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

his body had completely vanished, and his body had shrunk back to its original

strong, was a far cry from what it was

without the constraints of the Pillar weighing

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his words

the lives of all those that were within

what you wanted to

and the Prince appeared right in front of my eyes. Sword

Clank—!

was able to react to my movements. But it was

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

Still…

come to an

as a searing pain engulfed every part

"Stop."

that was the last thing on my

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

This time…

they managed to

"Argh!"

body as he let out an agonized

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

forward, I arrived before the Prince once

were clenched and saliva was dripping

mind was even number as I reached

y,you! What

but I wasn't interested in

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

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

for such nonsense.

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

had its uses as I brought it to my mouth

reached out for the core with my hand and calmly observed

the air around it, and the demonic blood that

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

like I've overdone

wounds I sustained weren't healing, I knew that

the laws with this body was simply… a recipe for

put, this body was not fit to

did I

"Ren."

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

made it out alive

was a reckless move, but I didn't do so without a

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

still alive.

are you alright? What happened

one to come

and on

"I'm alright."