The Author's POV

A red sky enshrouded the world.

Rubble and debris appeared everywhere as corpses and limbs sprawled all over the ground.

Absolute silence enshrouded the world.

"Haa...haa..."

Breaking the silence was the sound of someone's rough breathing echoing throughout the space.

White hair, dull grey hair, and a presence that completely enshrouded the world. A man stood on top of a broken building.

With his right hand missing, and a long scar tracing down his well-built body, the man coldly looked towards the distance.

There laid a figure who had similarly colored white hair and red eyes.

With black blood seeping down from his mouth, and his body laying down on a broke building, the figure blankly stared toward the sky as a cruel smile sprung up on his face.

"...It's no use, you won't be able to kill me."

His playful words rang throughout the world as he proceeded to raise his hand.

The moment he raised his hand, the world seemed to have come to a standstill as demonic energy gathered towards the palm of his hand, forming a small ball the size of a basketball.

"Stay put."

But before the black orb could fully form, the white-haired figure with dull grey eyes, raised his hand and motioned it in a downward manner.

Crack. Crack.

As though gravity had been warped, cracks formed beneath the red-eyed figure as his body crushed against the ground hard as a crater formed beneath him.

Even though the force of the impact was huge, the red-eyed figure remained completely unfazed as he gazed in the direction of the grey-eyed man.

The smile on his face only deepened.

"...Stop with your useless struggle. I've already won."

"Shut up."

The grey-eyed figure replied as the area him pulverized into bits.

Whilst this was happening, standing not so far from the two figures was a male with jet-black hair and crimson red eyes. He was none other than Kevin.

Holding onto the left side of his arms, he dully looked at two figures before him. Then, turning his head he looked at the world around him.

Devastation.

Wherever his eyes looked, all he saw was pure devastation as the world he once knew had been turned into nothing but a desolate place. Recalling the memories of how the world was in the past, Kevin stumbled a couple of steps.

Having fought a terrifying battle for the past couple of days, he was on the verge of death, and right now the only reason he was even able to move was because of the effects of [Overdrive] which was slowly eating away at his life-span.

'H...how did things turn out like this.'

He thought as he slowly moved towards the two figures.

As he was walking forward, sensing his presence, the grey-eyed figure turned to look in his direction as he coldly muttered.

"Your turn."

With the palm of his hand motioned downwardly, he kept the other figure in check. However, it was painfully obvious to Kevin that his power wasn't enough to contain the other figure for long as his hand slowly started to shake more and more.

"What are you waiting for, end him."

The grey figure once again said. His voice sounded a little bit more rushed this time.

Turning his head to glance in the red-eyed figure's direction and then looking towards his surroundings, Kevin's lips trembled.

"I...is this the outcome that you wanted?"

"What are you talking about?"

replied back. His brows furrowed tightly,

his teeth, Kevin

world. It's completely destroyed! Almost all of humanity has been destroyed because of your actions, and

powerfully rang throughout the world as his

the whole of humanity! What's the point of killing him when there's no one left? What's the fucking

listening to Kevin's words, the grey-eyed figure

"...Because I don't care."

"You don't care?"

body was very faint and almost invisible, but the pressure that came out of

fact that because of your

"What are you doing?"

his words, the

of his hand, Kevin pressed onto the space next to him and

done

Clank. Clank. Clank.

grey-eyed figure, black chains suddenly sprang out from the ground beneath him clasping onto his

the first time in a while, the grey-eyed figure's face crumbled apart as he looked at

you think

to move his body, but regardless of how much force he applied, he couldn't

how much of a predicament he was, his voice

you do

white figure who was watching the scene with an amused look on his face. Although he was also on the verge of death,

looks like it's going to be another

teeth, Kevin proceeded to ignore

"khh..."

vitality slowly leaving his body. The hue around his body slowly

it!!!! You know full well that you're the only one that can stop him! What are you

reverberated loudly as he glared intensely in Kevin's direction. A look similar to desperation flashed across his face as he shouted those

the same with

to a pause

Clank. Clank. Clank.

he walked, the chains wrapping around the grey-eyed figure became more numerous as his

grey-eyed figure stopped shouting. His face which was originally cold dulled

in Kevin's direction, the grey-eyed figure

this will be

"I don't know."

Kevin shook his head.

we will find out soon. At least for now, you won't be able to

Spurt—!

pierced right through his own chest.

at Kevin, the grey-eyed figure's eyes grew

"How d—"

away, the world turned

***

"Haa...haa...."

ragged as sweat trickled

only after he realized that he was back in his own

"What just happened?"

as he clenched his chest

"Khhhh..."

his body over as

'W...what's going on?!'

sensation was deeply etched inside

out the memories, his mind

knew that this was part of the synchronization reward that he had gotten from the previous quest, but he couldn't quite understand what exactly had

his mind only caused his head to throb even

continued to trickle down the side of

clenching onto his bedsheets,

"...What should I do?"

***

quickly flew by and

mask to hide my identity, my

it still hurts

the incident, the discomfort that came from the damage my soul took was still affecting me

time it would feel as though a large needle pricked through my heart, sending shivers all over

on whether to heal my soul or not, I had to