Demon Lord's Reincarnation

The moment Lisa died while in the arms of Valdel, her entire being suddenly turned into orbs of white light. As soon as that happened the entire dream world started shaking. The ground and sky were now slowly disintegrating. 

"The two of you come closer to me!" Ren shouted at Valdel and Lara, who were still in a dazed state. When the two of them heard Ren's call, they immediately moved towards him. It was at this moment Ren was finally feeling the backlash of using the original incarnation's power. 

That pain was beyond any he had felt before. It was an indescribable pain, that even he an incarnation of the Strongest Mortal Soul, one who lives for battle could not help but gnashed his teeth and convulse from the pain. 

Ren could not move his body and his mana was going berserk. It felt like he was drowning and trying to move was just making it worse. The power he received from the original was destroying him from the inside. Noticing the weird expression on Ren's face, Lara and Valdel looked at him worried. 

"Ren are you alright?" 

"What's happening to you?" 

Despite the world literally crumbling before them, both Valdel and Lara were not bothered by that and were more concerned about what's happening to Ren. 

"Is this because of the power of your original incarnation? There's no need to push yourself, Ren. What's the worst that could happen, death?" Lara spoke with no fear nor hesitation, there was only worry for Ren. Valdel who heard what Lara said, finally understood what was happening.

"I see, so that was it... Ren... If you can't take it anymore, you can stop channeling whatever power you are using right now. Who among us hasn't died before, it's nothing much." 

Ren's two childhood friends tried to make him stop trying too hard, but at this point, Ren could no longer hear a word they were saying. The pain he was feeling had exceeded his limit and he was near the point of fainting. 

'Damn it! I can't even move a single finger nor can I manipulate the mana within me. The only way now is to stop using the original's power, but once I do that there won't be a way to escape this place.' 

Ren gritted his teeth and tried to power through like he always does, but unfortunately no matter how hard he struggled he could no longer feel his body. 

'Is this how I'm going to die? Unable to save my friends, even after all that big talk I did... Have I become so pathetic?' Ren was getting angry at himself but not even his anger was able to help him overcome his current predicament. 

Ren could already feel his consciousness slowly fading. Yet even as the end was nearing the thought of asking the original for more help never passed his mind. Ren had already asked the original for a favor and that was more than what Ren's pride could handle. 

As an incarnation of the Strongest Mortal Soul Ren continued to struggle until the very end, but no matter what he did he could not do anything in his state. As his consciousness was slowly fading he gritted his teeth and was filled with rage at himself. He wasn't willing to die in such a pathetic way. 

'Damn it! This must be the worst death an incarnation of the Strongest Mortal Soul could have. This should be the most embarrassing death ever. At least last time despite being poisoned I died in actual battle. Damn it, I-' 

Those were Ren's final thoughts before he fainted from the pain and he finally stopped using the power of the original incarnation. 

When Lara and Valdel saw that Ren fainted they sighed in relief. They weren't that bothered by the fact that the world was crumbling before them, what mattered to them was Ren. 

"So what do you think we should do now?" Valdel asked as he laid Ren's body on the ground. 

"Of course, we try to escape. I know that it might seem impossible, but we should at least try. Do you still remember where the door you entered from was located?" 

"It's a little far from this place, based on how fast this world is crumbling, I'm guessing that place no longer exists." Valdel shrugged his shoulders as he answered. 

"... Tsk, if I was at my full strength I could've tried to create a portal to escape out of this place. I'm still just at a quarter from completion." Lara clicked her tongue feeling a little bit irritated at how slow the progress of her soul restoration was going. 

"Then how about I pass my mana onto you. Surely the combined might of both of our manas might do something, right?" 

"... You know that might work. Alright then let's try it." Lara who was frowning moments ago started to smile, it was a very vicious-looking smile. Seeing her smile like that Valdel couldn't help but show the same smile as well. This was their way of encouraging themselves. Valdel then pressed both his arms on Lara's back. His mana started flowing outward towards Lara.

Feeling the mana she was receiving from Valdel surging within her, Lara started chanting as she raised her right hand upward. The surge of mana from both of them was extremely powerful which actually helped in hastening the destruction of the world they were in. 

Valdel had nearly passed all of his mana to Lara, could no longer stand, and fell to the ground. He laid right beside Ren and fainted. Lara was concentrating so hard on her chant she hadn't realized that Valdel had already fainted. 

Lara who was in the middle of her chant could already feel that the mana she possessed was insufficient. Yet despite that, she continued to chant. Giving up despite knowing the end result was not her style. If she had given up because of something like that she would not be able to meet the reincarnations of her beloved. 

Lara wasn't even able to reach the halfway point of her chant when she felt her consciousness fading, her mana supply completely depleted. She wanted to fight it and forced herself to at least say one more word, but in spite of her pushing herself beyond her limit she still could not do it, and in the end, she too fell. 

She fell beside Ren, and the last thing she saw as she fainted was Ren's face. Despite knowing that death was coming, she still felt happy that at least in this incarnation she was able to die beside her beloved.