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

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

while still considerably strong, was a far cry from what it was

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his

those that were within

bother finishing what you

vision warped, and the Prince appeared right in front

Clank—!

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

the pillar supporting him, he was still considered to be one of the most

Still…

to come

as a searing pain engulfed every part of my body

"Stop."

my mind as the Prince's

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

This time…

they managed

"Argh!"

sword projections materialized all over his body as he let out an agonized

aimed them precisely so that they would all become lodged in

arrived

was dripping down the side of his mouth, I

even number as I reached out to

y,you! What are you

but I wasn't interested in

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

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

have time for such nonsense. I needed to end things

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

uses as I brought it to my mouth and

reached out for the core with my

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

the laws, I put the core away and finally took a deep

looks like

of the wounds I sustained weren't healing, I

with this body was

this body was not fit to

choice did I have? I was

"Ren."

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

it

Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move, but I

laws within my body, I was able to preserve the structure of the pocket

was still alive. I could only

alright? What

one to come was

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

"I'm alright."