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

while still considerably strong, was a far cry

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his

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

finishing what you wanted

front of my eyes. Sword in hand, I pointed it straight at

Clank—!

he was able to react to

he was still considered to be one of the most

Still…

to come to an

searing pain engulfed every part of my body as I

"Stop."

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

and the space around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword

This time…

time they

"Argh!"

over his body as he let

so that they would all become lodged

a step forward, I arrived before the

at him, whose teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side

anything, my mind was even number as

y,you! What are

speak, but I wasn't interested in

I grasped onto his head, and through the

I wanted to say to him at

time for such nonsense. I needed to end things

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

flew past, 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

its uses as I

core with my hand and calmly observed

faint demonic energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was

the core with the laws, I put the core away

like I've

that a lot of the wounds I sustained

body was

was not fit to hold the

what choice did I have? I

"Ren."

when I turned my head, I caught sight of a few familiar

they've made it out

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a

within my body, I was able to preserve

everyone inside was still alive. I could only hope

you alright? What

one to come was obviously

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

"I'm alright."