The Author's POV

It all happened so fast that Prince Konjak was unable to react in time. Before he knew it, the world turned upside down and he caught a glimpse of his body.

At first, he was confused, but he soon came to a sudden understanding of what had transpired, and his body quickly shattered into the air.

"Haa...haa…"

As he vigorously gulped for air, the region directly below his neck began to wiggle, and a new body materialized. The transformation took place almost instantly, and Prince Konjak had no trouble getting around in his new body once it was complete.

'That was close.'

Clenching and unclenching his fist several times, Prince Konjak finally sighed in relief.

Everything seemed to be working properly.

'It's good that he didn't hit my core.'

Had that been the case… he probably wouldn't still be alive.

"…You lived."

A voice laced with what seemed to be pity drifted in the air, and Prince Konjak raised his head. His expression twisted at the sight of the figure above him, and he channeled all of his demonic energy.

"Count yourself unlucky."

Prince Konjak muttered as the demonic energy around him became tangible.

In a matter of seconds, a domain of demonic energy formed around his body. Once it expanded and reached a certain range, at the clench of the Prince's fist, the domain contracted, entering the Prince's body.

His body began to expand at an alarming rate, and his figure began to tower over the landscape, casting a shadow on the ground below.

"You had one chance to kill me…"

His tone became more profound, and the amount of energy he radiated became ten times stronger. The world was completely taken over by his presence, and the space around him warped and distorted.

"…but you failed, and therefore your one and only chance disappeared."

He clenched his fist and shifted his weight to the back of his body. As he concentrated as much demonic power as he could into his fist, the air around it burst into fragments, and he ground his teeth together.

"Now…"

Releasing all of the energy that was contained within his fist, he thrust his fist forward while shouting.

"Die!"

BOOOM—!

***

'I missed… what a pity.'

There I went and wasted my one and only chance to get rid of him quickly.

Normally, I'd be bummed out, but at the moment, I didn't particularly feel like that. In fact, I would've probably been more disappointed if he had died that fast.

I wouldn't be disappointed if he died because he was too weak; rather, I'd be disappointed because his death would've been too fast.

wanted to take

to understand how

"Die!"

Vooom—!

my way. It was fast and powerful. So much so that the space around the fist shattered,

around me lock, halting my movements. Golden runes and words appeared in my vision and encircled my entire

knows how to control

enough, the fist

was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable

single glance that if the fist made contact with me, I would die,

fist, I waited for it to arrive before my very eyes

the laws within my body, the golden runes and words floating around me shattered, and I brought my

Pak!

sound reverberated through the air as

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath

but I did feel my entire body tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and even though I wasn't in my

painful, but it wasn't anything close to the pain

"You... that power..."

attention back, and when I looked at the

to use the

Fwap—

wings, he appeared before

on his exposed back, and I reached my palm

Pak!

was unfortunate that his reaction was so

to reach for his back when his body suddenly

back again, and my arm to shake as a result

it stopped and my

bones would've shattered by now. It was a good thing that I

enormous amount

couldn't let this

Voom—!

more, a fist came hurling in

times, I didn't counter attack, and instead

the shaking stopped, I found myself several hundred meters away from where I had

I unsheathed my sword from the sheath and

to shatter, and a number of

"Argh!"

soon as they touched his body. Despite this, I

just the

way. The process was the same as before, but unlike before, the sword streaks

"Argh!!"

reach him once more, they managed

Pointing my sword at him, the

attacks were relentless, and they grew by

rapidly with each attack, but at the same time, I started gaining

This…

was

together, I managed to create the perfect sword