The Author's POV

Chapter 801

'I hope he saw the message.'

Reminding myself of a certain demon with pink hair, I shook my head. My preparations were almost done.

All I needed were the conditions.

"Huuuh."

I looked around me while taking a deep breath.

The silence was deafening.

It was the only thing that filled the air. No sound of cars passing by or people chatting in the distance.

It was just me, standing there in the middle of an empty street.

I looked around, taking in the desolate landscape. The buildings were empty, and the only thing the occasional sound of a cart moving would reach my ears. It probably came from the little people that chose to remain back on Earth.

While there weren't many, their numbers weren't little.

Chirp! Chirp!

"I guess I'm not entirely alone."

I bitterly smiled at the thought. Apart from the few people that chose to remain, the animals were still here.

"You look pitiful."

A sudden voice brought me out of my thoughts, and when I turned my head, I was startled to see a familiar figure that bore a striking resemblance to myself, standing in the middle of the road.

His gaze indifferently fell on me.

"Why are you wondering aimlessly like that?"

"I was just looking at my surroundings."

I made up an excuse on the spot. To be honest, I actually was wandering around aimlessly, but I didn't want to admit it.

Not to him, at least.

"Should you be looking at your surroundings given the situation that you're in?"

"…No."

I shook my head.

Given that I only had half a year, and I wasn't even close to Jezebeth's level, I probably shouldn't have been roaming around the streets like I was doing now.

"You think you can beat Jezebeth with your current mentality?"

"Why are you grilling me all of a sudden?"

From the moment he appeared, he started asking me question after question. What was he doing? When did he suddenly start to care?

"Shouldn't you be hiding in some corner, muttering how you want to die and that I'm stopping you from doing that?"

I glanced at his hands and feet, which were no longer bound by chains.

"Let me tell you this, I am no longer stopping you from achieving what you wanted to achieve. Do whatever you want."

a bit ticked

Many times, I tried to change his mind and help

attention to his behavior, but now that he was finally free and could achieve

was this guy up

"…"

was

"You're a petty man."

"…"

left eye twitched. I visibly felt

know we're the

"No."

He shook his head.

aren't the same," he continued, "What we've experienced and what we've been through… we're completely different people at this point. You may look like me, and you

just an inferior copy

"No."

his gaze settling over my body. Although I was uncertain, for

the most perfect version of

***

to Gervis and Brutus. They overlooked the city from the building they were in,

you think? Do you think

little closer in order to get a better view of the city. It was a

"It's not impossible."

her gaze away from the city. Extending her hand, three marble sized cores of different hues appeared

ranked cores.

were her

contained was absurd

other elven forces, and she had never gotten

begin the

a deep breath, moving away from the glass pane

a faint hum

a glance before she reached out to grasp

a dimly

at least, that was what they seemed

- thick, black, and snaking across the floor in a chaotic mess. They seemed to

an otherworldly sheen over everything in the

screens and projections. Holographic images flickered and danced in the air, forming intricate patterns

quite a lot

front of her. She was rather surprised

what the dwarves had built, she didn't think it was to this

feel rather complicated, but at the same time, she

"Come here."

moved toward one

this where

small slot on the machinery. It was a smooth concave dent and

"Yes."

his fingers dancing across the piece of machinery in front of

Beep―! Beep―!

moved, the machinery came to life, and the

in and out of the room, and the roaring sound of an engine reverberated throughout. It startled Maylin, who took a step back and looked at the machine

the core

was only after she heard Gervis's words that she snapped out of it and did as she

machine, she took out one of the ranked cores

and

Cr… Crack.

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