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 no

that had been enveloping his body had completely vanished,

strong, was a far cry from

longer appeared as menacing as 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 words

the lives of all those that were

finishing what you wanted to

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

Clank—!

he was able to react to my movements. But it was

still considered to be one of the most powerful beings in

Still…

need to come

pain engulfed every part of my

"Stop."

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

my sword at him, and the space around him shattered, revealing

This time…

time they managed to

"Argh!"

sword projections materialized all over his body as

would all become lodged in his joints, stopping his

arrived before the Prince

dripping down the side of his mouth,

my mind was even number as I reached

y,you! What are you

speak, but I wasn't interested in anything that he had

head, and through the gap of

say to him at the moment, but when I tried to speak, I

nonsense. I needed to

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

my doing, and it had its uses as

out for the core with my hand and calmly

blood that

the core

like I've

lot of the wounds I sustained weren't

this body was simply… a recipe for

not

did I have?

"Ren."

my thoughts, and when I turned my head, I

made it out alive without

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move, but

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

still alive. I could

you alright? What happened

to come was obviously

a worried look on her face as she scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any normal occasion, I would've smiled at her, but I found myself unable to at the

"I'm alright."