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

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

strong, was a far cry from what

longer appeared as menacing as he once did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down, I discovered that I

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his

were within the tower just to kill me? Do… aren't

what you wanted to

front of my eyes. Sword

Clank—!

he was able to react to my movements.

considered to be one of the most powerful beings in the known

Still…

need to come

engulfed every part

"Stop."

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

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

This time…

they managed to

"Argh!"

body as he let out

precisely so that they would all become lodged in his joints, stopping his

a step forward, I arrived before

were clenched and saliva was dripping

even number as I reached out

y,you! What are

tried to speak, but I wasn't interested in

out with my hand, I grasped onto his head, and through

lot of things that I wanted to say to him at the moment, but when

for such nonsense. I needed

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

if a sudden breeze 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 materialized as a consequence of the ambers in the Prince's body coming together to form

it had its uses as I brought it to my

for the core with

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

the laws, I put the core away and finally took

looks like I've

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

body was simply…

was not fit to hold

did I

"Ren."

I turned my head, I caught sight of

made it out alive without

in relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a

the laws within my body, I was able to preserve the

inside was still alive. I could only

alright? What happened to

first one to come was obviously

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

"I'm alright."