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 single word that

cared as I continued

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

up to such an extent that I could see the skin on

"Don't move."

about to free herself from my

existence and accompanying it was an agonizing pain, but I resisted through the pain and

I continued to inject more of the laws that were contained within my body into hers, the golden runes

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

throughout, but I paid them no

around her cheek deepened, and blood started to leak down

I was met with two eyes that were glaring

for a short moment, and savored the gaze before pressing my foot against her cheek and finding myself standing

"Let's go."

hand, which Liam gladly took, and pressed my foot

distance away from her, and when I looked around and

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

explosion unlike

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

rained from the sky, and pieces of flesh fell all

the same time, a wave of concentrated energy burst out

barrier around the two of us, we

quite overbearing, and if not for my strength,

can't believe she was able to suppress this much energy inside

seven clan heads without a reason. She as indeed extremely

here for now, I'll finish

more and what appeared in my vision was an enormous crater that

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

expected, she didn't

a body burst out from the hole, and I clapped

Clap!

erected around the body once I clapped my hands. Just in case, I tapped onto the barrier and

'Just in case.'

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

was quite

could tell that she

this, I knew that I couldn't waste any time and stretched my hand

'I'll make this quick.'

her body and channeled them toward me. Almost instantly, a wave of warmth entered my body and I found myself relaxing as

feeling was

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

"Uagk."

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

wasn't able to suppress the pain was a testament to how painful it was, and

to suppress my scream as I gritted my teeth with everything I

Cr… Crack!