Calling upon her was against the rules.
"She" said with a light laugh.
"What is the penalty?"
Shade, who had consumed too much spirit and was still facing a god, asked as the dragon claw came down again.
He would be unable to use that black Time Key for one month.
Boom!
The dragon claw slammed solidly onto the Sacrificial Ground. Five massive cracks spread outward from where the claw met the ground. Once the smoke and dust dispersed, Shade was nowhere to be seen. The blonde Countess instinctively covered her mouth, but she failed to notice the Elf Girl beside her widening her eyes as she stared into the sky.
A mass of mist appeared out of nowhere in midair. A somewhat worn floral dress rustled in the high-altitude wind as black patent-leather heels stepped out from the fog.
Golden hair had been carefully braided into an exceedingly intricate hairstyle and coiled behind her head, then covered by a wide-brimmed beige hat. The four Witches present all followed Emilia's gaze and saw her. All four froze, but none recognized who that familiar silhouette belonged to immediately.
Shade was held gently in her arms. The Demigod Witch, Adele Isabella, softly kissed his forehead before looking down at the Sacrificial Ground below.
With a single glance, she understood the situation. She beckoned, and Night Watchman on the ground flew into her hand. Then she drew a circle before herself with the sword, and a rotating Star Sea pattern appeared behind the two of them:
"Return to Original Nature Principle."
This was not her own Return to Original Nature Principle, but Shade's. The Star Sea flickered, and the light in the evil god's eyes, which had been coiled within the Sacrificial Ground, scattered their phantoms. The two, who had used "Time Reversal"