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 my

to understand how they had

"Die!"

Vooom—!

much so that the

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

knows how

bad enough, the fist was extremely

at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached,

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

I waited for it to arrive before my very eyes

and words floating

Pak!

the air as pressurized wind waves spread outward from the point of contact between my palm

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

impact was so powerful that I was pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath us disappeared

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

but it wasn't anything close to the pain

"You... that power..."

back, and when I looked at the Prince, he looked back at me with a startled

was able to use the

Fwap—

his wings, he appeared before

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

Pak!

his reaction was

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

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

trembling lasted several seconds before it stopped and

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

time I healed, an enormous amount of mana

couldn't let this

Voom—!

more, a fist came hurling

unlike the previous times, I didn't counter

body shook as I pressed my foot against the air, and when the shaking

and

Prince began to shatter, and a number of sword streaks appeared

"Argh!"

touched his body. Despite this,

was just

his way. The process was the same as

"Argh!!"

didn't reach him once more, they managed to come

Pointing my sword at him, the space around him shattered once more,

attacks were relentless, and they grew by

drained rapidly with each attack, but at

This…

I was doing right now was

I managed to create the