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 they had

"Die!"

Vooom—!

It was fast and powerful. So much so that the space

lock, halting my movements. Golden runes

he too knows how

bad enough,

an

from a single glance that if the fist made contact with me,

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

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

Pak!

as pressurized wind waves spread outward from the point

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

powerful that I was pushed back several meters,

tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and even

but it wasn't anything close to

"You... that power..."

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

I was able to use the laws as his

Fwap—

wings, he appeared before me, and my

his

Pak!

his

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

my body to jerk back again, and my arm to shake as a result of the

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 time, I knew that my

I healed, an enormous amount of mana would

couldn't let this

Voom—!

more, a fist came hurling

I didn't counter attack,

the air, and when the shaking stopped, I found

the sheath and aimed it at the

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

"Argh!"

as soon as they touched his body. Despite this, I

was just

distanced myself once more and pointed my sword his way. The process

"Argh!!"

they didn't reach him once more, they managed

Prince's back. Pointing my sword at him,

were relentless, and they

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

This…

right now was a result

arts together, I managed to create the perfect