Chapter 73: Time Stop. (1/2)

'I'm falling…' She thought to herself.

Her hair swayed relentlessly as she drew closer and closer towards the monster. The ceiling lights, flashed brightly as they reflected against her eyes. Her heart pounding so heard it felt as if it would come out of her chest.

All this happening only because she had failed to activate her ability to get away. From the monster.

”STOOOOOOOOPPPPPP!!!!!”

Her pupils dilated. 'That voice… Who is-'

*Pierce*

It's hand pierced right through her through her stomach, her eyes widening as her body slowly registered what had happened.

For a moment, just a moment, she could have sworn she could have sworn she saw her brother standing at the platform at the entrance. Just that alone was enough to make her smile in her very last moments.

”Br…Other…” She muttered with teary eyes

Before she could think of anything else, everything froze.

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Whether it was the sight of the monster's hand, impaling his one and only sister after he had just found her, the feeling of having his hopes mutilated or the extreme amount of emotional stress placed on him in that one single moment, something inside of Gray had snapped.

[Quest has fai-]

In that very same instant that he saw her getting pierced. Out of Gray's sole and endless desire to stop everything and save his sister, a phenomenon that not even that system could have predicted, had occurred. Gray's core ability was invoked without the assistance of the system.

As a result…

His eyes widened as he found his sister's figure along with the monsters levitating in the air. All the other monsters were stuck in the position of eating the horned ones, as the colors in the room had became black and white, the only color being the bright yellow being emitted from his own eyes.

[Pause Level: ???]

Everything had stopped. Time itself had come to a pause.

All sense of logic which Gray was acquainted with was defied he could still move freely despite it all being frozen. It didn't make sense, if everything had stopped how was it that he could move? Would the atoms not inhibit his movement?

How was he even breathing? What about the countless of other external factors? Many questions flashed through his mind, but in reality, he didn't give a shit.

What mattered was that it happened again. Once again, they tried taking someone important away from him. His face had grown contorted from the sheer rage which could be seen on his face. His eyes became bloodshot red as blood streamed down his fists from how tightly he was clenching them.

Yes, something inside of Gray had snapped.

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*Step* *Step*

Hasty footsteps could be heard as the Aurora and Violet rushed down the stairs.

”He was in a rush, do you think something bad happened to his sister?” Aurora asked.

”How would he know? Lita didn't mention anything other than her location.” Violet replied.

”Maybe it's because they're siblings?” She mentioned as they were only a single step away.

”May-”

As they reached the bottom, Violet's eyes widened, her brows raised as she instinctively took a step back. She had completely forgotten about the rest of which she was going to say, as she witnessed the sight ahead of her.

The same could be said for Aurora who was both motionless and speechless.

Only one word came to mind as they stood there and stared.