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?"

black-clothed individual interlocked

mind once? How many of those things are possible?…or did you think that everything has come just because of some supreme power out there that has given everyone

of the white-clothed ears as he deeply mused over his words before replying

been paying attention to the demon king, I've never had

white-shirted male looked at the

of the phenomenons that you have listed are because of these so-called

"Yes…"

his head, the black clothes male exhaled

status windows, and gain

some sort of

The white-shirted male asked.

was having trouble understanding what the black-clothed individual was trying to say to him, but

the status windows and the

his head, the black-clothed male didn't say anything. Placing his hand in his chin, he mused

back at the

that, but at the same time, they

"What do you mean?"

in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms. That includes all other races. They are essentially the

The black-clothed individual paused.

"But what?"

curious about the

his hand, the black-clothed male's tone became

his voice

access to them. Or to be more precise, he wants to take control of the

"What?!"

said those words, the white-shirted male stood up

Are these records a physical

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

the demon king is trying to

aid of the table, the white-clothed

no choice but

"Yes."

black-clothed individual replied. Leaning back, he stared upwards and

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

individual didn't think like

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

only things

black clothes male

"Hm?"

the black-clothed male's body jerked towards the right, and a

"He found me."

an incomparably solemn

"Who found you?"

male asked, similarly staring in the direction where

at

you looking at, and

"The time remnant."

fixing the collar of his

"The time what?"

black-clothed male disappeared from where he

I have to

"Hey wai—"

it to find you. It's not something you

"What are you—"

world slowly started to crumble as the

everything disappeared, and what remained was a

***

"Huaaapp"

Kevin took

"Hufff…huff…"

was heavy and the bedsheets below him were soaked in

the room and seeing that he was in an unfamiliar place, he

"Where am I?"

be

all sorts of

"Ugh."

out a groan, Kevin held onto his head as an

was that

could still vividly remember

trying to take over them and the only way he

in his head became. It was as though it was

He couldn't understand anything.

have just been a fabrication of my imagination?' He thought as he tried

Ding—!

familiar chime rang in his head and his system interface showed up in

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