Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 853 - 117: Time Magic

Chapter 853: Chapter 117: Time Magic

"Quite interesting, and quite effective," Pannis praised. "So you just slowed down the time of the meteorite, right? Two seconds have passed in our world, but only one second for the meteorite, which is why we saw what just happened, isn’t it? When I fought alongside Philarx back in the day, he couldn’t do this at all. It’s surprising that now, his student can do it so easily, hehe. The time magic he advocates is indeed very powerful. If used properly, it’s probably capable of ensuring one’s survival against even the strongest of enemies. Unfortunately, your time magic still has its shortcomings."

"Oh?" Victor’s calm and slow voice suddenly fluctuated with anticipation, "Where is there a problem?"

"The biggest issue is the upper limit. It’s evident from Philarx’s lifespan. His time magic, at best, can only slow down his own timeline to half its normal speed. Considering that you’re his student, and the likelihood of you surpassing this genius Mage in magical proficiency isn’t very high, your time magic is bound to have effects similar to his at most, being able to slow down an object’s time by half. In other words, if someone is faster than you by more than double your speed, you might as well ignore any attempt to alter the flow of your own time through the entire process," Pannis explained. While talking, Pannis and Nellie’s Phantom simultaneously made their move, mirroring the battle with the Marsh Stalker. The Phantom of Nellie suddenly initiated a Fearless Charge towards Victor, while Pannis, like a Ghost, stayed right behind the Phantom, using the flow of air to maintain the same high speed. When they were just a dozen meters from the clock tower, the Phantom’s forward momentum abruptly stopped as she dipped her shoulders. Pannis used her as leverage to propel himself towards the platform above, shooting up with a speed that nearly created afterimages and bizarrely appearing behind Victor, his other one-handed sword thrusting straight at Victor’s nape.

Pannis was moving so fast he almost surpassed Victor’s understanding, and it wasn’t until Pannis was already behind him that Victor’s reaction began. Pulling Felic by his side, he stepped forward, and the two of them disappeared on the spot, reappearing a dozen meters away on the ground. This was the pinnacle of a Mage’s Dimensional Door spell.

"You see, that’s your second problem," Pannis did not continue the pursuit because the clock tower and platform he was standing on suddenly vanished, appearing instantaneously beside Victor and Felic while he naturally fell due to the lost support. However, even as he fell, he maintained the posture of standing upright with his arms folded across his chest, as if he were standing on solid ground, and said, "No matter how you manipulate time, whether speeding up or slowing down, it doesn’t matter because you can only change the time flow around yourself and your surroundings. You cannot change our time, thus you have this very fatal weakness. No matter how fast or slow you make your own movements, your reaction speed will not change. If my speed exceeds your limits, even if you can manipulate time to make your relative speed faster than mine, you won’t be able to keep up with your own reaction. However, that last move of mine did not hit you, it seems I underestimated you after all. Hmm, I understand now; no wonder you said earlier that Philarx would not teach you time magic because of the price it entails, haha, that price is so interesting. If I’m not mistaken, in order for your mental reaction speed to keep up with the accelerated bodily movements, you must maintain this high-speed state for a long time, even permanently fixing yourself in this state, resulting in perceiving everything as extremely slow. And if you were to leave this state of time discrepancy, even your own movements would seem exceedingly slow. No wonder, no wonder your speech and movements are both so strange. It’s probably because you’ve been in the time discrepancy state for too long and became unaccustomed once out of it."

"Ha, you catch on quick," Victor suddenly spoke at a normal pace, clearly having once again accelerated his body’s time flow: "Right, that’s one of the prices. Now, do you still think it’s my weakness? My reaction speed can totally keep up with my physical movements."

Pannis frowned, feeling as though he was overlooking something very important related to time magic. Time was too complex, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t figure it out and had to temporarily set aside his doubts. With a sneer, he said, "I must admit, the second issue doesn’t really count as a problem anymore. But the most crucial issue, your upper limit, remains unsolved. So what if you can double your speed? If someone surpasses your speed limit, no amount of acceleration will help you."

"Really?" Victor said swiftly, "You can attack beyond the speed limit, but can she?"

As he spoke, both Victor and Felic pointed simultaneously at Vivian. It seemed like a mere casual gesture, an action accompanying the conversation, but without any warning or spellcasting, two searing flames descended from the sky. The Flame of Destruction appeared out of nowhere and struck where Vivian had been standing.

Unfortunately for them, Vivian was no longer there. As soon as the Flame of Destruction made its appearance, Vivian, as if prepared, casually stepped forward. A Light Curtain emerged with her step, and as she passed through it, she appeared beside Pannis, calmly watching as the flames assaulted her original position and mockingly said, "You underestimate an experienced professional adventurer too much. Did you think such trickery would let you sneak attack successfully? If I didn’t have the habit of being ready for battle at all times, I would have died countless times in my adventures. Tsk, tsk, if you managed to sneak attack me that easily, I’m sure my sisters would laugh themselves to death if they knew."

"Hmph." Victor extended his hand to the side, and Felic took out a slender one-handed wand from his robe, passing it over with both hands to Victor. Victor, with a speed that would dazzle an ordinary person, traced several runes in the air with the wand and snorted, "What a troublesome opponent. Well then, to save time, let’s settle this with a head-on confrontation."

"It should be so." Pannis took a half step forward, positioning himself in front of Vivian, who was preparing her magic. He re-sheathed his one-handed sword on his back, slightly bent forward at the waist, and adopted a stance convenient for both offense and defense, saying, "I don’t want to drag this out either. After I deal with you, I still have to handle the threat of the Divine Servants. Let’s end this quickly." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)