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.

you

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

a far cry from what it

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said,

of all those that were

what you

warped, and the Prince appeared right in front of

Clank—!

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

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

Still…

to come

every part of my body as I extended it

"Stop."

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

him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword projections that shot in

This time…

they managed

"Argh!"

body as he let out an

them precisely so that they would all become lodged in

arrived

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

mind was even number as I reached out to grasp his

y,you! What

interested in

with my hand, I grasped onto his head, and through the gap of my

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

didn't have time for such nonsense. I needed

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

revealing a small core that levitated in the air. Alongside it was a pitch-black orb that materialized as a consequence of

had its uses as

reached out for the core with my hand and

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

put the core away

looks like I've

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

laws with this body was simply…

was not fit

what choice did I have? I

"Ren."

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

like they've made it out alive without a

that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move,

a portion of the laws within my body, I was

inside was still alive.

are you alright? What happened to

to

a worried look on her face as she scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any normal occasion, I would've smiled at her, but

"I'm alright."