The Author's POV

"Cut my throat, slash my body, cut my limbs… I can't die."

Dark Servant was a skill that consisted in creating a body made out of pure mana. Being a skill, so long as there was mana supplying the skill, the Dark Servant was technically invincible.

Unless the user ran out of mana, or the mana was directly cut off, there was simply no way to kill Ren.

…but that was the thing.

Ren's body was being sustained by his other self, a fact that weighed heavily on him.

Each time he died, he took the mana from the other him who was fighting against Jezebeth. He was invincible, but at the same time, his actions held a considerable weight on the outcome of the real fight that was taking place.

As Ren stood there, his body slowly regenerating, his thoughts raced.

He knew that he couldn't allow himself to die again like before. While he couldn't see how the situation between his other self and Jezebeth was unfolding, he knew that his death could have made the situation a lot more difficult for his other self.

"Hmm."

Ren's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the Prince's voice.

"So you can't be killed, huh?"

The Prince's words gently traveled through the air, reaching Ren's ears. When Ren looked down, he was met with a smile.

"You can't die, but can you kill me?"

The Prince asked. The smile on his face deepened as he looked around him. He no longer looked as lost as he did before.

"I can tell that you're here to get me, but will you really be able to kill me? I've already got a grasp of your strength. Just like I can't kill you...you can't kill me. I'm sure you can tell that too."

The Prince looked up, his gaze meeting with Rens once more.

"So that gives rise to the question. What are you doing here? Are you perhaps trying to stall for time? Perhaps keep me in check while others are―"

"Stall for time?"

Ren's cold words echoed within the air, cutting the Prince's words. Raising his head and letting the raindrop fall on his face, his mouth parted open.

"Keep you in check?"

He muttered again; the water beneath him split apart, and water particles flew in the air.

The space around him started to distort massively as his figure suddenly vanished from the spot, reappearing right before the Patriarch of the Envy Clan.

Appearing right in front of him with his sword pointed at Prince Murdock's brows, Ren's face distorted to an unbearable degree, and his voice raised.

"Why?!"

Rumble―! Rumble―!

body flickered with a white light as demonic energy and mana sprouted out of

his figure started to change. Right then, the projection of a huge sword appeared from within the space itself, coming out in a rapid manner until its full

Woom! Woom!

fluctuated at the power held within the sword, and Prince

"T, this power..."

Ren coldly gazed at

depleting at a faster rate than it was replenishing, but even so,

result was a power that was far beyond

didn't care as black threads floated out from his body and merged against the sword in the sky. The pressure that came out of

Rumble―! Rumble―!

hand soon relaxed, and

.

.

.

his mouth,

"Fall."

***

"Hmm, what's wrong? "

thick between

calm smile on Jezebeth's face belied the

and Ren was hurled through the air, crashing through an invisible film that shattered like glass and

Boom―!

appeared was peaceful and serene, but it was short-lived as Ren crashed into the

down at Ren with a cocked head, studying

pillars, but now that I look at you…" he said, his arms extending out as he chuckled. "…I think you've shot yourself in the foot. Not only is your mana rapidly depleting, but it looks

feeling the effects of the battle taking its toll on him. His entire body was sluggish, and the mana inside of his body was

understood that he didn't have much time

any sign of emotion, even as Jezebeth extended his

am, completely unharmed and yet to use my full strength. From the looks of things, I was worried

but in reality,

could he

than anyone else and had died at his

the universe who could actually make him fear something,

wonder what

he didn't know what it was. That uncertainty

Crack! Crack! Crack!

that stabbed at him. But Jezebeth was too quick, shattering the swords with a wave of his

his finger passed right through Ren's figure, which turned out to be an

"You sure run fast."

smile before knocking on the air to his right

Bang―!

into the verdant world below. Jezebeth approached

this isn't the full extent of your

finish his sentence as he thought

right, you couldn't be

and revealed a different world entirely. The impact of the strike was

BOOM―!