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?"

individual interlocked his

How many of those things are possible?…or did you think that everything

male's words powerfully rank inside of the white-clothed ears as he deeply mused over his words

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

male looked at the black-clothed

to say that all of the phenomenons that you have listed are because

"Yes…"

black clothes male exhaled

are able to see status windows, and gain skills is all because of the

some

The white-shirted male asked.

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

responsible for the status windows and the creation

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

back at the individual sitting opposite

sense, you can say that, but at the same time, they

"What do you mean?"

Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, 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

The black-clothed individual paused.

"But what?"

curious about the black-clothed male's

hand, the black-clothed male's tone became

forward, his voice became

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

"What?!"

said those words, the white-shirted male stood

Are

with incredulity as he slowly started to understand the reasoning

are and aren't at the same time, but once you reach a certain level, gaining 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

aid of the table, the white-clothed

no choice but to beat the

"Yes."

replied. Leaning back, he stared upwards and helplessly

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

didn't think like that

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

only things were

black clothes

"Hm?"

the black-clothed male's body jerked towards the right, and a powerful aura swept out of his

"He found me."

in an

"Who found you?"

in the direction where the black-clothed individual was

at him, he

exactly are you looking at, and who found

"The time remnant."

black-clothed male replied, fixing

"The time what?"

the black-clothed

have

"Hey wai—"

it to find you. It's not something you

"What are you—"

the world slowly started to crumble as the darkness

and what remained

***

"Huaaapp"

Kevin took a

"Hufff…huff…"

bedsheets below him were soaked in

when he did, looking around the room and seeing that he was in an unfamiliar place, he forcefully calmed himself down as he

"Where am I?"

be a regular hospital

sorts of equipment appeared,

"Ugh."

onto his head as

what was that

could still vividly remember what he had just

trying to take over them and the only way he can do it is through

head became. It was as though it was trying

He couldn't understand anything.

a fabrication of my imagination?' He thought as he tried to explain the

Ding—!

traction, a familiar chime rang in his head and his system interface showed up

reward : Synchronisation

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