Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 164: Blast Throw

"Haaa---!" Queen Teresa gasped, desperately taking in the air.

"Mama!" Alisera teared up and lose her concentrated face earlier, jumping onto her mother.

"A-alisera?"  the queen looked at her daughter with doubt and disbelief but a voice informed her and her face became delighted. She hugged her daughter back before urging her, "Quick! Your father as well! He's only a Rank Bih, it is easier to revive him...! I think..."

"Yes!" Alisera repeated what she did earlier and eventually, King Isero breathed again.

"What?" the king touched his neck as he remembered it being chopped off.

"Papa!" however, Alisera's shout woke his senses.

"What happened? Alisera? Dear!?" King Isero went and hugged both his daughter and wife. He cried, "I had a nightmare! My beloved wife was killed in front of me! Then I was next while in fear that my daughter will be the same!" 

"It's not a nightmare, my husband." the queen cried as well.

"Huh?"

"We were both killed but your daughter has developed her Plant Element to Life Element, reviving us!"

King Isero looked at the princess who was smiling, waiting for praise. He connected the dots and understand that Alisera have inherited much of Haliviana's "inheritance"

"HAHAHAHA! MY DAUGHTER IS THE BEST!!"

Alisera received praises, hugs, and kisses from both her mother and father, reclaiming the great life that she had once thought disappeared.

Eventually, they noticed the chaos outside.

"Daughter, stay here, okay? I will call Edora for you to escape." King Isero gently said.

"Eh? Where are you going?" the princess was already traumatized.

"Don't worry, now that we are prepared, we won't end up the same way as earlier." Queen Teresa confidently proclaimed, remembering how her simple attack had already stabbed into the killer's torso.

"But... what if...?" tears flowed out from the princess' giant eyes again which stabbed the king and queen's hearts.

What did she feel when the two of them died? They wanted to slap themselves for doing this to their daughter!

"It's fine. We won't die again and even if we did, you're here to revive us again, right?"

"... umu..."

"And most of all..." 

Even Alisera felt fear even though they are her beloved parents. Their rage couldn't be explained. The aura they emitted was already piercing the physical skin.

"We have to remove the cause."

.....

A few moments earlier, Avion threw the pebbles that became like explosives due to the force of impact alone.

He stopped time and arrived at the room again to see that King Gregor was still alive with a few scratches and bleeding on his body. Meanwhile, his wife was obliterated as if she did not even wake up.

'He didn't wake his wife up?' Avion was in doubt. But he would be a hypocrite if he was disgusted by this action.

He was the one who killed her after all.

"Just one more throw." he speculated before he moved back to the original spot again 

Overclocking is too overpowered and he could do it without wasting any energy. The only weakness was that one-second delay he needed to use its full power.

A second may be short but for Rank Bih Elementalists, it was enough to make dozens of moves. Also, if they are aware, it was too easy to dodge or destroy it before it reaches them. Although the max speed of Avion's throw is abnormally fast, Rank Bih Elementalists would see that throw get faster first and have at least a second to dodge.

Even a normal human doesn't need a second to sidestep, how about those monsters with terrifying Body Strengthening?

Once they've survived the first few rounds, they will surely know how to evade it, making the attack lose its effectiveness.

Avion's technique which he calls Blast Throw has a lot of firepowers but that's it. it is not invincible and can only be used as a surprise attack.

If he gets lucky, King Gregor might still be sleepy from waking up, having his mind not in its prime state.

But unfortunately for Avion, in front of possible death, the body makes sure it is always in its prime state.

Avion threw another pebble and the moment it left his hand, the time came back. Blast Throw!

"Dodge!" Darea's shout warned him as the ground became wet.

Avion felt alarmed and immediately moved as he stopped time. What was faster? Him stopping time or him sidestepping?

Although his coordination was trained well, it was not as good as other aspects. Multitasking made him delay both, making his feet caught on the water torrent that blasted upwards from where he originally stood!

Blood flooded on the ground as both his feet were removed. This is the weakness of his body.

Against a Rank Bih Elesp, Avion's mortal body has no chance against!

Revert!

A second had not passed in the real world yet so he was still connected to his lost blood as it came back to him.

It was a great thing that Revert is effective even though time is stopped, unlike Overclock and Underclock which confused Avion.

"Ha..." he dropped on the ground before meditating to ease the pain.

Darea stared at him with tightened brows, but she did not say anything. For one to grow, they have to fully experience it for themselves.

'Now what to do?' Avion pondered in his meditation, 'Can I win against a Rank Bih Water Elementalist?' he recalled all of his training.

Although he was guided by the Conqueress and was a talent himself, it was still not enough. Why?

First of all, the Conqueress became strong as an Elementalist, not as a mortal. Her teachings were not compatible, albeit some helpful.

Secondly, one year of training is not enough to make Avion some kind of master.

Although, yes, this one year can be stretched to two to three years because this one year is the time he is training.

It does not include his sleep, his breaks, and his eating. It was all purely training.

This is because a normal practitioner wouldn't have someone like Darea who could refill their energy, not needing to eat nor could they control time to get the sleep they needed without wasting a whole night.