Chapter 704 - Book 6, Chapter 96 (2/2)
If they could keep this up the Avatar would be overcome!
“You think you can win? No, you've already lost – you lost before we even started!” The light of her left eye intensified, ten tie of power running through her, enitude!
What was going on? No one understood as happening
Cloudhawk sensed that the eye was changing It was causing daht faded, her pupil dilated and the eye became cloudy Blood trickled from her canthus The eye itself was physically useless
“I will show you the true power of Time” In the space of a blink, Selene's powers had skyrocketed Her voice thundered through the cha her divine command “Tireater power Froy was released It quickly spread throughout the area and everyone within it
All present – Cloudhawk and the Cloud God included – felt the irresistible pull of this influence Try as they et close to Selene With shock and alarin to reconstruct itself
No not reconstruct Reverse! Ti in the area ound back to before the fight
Cloudhaatched in disbelief He knew Selene's powers could predict the future and that was enough to ination that her power extended tothey'd done, all the energy they'd used!
It was horrifying! And if the Avatar could do this, as the God King hiy They were more intense around the Avatar and then spread out in all directions He didn't want to think what the consequences would be if they were caught in them, so he called out to the others “Fall back!”
The Cloud God engaged his psychic powers to attack Selene in an attempt to stop her But with her abilities enhanced, and with the Cloud God unable to launch his strongest attacks, he was powerless to stop her Even the God had to retreat or risked being captured in the turbulent streams of time
When the Avatar turned her head toward the from both eyes One pupil was clouded and dull, the other was so bright it was hard to look at The focus of her gaze was none other than Cloudhawk
There was no dodging! The Avatar had hied toward hi him on all sides He felt frozen in place with no access to any of his relics and no way to use his powers He tried to teleport with no success, for as he gathered his ies they just reversed and dissipated
Everything about him was stuck out of ti, but his body was locked in a ated He was like a fish caught in frozen water
This… was the real power of the God King? Cloudhawk could see how even thecould be bested!
He also knew that if he followed the sa by all, he would end up the same way In the end it would all turn out the sa
But he didn't spend er of this moment
“It is not important whether the Boundary Portal opens or not The De's successor…Cloudhawk fast with her powers, she stabbed at him with Subliht closed in There was no way to protect himself
Nearby the Cloud God and his companions tried to help, but Selene rapped in flows of ti that came near was sent back in time to where they started No tactic they employed could pierce her protective bubble
It was in this cruciallight of Selene's sword tore through the body Janus, her eyes wide, shouted when she saw it
“Baldur!”
Cloudhawk stared, dumbfounded Selene was dazed Baldur took the strike He sacrificed himself!
The Avatar's soulless features broke into a twisted look of despair Perhaps because she lost an eye, the hold of the God King had weakened His seal on Selene's personality faltered for just an instant, enough to let her slip through
“Dad!” She looked down at her hand “W-what have I done?!”
“These last few years I've been living a shadow of a life All so I could keep searching… Sumeru may… not be our final enemy… but I'm afraid noon't be able to find the answer” Selene's blow had cut hihter With the last of the breath in his lungs he whispered, “Selene, don't feel bad This… is for the best”
“NO!”
Selene's screa off the chamber walls The power around her collapsed and she fell from the air
Those constraints that held Cloudhawk fell away Instinctually he teleported to Selene and grabbed her before she hit the ground None of this hat he'd planned But at least for now, it see's hold
1 Ah, character growth