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

had completely vanished, and his body had shrunk back to its original

still considerably strong, was a far cry from

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his words

the lives of all those that were within the tower just to

finishing what you

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

Clank—!

or unsurprisingly, he was able to react to my movements. But it was to be

him, he was still considered to be one of the most powerful beings in the

Still…

need to come to

a searing pain engulfed every part of my body as I

"Stop."

last thing on my mind as the Prince's body came to a sudden stop in

him, and the space around him shattered,

This time…

time they managed

"Argh!"

sword projections materialized all over his body as he

precisely so that they would all become lodged in his

a step forward, I arrived before the Prince

whose teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side

my mind was even number as I reached out

y,you! What are you

I wasn't interested in anything that he

his head, and through the gap of my fingers, our eyes

wanted to say to him at the moment, but when

for such nonsense.

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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 to form

and it had its uses as I brought it to my mouth and ingested

for the core with

and the demonic blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed in

put the core away and finally

looks like

a lot of the wounds I sustained weren't healing, I knew

with this body was simply… a

not fit

choice did I have?

"Ren."

thoughts, and when I turned my

they've made it out alive without a

the Pillar was a reckless move, but I didn't

a portion of the laws within my body, I

still alive. I

alright? What

to come was

top to bottom, and on any normal occasion, I would've smiled at her, but I found myself unable to at the

"I'm alright."