He was standing there…
High in the sky.
Not moving.
Not speaking.
Not even changing his posture.
A fourth-rank master… blond.
His body was fixed in the air as if the sky itself were carrying him. His long blond hair swayed slowly with the winds above, and his eyes were half-closed like someone contemplating something distant that others could not see.
There was no armor surrounding him.
Nor any explosive aura.
But…
From him emanated a terrifying concentrated energy.
It was not a dispersed energy.
It was compressed… concentrated… as if a small star were imprisoned inside his body.
Even the winds around him moved cautiously.
As if the air itself feared approaching him.
Above him…
The sky began to change.
Thin threads of blue light stretched across the space like a vast net.
At first they were intertwined. But also spaced apart.
But with time…
They began to intertwine more.
