It makes no sense. Absolutely no sense.
I was buying you time to leave from this place. I was going to die... And you were going to see the world.
But instead, you put yourself between me and Death.
Why?
To buy me a couple more seconds? This guy is a General! There's no way I can win. No way I can run away. No way I can...
What the hell was the point of that, Laylah?
You who never saw the world, you who has been stuck on the 'inside' for so long.
Why did you do that?
And why does it make me laugh so loudly?
The General decided to take his time now that you're bleeding out, dying.
It is kind of funny, isn't it?
He's toying with me. He's strong enough to toy with me.
It makes me laugh.
I wonder if it's because he is that strong. It annoyed and angered me when the others did it. Zephyr, Lin, the other Commander...
It's important to keep in mind what Mark means by "Toying with X" here. There were times when he inflicted pain on enemies unnecessarily, basically torturing them. This isn't what Mark refers to, and goes completely against his ideal. Mark is strictly talking about fights that he had drawn out, giving the chance for those enemies to "Shine". Examples would be the Fire Spirit, the Sixth Floor's Guardian as mentioned in the chapter(The Arachnae), the Corrupted Dark Elf Berserker, and others!
Remember that Zephyr told Mark about Unique Titles. That there is a definite(But hidden) link between his personality(Who he is as a person) and his Unique Titles(The Devourer and The Evolving Monster).
Letting those enemies shine in their final moments also gives them the chance to show everything that they have, everything that they are capable of doing. Mark wants to see them shine in the face of Death, The Devourer's hunger grows, and The Evolving Monster gets a better picture of what could be done with the enemies' bodies!
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I decided to expand on the idea here, instead of making the chapter longer(And therefore more expensive, Webnovel algorithm...) or having it be part of the next chapter.
I hope these thoughts were helpful in getting the full picture or/and interesting, if so please let me know. That way, I'll keep it in mind and continue doing it in the future.
I'm also going to re-read and re-write all of the novel's chapters. So far... Only three chapters have been re-edited... Finding the time is difficult...
Also, I've started a new novel! It might seem like that one is taking time away from "Reborn As An Evolving Monster", but it really isn't. After more than 400 chapters of plot, character development, and set-ups, writing what I envision is getting harder and harder. Additionally, the (pseudo)psychological nature of the novel is and has been taking a toll on me. Anyways...