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 take

them… to understand how they

"Die!"

Vooom—!

and powerful. So much so that the space around the fist shattered, and the air

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

knows how

bad enough, the fist

fist that was thrown at me moved at an

that if the fist made contact with me, I would die, but I did not

I waited for it to arrive before my very eyes before

runes and words floating around me shattered, and I

Pak!

with my palm, and a loud smacking sound reverberated through the air as pressurized wind waves

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

was pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath

did feel my entire body tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and

but it wasn't anything close to the pain my

"You... that power..."

looked at the Prince, he looked back at me with a startled

surprised by the fact that I was able to use the laws as his eyes shook fiercely.

Fwap—

he appeared before

on his exposed back, and I reached

Pak!

unfortunate that his reaction was so

about to reach for his back when his body suddenly twisted, and my

again, and my arm to shake

before it stopped and my arm returned

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 undermining my

enormous amount of

couldn't let

Voom—!

fist came hurling

times, I didn't counter attack, and

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

that, I unsheathed my sword from the sheath and

Prince began to shatter, and a number

"Argh!"

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

was just the

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

"Argh!!"

managed to come closer than in

Pointing my sword at him, the space

attacks were relentless, and

attack,

This…

now was a result

managed to create