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

dark red hue that had been enveloping his body had completely vanished, and his body had shrunk back

considerably strong, was a far cry from

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his words

that were within the tower just to

finishing what you

my vision warped, and the Prince appeared right in front of

Clank—!

to react to my

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

Still…

to come

as a searing pain engulfed every part of

"Stop."

thing on my mind as the Prince's

took that moment to point my sword at him, and the space around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword projections that

This time…

they managed to

"Argh!"

a dozen sword projections materialized all over his body as he let out an agonized scream, spraying black

aimed them precisely so that they would all

I arrived before

and saliva was dripping

my mind was even number as I reached out to grasp his

y,you! What are you

interested in anything

I grasped onto his head, and through the gap of my fingers, our eyes

things that I wanted to say to him at the

nonsense. I

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

scattered 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 to form a

as I brought it to my mouth and ingested

I reached out for the core

it, and the demonic blood that was within

with the laws, I put the core away and finally

like I've overdone

the wounds

with this body was simply… a recipe for

this body was not

choice did I

"Ren."

and when I turned my head, I caught sight of a

like they've made it out alive without

was a reckless move, but I didn't do

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

alive. I could

are you alright? What

one to

and on any normal

"I'm alright."