Tender Moments

Laglen's pupils contracted. The ability he prided himself on had been broken so easily.

He could suppress even Blackbeard for a short while. He now realized the person before him was on an entirely different level.

He curled his fingers slightly and created another room. This one was small, tucked away in an inconspicuous spot in the distance.

The clone smiled faintly. "Trying to run?"

Certain he could escape, Laglen grinned back. "What if I am?"

"You can't stop me!"

"Is that so? Domain!" Swain said softly.

Pop!

An invisible blue ripple spread from the ground, forming a barrier that enclosed a hundred-meter radius.

"Hm?" Laglen exclaimed in surprise.

He was still standing in the same place. A bad feeling rose in his chest.

"Spatial Exchange!"

Convinced his ability should work, he called it out again.

He still hadn't moved!

What was going on?

"Realized you can't get away?" the clone asked mockingly.

Panic crossed Laglen's face. "Who are you?"

"I already told you."

Laglen's eyes widened at the impossible sight before him.

The enemy ahead of him dissolved into mist that spread backward. In the blink of an eye, the figure had switched places with the real Swain.

"Swain!" Laglen shouted.

He looked as though he'd seen a ghost. All he wanted was to get away from this man.

"Why run the moment you see me?" A smile still played on Swain's lips.

Seawater suddenly shot from beneath his feet into the soil in every direction, swift as lightning.

Laglen could no longer move.

Swain held him in place with water mist. Under the force of the sea, it compressed the air and pressed in on Laglen like a sponge closing around him.

Swain walked up to him with his hands behind his back. "I'm pleased with what you