Chương 253: Chapter 34: “Black Awakening”

"Yu...? What happened to you...?" Forgetting about her own impending death, Alice directed bewildered eyes at me. As if looking at something she couldn't understand. From her eyes peering at me, I feel fear and rejection.

"It'll be over soon."

"No... Wrong. That's not Yu... Not Yu...!" Shaking her head in denial, Alice broke down crying. She must have realized. That I have changed. That I can never go back to the original "Yu" again. I don't mind. If I can defeat you. I turned to Vitterweitz and glared at his face from the front. Some composure can still be seen on that face.

"Intend to fight? You don't seem to understand. The decision-making power lies with me." He intends to be superior to the end. Showing a mocking smile, he points his palm at Alice. And, he was agitated.

"Impossible...!? Why doesn't it explode!?" He puts strength into his hand, but nothing happens. Naturally. It cannot happen. Looking around as if suddenly realizing, he finally understood the situation.

"The world, has stopped—""I dominated it." Vitterweitz was dumbfounded and lost his voice. Understanding what those words meant. It shouldn't be. A copy surpassing the original. I thrust my left hand forward.

"You can no longer dominate anything."

"《Qi Severing Palm》""Uough!" An invisible shock blows Vitterweitz away headfirst. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Before he could regain his stance, I go right above him as he flies. I swung my fist down with all my strength. The sensation of shattering ribs into pieces. Vitterweitz is slammed violently onto the ground. This ground does not let him sink in due to the influence of the stopped world.

I kicked him fiercely with my left leg when he bounced. Blown far away, he somehow stopped in the air. He has not a fragment of composure left. Covered in blood, he was terribly upset.

"Where does such power come from in you...! Hah, where—!?" I grab his shoulder from behind. That shoulder started trembling wana wana. Because he has power, he understands the difference in ability. You can never match me again. That you pulled the last trigger that shouldn't have been pulled. Regret it and die. I put strength into my arm. The shoulder bones creak easily. He raises a voice of agony. Just like that, I gouged out his shoulder.

"Guoooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh!" Vitterweitz flies away to escape. He intends to intercept after taking distance. Like I'll let you escape. Transforming the Qi Sword into a spear shape, I throw it. In the static world with absolutely no resistance, it caught him at a speed approaching the speed of light. His left hand is skewered and blown off. He is falling. I ran towards the predicted point. Concentrating Qi and Magic Power in my left fist simultaneously.

Putting power enough to crush the world into a single point.

"Don't underestimate me!" I jump up with obsession. Vitterweitz's eyes were serious. He strikes out his right fist with his whole body and soul. Jumping in from the front, I also matched my fist. A clash of power and power beyond imagination. And—. The winner was me. My fist had punched through his stomach. Vitterweitz let his huge body lean powerlessly. He vomited blood.

"Last chance. Release the technique."

"Ha... That is irreversible. Once activated, gofu... even I can do nothing."

"I thought as much." Alice is, already.

"Ha, ha... It's been a while. Since I died." At this late stage. What. Don't make a satisfied face.

"Indeed. You won against me... but." He smirks. I realized I made a fatal "mistake in method".

"Enough. Don't speak anymore."

"Kukkukku. I... don't die. You too. As long as you are a FabL...!" The loser Vitterweitz howls triumphantly.

"That's right! This time, it's my loss! Wa, ha, ha ha ha...!"

"Shut up!" Passing Magic Power through the arm that pierced him. Destroying him completely from the inside.

"See ya. Brat." He laughed as if mad, and then vanished into dust.... It's over. Only that floated in my mind at first. No emotion. Rather, what remained was only frustration. Over, you say. What. Is this victory? Something like this. Don't screw with me. I couldn't save anything! I walk unsteadily with my wounded body. It seems I can't die yet. The hole in my stomach has closed before I knew it. The world still doesn't move. I didn't want to move it. I headed to where she was. Alice.

I stare at her crying face, frozen with large tears shedding. Watching her, I felt like crying too. Only she is left. And even that—if I move time, she dies. Involving the world. If only I could keep time stopped forever. In this stopped world. It wouldn't matter if I spent time with Alice, just the two of us, forever. Ah. I know. Such a thing is not allowed. The world is heartless. No matter how much I wish, it won't wait. Fate is cruel. It bares its fangs at me everywhere. No matter how much I reach out.

No matter how strong I become. Truly important things slip through these hands. And thus, it forces me to choose again. I have to do it. With these hands. I have to do it. I did the same that time too, didn't I? I'm just going to do the same thing again. Right? There is still one important, final job left. I gently touched Alice's cheek.