An unseen, incomprehensible force completely enveloped the golden spear in that instant.
All matter and energy upon the spear's shaft froze at that moment. "Time Stop!"
As she retreated, Alvitr identified the nature of that power. The Snow Mountain Goddess wielded the laws of time and life.
They had encountered mechanisms and puzzles related to them during their exploration. But anything involving time had basically only been part of "puzzle-solving" segments.
This was their first time facing an enemy who truly wielded the power of the laws of time! Yet Angri, who could bring "Time Stop" to life, was currently barred outside by the palace's rules.
Alvitr's gaze turned deadly.
She did not possess the ability to contend with the laws of "time."
However, when that duplicate used the power of "time," it did not leave no trace behind.
If she could catch it once, she could catch it a second time.
She spread the five fingers of her right hand, and another long spear appeared in her grasp. It was not the Capricorn Spear and did not possess the power of Absolute Severance, but it could manifest its shaft from light and extend it in length.
From the earlier assassination attempt, she had still gauged the duplicate's level of defense. It was a defense she could breach even without using the Capricorn Spear. The key was that this "Spear of Light" could keep her at a distance and buy her sufficient time to react.
Using a method similar to a lizard shedding its tail, she could also abandon the spear's forward section of light, cutting off the spread of Time Stop.
The instant the spear entered her hand, Alvitr tapped her foot against the ground. Her entire body shifted from retreating to advancing, reversing direction like a swallow's return