The Author's POV

"Why are you still struggling?"

A soft voice echoed, and a fist appeared before Ren. Cocking his head, he just barely dodged the fist and pressed his finger against Jezebeth's abdomen.

It only touched him, but the moment it did so, it sent Jezebeth hurling back and plummeting against the sea beneath.

Splash—!

Calmness returned to the world, and Ren looked around him. He was in the middle of the ocean, and the sun hung in the cloudless blue sky.

He could feel the sunlight gently envelope his body and bathe it in a warm light. He could smell a rather stale, sulfurous smell coming from the sea.

Such vivid sensation made him wonder if he was back on earth or if this was a separate space.

The answer was very hard to find. He couldn't quite tell anymore.

Everything just seemed so realistic, and if not for the fact that he couldn't see any pillars near him, he'd be inclined to believe that he was back on Earth.

"Have you seen enough?"

A soft voice whispered behind him, and Ren turned his head.

There he saw Jezebeth standing not far from him, his gaze focused on a small projection that appeared before him.

His expression was anything but good at the moment.

"You really…"

As a matter of fact, it was getting worse with each second that he spent staring at the projection, and tearing his gaze away from it, he looked at Ren while sweeping his hand through the air.

His gaze was a mix of complicated emotions.

"…didn't hold back, huh?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend like you don't understand."

Frowning, Jezebeth clenched his fist. The water beneath him broke apart, and a significant wave rose high into the air.

"I bet… Everything that has happened to him is not a coincidence. The death of his-no, your dad, was on purpose… it was, wasn't it?"

The water that was surrounding Jezebeth began to wriggle and move around his body as if it were a serpent with its own independent will. A strange power fluctuated inside of the water, and Ren couldn't help but look at it.

At the same time, his mouth parted open, and he spoke.

"What makes you think that I would purposely kill my own father? What reason would I have for doing that?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

his hand, hundreds of projections appeared in

Jezebeth pointed at them.

about himself or those around him. He's been going on a rampage ever since, and even now, as broken as his body is,

mid-sentence and tear his gaze away

didn't particularly feel happy, realizing that only two of his seven patriarchs were alive. In fact, the realization hit

"Haa..."

rid himself of

and the very air around him started to

he indeed felt sad at the thought of his comrades dying, he was

of it this

had happened

are the type of person who would stoop to anything to achieve his goal. I'm sure what's happening to him is all part of your

moment that the fight between the two of them

idea before, but

was he planning? What was he

to this point in order to achieve your goals… but looking at you, I can see that you don't particularly care about what

he displayed the projections for the two of them to see, Ren never showed any care or concern for what was happening in the other

waiting for something… and when Jezebeth watched again and saw

him to his death, no…" Jezebeth corrected himself, "You

the two met at

Jezebeth continued.

it, you chose to sacrifice one of the people

It had to be.

in order to make his goal clearer and rid of

about it, the more

other

who

started fighting against one of the Patriarchs after getting a better idea of their power and attempting to stabilize the situation over the entirety

but it consumed a

fact that Ren could absorb the laws that he had

that belonged to the Protectors, and it was

clear that you knew that it was impossible for him to kill all of the Seven Patriarchs unless he was this way… Your goal is to absorb everything

"That's enough."

cutting Jezebeth off in

him for a good couple of

for? Are

"Partially."

Ren didn't deny it.

the things that Jezebeth had pointed out were indeed true. That being said, not all of them were true, and he

was no point

bit disappointed that you figured it out a

"Haha."

Jezebeth laughed lightly.

attitude of yours… It used to piss me off a lot in the past. Funny

"That's a pity."

"Mhm. Indeed…"

light smile, Jezebeth raised his hand and pointed at Ren. After that, the water snake that had been winding itself around