'What just…'
Vale watched as Alpha froze mid-step. Behind him, the pool of blood beneath Salome had stopped growing.
The only one who still moved…
'Lor.'
The knight halted his steps for a moment, then looked around curiously, blood still trailing down his body.
'What's happened?!'
Vale heard that he'd gotten a new Trait, and moments later, time for all but him and Lor seemed to have stopped.
'Wait—'
"Stop!"
Vale called out to Lor, who wasted no time figuring out what had happened. Instead, he swung his sword at full force into Alpha's skull…
only for the blade to bounce off the Archer as if she were a solid wall.
'T-thank the gods!'
Vale didn't understand much of anything at the moment.
'But those frozen can't be hurt. Is that it?'
Also…
A little outside the translucent octagon, there was a raging pink flame that encircled them.
'Is this my doing?'
