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

that had been enveloping his body had completely

strong, was a

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said,

those that were

bother finishing what

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

Clank—!

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

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

Still…

need to come

every part of my body as I extended

"Stop."

I spoke, my voice sounded hoarse, but that was the last thing on my mind as the Prince's body came to

to point my sword at him, and the space around him shattered, revealing

This time…

time they

"Argh!"

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

would all become lodged in his joints, stopping his every

step forward, I arrived

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

anything, my mind was even number as I reached out

What

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

onto his head, and through the gap of my

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

time for such nonsense. I needed to end

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

air. Alongside it was a pitch-black orb that materialized as a consequence of

its uses as

I reached out for the core with my

blood that was

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

like I've

body and saw that a lot of the wounds I sustained weren't healing,

body was simply… a recipe for

body was not fit to hold

what choice did I have? I was

"Ren."

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

they've made it out alive without

I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move, but I didn't do so

body, I was able to preserve the structure

alive. I could only hope they

are you alright? What happened to

first one to come

look on her face as she scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any

"I'm alright."