Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 852 - 116 Time Difference

Chapter 852: Chapter 116 Time Difference

The meteorite, with a diameter of several dozen meters wrapped in blazing flames, descended from the sky with searing heat. As it hurtled towards the ground at a high speed, it emitted a piercing roar, and one could imagine the impact force it would bring upon collision. The shock wave could affect an area of several thousand square meters. Unless those standing on the ground evacuated immediately upon seeing the meteorite, they would undoubtedly fail to escape its strike. Even with a timely retreat, one would have to flee quickly enough to stay clear of the impact zone—any hesitation, and it would be impossible to avoid the meteorite’s range.

Descending meteorites in the Yarran World belonged to the highest level of large-area, high-damage magic at the Legendary Rank. Historically, they made several appearances in wars, each occurrence often accompanied by massive casualties and a reversal of the battles’ outcomes—or even the destruction of small cities. However, in the last few centuries, as peace prevailed, such magic rarely manifested. After all, one would need to resort to such magic only with the intent to create a catastrophic tragedy. Unexpectedly, Victor had summoned this magic within the confines of their Inherent Psychic Domains, launching a comprehensive assault without any attempt at probing.

Nellie’s Phantom and Pannis stood shoulder to shoulder, their silhouettes almost perfectly mirrored, both with heads tilted up, faces calm as they watched the meteorite’s fall without moving. However, as the meteorite neared the ground, Nellie’s Phantom finally acted. Aggression burned around her body as the Aggression Shield solidified and expanded outward, forming a human-shaped barrier to encase herself. With a flick of her knight lance, she charged toward the falling meteorite.

The meteorite was still far away, and even for a Demigod Rank knight, the distance covered by the Charge of Fearlessness was insufficient to reach the meteorite. Nevertheless, Nellie’s Phantom charged straight at it, seemingly unworried about the distance. Just as her Charge of Fearlessness ended—having closed only half the distance to the meteorite, which was already falling—a one-handed sword infused with Aggression suddenly appeared beneath her feet. As soon as Nellie’s Phantom started her charge, Pannis had nonchalantly thrown his weapon, his control over speed and power reaching a point of perfection that placed the pre-thrown weapon at the most suitable position at the right moment.

Without even a glance downward, as if she had known that something would emerge underfoot, Nellie’s Phantom casually stepped on the sword in midair. Her metal-studded boot sole collided accurately with the one-handed sword charged with Aggression. Using the immense impact, Nellie’s Phantom, who had been falling, soared upwards again. During the climb, she aimed for the whistling meteorite and initiated a second charge.

On one side was a several-dozen-meter-wide flaming meteorite, and on the other, a tiny human form—no one would consider the two equal in size. Yet, no one believed that the human form would fail. Nellie’s Phantom’s tiny stature exuded a mightier aura as she surged upward from below, charging diagonally toward the meteorite. Once hit by the Phantom, the uncontrollable meteorite would invariably have its course altered by the forceful impact, using inertia to fly far away, no longer posing any threat to the ground.

However, the unexpected occurred—Nellie’s Phantom’s charge fell through. Two seconds before the impending collision, the uncontrollable meteorite’s speed abruptly slowed to a crawl. With no preparation for such a sudden event, Nellie’s Phantom brushed past the meteorite. After allowing Nellie’s Phantom to pass, the meteorite instantly returned to its original speed and continued plummeting toward the ground.

Such an event should have been impossible because even if Victor could control the meteorite, reducing its speed from extremely fast to extremely slow would require a deceleration process. Yet the meteorite skipped this entirety, transitioning directly from extremely fast to extremely slow, and then back to extremely fast.

"Huh, Time magic," Vivian, standing beside Pannis, could clearly hear Pannis’s soft murmur, which matched exactly with what she had surmised. The scene, which defied common sense, gave the onlookers the impression that the meteor’s speed hadn’t slowed but rather that someone had artificially stretched the meteor’s time. To those perceiving in normal time, the meteor appeared to move extremely slowly while the time around Nellie’s Phantom remained normal, resulting in the phenomenon they had just witnessed.

"So this is Time magic? It seems this magic can’t affect us but can influence the objects you summon," Despite Nellie’s Phantom missing the defense against the meteor attack, Pannis remained unfazed, smiling lightly as he raised his voice, "Too bad, if Time magic could affect the time around us as well, you might have already won this battle."

As he was shouting to Victor from tens of meters away, the situation changed again. The flying meteor, as if impacted by something, suddenly changed direction, curving through the air and flying far towards the horizon. Behind the meteor, Nellie’s Phantom instantly ceased its Charge after the missed collision. For a knight, a Charge of Fearlessness often meant moving forward without looking back, and once initiated, it was very difficult to stop the Charge unless mastered by a knight familiar with these foundational skills. Nellie, when she was still alive, was such a knight, hence even her Phantom could effortlessly cancel the Charge to stop, and while the meteor’s speed still hadn’t returned to normal, she had already swung her lance backward.

The lance finally collided with the meteor. The nearly negligible four-meter knight lance against the enormous meteor carried an indescribable powerful force. After the collision, the metal lance was unscathed, while the meteor, with a spray of sparks and rubble, had its direction changed and crashed into the distance.

After flinging the meteor away, Nellie’s Phantom executed an agile spin in the air, falling straight down with increasing speed assisted by gravity. Just before hitting the ground, the Phantom had closed enough distance to Pannis to initiate a supporting Charge. The Phantom of the female knight, bringing with her a gust of wind appeared beside Pannis, resuming her original stance as if nothing had happened.

"Clap, clap, clap." Pannis calmly applauded like an audience member enjoying a theatrical play, saying, "Quite an interesting magic. I’ve heard Philarx talk about it many times before, but today is when I’ve truly seen real Time magic."

"How about it, not bad for my ’Temporal Displacement’, right?" Victor said slowly, "Even my teacher hasn’t seen me cast it before, you three are the first audience." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)