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 take

understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

way. It was fast and powerful. So much so that the space around the fist shattered, and the

movements. Golden runes and words appeared in my vision and encircled my

he too knows how to control

wasn't bad enough, the

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

fist made contact with me, I would die, but I did not feel

I waited for it to arrive before my

runes and words floating around me

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

so powerful that I was pushed back several meters, and

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

close to the pain

"You... that power..."

voice brought my attention back, and when I looked at the Prince, he looked back at

the

Fwap—

before me, and

time my vision returned, my gaze fell on his

Pak!

unfortunate that his

back when his body suddenly twisted, and my palm

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

several seconds before it stopped and my arm returned to

shattered by now. It was a good thing that I

time I healed, an enormous amount of mana would be

couldn't let

Voom—!

fist came hurling in my

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

when the shaking stopped, I found myself

my sword from the sheath and aimed it at the Prince while pointing

Prince began to shatter, and a number of

"Argh!"

attacks disintegrated as soon as they touched his body. Despite

just

my foot against the air 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

"Argh!!"

they didn't reach him once more, they managed to come closer than in the previous

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

and they

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

This…

doing right now was a result of

all three arts together, I managed