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 no

completely vanished, and his

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

the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down, I discovered that I was becoming more powerful than

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his words

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

bother finishing what you wanted to

front of my eyes. Sword in hand, I pointed

Clank—!

or unsurprisingly, he was able to react to my

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

Still…

need to come to

shook as a searing pain engulfed every part

"Stop."

last thing on my mind as

that moment to point my sword at him, and the space around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword projections that shot

This time…

time they managed

"Argh!"

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

so that they would all become lodged in his joints,

forward, I arrived before

teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping

as I reached out to

What are

but I wasn't interested

onto his head, and through

him at

for such nonsense. I needed to end

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

in the wind, revealing a small core that levitated in the air. Alongside it was a

and it had its uses as I brought

for the core with

blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed in response to the power that was hidden within the

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

looks like

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

the laws with this body was simply… a

not fit to

I have? I was

"Ren."

I

made it out alive

was a reckless move, but

within my body, I was able to preserve

everyone inside was still alive. I

alright?

first one to come was

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

"I'm alright."