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

understand

"Die!"

Vooom—!

much so that the

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

knows

bad enough, the fist was extremely

moved at an unfathomable speed, and as

the fist made contact with me, I

it to arrive before my very eyes before finally making a

laws within my body, the golden runes and words floating around me shattered, and I brought my

Pak!

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

My hair fluttered lightly.

"Mh."

that I was pushed back several meters,

the aftermath of the attack, and even though I wasn't in my actual body, I could still feel

anything close to the pain

"You... that power..."

brought my attention back, and when I looked at the Prince, he looked

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

Fwap—

his wings, he appeared before me, and

on his exposed

Pak!

unfortunate that his

his body suddenly twisted, and my palm once again

to jerk back again, and my arm to shake as a result of the force of

trembling lasted several seconds before it

shattered by now. It was a good thing that I wasn't in my physical body, but at

I healed, an enormous

couldn't let this

Voom—!

a fist came hurling

previous times, I

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

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

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

"Argh!"

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

just

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 streaks were faster and more powerful

"Argh!!"

they didn't reach him once more, they managed to

arrived before the Prince's back. Pointing my sword at

relentless, and they

drained rapidly with each attack, but at the same time,

This…

doing right now was a result of my

managed to create the perfect