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…"

to be saying something, but I honestly couldn't understand

as I continued to

their size grew to such an extent that

were puffed up to such an extent that

"Don't move."

she was about to free herself from my restraints,

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

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

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

paid them

time, the tear around her cheek deepened, and blood

back, I was met with two eyes that were glaring

stared at them for a short moment, and savored the gaze before pressing my foot against

"Let's go."

out my hand, which Liam gladly took, and pressed my foot against her

away from her, and when I looked around and saw that the place was safe, I snapped my

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

an explosion

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

pieces of flesh fell all over the

energy burst out from that direction, shredding everything that was within its

two of us, we were able

was quite overbearing, and if

able to suppress this much energy inside

clan heads without a reason. She as indeed

for now, I'll finish

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

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

expected, she didn't die just

my fingers, a body burst out from the hole, and

Clap!

my hands. Just in case, I tapped onto the barrier and

'Just in case.'

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

sight was

trembled, and I could tell that she was about to

and stretched my hand

'I'll make this quick.'

eyes, I 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

feeling was

into a deeper sense of depravity, but I held my focus and transferred all of

"Uagk."

course through all parts of my body, and I

a testament to how painful it was, and I almost cried out from

took every last bit of me to suppress my scream as I gritted my teeth with everything

Cr… Crack!