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

wanted them… to understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

much so that

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

knows how to control the

wasn't bad enough, the fist was

[Eyes of Chronos] active, the fist that was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached, it grew

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

arrive before my very eyes before finally

body, the golden runes and words

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

was pushed back several meters,

me, but I did feel my entire body tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and even though I wasn't

wasn't anything close to the pain my main

"You... that power..."

and when I looked at the Prince, he looked back

that I was able to use the laws as his eyes

Fwap—

he appeared before

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

Pak!

his reaction

to reach for his back when his body suddenly twisted,

back again, and my arm

lasted several seconds before it stopped and my arm returned to

It was a good thing that I wasn't in my physical body, but at the same time, I knew that my actions were undermining my other

enormous amount of

couldn't let this

Voom—!

came hurling in my

time, unlike the previous times, I

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

from the sheath and aimed

shatter, and a number of sword streaks appeared all around

"Argh!"

soon as they touched his body.

just

process was the same as before, but unlike before, the sword streaks

"Argh!!"

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

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

were relentless, and they grew by

inside of my body drained rapidly with each attack, but at

This…

was a result of

managed to