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

understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

way. It was fast and powerful. So much

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

expected, he too knows how to control

enough, the

[Eyes of Chronos] active, the fist that was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached, it grew steadily larger in the field

glance that if the fist made contact with me, I would die,

for it to arrive before my very eyes before

the golden runes and words floating around me

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

that I was pushed back several meters, and the

to lie and say that 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 body,

close to the pain my

"You... that power..."

attention back, and when I looked at the Prince, he looked back at me with a startled

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

Fwap—

before me,

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

Pak!

his reaction

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

and my arm to shake as a result of the

seconds before it stopped and

my real body, my bones would've shattered by now. It was a good thing that I wasn't in my physical

enormous

couldn't let

Voom—!

more, a fist came hurling in my

times, I didn't counter

when the shaking stopped, I found myself several hundred meters away from where I had

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

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

"Argh!"

as they touched his

was just the

his way. The process was the same as before, but unlike before,

"Argh!!"

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

at him, the space around him shattered once more, and more and more sword streaks headed in his

attacks were relentless, and

my body drained rapidly with each attack,

This…

right now was a result of my

together, I managed