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 my

wanted them… to understand how

"Die!"

Vooom—!

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

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

he too knows how to

bad enough, the

at an unfathomable speed, and as it approached, it grew steadily larger in the field of my

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

I waited for it to arrive before my very eyes

and words floating around me shattered, and I

Pak!

through the air as pressurized wind waves spread outward

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

was pushed back several meters, and the sand beneath us disappeared entirely, revealing

entire body tremble in the aftermath of the attack, and even

but it wasn't anything close to the

"You... that power..."

looked at the Prince, he looked back at

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

Fwap—

appeared before me, and my vision

his exposed back, and I reached my

Pak!

unfortunate that his reaction

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

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

lasted several seconds before it stopped and my arm returned

was a good thing that I

enormous amount of mana would be

let this

Voom—!

a fist came hurling

the previous times, I didn't counter attack,

shook as I pressed my foot against the air, and when the

unsheathed my sword from the sheath and aimed it at the

area around the Prince began to shatter, and a number of sword

"Argh!"

his body. Despite this,

just the

way. The process was the same as

"Argh!!"

more, they managed to come closer than in

back. Pointing my sword at him, the space around him shattered once more, and more and

relentless, and they

inside of my body drained rapidly with each attack, but at the same

This…

was

three arts together, I managed to create