The Author's POV

'You're in my domain. So long as we're in here, I'll keep getting stronger and stronger. Whatever you do, it's futile.'

The clues were always there.

It was just that such an option wasn't really feasible. If the pillar crumbled, what would happen to those who were within the pillar?

It was a question that had plagued my mind since the very beginning and stopped me from doing the obvious.

That… however, only crossed my mind at the very beginning.

Reminding myself of what had happened to my family because of my indecisiveness and realizing that I had no other option, I realized what I needed to do.

It was as if something had snapped within me, and such questions stopped bothering me.

All I cared about at the moment was winning.

I wanted nothing more than to kill and satiate the numbness I was feeling.

'That's right. Who cares about what happens next… I'll solve nothing if I keep pondering over these matters... I can always deal with the aftermath of my actions later.'

Thus, I didn't think twice before channeling the laws within my body.

Boom—!

Crashing against the dunes beneath, I injected the laws beneath the ground as golden runes and words sank into the sand beneath before moving to another dune and repeating the process.

"Stop dodging."

A hand came and grasped at my throat.

When I looked up, I saw the Prince of Wrath staring menacingly at me with his crimson pupils.

His power was a lot higher than it was before, and it only kept increasing as the fight went on. I was no longer his match, but that was of no concern to me.

'I think that's enough.'

Cr...Crack!

Raising both of my hands, I twisted my neck, and my vision grew dark.

A sharp pain spread across my neck, sizzling down my back like a web of electricity.

My mana, along with the laws, depleted rapidly, and the tightness that I felt in my throat disappeared.

I wasn't exactly sure what had happened next. I couldn't really see or feel anything. It was just… dark and silent.

Eerily silent.

I wasn't sure how long it had been like that, but the sensation didn't last very long at all. My vision quickly returned, and I found that I was standing in the clouds.

The normal sky.

The one that belonged to Earth.

What remained of the pillar and the surrounding debris were scattered beneath me. They dispersed themselves across the land, wreaking havoc on the echo systems that were buried below.

It wasn't a pretty sight, but that was of no concern to me at the moment. Raising my head, my gaze paused on the Prince of Wrath.

Finally, I smiled.

you

been enveloping his body had completely vanished, and his body had shrunk back to

strong, was a far cry

menacing as he once did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said,

lives of all those that were within the

bother finishing what you

a step forward, my vision warped, and the Prince appeared right in front of my eyes. Sword in hand, I pointed it straight

Clank—!

react to my movements. But it was to

without the pillar supporting him, he was still considered to be one of the most powerful beings in

Still…

to come to an

every part of

"Stop."

on my mind as the Prince's body came

around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword

This time…

they managed to

"Argh!"

over his body as he let out an agonized scream, spraying black blood

had aimed them precisely so that they would all become lodged

arrived before the Prince once

were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side of his mouth, I

number as

y,you! What

to speak, but I wasn't interested in anything that he had

head, and through

lot of things that I wanted to say to him at the

such nonsense. I needed to end things

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

if a sudden breeze flew past, the Prince's body scattered in the wind, revealing a small core that levitated in the air. Alongside it was a pitch-black orb that materialized as a consequence of the ambers in the Prince's body coming together

uses as I

out for the core

demonic energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed in response to the power that was hidden within

with the laws, I put the

like I've

of the wounds

laws with this body was simply… a

body was not fit to

I have?

"Ren."

thoughts, and when I turned my head, I caught sight of a

like they've made it out alive without

breathed in relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move,

of the laws within my body, I was

was still alive. I could only hope

you alright? What happened

one to

worried look on her face as she scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any normal occasion, I would've smiled at her, but I found myself

"I'm alright."