The Author's POV

"Shit!"

Maylin's eyes widened the moment she witnessed the hand come down to crush the human's body.

Although she didn't want to believe it, Maylin knew that it was impossible for the human to dodge the attack, and in the last moment, she saw him give up and sit down cross-legged on the bridge of the Princess's nose.

Then…

As if swatting a bug, the Princess's large hand came smacking down against her face.

Smack—!

Shockwaves spread across the land as a result of that smack, sending all the nearby people scattering into the distance.

Maylin included as her body flung into the air several times. When she stabilized herself, a curse slipped from her mouth.

"Shit. Damn it!"

'Damn it, I had already warned him before hand that this was dangerous… why did he have to go ahead and kill himself like that?!'

Maylin was understandably angry at the situation.

It was never easy to see such a talented individual die, and the fact that this could've all been avoided made her even angrier.

'What am I going to do when he comes and finds out that his comrade has died?'

Staring at the Princess who towered over her, Maylin felt helpless by the enormous power gap between the two of them, but she could only grit her teeth and channel all of the mana inside of her body.

Knowing of just how wide the gap between the two of them was, Maylin could only use her most powerful move.

One after another, green magic circles appeared behind her.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The land beneath started to tremble, and out of nowhere, thick vines that numbered in the hundreds sprouted out and made their way toward Maylin.

The speed at which the vines were moving was extremely fast, and upon reaching her, they twisted and bent around her body.

Glowing with a yellow light, power started to filtrate Maylin's body as her silver hair fluttered forward and runes appeared all over her body.

Power that was unlike any other surface within every corner of her body. Letting go of Maylin, the vines around her turned around and pointed directly at the Princess whose attention was now focused on her.

"What powerful energy."

Princess Adephagia muttered, her deep voice rumbling throughout the rotten land.

She seemed rather impressed… perhaps even salivating at the power as she brought her arm to her mouth to wipe the saliva that leaked down from the corner of her mouth.

the tips of the vines that were pointed at the Princess, who once again swallowed a

"A lot of energy…"

sight of her thirsting after her attack made Maylin frown, but she didn't let that get into her head, and within the span of half

flowers germinated all over the land, and the once dry world seemed to come to life for

and she

"Go."

soft voice echoed throughout the land for a brief moment, and the power she had gathered burst

sudden stop at her attack, and even the Princess seemed to be

than

to be scared in the least bit. In fact, she seemed even

Ooom—!

started to

when it did so, the Princess was forced to take several

Thump! Thump!

and all of a sudden, her cheeks began to swell up to

an extent that she resembled a

"Haaa.. haaa…"

gradually descended toward the ground as she struggled to maintain her breath.

"I… I…"

single word, and when she looked in the distance, her gaze seemed to fog up out

she forced herself to look in the distance, and that was when, to her horror, she witnessed the Princess slowly coming to a halt and closing her mouth as she

of seconds before the power that was contained within them

"I,impossible…"

sure how to feel at that moment. It felt as though the entire world had crumbled before her very eyes,

"Pftt."

hold back, she spat a mouthful of blood, and her already

"Damn…"

felt indignant at the situation. She thought she had grown stronger over the past five years… strong

monsters amongst monsters, and they weren't something that

"Cough. Cough."

her head in resignation, but just as she

"W.. what? H,how?"

her gaze directed at the Princess,

had time

spurted into the

"Mhhhhhh!"

that stood atop her

suppress inside of her mouth once again became wild, and her

and Myalin found herself staring at the scene in

is

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the bridge of the Princess's nose, Liam found his vision blocked by his hair, which