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.

you can

completely vanished, and his body had shrunk

considerably strong, was a far cry from

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

"Y.. you… you maniac."

Prince said, his words

really risk the lives of all those that were within the tower just to

finishing what you wanted

the Prince appeared right in front of my eyes. Sword in

Clank—!

or unsurprisingly, he was able to react to my movements.

still considered to be one of the

Still…

come to

shook as a searing pain engulfed every part of my

"Stop."

was the last thing on my

around him

This time…

they managed

"Argh!"

as he let out

all become lodged in his joints, stopping his

I arrived before

clenched and saliva was dripping down the side of

even number as I reached out

y,you! What are

interested in anything that he had to

out with my hand, I grasped onto his head, and through

were a lot of things that I wanted to say to him at the moment, but when I tried to speak, I stopped

didn't have time for such nonsense. I needed

And so I did.

"Goodbye."

Swoosh—!

wind, revealing a small core 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 to form a single

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

the core with my

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 core away and finally

looks like I've overdone

wounds I sustained weren't

with this body

this body was not fit to

choice did I have? I was

"Ren."

and when I turned my head,

seems like they've made it

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

my body, I was able to preserve the structure

inside was still alive. I

are you alright? What happened to

first one to come

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

"I'm alright."