Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation (Volume 6)

Vol 6/Chapter 15, Almost a Counter-Kill

"Didn't you hear what I said? If I hadn't turned back time to save you, you'd be dead by now!"

This Selene clearly knew everything that happened before. She glared at Gilbert with an unhappy face, then gave a meaningful look at Adrian's place and warned, "Hurry up! Or do you want to die again?"

"Not good!"

Seeing that they'd been exposed, Nicola quickly ran deeper into the passage without looking back. However, Adrian, who was standing closer to the exit, was caught by Gilbert's Psionic Energy. He floated helplessly in mid-air, struggling while slowly drifting towards the two people in the control room.

"Looks like one still got away... If I'm not wrong, this guy we caught should be the king of New Parristol?"

Seeing that they only caught one enemy, Gilbert sighed with some disappointment. But he clearly recognized Adrian's face and wasn't in a hurry to kill him. Instead, he first used Psionic Energy to break Adrian's arms and legs. Then he praised Selene again with great admiration.

"High Priest is truly amazing. Your ability to control time and turn defeat into victory is simply incredible! You're truly worthy of being one of the rare chosen ones who can communicate directly with Lord 'Spring' and bear the power of time. Thanks to your personal involvement this time, with King Adrian captured, the entire city is now within our grasp!"

"That person who ran away didn't seem very strong... Well, we have more important things to deal with! That one shouldn't be much of a threat."

Selene glanced again in the direction where Nicola fled, seemingly not too concerned. Then she turned to Gilbert and reminded him:

"All the paths are now open. Quickly get the church's soldiers from above to take over. Though I got some time control powers through direct communication with Lord 'Spring', it was given by divine grace. I already use most of my mental power just to keep the side effects from appearing! You must be more careful from now on - I can't reverse time for that long to save you every time!"

Nicola hadn't actually run far. Seeing that they weren't chasing after her, she boldly sneaked back to observe from the shadows, because there were too many things she couldn't understand!

First, humans using time control wasn't really rare. For example, some advanced wind mages and Sage Council Chairman Adonis - Nicola had even fought the latter once. But they all had many limitations, like only being able to reverse time in a local area instead of reversing time for the entire world.

The Ancient God Religion's Selene's power had clearly broken through normal limits! Moreover, the combination of time and Psionic Energy was truly overpowered. Unless back at full strength, Nicola alone couldn't possibly win in a direct fight - even with dozens of Adrians it would be impossible!

The key issue was that every time Gilbert used Psionic Energy, he visibly aged several years. But Selene seemed to have almost no side effects when using such incredible powers. She even looked younger than the Selene that Nicola knew from the other world, which meant there must be some trick behind it!

Nicola had always been proud and never willing to accept defeat. Whether facing the huge pressure from Michelle in her weaker days, or seeing Adrian as an opponent. Even now with just herself left, she was still thinking about how to turn things around, and Selene's words had given her a hint.

After all, the Authority of time was in her hands, and time manipulation, though seemingly overpowered, didn't actually affect Nicola much. Moreover, Selene had just hinted that she couldn't use her powers freely!

The best evidence was that if she just wanted to save Gilbert, she didn't need to go back so far in time! Based on her experience, Nicola immediately figured out that Selene indeed had some control issues and couldn't use her power precisely - perhaps this was also the secret to how she suppressed the side effects?