In an instant, his presence had faded to a minimum. Even close by, he was nearly impossible for ordinary Perception to detect.
After concealing himself, he cautiously raised his head to look at the edge of the circular crater torn open above.
Although the Space-Time dislocation had made him immune to the direct damage of the devastating attack, the personal experience of its arrival—that absolute pressure, as if the world's will itself was executing an erasure, and its chillingly precise destructive power—still left a deep-seated fear in his heart.
This forced him to once again raise his assessment of the technology possessed by Silver Radiance City—or rather, of the "Power" that allowed them to so freely wield high-level Energy and Rules—to a new, more vigilant level.
'If Silver Radiance City truly has a way to bypass the Space-Time dislocation and affect me directly…'
The thought sent a slight chill down his spine.
