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."

cover her mouth with

when she witnessed his arms disappear

battle was over after that, but to her

he do during the time

Amanda's attention,

Indeed…

the time when they hadn't seen

"Hey, look!"

the air once more, but Amanda didn't need to be told why

demon's head, a sudden change happened in

***

"Uhhhh."

head. I felt the pores on my body open up as an indescribable power started to filter into

relaxed at that moment as I absorbed all of that power, and slowly, I started

and a sensation that was all too familiar washed

reinvigorated, and everything became

"Argh!"

started to absorb the laws in his body,

"H.. how..."

him continue his sentence as I continued to absorb the laws within

revolving around the Prince's body started to

but I endured the pain and continued to absorb the akashic

"Stay put."

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

that chance to increase my grip on his head further and further push the laws

his head with my hand, the laws began to flow into me more easily than they ever had before, and within

just about

couldn't contain his body anymore, I quickly let go, and the Prince's body disappeared from my vision, reappearing a couple of hundred meters away from

"Ha…haa… You…"

at me, both startled and incensed. Touching his body all over, he

you

"Nothing much."

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

Staring at my

consequence of obtaining and

need to refrain from using the laws as much

high chance the skill would deactivate, and all would end up for

allow that

able to control the same

my head and looked up at him. Seeing the

I were to explain it to you, it would

eyes, I brought my sword forward and

"Let's finish this."

Boom—!

projection, double the size of what it usually was, appeared from

"Arkgh!"

was no longer able to cope with it and

BANG—!

the sword, his entire body took

"Not bad."

mumbled, staring at

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

forward and pointed it once again in his direction. The space around him shattered,

"Crumble."

quickly impaled the area where the Prince was, and I

"Uakh!"