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?"

back. His brows furrowed tightly, and his voice

Kevin pointed

has been destroyed because of your actions, and

rang throughout the world as his fists clenched

sacrifice the whole of humanity! What's

words, the grey-eyed

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

"You don't care?"

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

about the fact that because of your actions humanity

"What are you doing?"

words, the grey-eyed figure dully

of his hand, Kevin pressed onto the space next

that I should've done the moment I

Clank.

the shock of the grey-eyed figure, black chains suddenly sprang out from the ground

a while, the grey-eyed figure's face crumbled apart as

do you think you're

he applied, he couldn't move his

just how much of a predicament he was, his voice

did you do to

an amused look on his face. Although he was also on the verge of death, there was a triumphant look on his face as he looked at Kevin and the

it's going to be another

teeth, Kevin proceeded

"khh..."

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

him now, end this now! End it!!!! You know full well that you're the only one that can stop him! What are

grey-eyed figure's words reverberated loudly as he glared intensely in Kevin's direction. A look similar to desperation

always the

step forward, Kevin's feet came to a pause a couple

Clank. Clank. Clank.

the grey-eyed figure became more numerous as his

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

glaring in Kevin's direction, the

this will be enough to

"I don't know."

Kevin shook his head.

for now, you won't be

Spurt—!

suddenly pierced right through his own chest. Instantly,

grey-eyed figure's

"How d—"

away, the world

***

"Haa...haa...."

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

after he realized that he was back in his own

"What just happened?"

out loud as he

"Khhhh..."

groan, he hunched his body over as he felt

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

etched inside of Kevin's brain as recollections of the

out the memories, his

that this was part of the synchronization reward that he had gotten from the previous quest, but

inside of his mind only caused his head to throb even

sweat continued to trickle down the side of

his hands and clenching onto his

"...What should I do?"

***

by and the

spectator's stands, wearing a mask to hide my

it still hurts like

that a few days had passed since the incident, the discomfort that came

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

fence on whether to heal my