2221 - Miracle
"Ugh!" Arkalon raised his hand to shield himself from the scorching light and heat of the star that had suddenly appeared. "Oh..." But he quickly lowered his hands. "What am I doing? I'm just a Spiritual Creature."
Then he turned his gaze back toward the battlefield, toward the fight where living and dead space beasts were slaughtering each other.
The number of living beasts was dwindling at a steady pace, constantly increasing the number of guardian corpses. However, in return, the corpses themselves were completely vaporized under the successive attacks of the beasts, which maintained a kind of balance on the battlefield.
But that wasn't entirely satisfying for Arkalon.
"...Hmm, the Death Arena hasn't been fully milked yet." The Spiritual Creature began spinning the Seraphim pen in his hand rapidly until he smiled. "This will be a good idea."
Then he raised his hand and began drawing quickly, before finally pushing the massive array forward:
<The Arkalonian Array of Spiritual Freezing.>
The Golden Array began to rotate, drawing its power from the nearby massive golden whirlwind.
After that, slow, heavy golden winds began to emerge from the array, winds that spread toward the battlefield with extreme sluggishness, as if they were never in a hurry.
But when they arrived... a strange effect began to appear.
All the beasts touched by the wind did not stop their assault, nor did they show any reaction of pain, but a strange phenomenon began to appear before their eyes.
Their movements became slower.
No...
Rather, the decision to move itself became slower.
The beast would take a second or two before deciding how and where to move, and which attack to use.
It was as if the very thoughts were moving at a slower speed inside their heads!
But unfortunately for them, their opponents did not have spiritual domains to think with in the first place.
*BAM*
The wall of corpses began to expand, killing greater numbers, and the balance was broken!
"Oh, how delightful!!" Arkalon squeezed the feather pen as he laughed, "I was born for this kind of battle, haha... or died? Doesn't matter."
Then he looked toward a certain direction and raised his voice, "Hey, some help would be good here, how long do you plan to stand there?! The young and adult space beasts need someone to kill them!"
"...."
Blokan, Althera, and Asr lowered their heads without saying a word.
As for Morgana, she shouted, "I'm ready, can you supply me with some of those units?"
The spirit who had saved her life moments ago had already vanished; he had refused to fight for Robin in any way, leaving Morgana with barely enough units to keep herself alive.
"My eyes!" Arkalon waved gently, and a torrent of golden whirlwinds began heading straight toward Morgana's forehead.
"...Amazing." Morgana closed her eyes and murmured, "So pure, no need for refinement, no disturbance in the domain after entering at this speed and quantity."
Then she opened her eyes, which began to pulse with vitality again, and dashed toward the other side of Arkalon.
*Hum*
*Hum*
*Hum*
The Spirit Gates reappeared, and Morgana joined the battle without hesitation.
"..."
The other three tilted their heads even more.
Meanwhile, Blokan stole a long glance toward the Passage Gate.
For the first time, he realized the beauty of breathing, the sweetness of the sound of a heartbeat, and the warmth generated by the movement of blood within the body.
His energy was completely depleted; if a Nascent Space Beast attacked him at that moment, it would devour him without resistance.
Asr was in slightly better shape thanks to his brief visit outside the gate, but he too could no longer fight. His frail body wanted to sweat but no longer had the energy for it.
As for Althera...
"...Hey." Asr noticed Althera's condition beside him and patted her shoulder, "Are you okay?"
*Zingggggg—*
Althera couldn't hear a thing... Her ears were ringing, her blood had slowed, and her heartbeat came only once every few minutes, while the area around her eyes and neck had turned blue-black, and even her eyes themselves had become a reddish-blue and unfocused.
"Hey!" Asr grabbed Althera's shoulders with both hands. "Are you with me? Can you hear me?!"
"..." Blokan also noticed Althera's condition, but he sighed and looked away.
They were like two people trapped at the bottom of the ocean inside a broken submarine, able to see the surface but unable to reach it, having noses but no air to breathe... Their physical needs were no longer being sustained.
It was only a matter of time before the three of them died, as they hadn't trained to use Spirit Power in a way sufficient to sustain their lives like Morgana had...
And given the siege around them, and Lord Robin's epic battle... it was only a matter of time before they di—
*Huum*
"Huh?" Blokan jolted.
Something was beginning to form around them.
Something like a glass bubble formed around them, the size of a football field, and beneath their feet, a green grassy ground appeared, along with three strange, transparent spheres, and...
*Inhale*
"Air!" Asr shouted. "Pure air, unlike anything I've ever breathed before."
Then he began to look around, "Am I dead? Is this heaven?"
"Cough, cough!" Althera fell to her knees and started coughing, trying to catch her breath as if racing against time, "Haaah... haaaah..."
For the first time in her life, Althera never thought she might die from lack of breath, but it almost happened today, and just the thought sent a shiver down her spine. The more blood rushed to her head and she realized what she had been going through moments ago, the greater her shock and fear grew.
"No... we are not dead, and this is not heaven." Blokan reached his hand toward the grassy ground, then looked in a certain direction, "But it is a miracle, and since it is a miracle... then surely He is the one who did it."
At that moment, Robin was standing under the dwarf sun, fighting, not even looking their way.
"Those spheres..." Asr moved toward the nearest one, hesitated for a moment before touching it, for its power was evident even without contact—its very presence was terrifying.
"You know how to read the situation." But Blokan reached out and grabbed the sphere directly, "Whoever gives us life will not harm us."
Huummm
"Ah!!" Blokan opened his mouth wide.
The transparent sphere was filled with an immense amount of energy, pure energy that completely filled his dry body in moments!
Asr immediately did the same, "Kkh!!"
Althera let out a long sigh, "Hoo~," then stood up and reached her hand toward the sphere.
Her frail body instantly regained its vitality.
"Hoo..." Blokan had already stabilized his body and fully absorbed the energy. Now, even if this spot disappeared, he could continue living and fighting for several more hours without any issues.
Then he took a few steps toward the direction where Robin stood tall, "..." He stared at him for a few seconds, "If we are destined to survive today..."
Then he sighed and fell silent, not finishing his words. Given the current situation, there was no point in thinking about what would happen after survival anyway.
He simply stomped the ground with his leg and went to help Arkalon.