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 the

she witnessed his arms disappear

after that, but to her surprise, he regrew his arms

do during the time we

words attracted Amanda's attention, and her head subconsciously

Indeed…

the time

"Hey, look!"

didn't need to be told why she

hand against the demon's head, a sudden

***

"Uhhhh."

Prince's head. I felt the pores on

that power, and slowly, I started to feel an increase in the laws within

my connections with the laws grew stronger, and a sensation

feel reinvigorated, and everything became

"Argh!"

I started to absorb the laws in his body, and his expression

"H.. how..."

continue his sentence as I

the Prince's body started to increase as the air

I endured the pain and continued to absorb

"Stay put."

of the laws into my own body, the space around the Prince warped and distorted, and

my grip on his head further and further push the laws

had before, and within a few

just about

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

"Ha…haa… You…"

me, both startled and incensed. Touching his

have you done

"Nothing much."

head to stare at my hands, which were covered in murky white light. As compared to before, the laws within my body

at the same time, but not all was well. Staring at my hands, which were flickering, I

was a consequence of

refrain from using the laws as

was a high chance the skill

couldn't allow that

you able to control

at him. Seeing the

were to explain it to you, it would

brought my sword forward and

"Let's finish this."

Boom—!

of what it usually was, appeared from within

"Arkgh!"

cope with it and displayed

BANG—!

into contact with the sword, his entire body took off

"Not bad."

mumbled, staring at the

clear that the power of my attack had increased, and now I was no longer at

one of the distant dunes, I brought my sword forward and pointed

"Crumble."

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

"Uakh!"