Chapter 41: Pause Or Realm? Who Will Win? Finale. (1/2)
”Realm Sword Skill...”
[Spatial Tear]
[Pause]
Gray paused the air, in front of him, creating a four by four rectangle of unmovable air.
*Swing*
Realm swung his katana.
[Pause Step]
*VOOOOOOM!*
And the space was distorted.
With widened eyes, Gray found himself staring at the spot where he had been standing along with the air which had been paused. A line could be seen on the ground itself as it had split completely in half. The line extended over to the prison that Gray was standing in front of.
The air shield he had created was completely useless, as the move had seemingly slashed through it.
'He slashed through the barrier of pause air?!'
*Crash!*
It was evident that many tiles of the building had fallen to the ground, as a large line could be seen across it.
Gray was left speechless. It looked like an ordinary fast swing, so how? How did it produce such a result? Had he not paused stepped away, would he have really been standing as of now?
Seeing as how he was just a single step away from death. Gray knew he couldn't let the man use the move again.
Taking a deep breath, Realm sheathed his sword again before leaning in.
”Realm sword skill-”
[Pause step]
The conversation was cut short during its middle when Gray suddenly appeared above him, swinging simultaneously both knives down at his head, forming a cross as he did so.
*Swish!*
Realm leapt back, watching as the swing Grazed him. Despite having nearly lost his life just now, he did not pause for a single second, as the top of his sheath and tilt continued to compress on its own.
The moment Realm even had a chance to think, Gray took off after him, instantly leaping off of a platform they had created out of air.
He thrust his knife forward, almost piercing through Realm, who only just managed to avoid once more as he leaped into the air.
[Realm: Compression]
As if he were a firefly, Gray once again canceled his momentum mid-flight and changed directions in the air, leaping up at Realm who at this point was in the air.
There was no platform for him to stand on, and there was no way for him to dodge.
Furthermore, he couldn't use his sword at that distance as Gray would simply pause it when he reached him.
Due to the lack of an alternative, he expanded the field, quickly vanishing as Gray slashed at him.
When Gray looked up, he expected Realm to have teleported above him, but instead he was suddenly grabbed by Realm and thrown down into the ground.
[Pause]
Gray caught himself in the air just before crashing, pausing his figure to cancel out the impact. His eyes opened wide however, as he could see Realm falling down from even further above with a swing in motion.
[Pause!]
It was too far to take effect.
[Realm: Compression!]
It was in that moment that the field suddenly compressed, and Realm swung his blade all at once. The release this time was much faster than the last.
[Spatial Tear]
[Pause Step]
*VOOOM!*