Chapter 1033 - Alice in Action (2/2)

Not only did Rhode widen his eyes in surprise, but Canary, Mini Bubble Gum, and Lize were also stunned. They clearly saw that Alice didn’t do anything and Boulder had indeed launched his attack. However, as the blade arrived before Alice and was about to strike her, Boulder’s movement suddenly halted. At the same time, everyone’s vision flashed and the scene of attack disappeared completely. There was nothing strange in the air or ground. Boulder continued to stand before Alice with his sword in the sheath as though he hadn’t attacked. But Rhode and the others clearly sensed the pressurizing aggression of the blade airflow. Why… did he return to the start?

“Damn, Leader. Big Sister Alice’s ability is insane…”

Lilian and the others might still be in shock, but Rhode, Mini Bubble Gum, and Canary, the players, had already obtained some clues. Combining Alice’s ability, the trio guessed what happened exactly. Alice’s ability was controlling history. To Boulder, the moment he unsheathed his sword was ‘present’. When he unsheathed the sword, that moment became ‘history’. It was apparent that Alice interfered with the process. Even though they didn’t know how she did it, it was most likely due to her canceling or changing the ‘historical process’ of the unsheathing of the sword. After losing the process, the following attack was as though imaginary without any foundation and continuity. Under the rules of Order, this illogical process was totally impossible.

It was due to figuring out this point that Mini Bubble Gum made such a remark. Perhaps even players wouldn’t stand a chance against a BOSS like Alice. Rhode instantly felt admirable. Even though he did consider Alice’s abilities in the past, he realized how absurd it was after personally witnessing and understanding her power.

“The power of an archangel. How disappointing…”

Alice spoke and didn’t have any other reactions. At this moment, she was as though in the library as usual, looking at the archangel with a calm, relaxed expression, like she wasn’t the one who removed the earth-shattering attack, but was someone totally unrelated. Alice extended her arm and the heavy book hovering in front of her gradually flipped open. Suddenly, the air had as though frozen in time. Even though her movements were subtle, for some reason, the pressure she brought upon was far more than the deadly blow from Boulder. Facing the opened pages, Alice pushed up her glasses slightly and her right hand held onto one of the pages.

“Heyah!”

Perhaps instinctively detecting an extreme danger approaching, Boulder snarled and raised his arms high up. His turbid wings erupted in unprecedented flames. In an instant, the air had as though burned up in high temperatures in his movements. However, Alice remained unfazed. Facing the highly-raised blade and blistering flames, the young lady didn’t say a word. Instead, she turned over the page in her hand.

“———!”

In an instant, dazzling radiance of flames enfolded the sky, at which even Rhode had to narrow his eyes to avoid the glare. Lilian shrieked in shock, turning away immediately. After a few moments, everyone opened their eyes and the blinding brilliance from before had as though remained in their vision and unable to fade away. However, what was most important to them was the result of the battle.

And when they witnessed what happened, they were baffled.

Boulder continued to hover in midair. But unlike before, half of his body was burned. Not only that, but his body was also in a strange state. The left side of his body was as per usual, but the right appeared slim and weak as though it were a specimen submerged in formalin. Alice squinted at this scene.

“… Oh, you resisted it? No wonder you’re still resistant toward Order; you’ve been corrupted by Chaos. In this case…”

Alice extended her arm and held the page once again.

“This will all end now…”

“Stop!”

Before Alice made her move, she suddenly heard a loud scream. Rhode’s group witnessed a figure soaring across the sky and came between Alice and Boulder. Upon hearing the voice, Lilian couldn’t help but shriek.

“Serene?!”