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 became even

teeth, Kevin

a look at the world. It's completely destroyed! Almost all of humanity has been destroyed because of your actions, and yet, you don't seem

the world as his fists

What's

to Kevin's words, the

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

"You don't care?"

body was very faint and almost

care about the fact that because of your actions humanity is on the verge of

"What are you doing?"

his words, the grey-eyed

palm of his hand, Kevin pressed onto the space next

should've done the

Clank.

chains

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

do you think

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

how much of a predicament he was, his

did you

with an amused look on his face. Although he was also on the verge of

like it's going

his teeth, Kevin proceeded to

"khh..."

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

this now! End it!!!! You know full well that

intensely in Kevin's direction. A look similar to desperation flashed across his face as

always the same with

one more step forward, Kevin's feet came to a pause a couple of meters away from the grey-eyed

Clank. Clank. Clank.

grey-eyed figure became

Kevin, the grey-eyed figure stopped shouting.

glaring in Kevin's direction, the

will be enough

"I don't know."

Kevin shook his head.

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

Spurt—!

pierced right through his own

Kevin, the grey-eyed figure's eyes grew

"How d—"

life slipped away, the world turned white

***

"Haa...haa...."

ragged

place, it was only after he realized that he was back in his own room that

"What just happened?"

out loud as he clenched his chest

"Khhhh..."

body over as

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

was deeply etched inside of Kevin's brain as recollections of the vision flashed

the memories, his mind became a

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

caused his head

to trickle down the side of Kevin's face as

onto his bedsheets,

"...What should I do?"

***

flew by and the

stands, wearing a mask to hide my identity, my face flinched from

it still hurts like

since the incident, the discomfort that came from the damage my soul took was

it would feel as though a large needle pricked through my heart, sending

the fence on whether to heal my soul or not, I had to endure the