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 how they

"Die!"

Vooom—!

my way. It was fast and powerful. So much so that the space around the fist shattered,

movements. Golden runes and words appeared in

too knows how to control

enough,

that was thrown at me moved at an unfathomable speed, and

that if the fist made contact with

it to arrive before my very eyes

the golden runes and words floating around me shattered, and I

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

so powerful that I was pushed back several meters, and the sand

in the aftermath of the attack, and

anything close to the pain my main body

"You... that power..."

surprised voice brought my attention back, and when I looked at the Prince, he looked back at me with

was able to use the laws as his eyes shook

Fwap—

wings, he appeared before

his exposed back, and

Pak!

that his reaction

his body suddenly twisted, and my palm once

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

it

that I wasn't in my physical body, but at the same time,

healed, an enormous amount of mana would

couldn't let

Voom—!

a fist came hurling in

the previous times, I didn't

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

the sheath and

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

"Argh!"

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

just

way. The process was the same as before, but unlike before, the sword streaks were faster and

"Argh!!"

him once more, they managed

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

attacks were relentless, and

my body drained rapidly with each attack, but

This…

was doing right now was a result of my hard

I managed to create