The hand crossbow aimed at Helen and Grace again, but the sisters vanished at once, reappearing the next second on either side of the innkeeper behind the counter.
He immediately used his spirit to drive the light of the lantern in his hand, casting it over a wider area. He had thought the Miracle Element could affect the power of an Angel Level Relic, but to his surprise, the twin sisters in black and white dresses were completely unaffected.
The miracle of time resonated with the miracle of space. At that moment, the Whisper Element on the twins was almost completely concealed, while their power as Space Chosen Ones was revealed instead.
Though he was merely the Third Candidate among the Chosen Ones, Thomas Bennett seemed to realize something at that moment:
"Relics can also be—"
Before he could finish his incredulous words, the shattered spatial rifts on either side had already swept him in. The lantern fell onto the counter, the hand crossbow turned back into a piece of black wood, and the spatial turbulence shredded Thomas Bennett's corpse into fragments.
"Is that it?"
Before that emerald light erupted, Grace and Helen returned to Shade's side. The shredded remains gathered together, and after the phantom of a towering tree flashed past, Thomas Bennett reappeared:
"I have kept time frozen here as well. If you want to kill me, you can only go to the next second, but time here is forever fixed on the present second. This is not immortality. This is the rule of time! I have endless time to fight you here. I will always be in this second, but how long can you endure?"
He picked up the oil lamp, rich with the Miracle Element, then crushed its lampshade with one hand, gripped the flame in