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.

seems like you can

red hue that had been enveloping his body had completely vanished, and his body had shrunk back to its

strength, while still considerably strong, was a far cry from what it was

as menacing as he once did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down, I discovered that I was

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his

would really risk the lives of all those that were within the tower just to kill me?

bother finishing what you wanted

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

Clank—!

to my movements. But it

considered to

Still…

come to an

a searing pain engulfed every part of my body as I

"Stop."

on my mind as the Prince's body came to a

around him shattered,

This time…

they managed

"Argh!"

sword projections materialized all over his body as he

them precisely so that they would all

forward, I arrived before

him, whose teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side of his mouth, I didn't particularly feel

anything, my mind was even number as I reached out to

What are

tried to speak, but I wasn't interested in anything

head, and through

him at the moment, but when

nonsense. I needed to end

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

had its uses as I brought it to

out for the core with my

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

the core with the laws, I put the core away and finally

looks like

the wounds I sustained weren't healing, I

laws with this body

this body was not fit to hold

what choice did I

"Ren."

when I turned my head, I caught sight of a few familiar

it

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

portion of the laws within my body, I was able to preserve the structure

still alive. I could only hope they

you alright?

to come was obviously

scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any

"I'm alright."