Chapter 380: A Future Without Me (8)
Chapter 380: A Future Without Me (8)
Unchain, Keter’s Authority, possessed the power to remain unaffected by any form of restraint. Because of this, he had been immune to spatial freezing magic like Krona’s Eternity, and he had even escaped Ivan’s ultimate spell, Three Thousand Worlds. As such, it seemed like he should be able to break free from the Heavenly Venerable’s Mandala as well, but......It doesn’t work.
His Unchain didn’t respond to Mandala because the slowing of time wasn’t a restraint. This meant Keter had no choice but to endure the full eleven years before he could continue the conversation with the Heavenly Venerable. And yet, he neither despaired nor grew impatient.
Who do you think I am? I’m a secret weapon even gods would fear.
Now that he had realized his true nature, Keter actually felt anticipation about what kind of ability would manifest to help him overcome this situation. Like a child holding a gift box without knowing what’s inside, he found the waiting itself exciting.
Oh?
After what felt like about an hour, he sensed a change. The Heavenly Venerable seemed to notice it too, his brow slightly furrowing.
Originally, Keter could only move his body by the tiniest increments; it had taken seven hours just to move a single finger. But now, it only took two hours. Keter was adapting to the slowed time, and that was extraordinary.
There was a limit to the speed a living body could endure. The faster one moved, the more exponentially the strain on the body increased. Transcendentals were no exception. Even if they were able to move at the speed of sound, their physical bodies couldn’t withstand it. That was why many abandoned their bodies altogether and became purely spiritual entities.
Now, Keter was approaching that threshold while still a human. To move in a world where one second equaled one hundred sixty-eight hours was akin to moving at sonic speed or even comparable to Tachyon, the eighth form of Limitless Archery.
“...Impressive.”
Even the Heavenly Venerable stroked his chin in admiration. No ordinary being, nor even a divine one, could move at a normal speed in such a slowed world. To do so would require energy equivalent to destroying a city every second.