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

to understand how

"Die!"

Vooom—!

much so that the

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

he too knows how to control the

that wasn't bad enough, the fist was extremely

of Chronos] active, the fist that was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and as

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

it to arrive before my very eyes

golden runes and words floating around me shattered, and I brought my hand

Pak!

loud smacking sound reverberated through the air as pressurized wind waves spread outward from the point of contact between my palm

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

I was pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath us disappeared entirely,

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

painful, but it wasn't anything close to the

"You... that power..."

my attention back, and when I looked at the Prince,

genuinely surprised by the fact that I was able to use the

Fwap—

appeared before me, and my vision

vision returned, my gaze fell on his exposed back, and I

Pak!

was unfortunate that his reaction was so

palm was about to reach for his back when his body suddenly twisted, and my palm once again came

of the impact caused my body to jerk back again, and my arm

it stopped and

that I wasn't in my physical body, but at the same time, I knew

I healed, an enormous amount of

let

Voom—!

a fist came

time, unlike the previous times, I didn't counter attack,

shook as I pressed my foot against the air, and when the shaking stopped, I found myself several

the sheath and aimed it at the

the area around the Prince began to shatter, and a

"Argh!"

attacks disintegrated as soon as they touched his body. Despite this, I was

just the

once more, I distanced 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!!"

managed to come

sword at him, the space

attacks were relentless, and they

inside of my body drained rapidly with each attack, but at the same time, I

This…

was doing right now was

three arts together, I managed to create the perfect sword