Yes. The one standing before Li Wei now was no longer Prince Altais—the man with brilliant golden hair warm as sunlight, gentle and refined, generous to all.
He was an evil being with a head full of white hair, a corpse-like face, sinister eyes, blood on his hands, and nothing but greed and malice toward every living thing.
This was absolutely not the Altais he knew—the prince who had once defended the gates of Tilverton, facing the endless assault of the Demons and fighting to the death without taking a single step back!
"Who exactly are you?" Li Wei demanded.
And "Altais," too, had searched through his memories and uncovered Li Wei's identity. He suddenly realized that this Silver Dragon lord, disguised as a human Arcanist, was none other than the culprit who had slaughtered his tribe decades ago and turned him into what he was today.
A savage smile spread across his face.
"Levis, I... I will be the nightmare you can never escape. Just wait—ugh."
Before he could finish, he discovered in shock that the Arcanist before him had suddenly vanished, only to reappear directly in front of him. At some point, Li Wei had snatched away the rune sword in his hand and plunged it straight into his chest.
Golden divine light erupted at once.
In that instant, his senses and everything in the world before him seemed to slowly grind to a halt.
"No... the powerful body I worked so hard to find..."
He never could have imagined that this Arcanist, who was not even Legendary, possessed the legendary ninth-circle maximized arcane spell [Time Stop]. And why did he also wield divine magic of Order?
Before an arcane spell this close to a bug, unless one had the corresponding defenses, immunity to vital strikes, or a