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—!

headed my way. It was fast and powerful. So much so

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

too knows how

enough, the

at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached, it grew steadily larger in

from a single glance that if the fist made contact with

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

body, the golden runes and words floating around me shattered,

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

back several meters, and the sand beneath us disappeared

that the force didn't hurt me, but I did feel my entire body tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and

it wasn't anything close to the pain my main

"You... that power..."

when I looked at the Prince, he looked back at

able to use the laws as his eyes shook fiercely. But he was quick to

Fwap—

wings, he appeared before me, and my

gaze fell on his exposed back,

Pak!

his reaction was

was about to reach for his back when his body suddenly twisted, and my palm once again came into contact with his

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

it stopped and my arm

was a good thing that I wasn't in my physical body,

an enormous amount of mana

couldn't let this

Voom—!

came hurling in my

I didn't counter attack, and instead

foot against the air, and when the shaking stopped,

I unsheathed my sword from the sheath and aimed it at the Prince

around the Prince began to shatter, and

"Argh!"

soon as they touched his body. Despite this, I was not unhappy

was just the

more, I distanced myself once more and pointed my sword his way. The process was the same as before, but unlike

"Argh!!"

reach him once more, they managed to come closer than in the

the Prince's back. Pointing my sword at him, the space around him shattered once more, and more and more sword streaks headed in his

and they grew by the

each attack, but at the same time, I started gaining

This…

right now was a result

all three arts together, I managed to create the perfect sword