Chapter 324 The Bitterness Of Murder

Chapter 324 The Bitterness Of Murder

Time literally stopped, everyone and everything froze.

That time stop, however, triggered Chaos Eyes, and the view of ligatures flowed effortlessly into Northern's visuals.

Because of the time stop, Cal's physical presence was unseen.

The whole point of Time Warp was to embed the user in the embrace of time itself, carrying them from one point to the other.

While it might seem instantaneous, or look the same as Shunpo, it isn't.

Shunpo worked with the concept of defying distance, but in the end, it is limited to how far one can see.

There is also a slight delay which can be caught by someone more experienced and sharp with battles.

Time Warp, however, was a dangerous ability that took one's physical presence out of reality, pausing time to prevent an outside reaction, and dropping the person's presence wherever they willed it to be while resuming time after the deed is done.

Which means no one should be conscious in this moment.

Cal had no doubt that it would work; he was sure of his ability and had seen it play out several times among his foes.

Although he wouldn't also deny that there was something about Northern that made him uncomfortable.

Northern, immediately he saw the ligatures, didn't need to think.

Chaos Eyes was in a moment of extreme procession, in collision with his slight mastery of the Chaos footwork, everything in that moment synchronized perfectly.

And executed a muscle memory—Northern was led forward by the reflex of his own body, the reflex he never built or never thought to have.

One that was of Chaos.

And the amazing thing was that, as he was about to use it, the information about the particular sword technique that would be executed flowed into his brain.

It was as if Chaos Eyes was feeding it to him.

This caused Northern to murmur the moment Cal disappeared.

"Chaos Art, sub form, FALLING STAR"

Immediately, Northern exploded forth a downward strike that released a concentrated burst of energy upon impact with the air.

In this case, the energy released was a burst of blue flames that consumed the entire air, entrapping him in a circle of flames.

And the air that was hit was the time-masked Cal. Northern's strike had synchronized with the perfect time Cal launched his own strike too, causing there to be a massive shockwave.

But Northern, having known this was going to happen, instantly shot his sword forward for a counter.

"Chaos Art, second sub form, Comet Fury"

He unleashed a combo series of swift, precise thrusts that bombarded the stunned Cal from multiple angles.

Disoriented and broken out of his ultimate ability, Cal was helpless and Northern was resolved.

To gain any semblance of control, Cal knew the best option was to distance himself from Northern as fast as possible.

Northern's expression grew even paler.

'Just what is the Kageyama clan thinking! No wonder Shin hates them too'

He sighed and shook his head a little.

"I don't even know what to say..." He turned to the direction of the settlement, Marabeth. "But we have a fight before us, don't we?"

"Yes we do," Raven responded, and turned to Northern. "It's an honor fighting with you."

A small smile played out on Northern's lips, then he nodded, "It's an honor fighting with you too."

"Ah, I'm seventeen by the way. Not fifteen."

Northern frowned at Raven's correction.

'So she's older?'

He scoffed at her, "Sure whatever..."

Practically, she wasn't but he didn't want to think about that.

He summoned a clone to pick up Ulzred, however, his eyes widened to realize the boy king was not there anymore.

"Crap, I didn't see Sura take him."

Raven also looked blankly at where Ulzred was supposed to be laying.

She exhaled and said:

"Well, whichever case it is, I think this is our end line. We can worry about the boy after defeating Sura and this entire settlement."

Northern nodded.

"Yeah, since I plan to become a Master before leaving this place, I don't intend on letting any of them go."

Name: Northern Longguard

True Name: [Nameless]3

Attributes: [Formless], [Spawn of Void], [Limitless Void], [Vestige of Chaos and Void], [Chaos Eyes], [Chaos Thread], [Flames of Chaos]

Soul Rank: [Drifter]

Void Summons: [6/100]

Talent Fragments: [848/2000]

[Copied Talents]: [2/2]

[Owned Talents]: [1]

[Attribute Abilities (Active/Passive)]: [9/10]

[Owned Items]: [Mortal Blade], [Eternal Twilight], [Silver Sword], [Death Glare] and 6 others.