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

to understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

So much so that the space around the fist

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

he too knows how to control

that wasn't bad enough, the fist was

was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached, it grew steadily larger

that if the fist made contact with me, I would

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

the golden runes and words

Pak!

air as pressurized wind waves spread outward from the point of contact between

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

several meters, and the sand beneath us disappeared entirely,

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

close to the pain my main

"You... that power..."

at the Prince, he looked back at me with

fact that I was able to use the laws as his eyes

Fwap—

he appeared before me, and my

my gaze fell on his exposed back, and I reached my palm toward

Pak!

unfortunate that his reaction

suddenly twisted, and

again, and my arm to shake as a result of the force

seconds before it stopped and my arm returned

I knew that 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

I healed, an enormous amount

let

Voom—!

fist came hurling in my

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

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

unsheathed my sword from the sheath and aimed it at the

shatter, and a number of sword

"Argh!"

soon as they touched his body. Despite this, I

just

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 were

"Argh!!"

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

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

and they grew

body drained rapidly with each attack, but at the same time, I

This…

I was doing right now was a result of my hard

three arts together, I managed to create