The Villainous Director Is Raising a Child!

Whatever was happening outside, the loop that had been dragging suddenly began to speed up.

Don't tell me he still had mana left after all.

I'd have liked nothing more than to run this wrecking spree on repeat until the Fox collapsed entirely, but there was one fatal problem.

"Hah… hah…"

My mind and my stamina — being ground down in real time.

Time rewound, and with it the state of the rooftop and my physical condition — but the crushing exhaustion piled up deep in my body didn't reset at all. It just kept stacking up.

However well I was armed with artifacts, cutting down monsters solo, on and on, had finally driven me to the wall.

My hands had already gone shaky, out of my control, and I could feel my body wearing out — right through to the bone.

In the end, I had to move on to the next step.