I Became a Spirit in Date A Live and Refused to Date

I have to get away from his staff! Ellen thought, hastily retreating to escape Shido's reach.

But it was no use.

"You're not getting away!"

Shido shouted with all his might and raised Elemental Spirit high above his head.

He had created eleven copies of himself with his mental powers solely to deceive Ellen's senses.

He wanted her to think his real body was another Illusion and let her guard down.

As for how he had passed through Ellen's Territory like the illusory copies, he had simply used spatial powers to make his body intangible for a moment.

"Stop!"

As if answering Shido's plea, Elemental Spirit began to glow.

A vast Clock pattern appeared beneath his feet.

The hands that had been moving within it stopped with a click.

For an instant, the whole world turned black and white, then regained its color.

Ellen hung motionless in midair, still in the act of retreating.

So did Tohka beside him, the burning Beasts behind them, and the waves along the shore.

Everything that had been moving stood perfectly still, as though time had stopped.

No. That was exactly what had happened.

To keep Ellen from escaping, Shido had used Elemental Spirit's power to stop time.

A Narrow Victory

At that moment, the entire world—even the entire universe—had stopped moving through Shido's power alone.

But a power like that came at a cost to match.

"Argh—"

Shido cried out in pain. Blood slowly seeped from the corners of his eyes, his nose, his mouth, and his ears.

It felt as though every muscle in his body had been torn apart and his bones ground to dust.

The pain was worse than anything he had endured before.

But even with his body battered and barely holding together, he could not give up his