In a dilapidated palace on Galuna Island, Kenichi and Ultear, dressed in white, stood facing each other from a distance.
Meanwhile, the ice on Deliora nearby was melting layer by layer under the effect of the Moon Drip.
As the ice continuously melted, a faint mist filled the palace.
Ultear casually brushed her sleek black hair behind her back, a hint of a smile playing on her lips as she said to Kenichi, "Deliora is about to be unsealed. I'd better deal with you quickly!"
With that, she swung her fair hand towards Kenichi.
The crystal ball floating behind Ultear shot towards Kenichi like a cannonball.
Kenichi's goal was to collect Ultear's Arc of Time attribute.
The most important thing now was to force Ultear to use her Arc of Time.
Just as the crystal ball was about to hit Kenichi, he threw a punch.
Bang-
The next second, Kenichi's fist landed on the crystal ball.
And instantly, the crystal ball shattered into pieces.
"Oh?!"
Seeing Kenichi shatter her crystal ball so easily, a playful smile immediately appeared on Ultear's pretty face.
[Arc of Time]
Just as Kenichi expected, after he shattered the crystal ball, Ultear immediately activated her [Arc of Time].
The fragments of the crystal ball, which had scattered in all directions, actually retraced their original paths, eventually gathering together and coalescing into a perfectly intact crystal ball.
'So this is the Arc of Time?'
Although Kenichi already knew that Ultear's Arc of Time magic could reverse time-
Witnessing the scene, which was like a movie playing in reverse, with his own eyes, he couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
While Kenichi was silently admiring, the system prompt sounded in his mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +4]
As the system prompt sounded, a golden Magic Power attribute dropped beneath Ultear over there.
Kenichi wasn't in a hurry to collect this Magic Power attribute.
He planned to collect it later along with Ultear's Arc of Time magic attribute.
While Kenichi was marveling, Ultear, seeing the expression on Kenichi's face, thought he was shocked by her Arc of Time.
She then said with a pleased expression, "This is the Lost Magic, Arc of Time. No matter how many times you shatter my crystal ball, I can restore it!"
With that, Ultear's fair finger once again traced an elegant arc in the air.
At the same time, the restored crystal ball, under Ultear's control, charged towards Kenichi again.
Kenichi, with his 324.2 Combat Power, was completely unfazed by an attack of this speed.
Same as before, just as the crystal ball approached Kenichi, he casually threw a punch.
Bang-
With a loud crash, the crystal ball shattered spectacularly.
However, before the fragments of the crystal ball could hit the ground, Ultear used her Arc of Time magic to restore the shattered ball.
For the next while, Ultear continuously manipulated the crystal ball to attack Kenichi.
And Kenichi shattered the crystal ball again and again.
When Ultear used the Arc of Time magic for the sixth time to restore the crystal ball, the prompt Kenichi had been waiting for finally sounded in his mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +4]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Arc of Time Magic attribute!]
It's here, it's here, finally here.
Hearing this system prompt, Kenichi was overjoyed.
[Host, would you like to collect the Arc of Time attribute?]
'Collect!'
Kenichi didn't hesitate and immediately answered the system.
With Kenichi's command, the Arc of Time magic attribute beneath Ultear over there, along with the Magic Power attributes, converged directly towards Kenichi.
As those golden attributes continuously merged into Kenichi's body, the Magic Power attribute on the virtual screen in front of him also kept rising.
14350
14354
…
14374
Finally, Kenichi's Magic Power stabilized at 14374.
Additionally, the [Arc of Time] magic attribute was added to the Magic attribute column.
Looking at the [Arc of Time] on the virtual screen, a fiery gleam instantly shone in Kenichi's eyes.
This Arc of Time attribute was also incredibly heaven-defying.
Don't think that Ultear was only restoring a broken crystal ball now.
Later, Ultear would reverse time for the entire world, reviving people who had originally died.
Of course, the cost was equally enormous.
But Kenichi wondered: if he only reversed time in a specific, limited space, could he bring someone in that space back to life, and would the cost be significantly smaller?!
For example, Minerva, the young lady of Sabertooth, could use her Spatial Magic to create a not-very-large spherical space.
At that time, if he used Arc of Time to reverse time within that spherical space, he could return a recently deceased person to their pre-death state.
Since this spherical space wasn't as large as the world, the side effects wouldn't be as great as when Ultear reversed time for the entire world.
Of course, this was all unknown and needed Kenichi to experiment.
If it really succeeded, Kenichi could use this Arc of Time attribute in conjunction with Minerva's Spatial attribute to achieve reviving the dead and regenerating severed limbs.
By the way, the Arc of Time attribute cannot be used directly on humans.
…
Just as Kenichi was collecting the [Arc of Time] magic attribute, Ultear over there also stopped attacking him.
"It seems I underestimated you. I'll get a bit more serious now!"
Ultear looked at Kenichi and said indifferently before activating the [Arc of Time] magic again.
But this time, Ultear wasn't reversing time… she was accelerating it.
Whoosh-
The moment the crystal ball's time was accelerated, its flight speed increased more than tenfold.
In the blink of an eye, the crystal ball rushed to Kenichi's face.
Just as the crystal ball was about to hit Kenichi, Kenichi activated Invel's Ice Magic.