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

understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

fast and powerful. So much so that the space around

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

knows how to control the

that wasn't bad enough, the fist

the fist that was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached,

contact with me, I

waited for it to arrive before

within my body, the golden runes and words floating around me

Pak!

a loud smacking sound reverberated through the air as pressurized wind waves spread outward from the

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

pushed back several meters, and the

the aftermath of the attack, and even though I wasn't

close to the pain my main

"You... that power..."

and when I looked at

I was able to use the

Fwap—

he appeared before me, and my vision

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

Pak!

his reaction was

back when his body suddenly twisted, and my

to jerk back again, and my arm to

before it stopped and my

had this been my real body, my bones would've shattered by now. It was a good thing that I wasn't in my physical body, but at the same

I healed, an enormous amount of mana would

couldn't let

Voom—!

fist came hurling in

previous times, I didn't counter

as I pressed my foot against the air, and when the

my sword from the sheath and

to shatter, and

"Argh!"

his body. Despite

just the

The process was the same as before, but unlike before, the sword streaks were faster and more powerful than

"Argh!!"

managed to come closer than in

my foot again, my vision blurred, and I arrived before the Prince's back. Pointing my sword at him, the space around him shattered once more, and more and more sword streaks

attacks were relentless, and they grew

rapidly with each attack, but

This…

I was doing right now was

three arts together, I managed to create the perfect