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

been enveloping his body had completely vanished, and his body

while still considerably strong, was a far cry from

as he once did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down,

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said,

those that were within the tower just to kill me? Do…

finishing what

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

Clank—!

able to react to my movements. But it was to

him, he was still considered to be one of

Still…

come to

hand shook as a searing pain engulfed every part of my body as I extended it

"Stop."

I spoke, my voice sounded hoarse, but that was the last thing on my mind as

took that moment to point my sword at him, and the space around him shattered, revealing over a dozen sword

This time…

time they managed

"Argh!"

projections materialized all over his body as he let out an agonized

they would all become lodged in

I arrived

saliva was dripping down the side of his mouth, I didn't particularly

my mind was even number as I

What are you

interested

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

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

such nonsense. I

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

Alongside it was a pitch-black orb that

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

core with

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

core with the laws, I put the

like

that a lot of the wounds I sustained weren't healing, I knew that I had gone

laws with this body was simply… a recipe for

not fit

choice did I have? I was

"Ren."

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

made it out

relief when I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move,

body, I was able to preserve the

inside was still alive. I could only hope

are you alright? What

to come was

had a worried look 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 found myself unable to at the

"I'm alright."