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

completely vanished, and his

a far cry from what

In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down, I discovered that I

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his

those that were within the tower just

what you wanted

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

Clank—!

to my

was still considered to be one of the most powerful beings

Still…

come to an

pain engulfed every part of my body as I extended it

"Stop."

I spoke, my voice sounded hoarse, but that was the last thing on my mind

him shattered, revealing over

This time…

time they managed

"Argh!"

as he let out an agonized scream, spraying black

that they would all become

I arrived before the Prince once

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

anything, my mind was even number as I reached out to grasp

What are

wasn't interested in anything that

his head, and through the gap

lot of things that I wanted to say to him at the

have time for such nonsense. I needed to end

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

my doing, and it had its uses as I brought it to

reached out for the core

demonic energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was within my body

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

looks like I've overdone

observed my body and saw that a lot of the wounds

the laws with this body was simply… a recipe for

put, this body was not

did I have?

"Ren."

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

made it out alive without

was a reckless move, but I didn't do so

I was able to preserve the structure

was still alive. I could

you alright? What happened

first one to come

top to bottom, and on any normal

"I'm alright."