Gor's voice was not loud, but it carried a strange penetrating force, echoing clearly through the Stardust Graveyard that had just endured a violent wash of energy.
As his words fell, the spatial ripples and lingering energy that had been twisted into disorder by the fierce clash around them rapidly settled and dispersed like a retreating tide.
The raging power of space and wind around him also seemed to be smoothed away by an invisible hand, returning once more to restrained silence.
And yet, his act of voluntarily withdrawing his power, along with the unexpected calm and openness in Gor's voice, left Alvin, who had been watching from the side, completely stunned.
Alvin was utterly astonished. The magnetic field around his body transmitted rather violent emotional fluctuations as he stared in disbelief at Gor's somewhat battered back, then looked toward Shen Yi in the distance, whose expression remained calm as he flew toward Xilos and Winnie.
For a moment, he could not quite react.
He jerked his head hard, as if trying to shake off some unreal sense of dizziness, then muttered to himself.
"This... How is this even possible? Gor actually stopped on his own, and admitted so calmly that the fight was over?"
Alvin could not believe it.
"I'm not seeing things, right? Or did the aftershock from that clash just now shake my perception apart?"
"Gor, a guy this arrogant, someone who can wield even an incomplete Space Authority with such uncanny mastery, actually said that was enough on his own?"
He turned his head and looked at Lilith, who had silently flown to his side at some point. The aura around him was mixed with shock, confusion, and a trace of inexplicable excitement.
"Lilith! Did you see that? This scene—I can barely remember the last time