"How does it sound? The Warlock Council sent a threat that they donât want a Variant government, and theyâll take action. Scared by that threat, all Uprising members ran away, leaving Lucifer behind? You think heâll believe itâs?" Salazar asked, smiling.
"I stand by my statement. You donât know anything. Youâre an idiot, and youâll regret it!" Kellian replied before taking another step back.
As he was already standing at the edge, taking this step made him fall off the building.
...
Hearing that Salazar wasnât there to fight, Lucifer was slightly relaxed.
Unfortunately, soon he heard some bad news. Vega had informed him just now that there was a problem. Salazar had started attacking. He had killed four Warlocks already, and now he was after Kellian.
"Iâm close to the city already. Iâll soon be there. Send more of our Warlocks to take him down!" Lucifer commanded Vega before disconnecting the call.
He soon stood up, walking towards the doors of the helicopter.
He opened the door.
"What are you doing?" Cassius asked, approaching Lucifer.
"Iâm leaving. Weâre near the city, and I can fly faster than this helicopter. I should be able to get there in time," Lucifer answered.
"Is Kellian this important to you? Why are you so eager?" Cassius asked.
"Itâs not just about Kellian. Iâll tell you later," Lucifer vaguely replied before he jumped outside.
...
Kellian landed on the road in front of their building, observing the roof. Salazar also jumped behind him.
"You canât run, Kellian," Salazar declared, landing in front of Kellian. "Youâre all alone now."
"Who said Iâm alone?" Kellian asked, smiling.
"Hmm?" Salazar felt something odd. He looked up, noticing tens of Warlocks standing on the roof where he jumped from.
"Youâre not fighting just me. Youâre fighting all of Uprising. Even though time didnât have to end like that, you made it all happen. You can slow things in your surroundings, and you can dodge attacks, but how many attacks can you dodge?" Kellian asked, distracting Salazar.
In the meantime, two shadows came out of the ground behind him, attacking Salazar.
"Thatâs the problem with you. You really forget that Iâm a Sorcerer. I donât have just one ability," Salazar lazily answered. The shadows attacked him.
The shadow swords moved slowly in the Domain of Salazar, but they didnât make any noise. And it didnât seem like Salazar had noticed them. Soon, the Swords sliced him in half.
Salazarâs figure flickered as the sword cut him before disappearing.
"Illusion?" Kellian exclaimed. "Then the real you should be..."
Kellian raised his head, looking towards the roof to find Salazar still there. He was now attacking the Warlocks that were sent by Vega for backup.
"Not actually an illusion," A voice fell in Kellianâs ears as a knife was thrust towards his chest.
Kellian again turned into a shadow, appearing five meters away.
"There are two of you? Itâs not just an illusion, is it? Illusion Clones that can use your abilities?" he asked.
"Good guess, but no points for guessing," Salazar said, smiling. "Also, itâs not actually correct."
Salazar once again disappeared, appearing in front of Kellian, who once again found himself inside Salazarâs domain.
Frustrated, Kellian once again disappeared, appearing five meters away, but Salazar was already waiting for him there. For some strange reason, there wasnât just one Salazar. There were fifty Salazars, who were all covering the road.
Kellian found himself overwhelmed at the sight of so many Salazar. He didnât know what was happening. Just what was the power of Salazar?
He kept turning into shadows and dodging, but no matter where he appeared, Salazar was already standing there.
...
Kellian stood frozen in his place, expressionless. There was only one Salazar around him, and even that guy was standing in front of him. There wasnât any other Salazar.
Moreover, Kellian hadnât actually jumped off the building. He was still standing on the edge of the terrace. Everything he had seen from the moment he jumped was happening in his head.
The four Warlocks were indeed dead, but that was all. No backup had come to the roof to protect Kellian.
Vega had informed all the Warlocks in the base to go up and help Kellian, but none of them were able to reach Kellian. Salazar had spread out his domain in the entire building. Five meters was not the limit of his domain. It was what he usually used.
When it came to the crux of it, he was able to increase the range of his domain by multiple times.
The entire building was under the effect of his domain now. Even though all the Warlocks were trying to get to the roof, they were all stuck in extremely slow times. Each step of theirs was taking tens of seconds.
Salazar Lucia casually walked towards Kellian with the blood-covered golden knife in his hand.
Soon, Salazar was standing at an armâs reach of Kellian.
"This is the end of Uprising and Luciferâs affiliation to you all. Goodbye, Kellian."
...
"What is happening? Why the heck is Kellian standing there like a statue?" Sitting in front of his screen, Vega was getting concerned.
Kellian was so close to death, and he wasnât even fighting back.
"Whatâs more strange is the condition of others. Why are they moving so slowly?" Drak chimed in. "At this speed, by the time they get to the roof, second boss will be long dead!â
"Itâs all because of the abilities of Salazar. He hadnât shown his abilities so openly before, but I think I have a general idea now. He can somehow affect the speed of others," Vega replied.
"Something like slowing them down. It should be a limited range ability, but for it to cover the entire building, the range is really high," he continued.
"This guy is really scary. What kind of power is it? Thatâs too overpowered," Drak commented.
"Itâs certainly a powerful ability. Heâs just like Raia and Varant. They were also more dangerous when a person got close to them. This guy is even more dangerous since his ability range is much longer," Vega said, sighing. "Iâm concerned about his other abilities. Why isnât Kellian fighting back? Something strange is going on."
"You should inform the young boss about this. Tell him to stay away from this guy if he doesnât want to be at a disadvantage," Drak suggested.
Hearing his suggestion, Vega agreed. He called Lucifer to inform him.
...
"Goodbye, Kellian!" Salazar said, slashing with his knife.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Huh?" he abruptly stood, sensing danger. He quickly jumped back at the right moment, dodging a black lightning bolt that fell where he was standing before.
He looked up, noticing Lucifer in the sky, which had started getting clouded.