Learning of the Conspiracy

Anim had never imagined that even after deploying his domain defense, which should at least have hindered his opponent's attack even if it could not block it completely, reality would deal him such a crushing blow.

How could he have known that Nozdormu's title as the Eternal King was not earned for nothing? The power of the mind domain could not stop the penetration of the powerful laws of time. A difference of even one level in the realm of laws was like the difference between heaven and earth—let alone the vast gap between them.

This miscalculation was simply one wrong step leading to another, instantly plunging Anim, who had once held victory firmly in his grasp, into an unprecedented...