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

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

strong, was a far cry

no longer appeared as menacing as he once did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down, I discovered that I was becoming

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his

all those that were within the tower just to kill me? Do… aren't

finishing what you wanted to

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

Clank—!

to react to my movements. But it was to be

without the pillar supporting him, he was still considered to be one of the most powerful beings in the known

Still…

need to come to

shook as a searing pain engulfed every part of my body

"Stop."

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

my sword at him, and the space around him shattered, revealing over

This time…

time they managed to

"Argh!"

body as he

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

forward, I arrived

dripping down the side of his mouth,

mind was even number as I reached

What are you

interested in

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

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

have time for such nonsense. I

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

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

as I brought it to my mouth and ingested

for the core with my

the air around it, and the demonic blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed

the core with the laws, I put the core away and finally took a deep

looks like

observed my body and saw that a lot of the wounds I sustained weren't healing, I knew that I had gone too

this body was simply… a recipe

body was not fit to

choice did I have?

"Ren."

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

like they've made it

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

I was able

was still alive.

you alright? What

one to

bottom, and on any normal occasion, I

"I'm alright."