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?"

His brows furrowed tightly, and his voice

teeth, Kevin pointed

It's completely destroyed! Almost all of humanity has been

powerfully rang throughout the world

whole of humanity! What's the point of killing him when there's

listening to Kevin's words, the grey-eyed

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

"You don't care?"

sprang out of Kevin's body. The hue that sprang out of his body was very faint

don't care about the fact that because of

"What are you doing?"

the

Kevin pressed onto the

that I should've done the

Clank. Clank.

the grey-eyed figure, black chains suddenly sprang

a while, the grey-eyed figure's face crumbled apart as he looked at Kevin who was staring back at

you think

of how much force he applied, he couldn't move his body at all. The mana

just how much of a

you

at the other white figure who was watching the scene with an amused look on his face. Although he was also

like it's going

Kevin proceeded

"khh..."

he could feel his vitality slowly leaving his body. The hue around his body slowly started to

end this now! End it!!!! You know full well that you're the only one that

he glared intensely in Kevin's direction.

the

a pause a couple

Clank. Clank. Clank.

the chains wrapping around the grey-eyed figure

his words couldn't reach Kevin, the grey-eyed figure

his head and glaring in Kevin's direction,

this will be enough to

"I don't know."

Kevin shook his head.

soon. At least for now, you won't be able to do

Spurt—!

pierced right through his own chest.

Kevin, the grey-eyed figure's eyes

"How d—"

Kevin's life slipped away, the

***

"Haa...haa...."

from his bed, Kevin's breathing was ragged as sweat trickled down the side

the place, it was only after he realized that he was back

"What just happened?"

loud as he clenched his

"Khhhh..."

out a groan, he hunched his body

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

as it came, but the sensation was deeply etched inside of Kevin's brain as recollections of the

his mind became a

of the synchronization reward that he had gotten

he had inside of his mind only caused his head

continued to trickle down the side of Kevin's face as

hands and clenching onto his bedsheets,

"...What should I do?"

***

flew by

spectator's stands, wearing a mask to hide my identity, my face flinched

still hurts like

a few days had passed since the incident, the discomfort that came from the damage my soul took

feel as though a large needle

on whether to heal my soul or not, I had