Ren perhaps..."

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

all of the demonic

the point where the demonic energy would corrode

forth from Angelica as the small threads of demonic

energy to corrupt someone quickly. It is when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren suffered a traumatic experience, scarring his mind quite

Angelica turned her head.

is not in the right

Waylan

them were talking about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket,

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang

guys

send you the

We'll start immediately,

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

is everything alright?

Di—! Di—!

his sentence, Ren

uncalled for," Waylan

Ren was currently in the right state of mind, Douglas was asking an important

had to let them know that Ultruk

don't 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

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

Clank—!

door behind him, Ren left

to be harder than I

previous words, Waylan would've been unable to

current Ren was making it very hard

***

Di—! Di—!

looked at the communication device in his hand with an awkward

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

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