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

not known him for long, but he still felt a little bit down about his

wasn't sure what his death meant

asked in a somber tone, "What do we do now, Ren? Now

"Him?"

the corner

served his uses. His death was

"...What?"

of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to

he realized what he said that Waylan

"What do you—"

"Stop."

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

knew who the

his voice

you

unfriendly look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in

replied, his brows

look at Ren, it was only then that he noticed

Waylan said with a troubled look, his anger previous

'What do I do?'

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

need to

took her hand away

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

skill to mitigate the effects of the demonic energy, but

forward, the threads of demonic energy lingering outside of Ren's body slowly

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

"I see."

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

have any idea why his brain suddenly started to get affected by the demonic energy? It has only been a week since

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

her mouth to answer

feeds on the negative thoughts a person has inside

mean...?" Waylan muttered in a

Waylan knew exactly what Angelica meant

"Is Ren perhaps..."

hand, the threads of demonic energy

her hand and collected all of

clean, but it's not to the point where

the

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

Angelica turned her head.

is not in the right

replied Waylan

about, taking out a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered it on and quickly got in contact

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

communication device stopped vibrating and a familiar

guys done

send

We'll start immediately,

the communication device sounded relieved as it learned of the

the way, is everything alright? No one

Di—! Di—!

even finish his sentence, Ren switched off

uncalled for,"

the right state of mind,

let them

while staring into

to reply, Ren turned around

Clank—!

him,

is going to be

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

it very hard for him to

***

Di—! Di—!

looked at the communication device in his hand

could finish speaking. Especially not when he was

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