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 can no longer

had completely vanished, and his body had

strong, was a far cry from what it

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his

really risk the lives of all those that were within the tower just to

bother finishing what you

a step forward, my vision warped, and the Prince appeared right in front of my eyes.

Clank—!

to react to my movements. But

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

Still…

need to come to

hand shook as a searing pain engulfed every part of my body as

"Stop."

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

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

This time…

time they managed to

"Argh!"

projections materialized all over his body as he let out an agonized scream, spraying

had aimed them precisely so that they would all become lodged in his

a step forward, I arrived before the Prince

teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side of his

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

What are

interested in anything that he

hand, I grasped onto his head, and through the gap

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

didn't have time for such nonsense. I needed to end

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

that levitated in the air. Alongside it was

doing, and it had its uses as I

core with my

a faint demonic energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed

laws, I put the core

like I've overdone

lot of the wounds I sustained weren't healing, I knew

body was

put, this body was not fit to hold the

what choice did I have?

"Ren."

my thoughts, and when I turned my head,

it

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was

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

was still alive. I could only hope they

are you alright? What happened

first one to come

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

"I'm alright."