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

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

wasn't sure what his death meant for

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

"Him?"

the corner of

already served his uses.

"...What?"

of Waylan's ears as he tried his best to process

what he said that Waylan

"What do you—"

"Stop."

a

turning around, Waylan knew who the hand

his voice forming a deep contrast with the burning rage inside of

do you mean,

Waylan's unfriendly look, Angelica pointed at Ren and calmly explained, "The demonic energy in his body has

replied, his brows jumped

was only then that he noticed fine threads of demonic energy lingering

with a troubled look, his anger previous

'What do I do?'

the right condition, the next and last part of

to worry too

hand away from Waylan's

Waylan asked, sounding baffled. He couldn't understand

mitigate the effects

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

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

"I see."

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

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

energy continued to extend towards her fingertips, Angelica's

a while, Angelica opened her mouth to answer

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

mean...?" Waylan muttered in a stunned

stupid. Waylan knew exactly

"Is Ren perhaps..."

the threads of demonic energy revolving around

her hand and collected all of the demonic energy

clean, but it's not to the

black hue sprang forth from Angelica as the small

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.

short, Ren's head is not in the right

replied Waylan

a small communication device from his pocket, Ren powered it on and quickly got

Vrrr—! Vrrr—!

vibrating and a

guys

I'll send

We'll

sounded relieved as it learned of

the way, is everything

Di—! Di—!

his sentence, Ren switched off the communication

uncalled for,"

in the right state of mind, Douglas was asking an

had to let them

morale to fall. Answering his question is detrimental." Ren spoke while staring into

to reply, Ren turned around and headed

Clank—!

the door behind him,

going to be harder than I

Waylan would've

was making it very hard for him

***

Di—! Di—!

at the communication device in his hand with

he could finish speaking. Especially not when he was with the

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