"Moonlit Ice Lotus Sword Art..."
The moment the words left Aestrea's lips, the silver mana around him snapped inward.
『 Fifth Move! (✯ Thousand-Lotus Guillotine ✯) 』
...Swish.
Everything went completely silent for a single moment; that was just an understatement... as compressed would be the better definition for what happened.
The wind inside the domain froze in place for a fraction of a second, as if time itself had been grabbed by the throat.
Lina felt it immediately.
Her domain was still active, still hers, yet the control she had over it suddenly felt distant, like trying to move fingers that no longer belonged to her.
"What!?" Lina barely managed to say anything before Aestrea finally moved.
He stepped forward once.
FWSSHHH!
In that single step, his body blurred, not vanishing, not teleporting, but moving with terrifying precision.
Midnight traced a thin arc through the air, and the moment the blade completed that motion...
