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

had been enveloping his body had completely

still considerably strong, was a far cry from

did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said,

of all those that were within the tower just to kill

what you wanted to

in front of my eyes. Sword in hand, I pointed it straight

Clank—!

to my movements.

supporting him, he was still considered to be one of the most powerful beings

Still…

to come

searing pain engulfed every part of my body as I

"Stop."

the last thing on my mind as the Prince's body

and the space around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword projections

This time…

they managed

"Argh!"

as he

all become lodged in his joints, stopping

forward, I arrived before the

were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side of his mouth,

even number as I reached out to grasp

y,you! What

wasn't interested in

hand, I grasped onto his head, and through the gap

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

have time for such nonsense. I needed

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

Alongside it was a pitch-black orb that

was my doing, and it had its uses as I brought it to my mouth and ingested

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

it, and the demonic blood that was within my body

with the laws, I put the core away

looks like I've

body and saw that a lot of the wounds I sustained weren't healing,

laws with this body was simply… a recipe for

was not fit to hold the

what choice did I have? I was

"Ren."

when I turned my head, I caught sight of a

they've made it out alive without a

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was

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

was still alive. I could only hope they

alright? What happened

first one to come

on her face as she scanned my body from top to bottom, and on any

"I'm alright."