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

had been enveloping his body had completely vanished, and his body had

considerably strong, was a far cry from what

once did. In fact, without the constraints of the Pillar weighing me down, I discovered that I was becoming more

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his

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

what

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

Clank—!

unsurprisingly, he was able to react to my movements. But it was

he was still considered to be

Still…

come to an

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

"Stop."

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

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

This time…

they

"Argh!"

as he let out an agonized scream, spraying black

them precisely so that they would all become lodged in

arrived before the Prince once

teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the side

anything, my mind was even number as I

y,you! What are

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

his head, and through the gap of my

things that I wanted to say to him at the moment, but when I

have time for such nonsense.

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

in the wind, revealing a small core that levitated in the air. Alongside it was a pitch-black orb that materialized as a consequence of the

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

for the core with my

and the demonic blood that was within my body pulsed and writhed in response to the

the core

looks like I've overdone

saw that a lot of the wounds

with this body was simply… a

body was not fit to hold

choice did I

"Ren."

voice broke me out of my thoughts, and when I

seems like they've made it

I saw that. Destroying the Pillar was a reckless move, but I didn't do

laws within my body, I was

everyone inside was still alive.

are you alright? What happened to

to

top to bottom, and on any normal occasion, I would've smiled at her, but I

"I'm alright."