"Homelander, ignore those soldiers. Go straight for that dancing mage."
Stormfront's voice rang in Homelander's ear. "Those ordinary people can't threaten you anyway."
"All right."
Homelander nodded. He had no interest in dealing with those ordinary people, since he couldn't kill them anyway. He rose into the sky and swiftly flew toward Morgana.
Just then, five Dark Mages blocked Homelander's path at once—the influx of ordinary people had freed up five Dark Mages, allowing them to join forces to intercept him.
Then the five Dark Mages cast their spells in unison. The surrounding space became incredibly viscous, like a swamp. Even Homelander slowed to a crawl, unable to escape the area.
This was the Slowness Spell. With five Dark Mages working together, even space itself was affected.
With even Homelander trapped, the situation had completely reversed. Everyone could only watch helplessly as the vortex overhead grew larger and larger, while the viewers began to despair.
Starlight Annie couldn't help asking inwardly, Andrew, aren't you going to act yet? Only you can save the world.
"I know only I can save the world, but I'm busy right now. Don't worry. The world will be fine."
Andrew replied to Annie. What was keeping him busy? Chatting with someone—or, more precisely, chatting with a white tiger.
"Come on, Hoggoth, isn't this a bit much? You disappear for ages, then the moment you show up, you ask me for detailed information on Technology Magic?"
Andrew complained, "At least put in some effort yourself and go make deals with those White Mages. It's not like I'd stop you."
Andrew wasn't particularly surprised by Hoggoth's appearance. If Chthon was tempted, the Vishanti would naturally be tempted too. Still, he hadn't expected Hoggoth to approach him directly.
"Of course you'd stop me!"
White Tiger Hoggoth said irritably,