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…"

something, but I honestly couldn't understand

continued

matter of seconds, her cheeks swelled even further, and their size grew to such an extent that her entire face became

that I

"Don't move."

herself from my

I did so, my body would start to flicker in and out of existence and accompanying it was an agonizing pain, but I resisted through the pain and continued to

my body

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

rang throughout, but I paid them no attention and continued to

tear around her cheek deepened, and blood started

I looked back, I was met with two eyes

gaze before pressing my

"Let's go."

which Liam gladly took,

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

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

explosion unlike

my fingers, the Princess's body inflated rapidly,

the sky, and pieces of flesh fell all over the

time, a wave of concentrated energy burst out from that direction, shredding everything that was within

my hand and erecting a barrier around the two of us, we were

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

to suppress this much energy

seven clan heads without a reason. She as indeed

now, I'll finish up

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

entered the hole. Shortly after, my brows relaxed and I

expected, she didn't die

body burst out from the hole, and I

Clap!

Just in case, I tapped onto the barrier

'Just in case.'

had fainted. While her cheeks had burst, they were

was quite

eyelids trembled, and I could tell that she was

my hand which passed through the two layers

'I'll make this quick.'

felt the laws that were contained within her body and channeled them toward me. Almost instantly, a wave of warmth entered my body and I found myself relaxing as the laws within my body

was pleasant,

before, I'd have fallen into a deeper sense of depravity, but I held my

"Uagk."

a sharp pain course through all parts of my body, and I almost fainted

suppress the pain was a testament to how painful it was, and I almost cried out

scream as I gritted my teeth with

Cr… Crack!