In the next instant, time itself slowed, and a woman's dark hair fluttered in the wind...
Huh? Brandon's gaze condensed, and he looked at Clarisse, who was standing still in front of the broken core.
"Senior Clarisse?"
She was standing only a short distance away with the broken core at her feet.
But she didn't move and her sword was raised slightly with petals still frozen mid-spin in the air like shards of red glass.
She didn't respond and stood there as if she is frozen in time.
His eyes narrowed and turned to look at Astrid "Astrid."
He saw her body was stuck in time and she was not even blinking.
'What is happening...'
He gripped his dagger tightly and took a defensive position.
'Was I trapped in some kind of illusion?'
He looked around cautiously, scanning the haze of slowed ether particles around him.
But suddenly his body stopped moving, making him feel numb 'Urgh... what.'
He slowly turned his eyeballs and looked at the shadow walking toward him.
