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.

to take

understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

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

Golden runes and words appeared in

too knows how to control

enough, the fist was

moved at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached, it grew steadily larger in the field of my

made contact with me, I would die,

arrive before my very

body, the golden runes and words floating around me

Pak!

reverberated through the air as pressurized

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

powerful that I was pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath

body tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and even though I wasn't in my actual body, I could still

close to the pain my

"You... that power..."

back, and when I looked at the Prince, he looked back

that I was able to use the laws as his

Fwap—

wings, he appeared before me, and my vision

fell on his exposed back, and I reached my palm toward

Pak!

was unfortunate that his reaction was

his body suddenly twisted, and my palm once again came into contact with his

to jerk back again, and my arm

it stopped

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

healed, an enormous amount of mana would be

couldn't let this

Voom—!

fist came hurling

previous times, I didn't

foot against the air, and when the shaking stopped, I found myself

and aimed it at the Prince while

instantly, the area around the Prince began to shatter, and a number of sword streaks

"Argh!"

his body. Despite this, I was

was just

myself once more and pointed my sword his way. The process was the same as before, but unlike before, the sword streaks were faster and more

"Argh!!"

reach him once more, they managed to come closer

and I arrived before the Prince's back. Pointing my sword at him, the space around him shattered once

attacks were relentless, and they grew by the

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

This…

was

arts together, I managed