The Author's POV

'Aren't they overreacting a little?'

The way the three of them were looking at Octavious was rather odd. It was as if they were staring at some sort of god.

'I wonder what reaction they'll have when I do the same...'

I was just about to do that when I suddenly stopped and my eyes opened wide.

'Why does his body possess the Akashic Laws… and why can I feel them?'

My gaze was fixed on the murky white substance that was enveloping Octavious. It gave me a very familiar feeling.

Boom—!

I put very little pressure on the ground as the area beneath me began to collapse into a crater. When I looked up, Octavious was staring at me with a blank expression on his face.

The strength he was exerting was indeed rank, but the most shocking part was the white mist that was covering his body.

It made his power soar all the way toward rank.

Boom—!

He wasn't a man of many words.

Arching his back, he threw a fist my way, splitting the air in the process. I took a look down at his approaching fist, and then I punched out with the same level of strength as he had.

…I needed to get a better grasp of his strength and the white mist that was covering his body. I had a feeling that I was about to unearth a very big secret.

The aftermath of our two fists colliding was anything but beautiful. The warehouse collapsed, completely destroying the ground beneath it.

Octavious showed a surprised look at the fact that I was able to block the attack and threw another fist. I retaliated in kind.

Booom—!

I took a few steps back and stared at my hand, which was covered in a cloudy white substance. For some reason, in that collusion, small parts of it entered my body.

'This power…'

I wasn't wrong. This was indeed the Akashic law, and my eyes couldn't help but widen at the realization.

'Why does Octavious have this sort of power? …Shouldn't it just be Kevin who can wield such power?'

The more I reflected on it, the more concerned I became about the situation. Things were going in a direction that was completely outside my expectations.

"Is this really all you have?"

Octavious's voice rang from behind me, and I felt a powerful blow land on the right side of my abdomen. Shortly after, my vision blurred, and I seemed to have crashed against the remains of the warehouse.

Despite that, I was in no major pain. If anything, my heart hurt after seeing the state that my warehouse was in.

I slowly stood up and patted my body clean.

'Damned bastard.'

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from a great distance away. The ground began to shake, and the air began to twist. The entire plain was thrown into disarray just from the aftershocks caused by the collision between the

the barrier that surrounded the place, Edward was afraid that their

my life did I believe that someone

I should be

***

fist coming closer to my face. I ducked my head to

his stomach,

surrounding it before was even thicker. When I clenched and unclenched my fist, I could feel that I had some degree of control

'Why is that?'

Kevin had planned

as I stared at the newfound power, I felt that the more I fought against Octavious, the more

Octavious before taking a step forward. I was in front of him in a matter of seconds, at which point I threw a

Boom—!

his own punch, but in the end, he was the

'There it is!'

Octavious and I parted ways, that was when I noticed a thin white thread

'Fascinating...'

happening, Octavious's face, which had been expressionless up until that point, became a

powerful? This shouldn't be possible? I… I thought they told me there was no one else capable of

I was making slow but steady progress toward a better comprehension of the mystery that Kevin wanted me

"Who is this they?"

him once more. As soon as he saw me, his foot came flying toward my face, but I was easily able to avoid it while lightly kicking

more I touch him, the more I can control

dumbfounded by the fact that I was gradually absorbing the hazy white that was enveloping Octavious and that he also appeared to be displaying an increasing number of