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

to understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

much so that the space around

the area around me lock, halting my movements. Golden runes and

expected, he too knows how

enough, the fist was extremely

that was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed,

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

it to arrive before

runes and words floating around me

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

powerful that I was pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath us disappeared entirely, revealing dense

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 body,

was painful, but it wasn't anything close to

"You... that power..."

at the Prince, he looked back at me with a

the fact that I was able to use the

Fwap—

he appeared before me, and

on his exposed back, and

Pak!

was unfortunate that his reaction was

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

back again, and my arm to shake

before it stopped and

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 actions were

an enormous amount of mana would

couldn't let

Voom—!

a fist came

times, I didn't counter attack,

the shaking

from the sheath and aimed it

to shatter, and a number of sword streaks appeared all around

"Argh!"

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

just

sword his way. The process was

"Argh!!"

him once more, they managed to come

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

attacks were relentless, and they grew

rapidly with each attack, but at the same time, I started

This…

was doing right now was a

three arts together, I managed to create the