"It's the Dark Dimension. Dormammu is here."
Mordo looked up at the sky. They were still a step too late.
Stephen looked at Kaecilius and his accomplices, who were being held back by the sorcerers, and an idea came to him.
"It's too late. No one can stop him."
Mordo murmured in despair.
"Not necessarily."
Stephen lowered his eyes and raised his arm. The Eye of Agamotto hanging against his chest slowly opened, revealing the glowing green gem within.
Green spell runes appeared around his arm. Kaecilius, who was fighting Lin Ze nearby, recognized them at once.
NO.
He dodged Lin Ze's attack and turned to run toward Stephen, only to freeze in midair halfway there.
Stephen knitted his brows, gritted his teeth, and channeled the spell, gently turning the wheel of time.
Droplets of water slowly rose from the ground, and fragments of broken walls flew into the air. The fleeing people moved backward one by one, the panic slowly fading from their faces.
Kaecilius rapidly moved backward. His accomplices were also caught in the time spell, their attacks playing out in reverse like a rewinding tape.
The other sorcerers were inevitably affected by the time spell as well.
Stephen hurriedly turned the timeline around Mordo beside him, freeing him from the spell's effects.
"The spell worked."
Stephen spoke to the still-bewildered Mordo, eager to restore the other sorcerers, but when he turned his head, he saw three people completely unaffected by the time spell.
Zhongli watched the enemy he had just sent flying with his spear hurtle back along the same arc, and he couldn't help raising an elegant brow.
The other sorcerers and Kaecilius's accomplices around Lin Ze were moving backward one after another, rewinding the battlefield from the street to the Sanctum's entrance. Somewhat baffled, Lin