[Boss if I could ask for help I would have long done it; the School ring seemed to jammed, so forget about the old man.]Quinn"s eyes dimmed out and his excitement dampened hearing Elgar"s logical explanation.
[Boss I can give you visuals on the surrounding without the disturbance of the Black Fog. But I"ll have to pull your conscious into Zenith Box so don"t resist.]
"Whatever its better than nothing"
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At the entrance, the Blind Old man was rushing to Quinn and his friends but everything happens too quickly that even before he could enter the cave all the students were stuck in that Black fog.
The corrosive Black fog somehow blocked his Divine Sense so he was completely clueless about the situation inside. Moreover, the Black Fog seemed to slowly expand and if the old man got struck he"ll really be blinded after all his divine sense were his eyes.
But the old guy didn"t care about these unnecessary things he just dashed at his quickest speed; if he wasn"t crippled he would have long reached Quinn.
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Suddenly Quinn saw clear visuals, though he could the black fog; Quinn could saw all the damages. The terrain was completely transformed into a grey dessert, all the rocks turned into ashes while his friends were quivering from fright.
Even Quinn was terrified at the start let alone these little kids; then Quinn turned to Kallis. He was flabbergasted seeing Kallis transformation his fair skin turned to deep charcoal, not that he had a prejudice against dark-skinned people. It"s just the transformation was too sudden for anyone.
The Black Fog was slowly expanding as the rocks were slowly powered like they were in some sort of blender. Then uncooked egg which managed to escape the corrosive fog earlier caught Quinn"s attention.
The egg"s smooth surface was now filled with lots of dents and few black fungi like marks.
The alarm started to ring seeing these, it"s pretty evident that the Corrosive Black fog found a way devour living objects. This means they must find a way to escape before their last layer of protection, the spirit dress is devoured.
Quinn didn"t panic or anxious, his face turned solemn and serious.
"Elgar, can you calculate how much time we exactly have?"
Quinn didn"t explain the phenomenon because he knew Elgar would have also figured it out, so he didn"t plan on wasting the precious time. After a few seconds, Elgar gave his estimate and Quinn"s face turned grave and sour.
[Boss we exactly have 8 minutes before the school uniform"s completely destroyed. The black fog will directly kill you guys the moment you lose the last piece of armor.]
Elgar wasn"t polite, he didn"t waste any time. Meanwhile, Elgar was also trying to figure out a feasible way to escape from this dire condition.
But the situation drastically changed the next second; everything stopped, literally froze to stand still. The ashes which were falling of the rocks just froze and stood still defying the "Law of Gravity".
The entire Natal Dawn School was frozen to stand still. Not only the school whole Unique froze, but the planet also didn"t spin and just hung in the cosmos like a suspended ball.
Fran who was leisurely reading a book in his study Froze in his chair and the ebony chick Kelly cleaning the shelf also stood like a lifeless doll. Ben was sitting on a tree like a stone statue.
Everyone from students to the teacher to vice-dean every single person froze; not just people even the water in Pergandis Lake were motionlessly like a picture. Everything in Unix stopped from the birds flying in the sky to the ants marching in the woods.
The strangest part is none of them, not even the strongest man of Unigux noticed the change or realized anything odd before turning into a statue; well except one old guy.
The Blind old guy was dashing to rescue Quinn and his friends, but suddenly an unquantifiable pressure descended upon him forcefully stopping his tracks. The old guy dumbfounded seeing everything around him in a mystical static state.
It took him a good amount of time to recover and then he let a soft sigh while shaking his head.
" "Time Paradox", are these old fellows too bored to play games in this remote place."
That was the last thing muttered before letting his futile efforts of resistance and slowly turned into a statue.
Quinn was only one conscious, but even he was totally speechless seeing this bizarre phenomenon.
[Boss, you"re lucky that I pulled you into Zenith box to view through the Black Fog. Or else you would"ve frozen like others; Boss I don"t know what"s going on but this not something caused by the corrosive Black fog.....]
As Elgar was blabbering in fright a sudden sound shut him, the rocky walls of the cave cracked. Then the cracked walls shattered like a mirror and a tall man entered the cave.
The shattered walls didn"t lead to another cave instead a deep black light filled the shattered area; To being with the cave was poorly lite so the black gateway wasn"t too conspicuous. The scene was more like s.p.a.ce itself broken and torn apart rather than a wall blown away.
Then a hazy entered the cave through a black background. The tall majestic man"s grand arrival obvious attracted Quinn"s attention, though he was completely immobilized; thanks to Zenith Box Quinn could still perceive what going on.
Though Quinn still couldn"t clearly see his face, he was sure that this man must hold enormous authority in his hand to exhibit such a bearing.
As expected the man walked to Quinn and his friends, as much as he hated being defenseless before a strange Quinn couldn"t do anything except pray for their safety.
The man stopped few meters away from Quinn and absentmindedly stared into the black fog; after few minutes of silence he made few bizarre signs and the sent a blue glow to the black fog.
The moment it touched the corrosive fog the blue light transformed into the barrier and completely encompa.s.sing the Black Fog. Since Elgar filtered the Black Fog Quinn only saw blue barrier around them.
Slowly the barrier started to shrink with the black fog; the barrier gradually shrunk to a small blue ball, Quinn and his friends were rescued from the corrosive Black fog. Unix is still frozen so Quinn couldn"t return to his body.
The man who leisurely captured the corrosive Black Fog waved his hand, the blue ball floated to him and carefully placed it inside a jade box and sealed it completely.
Then he wiped the non-existent sweat and sighed mildly before taking his eyes from the Jade box. Once he sealed the jade box the man"s figure slowly became clear and Quinn saw his features.
The man had long red hair and perfectly chiseled jaws with amber-green eyes. He wore a grandiose Black armor emitting intense evil bloodthirst, confirming its magnificent battle records.
Strangely the man"s emitted a rich righteousness aura exactly in contrast to his Armor. Quinn could sense the concealed superior regal air with every step the man took.
Seeing the man"s face, a sudden revelation hit Quinn like a bolt of thunder.