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 sighed in

him for long, but he still felt a little bit down about his death. If

his death meant for the

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

"Him?"

at Waylan from the corner of his eyes, Ren

served his uses.

"...What?"

cold voice repeatedly rang inside of Waylan's ears as he tried

he said that Waylan stood up in

"What do you—"

"Stop."

anger, a delicate white hand

Waylan knew who the

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

do you mean,

look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has started corroding his brain... I can feel

his brows jumped

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

Waylan said with a

'What do I do?'

next and last part

need to worry too

her hand away from Waylan's

sounding baffled.

skill to mitigate the effects of the demonic energy,

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

what skill he's using, but, at least for

"I see."

eased some of Waylan's worries. His brows relaxed, the

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

the threads of demonic energy continued to extend towards her

opened her

person has inside

mean...?" Waylan muttered

Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant

"Is Ren perhaps..."

demonic energy

waved her hand and collected all of the demonic energy in

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

Angelica as the small threads of

when their mind is unstable. Prior to coming here, Ren suffered a

Angelica turned her head.

Ren's head is not

Waylan with

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

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

the communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar voice rang out

you guys

send you the

We'll start immediately,

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

the way, is everything alright? No

Di—! Di—!

before Douglas could even finish his

was uncalled for," Waylan

right

them

Ren spoke while staring into Waylan's eyes, not a hint

Ren turned around and headed out of

Clank—!

behind him, Ren

be harder

not for Angelica's previous words, Waylan would've been unable

making it very

***

Di—! Di—!

communication device in his hand with an awkward

he could finish speaking. Especially not

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