Caelum's condition was deteriorating faster than Sylas expected, the red spreading through his eyes until even the flesh surrounding the mechanical portions looked inflamed.
His golden formations still carried B-tier strength, but the precision behind them had begun slipping, every response growing heavier and more wasteful as Greed continuously pressed against his Will.
Even his use of Time had changed, no longer selecting the smallest possible interval necessary to accomplish something when twisting a much larger section of the battlefield would achieve the same result.
Sylas noticed the difference after Caelum reversed one of his movements for the third time. The first two uses had been precise enough to affect little more than Sylas himself, but this one caught several meters of broken obsidian along with him, briefly restoring shattered pieces of the battlefield to where they had been several exchanges earlier before the effect collapsed.
