(Meanwhile, within the Time Stilled World, Moltherak's Floating Island, Leo's POV)
Although only a couple days had passed in the outside universe, a couple hundred days had passed for Leo within the Time Stilled World, as his aura shield training progressed by leaps and bounds, the once impossible concept now slowly beginning to bend to his will as repetition carved understanding deeper into his bones.
What had once seemed like an unsolvable puzzle to him, now became something he could finally grasp, maybe not flawlessly yet, but enough for him to feel the shield taking shape around him in a way that resembled what Moltherak had demonstrated so long ago.
