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 longer

had been enveloping his body had completely vanished,

considerably strong, was a far

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

said, his words

those that were within the tower just

finishing what you wanted to

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

Clank—!

react to my

still considered to be one of the most

Still…

need to come to an

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

"Stop."

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

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

This time…

time they

"Argh!"

materialized all over his body as he let out an agonized

so that they would all become

step forward, I arrived before the

at him, whose teeth were clenched and saliva was dripping down the

number as I reached out to grasp

What are

wasn't interested in

grasped onto his head, and through the gap of my fingers,

were a lot of things that I wanted to say to him

have time for such nonsense.

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

the air. Alongside it was a pitch-black

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

for the core with my

with a faint demonic energy that twisted the air around it, and the demonic blood that was within my body

I put the core away and finally took a

looks like

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

laws with this body

not

choice did I

"Ren."

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

made it out

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

a portion of the laws within my body, I was

alive. I could only

are you alright? What happened

first one to come was obviously

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

"I'm alright."