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.

like you can no longer

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

while still considerably strong, was a far cry

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his words

that were within the

bother finishing what you

warped, and the Prince appeared right in front of my eyes. Sword

Clank—!

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

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

Still…

to come to an

searing pain engulfed every part of my body as

"Stop."

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

space around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword

This time…

time they managed

"Argh!"

body as he let out an agonized scream,

precisely so that they would all become lodged in

forward, I arrived before the Prince

was dripping down the side of his mouth, I

number as I

y,you! What are you

speak, but I wasn't interested in anything that

onto his head, and through the gap of

to him at the moment, but when I tried to speak, I stopped

such nonsense. I needed to end

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

as I

the core with my hand and calmly observed

that was within my body pulsed and writhed in response

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

looks like I've overdone

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

laws with this body was simply… a recipe for

this body was not fit to hold the

did I have?

"Ren."

me out of my thoughts, and when I turned

seems like they've made it out alive

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

a portion of the laws within my body, I was able

inside was still alive. I

you alright? What

to come was

body from top to bottom, and on any

"I'm alright."