The Author's POV

Pitch black darkness enveloped the world

"I've always been meaning to ask, but if the demon king manages to take over earth, what are you planning on doing?"

A voice suddenly resounded throughout the nothingness.

"What? Are you thinking that I'll just go run to some other planet?"

Another voice replied back.

"Will you not?"

"…if only things were as simple as that."

The voice cracked a little.

Unprecedented bitterness and sadness hid beneath the voice as the veil hiding the obscured figure trembled slightly.

"I-I…haaa, it's not possible."

He muttered.

Obviously finding it hard to continue speaking about the topic.

"What do you mean it's not possible? If we truly can't defeat the demon king, don't you think we should just ditch this place?"

The other voice asked, with a mix of confusion and curiosity hidden beneath his words.

"Just get the people you are close with and teleport somewhere far away. Away from the demon king's reach. I know you have the mean—"

Smack—

But before the voice could finish speaking, the loud sound of something smacking sounded.

The sound was reminiscent of a hand smacking against a flat surface.

Following the smacking sound, the other obscured raised his voice.

"I've tried alright! Everything that you can think of, I've tried! I have fucking tried it all! None of it works! It's impossible!"

His voice boomed throughout the voice as every one of his words was mixed with helplessness and desperation.

One could also feel the little bit of madness hidden deep within it.

"Curb that thought of your mind. There is no escaping the demon king! Unless we defeat him, we're all fucked!"

His last words powerfully rang throughout the void.

"Haaa...Haa...I-i'ts impossible."

The voice muttered with heavy breaths.

Following this, a brief moment of silence ensued as neither of the two figures spoke.

Then, the veil that was obscuring the two figures slowly started to fade, revealing two individuals on the opposite end of a wooden table.

One was standing, while the other sat down.

The one standing was wearing elegant black clothes while the one sitting was wearing a casual white T-shirt.

Even though the veil faded, the faces of the two figures were still obscured. Making it impossible to discern the identity of the two individuals speaking.

Leaning back a bit, crossing his arms, the white shirt individual broke the silence.

"…what do you mean tried? The demon king has not even ascended yet. You make it sound as though you have tried this before."

The black clothes male's body froze for a second before he quickly waved his hand.

"You're thinking too much."

He then sat down and stared at the other individual opposite of him.

Taking a moment to choose his words carefully, the black-clothed figure finally managed to calm down a bit.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he started to explain the reason for his previous outburst.

"The reason why I'm saying that it's impossible to defeat the demon king once he conquered earth, is because by then, he will break through the world limits and finally gain to access the Akashic records."

Placing the palm of his hands on the table, the white-shirted figure was taken aback.

"The Akashic records?…What in the world are you talking about?"

Raising his hand, and touching his forehead, the black-clothed male thought for a moment. Then, instead of answering the question, he asked one.

"Have you ever wondered why we are able to see status windows? How we are able to gain access to skills, or where mana comes from?"

interlocked

possible?…or did you think that everything has come just because of some supreme power out there that has given everyone access to skills

white-clothed ears as he deeply

had thoughts but because I've always been paying attention to the demon king, I've never

looked at the

trying to say that all of the phenomenons that you have listed

"Yes…"

black clothes male exhaled

windows, and gain skills is

records some sort of

The white-shirted male asked.

the black-clothed individual was trying to say to him, but he continued

for the status windows and

male didn't say anything. Placing his hand in his

up, he looked back at the individual sitting

can say that, but at the same time, they are

"What do you mean?"

thoughts, words, mana, skills, emotions, and intents that have ever occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms. That includes all other races. They are essentially the record of

The black-clothed individual paused.

"But what?"

asked, curious about the black-clothed

the black-clothed male's tone became

forward, his voice became

to gain access to them. Or to be more precise, he wants to

"What?!"

words, the white-shirted male stood up in

Are these

as he slowly started to understand the reasoning behind the black-clothed

a certain level, gaining access to them is not impossible, and that's what the demon king is trying to do…and in

with the aid of the table,

choice but to beat the demon

"Yes."

black-clothed individual replied. Leaning back, he

king is incredibly powerful...I'm not very confident

think like that as he

you think you can't face him? You're the strongest in humanity, the first to break through to , what makes you think

only things were

black clothes male

"Hm?"

the right,

"He found me."

an incomparably

"Who found you?"

male asked, similarly staring in the direction where

at him,

looking at,

"The time remnant."

black-clothed male replied, fixing the

"The time what?"

the black-clothed male disappeared from

have

"Hey wai—"

I don't want it to find you. It's not

"What are you—"

could finish speaking, the world slowly started to

long, everything disappeared, and what remained was a chilling

***

"Huaaapp"

Kevin took a

"Hufff…huff…"

bedsheets below him

around the room and

"Where am I?"

be a regular hospital

to him, all sorts of equipment appeared, as

"Ugh."

head as an agonizing

what was

still vividly remember what he had just

king is trying to take over them and the only way

became. It was as though it was trying to

He couldn't understand anything.

He thought as he tried to explain the

Ding—!

rang in his head and his system interface showed up in front of

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