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.

seems like you

hue that had been enveloping his body had completely vanished, and

was a

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his

of all those that were within

finishing what

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

Clank—!

to my movements.

to be one of the most powerful beings

Still…

to come to

every

"Stop."

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

him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword projections that shot

This time…

they

"Argh!"

dozen sword projections materialized all over his body as

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

I arrived before

and saliva was dripping down the side

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

y,you! What

but I wasn't interested

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

that I wanted to say to him

nonsense. I needed

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

uses as I brought it to my mouth and

that, I reached out for the core with my hand and calmly

a faint demonic energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed in response to the power that was hidden

the core away and

looks like I've overdone

of the wounds I sustained weren't healing,

with this body was simply…

not fit

choice did I have? I

"Ren."

my thoughts, and when I turned my head, I

they've made it out

was a reckless

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

still alive.

are you alright? What happened

to come

to bottom, and on any normal

"I'm alright."