Panic gripped Duke Reynard. His usually calm face was now filled with terror, lines of despair etched clearly. "Finish them now!" his voice was barely audible amidst the roar of battle, just a croak filled with fear.
The remaining Crimson Order guards were badly wounded but had not given up. They struggled to rise, forming a ragged line, their determination strong, but the power they were facing was far greater than they imagined.
From the chaos of battle, Velgrin, the Sorcerer, emerged like a ghost from the darkness. His presence was a wave of magical energy that swept through everything. His clothes were simple, but the aura emanating from him was terrifying. His eyes, two points of burning silver, radiated immeasurable power. The air vibrated, waiting, the world seemed to hold its breath.
Then the storm erupted. A powerful blast of magic energy tore through the battlefield. Blinding light distorted space and time. Spectacular, terrifying, and amazing. The Crimson Order guards, ready to retaliate, froze instantly, transfixed by the power of Velgrin's spell. The wind stopped, a chilling silence fell, only the sound of pounding hearts could be heard.
They were trapped, immobile, their bodies heavy, their minds paralyzed. They could only watch with wide eyes, Velgrin preparing his next attack. The shimmering light intensified, the circle of light around him was both breathtaking and terrifying.
"Chrono Dominion!" his voice echoed, its vibration felt to the very soul of a person.
Velgrin's voice echoed, time stopped. Everything froze, total silence, chilling. Nothing moved, no sound, only silence, like a painting, an eternal moment of the last battle.
Swords swung, stopped in mid-air. Arrows shot, frozen. Blood hung, a red drop, terrifying. Magic flames, energy blasts, froze, their shapes strange, amazing and frightening. Everything stopped, perfectly. The Carmesim Order soldiers froze, their expressions caught, the last moment. Some attacking, defending, injured, all frozen, motionless. Magic energy, frozen, blazing, terrifying, beautiful, and deadly. The battlefield became a living statue, motionless, locked in the freeze of time. The wind did not even blow. The air became deathly silent. Only the heartbeats still pounded in the chests of the frozen soldiers. Heartbeats that showed that they were still alive even though they were trapped in the freeze of time. A terrifying and chilling freeze. A suffocating silence. A silence filled only by the pounding heartbeats. Heartbeats that uttered unspoken prayers of supplication. Prayers for life or prayers for death. No one knew. Only Velgrin knew.
Velgrin smiled, cold and satisfied with the result. His steps were leisurely and graceful, he moved among the frozen soldiers like a ghost in the real world and the frozen world. His touch was gentle on the sword, no disturbance to the freeze of time. His fingers gently touched the cold metal. A touch that showed absolute power. The power to control time itself. Unthinkable power. Terrifying power.
"Foolish," he muttered coldly and with contempt. His voice echoed strangely, frighteningly, echoing in the frozen air, an echo that reflected boundless power. The ability to control time. The power to determine life and death.
"Kill them all," he commanded calmly but deadly. A command that would be obeyed without question. A command that would determine the fate of those frozen soldiers. An inevitable fate. A fate that had been determined by Velgrin. A Sorcerer who had power over time.
The Carmesim Order troops that escaped Chrono Dominion, like small islands in a frozen sea, moved among the frozen living statues of the Shadow Blade soldiers. Their sword swings, spear thrusts, and deadly attacks eliminated the helpless threat, one by one. The bodies of the Shadow Blade members fell slowly, an eerie and terrifying echo amidst the frozen silence. Their eyes bulged, trapped in expressions of fear and disbelief, locked in a strange time freeze, a terrifying contrast. The frozen world was filled with efficient and swift deadly movements.
The trained Carmesim Order soldiers moved quickly and efficiently to eliminate the frozen threat. Swords, spears, and deadly magic destroyed the helpless bodies, calmly, surely, with cold precision and brutality. Their task was carried out with terrifying efficiency amidst the frozen, terrifying scene.
But Velgrin, the very powerful Sorcerer, felt something strange, a disturbance in the frozen flow of time, a vibration that disturbed the perfect stillness, the presence of something that shouldn't be there, something that was unaffected by his Chrono Dominion, an unpleasant feeling, uncertainty, disturbed his calmness. Something unusual challenged his control over time, a different power refused to submit to his magic, an unseen enemy far stronger than his shadows. The feeling intensified, creating unexpected anxiety, something threatening, something powerful, something unexpected.
Among all those who stopped, some Shadow Blade members were still moving freely.
Velgrin turned, his eyes widened. Blaze stood tall, his sword shining, dark energy pulsing, a strong aura amidst the freeze of time. The dark energy was breathing, small sparks dancing in the air. It wasn't just Blaze, Thirteen, Twenty-Five, and Forty-One were also standing, unaffected, a strong aura of power, a dramatic contrast to the frozen silence.
Velgrin said coldly, "Interesting..."
Blaze was cold, "You think time can stop me?"
"Shadow Step"! Blaze darted quickly, exceeding the speed of light, Velgrin barely reacted as Blaze's sword swung. "Dark Flame Strike"! Dark flames erupted, not ordinary flames, a vortex of deep black flames spinning rapidly, a scorching hot whirlwind, terrifying dark energy, amazing and frightening visual effects, burning the air, a heat wave burning everything, even the bodies and spirits of the Carmesim Order members turned to dust and scattered light when near the flames, Blaze's attack hit Velgrin with a powerful energy explosion, the shock wave was felt throughout the battlefield, flames engulfed Velgrin, burning his clothes and skin, incredibly hot, piercing pain, destructive power.
Velgrin staggered, his face surprised, "Chrono Destroyer!" Time energy exploded, causing spatial distortions, a time energy explosion, the shock wave was very strong, solidifying the area into a spinning solid energy sphere, time collapsed, a powerful and terrifying energy vortex, space distorted, bent, torn apart, frightening, a loud roar echoed, shaking the battlefield.
Blaze jumped back, almost sucked in.
Thirteen raised his sword, "Ghost Blade!" Two illusions of Thirteen appeared, this was not an ordinary illusion, but an illusion between illusion and reality. Illusions with terrifying and rapid movement, far faster than Blaze, dazzling trails of light cut through the Duke's guards, incredible speed and precision, amazing and frightening, quick and precise movements, the Duke's guards were unable to react, the illusions disappeared and reappeared quickly, killing almost all of the Carmesim Order organization members around them.