'I can feel it,' Nova thought, his eyes widening as the wolf continued lunging toward him. 'I can feel the mana, the energy, and the Circle of Pillars stirring inside me. I guess I should have been listening to my inner self more often.'
The creature's movement had become almost laughably slow. Its jaws were open, exposing rows of teeth slick with saliva, and its claws were stretched toward Nova's chest. He could see the individual movements of its muscles beneath its fur, the shift in its shoulders, and the exact direction in which it intended to strike. Only a moment earlier, those same claws had been too quick for him to follow.
Nova didn't understand what was happening, but he wasn't going to waste the opportunity trying to figure it out. He shifted his weight onto his back foot and stepped to the side, letting the wolf's claws pass through the space where his chest had been.
In the blink of an eye, everything returned to its normal speed.
