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 can no longer

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

considerably strong, was a far cry

of the Pillar weighing me down, I

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his words

all those that were within the tower just

finishing what you wanted to

front of my eyes. Sword in

Clank—!

to react to my movements. But it was

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

Still…

to come to an

pain engulfed every part of

"Stop."

sounded hoarse, but that was the last thing on my mind as the Prince's body came to a sudden stop in front

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

This time…

time they

"Argh!"

over his body as

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

I arrived

at him, whose teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side

number as I reached out

What are

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

his head, and through the gap of my fingers,

wanted to say to him at

such nonsense. I needed to end things

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

in the air. Alongside it

its uses as

I reached out for the core

energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was

core with the laws, I put the core away

like

wounds

with this body was simply… a

put, this body was not

choice did I have?

"Ren."

of my thoughts, and when I turned my head, I

made it out

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move, but I didn't do so without a

laws within my body, I was able

still alive. I

are you alright?

to come

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

"I'm alright."