Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 171: When Suddenly...

In the realm without time, Avion had his mask off as there was a cool air enveloping him. His sleep becoming comfortable just right then, he woke up.

Everything was still black and white but on top of him was a maiden's face. Her eyes closed but seemingly staring at him.

"Finally awake..."

Feeling comfortable on the lap pillow, Avion closed his eyes again before turning around.

"The audacity." Darea frowned, "You think you can use my lap after you rest?"

"I'm still resting though."

"I'm losing my patience. You have already slept for hours while I am here, doing nothing, waiting for you to wake up."

Avion's ugly appearance then peeked at her. He finally sat up and stretched his body.

Meanwhile, Darea has a face of surprise which soon changed.

Overclocking groups of objects to their limits made Avion mentally tired. He could collectively Overclock them but the burden was heavier than just Blast Throwing one stone.

Avion stood up and reached out his hand towards Darea.

"You do know I don't need your help." she retorted but she held his hand and pulled herself upright.

Avion took his black mask again and covered his distasteful face. 

"Don't be so angry, master. Where were we again?" he looked around and saw above to the right was his last Meteor Shower was about to drop onto the Royalties.

Darea seemingly rolled her eyes away behind her eyelids, "The two kings are on the edge of their energies. Their protective elesps will soon wear off and you will finally have the advantage." she then added a comment, "Seems like you wouldn't need reinforcement even if they will come. Your Blast Throws are actually this scary."

The Conqueress calling his attacks scary are something to be taken as honor and praise, "Yeah, but I need a plain land with no obstruction for it. If not for you bringing me to the air, my Blast Throws would need to destroy the surrounding buildings first."

"It's a lot of work but it is worth it. But that doesn't mean the weakness of your Blast Throw is covered. It's too loud and could be heard from kilometers away. Even a Rank Bih would be able to dodge it easily."

"Hehe... but they don't want to get far from each other so it limits their movements." Avion laughed, thinking the acts of him using the knife were worth the risk. If he just used Blast Throws, the two Kings wouldn't rely on the Queen and they will split up to enlarge their area of evasion.

But if they stick together, the force of the blast is shared and they will have to use energy to put up protective elesps. Avion's effort was showing fruits.

"I just need to continue!" he slapped himself awake, "And, Master Darea, how much time had already passed in the real world?"

"You're using me now as a clock..." Darea complained which Avion just shamelessly smiled in return, "It's already past ten minutes, actually. But I think help is on its arrival. I'm not using any investigative elesp so I'm not sure but one Elementalist is coming here from a different direction."

Avion's eyes lit up, "Then, could you please?"

"Yeah, sure, just prepare yourself."

He nodded and took random pebbles on the ground with activation-deactivation of stopping time, bringing them to the realm only for the two.

"Ready when you are."

Without saying anything, Darea pointed her finger up and energy amassed below Avion, before making hover and fly up straight!

Meanwhile, she had already used her Immaterial Body.

"Woah..." after getting a rest, he felt his stomach churn like the first time he quickly rose, slowly getting used to the abrupt rise again.

On his way up, he saw the Royalties, his enemies, still not noticing the Meteor Shower on the right side Avion left before he collapsed,

As he was about to reach the peak of his rise, before he fell down, he stretched his right arm and threw dozens of pebbles towards the expecting Royalties.

Just like before, the moment the pebbles were released from his hand, time went back.

Only one second was needed before he stops time again.

The group of pebbles doubled their speed as Avion collectively focused on them. Four times, eight times, sixteen times, thirty-times, sixty-four times the speed of before in a single second!

BOOM!* destroying the sound barrier multiple times, a Meteor Shower was formed and Avion immediately stopped time.

But strangely, he didn't feel his fall. A bead of sweat dripped from his forehead as Avion saw the Queen's face looking at him with a wide smile.

"So she finally got you..." Darea expected it, "I have already warned you way before that mental energy cannot be sensed. She must've already calculated the distance you are throwing the stones from and placed her focus on the perimeter, catching you in that single second you used." she explained which was like a clap of thunder to Avion's ears.

Even Darea couldn't help him now. In the stoppage of time, everything is invincible and immovable.

Avion was still digesting the shock he got, 'What do I do now...?' a vine that came from a green light behind him entangled his waist. Only a Rank Ey Elementalist could do this.

Putting all of his focus to maximize his Blast Throws' power, Avion didn't even realize something had already caught him.

"You can only return time." Darea said as if it doesn't concern her. Would Avion die? Yes but no so there's no need to worry, She reached out her hand to pat Avion's head and continued, "Seemed like you will lose our bet." she mocked.

Avion grunted, 'I'm going to sooo abuse her if I don't die.'

Steeling his mind, he resumed time after Darea became immaterial and felt a pulling force that brought him to the Royalties. But the Meteor Showers were faster and reached them first.

Unfortunately, the queen didn't lose her control over his capture. After the last rounds of Meteor Shower that destroyed the courtyard, following by explosive sounds, Avion was brought to them, the Royalties having ecstatic faces.

"I finally got you~!" Queen Teresa reached out her hand and multiple overgrowths came out of the ground that locked Avion within.

The two kings finally saw Avion fully as they sighed in relief.

"I don't feel any energy coming from him." King Gregor inspected, making him frown.

"We should just kill him now, he may escape later." King Isero suggested, his anger had yet to dissipate.

"No, we should question him first. If he could escape, he could've already and continue his attacks. I doubt that he doesn't know he is about to win. Stopping here means giving us time to regenerate." Queen Teresa laughed, "If this is a trap then it is a dumb trap."