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?"

brows furrowed tightly, and his voice became

teeth, Kevin pointed towards the

has been destroyed because of your actions, and yet, you don't

rang throughout the world as

the sake of killing him! You decided to sacrifice the whole of humanity! What's the point of killing him when there's no one left? What's the

words, the grey-eyed

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

"You don't care?"

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

the fact that because of your actions humanity is on

"What are you doing?"

words, the

Kevin pressed onto the space next to him and

I should've done the moment

Clank.

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

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

you think

grey-eyed figure tried to move his body, but regardless of how much force he applied, he couldn't move

a predicament

did you

Although he was also on the verge of death, there was

looks like it's going to be another

proceeded to ignore

"khh..."

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

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

words reverberated loudly as he glared intensely in Kevin's direction. A look similar

always the same

step forward, Kevin's feet came to a pause a couple of meters away from the

Clank. Clank. Clank.

figure became more numerous as his

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

and glaring in Kevin's direction, the

will be enough to

"I don't know."

Kevin shook his head.

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

Spurt—!

through his

Kevin, the grey-eyed

"How d—"

moment Kevin's life slipped away, the

***

"Haa...haa...."

bed, Kevin's breathing was ragged

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

"What just happened?"

muttered out loud as

"Khhhh..."

out a groan, he hunched his body over

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

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

out the memories, his

of the synchronization reward that he had gotten from the previous quest, but he couldn't quite understand

mind only caused his

couple of times, sweat continued to trickle down the side of Kevin's face as a

his hands and clenching onto his bedsheets,

"...What should I do?"

***

flew by

spectator's stands, wearing a mask to hide

still hurts like

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

large needle pricked through my heart, sending shivers

the fence on whether to heal my