The Author's POV

"I,is that Ren?"

Overhearing Donna's shocked mutter, Amanda turned her head and stared at the fight that was happening above them.

BOOM—!

Dunes shattered, and the very air the two were in showed signs of cracking. It was clear as day that the two of them were on a completely different level than anybody else present.

"Since when did he become so strong?"

Amanda couldn't blame them for looking so shocked.

She, too, was shocked by Ren's power. She had originally thought she had a grasp of what his power was, but it seemed like she had underestimated him severely.

'…and here I thought I could catch up to him in the past five years.'

She had trained hard.

Extremely hard in the past few years.

It was all with the goal of getting closer to him in strength. She thought that she had somewhat bridged the gap that existed between the two of them, but she had grossly underestimated just how monstrous Ren was.

'But why does he look like that?'

There was something odd about Ren's appearance… he was completely black, and his expression was somewhat dull.

She couldn't quite understand what was going on with him, but seeing how he was handling that monster of a demon, she assumed that he was using some sort of skill.

One that she wasn't aware of.

Boom—!

"Ren!"

Amanda was startled by the sight of him crashing against a nearby dune. With sand spilling in the air, her vision of him became obscured.

She immediately became worried, and just as she was about to rush up to him, she stopped herself and bit her lips.

"No... I can't."

'If I go now, I'll only make things more difficult for him.'

Staring at Donna and Monica, who were about to stop her, she calmed herself down and lowered her head.

"I know; you don't have to stop me. I'm not going."

It quickly became apparent that this was the extent of her powers.

At the moment, she could only watch Ren getting beat up by that monstrous demon, who seemed to have suddenly gotten a lot stronger.

Boom—! Boom—!

The fight continued, and the situation started to deteriorate quickly.

If Amanda had to describe the fight in a few words, it'd be 'one-sided'. Ren… He was getting manhandled by the Prince, who seemed to be toying with him.

'He was just doing fine before... Why did things suddenly change?'

She had witnessed Ren have the upper hand in the beginning, but out of nowhere, things started to turn for the worst suddenly.

It soon became clear to her and everyone else that the Prince was becoming stronger with each moment the two of them fought.

"Hup."

had to cover her mouth with

witnessed his arms disappear

after that, but to her surprise, he regrew

did he do during the time

attention,

Indeed…

during the time when they hadn't

"Hey, look!"

words reverberated in the air once more, but Amanda didn't need to be told why she spoke; she understood shortly

hand against the demon's head, a sudden change happened in

***

"Uhhhh."

familiar sensation washed over me the moment my hand came into contact with the Prince's head. I felt the pores on my body open up as an indescribable power started to filter into my

and slowly, I started to feel an

and a sensation that was

to feel reinvigorated, and everything became clear

"Argh!"

absorb the laws in his body, and his expression was filled with nothing but

"H.. how..."

continue his sentence as I continued to absorb the laws within

revolving around the Prince's body started to increase as the air around us

I endured

"Stay put."

injected the power of the laws into my own body, the space around

his head further and further

began to flow into me more easily than they ever had before, and within

should just

his body anymore, I quickly let go, and the Prince's body disappeared from my

"Ha…haa… You…"

both startled and incensed. Touching his

have you done to

"Nothing much."

light. As compared to before, the laws within my body

Staring at my hands, which were flickering, I knew that

was a consequence of

to refrain from using the

was a high chance the skill would deactivate, and all would end

allow that

how are you able to control

and looked up at him. Seeing the confused look on his face, I shook

were to explain it to you, it

brought my sword forward and pointed

"Let's finish this."

Boom—!

size of what it usually was, appeared from within the space

"Arkgh!"

in the past, was no longer able to cope

BANG—!

his entire body took off in the

"Not bad."

at the

had

Prince, whose body crashed against one of the distant dunes, I brought my sword forward and pointed it

"Crumble."

projections quickly impaled the area where the Prince was, and I heard

"Uakh!"