The Author's POV

Coming into the Pillar of Gluttony, I expected things to be rather serious, but I was surprised to see that the situation wasn't as dire as I expected it to be.

In fact, the situation was a lot more advantageous then I thought it to be.

"Is this your doing?"

I turned to look at Liam who was hanging on the bridge of the Princess's nose. He seemed battered, and tired, but the moment our eyes met, his expression relaxed a little.

"Oh, hey Ren. How have you been?"

"You did a good job."

Ignoring his light hearted greeting, I lowered my head to stare at the cheeks of the Princess which were currently inflated. I could feel a certain energy from within, and when I turned my gaze away, I locked my eyes on a certain figure in the distance.

'It must be her doing.'

There was only one person that was capable of producing such pure and powerful energy.

Although Liam was strong, he wasn't at this level just yet. It could only be her.

"I see… I think I understand what's going on."

Rumble! Rumble!

At the same time I realized what was happening, the Princess trashed around and destroyed everything that her feet stepped onto to. Gradually, however, she was able to somewhat stabilize the injury that she sustained in her eye, and the energy inside of her started to calm down.

"We can't be having that."

If there was anything that I couldn't allow, it was that, and as my vision blurred, my feet touched something soft.

I was standing right on top of her cheek, and the moment I appeared over there, I felt two eyes lock on me.

When I turned my head, our gazes met, and I lowered my hand and pressed it against her cheek.

Her expression changed drastically at that point, but it was already too late.

Exerting a lot the mana inside of me, her cheeks started to inflate even further, and the energy that she was trying to keep in check became even wilder.

Rumble! Rumble!

"Hmmmmm!"

Her trashing increased, and it became hard for me to keep myself steady as a result. A large shadow cast behind me, and I knew exactly what she was trying to do. Thus, frowning, I opened my mouth and imbued my voice with the laws.

"Stop."

Her body stopped at my words and her expression changed once more. Golden runes and words clamped her hand above me, and covered every inch of her body.

"Mhhh… mhhhhhmm…"

honestly couldn't understand a

that I cared as I continued to

even further, and their size grew to such an extent that

were puffed up to such an extent that I could see the

"Don't move."

was about to free herself from

out of existence and accompanying it was an agonizing pain, but I

the laws that were contained within my body into hers, the golden runes that surrounded her body began to

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

but I paid them no attention and continued

time, the tear around her cheek deepened, and blood started

was met with two eyes

before pressing my foot against her cheek and finding myself standing right in front

"Let's go."

my hand, which Liam gladly took,

appeared quite a fair distance away from her, and when I looked around and saw that the place was safe, I snapped my

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

explosion unlike any

fingers, the Princess's body inflated rapidly, and her cheeks finally burst

from the sky, and pieces of flesh fell all over

burst out from that direction, shredding everything

the two of us,

energy. It was quite overbearing, and if not for my strength, I'd have

she was able to suppress this

heads without a reason. She as indeed

now, I'll

my vision blurred once more and what appeared in my vision was an enormous

entered the hole. Shortly after, my brows

didn't die

a body burst out from

Clap!

my hands. Just in case, I tapped onto the barrier and a small white ripple

'Just in case.'

me, I relaxed when I saw that the Princess had fainted. While her cheeks had burst, they were slowly healing,

sight was quite

I could tell that she was

this, I knew that I couldn't waste any time and stretched my hand which passed through the two layers and reached

'I'll make this quick.'

were contained within her body and channeled them toward me. Almost instantly, a wave of warmth entered my

was

I had felt this sensation before, I'd have fallen into a deeper sense of depravity, but I

"Uagk."

I retrieved all of the laws, I felt a sharp pain course through all parts of my body, and I almost fainted from

was a testament to

my scream as I gritted my teeth with everything I had, and my body flickered wildly at that

Cr… Crack!