Final Volume: A Tiny World in the Dust - Chapter 658: Gnawing

"Let me see... are you the ky who bullied the first member of my harem?"

I looked at the gaunt, humanoid figure. She was no longer wrapped in bandages, but this was clearly Void Realm. There couldn't be anyone else.

I'd thought my first opponent would be Gustav, but it turned out to be the organization's strongest spatial esper.

The strongest spatial esper...?

What a coincidence.

"Just the one I need to practice on."

"You..."

Void Realm didn't object to my brazen remark. She—only then did I realize this thing was a woman—stared at me warily, keeping a cautious distance.

She was tense. I, on the other hand, was relaxed.

Was it because I'd devoured the World Devouring Worm?

Come to think of it, how had I managed to devour it? What exactly had happened after I woke from that half-real, half-illusory journey home? Unfortunately, I couldn't remember. I'd acted almost entirely on instinct, and if the World Devouring Worm hadn't chosen to yield in the end, I definitely couldn't have succeeded.

In a word, the actual devouring hadn't been difficult. If anything, it had felt like everything simply fell into place.

The hard part was the choice I had to make.

My choice had determined whether I'd return to keep fighting or scrape out a life on Earth.

In the end, I'd chosen the former.

Because this was where I belonged—just kidding.

I'd simply used the process of elimination. I could no longer fit into human society on Earth, so I had no choice but to return to another world. I'd been half-forced into it; it was a last resort. It wasn't quite right to call it a choice. I'd merely recognized who I was.

Anyway, how strong was I now...?

Before, I could feel the crystals in my