Alex stood alone in the training ground, his fingers tracing the air as if reading invisible text.
[Time stop: You can stop time in 1 km around you. This would apply to beings who are 5 times stronger than you and below.]
He had known this already. When his talent was awakened, as he had read many novels where time stop was an ultimate technique weilded by both hereos and villains. But seeing it written so plainly, so officially, still brought a sense of satisfaction that he could not deny.
"Now I am undefeatable," he whispered to himself, and for a moment, arrogance bloomed in his chest like a poisonous flower.
Then he shook his head rapidly, almost violently, as if trying to physically dislodge the thought from his mind.
