Buy three Adrenaline Pills.
[x3 Adrenaline Pills cost 300 DP.]
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Just as he was about to confirm the purchase—
Everything stopped.
The world didn't slow.
No.
It ceased entirely.
Asher's axe hung froze mid-swing, droplets of sweat suspended in the air like crystal beads.
The crowd's gasps died in their throats, their faces locked in expressions of anticipation.
Pure darkness swallowed the arena.
Alaric found himself standing in an endless void, the familiar weight of his sword gone from his hand.
His breath came in sharp gasps that echoed in the absolute silence, the only sound in this place beyond time.
Then—
A flicker of flame danced before him, small and delicate as a candle's light.
But as he watched, it began to grow.
Larger, brighter, more magnificent with each passing heartbeat until it towered above him like a living mountain of fire.
Then the flame reshaped itself.
Whoosh!
