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 his

your 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 access

words powerfully rank inside of the white-clothed ears

attention to

looked at the

phenomenons that you have listed are because of these

"Yes…"

his head, the black clothes

windows, and gain skills is all because of the

some sort

The white-shirted male asked.

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

and the creation of skills, they must be

Placing his hand in his chin, he mused

looked back at the

a sense, you can say that, but at the same

"What do you mean?"

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

The black-clothed individual paused.

"But what?"

asked, curious about the black-clothed male's next

his hand, the black-clothed male's

forward, his voice

to be

"What?!"

those words, the

Are these records a

filled with incredulity as he slowly started to understand the

access to them is not impossible, and that's what the demon king is trying to do…and in order to do that, he must conquer the earth and consume all of the mana in the world so that he can break through to

aid of

we have no choice but to beat

"Yes."

replied. Leaning back, he stared upwards and

not very confident

think like that as

face him? You're the strongest in humanity, the first to break through to , what makes you think that you can

only things

clothes

"Hm?"

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

"He found me."

in an incomparably solemn

"Who found you?"

where the black-clothed individual was staring, but

at him,

are you looking at, and who found

"The time remnant."

replied, fixing the collar of his

"The time what?"

answer, the black-clothed male disappeared from where he

have to

"Hey wai—"

want it to find you.

"What are you—"

white-shirted male could finish speaking, the world slowly started to crumble as the

long, everything disappeared, and what remained

***

"Huaaapp"

straight, Kevin

"Hufff…huff…"

heavy and the bedsheets

for him to fully calm down, and when he did, looking around the room and seeing that he was in an

"Where am I?"

to be a regular

to him, all sorts of equipment appeared, as they repeatedly

"Ugh."

held onto his head as an

what was

was faint, but he could still vividly

and the only way he can do it is through the conquest of the

more Kevin thought about it, the more agonizing the pain in his head became. It was as though

He couldn't understand anything.

of my imagination?' He thought as he tried

Ding—!

could even gain any traction, a familiar chime rang in his

reward :

[Completed.]

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