The Max Level Hero Strikes Back!

Zzzt…

The sound of popping electricity crackled as he pulled the energy blade out from Koshia’s chest.

"Did you… kill him?" Illyna asked, her eyes narrowing.

"If I wanted to kill him, I would’ve used Red Ribbon instead," Davey replied calmly, for some reason clarifying that he hadn’t precisely “killed” him.

"A spirit, right? I could feel its essence in the blade," Aeria murmured, intrigued as she examined the glowing traces floating in the air.

As an Elementalist who was loved by spirits, she was naturally sensitive to their presence.

"It’s Time Spirit Altair. I simply reshaped its form into a blade.”

From the outside, his body seemed unharmed. It was his insides that had changed.

The power Davey had unleashed through the blade was simply a forced acceleration of mental time. The victim’s mind was racing at a speed his body couldn’t handle—he had performed mental time dilation on him.

Davey had warped his time by using Altair’s power; while only moments had passed in reality, Koshia’s mind felt like it had gone through an entire week.

Altair’s power was both dangerous and overwhelming, even for Davey. The price for using it was significant, but its effectiveness was undeniable.

Most wouldn’t last long in such a mental prison. Even lying still for an hour could dull the mind, but what had been done to Koshia was exponentially worse.

Though his face showed no outward change, his soul was writhing in torment.

Davey only decided to lift the mental time dilation after a bit of time had passed.

"Gaaahk!"

Koshia gasped and coughed violently, his body expelling fluids of every kind.

"Stop! Please stop! I was wrong!!"

Within mere moments in reality, he had endured what felt like an eternity of nightmares, leaving him in a state of panic.

"Please!! Please!!”

"Do you admit your mistakes?"

"Yes! Yes! I was wrong! Please, no more!"

"If you’ve...