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

body had completely vanished, and his body had shrunk back to

strong, was a far cry

did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said,

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

what you

front of my eyes. Sword

Clank—!

to my movements. But it was

considered to be one of the

Still…

to come to

searing pain engulfed every

"Stop."

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

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

This time…

they managed to

"Argh!"

materialized all over his body as he let out an

so that they would all

arrived before the Prince once

clenched and saliva was dripping down the side of his

mind was even number as I reached out to grasp

What are

interested in anything that he

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

a lot of things that I wanted to say to him at the moment, but when I tried to speak, I

have time for such nonsense. I needed to

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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 single

had its uses as I brought it to

I reached out for the core with my hand and calmly observed

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

I put the core away and finally took a

looks like I've

my body and saw that a lot of the wounds I

body

body was not fit to

choice did I

"Ren."

broke me out of my thoughts, and when I turned my head, I caught sight

they've made it out alive

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a

I was able to preserve the structure of the

everyone inside was still alive.

alright? What happened

first one to come

her face as she scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any normal occasion, I would've

"I'm alright."