Chapter 1 - Dying Region
You came, Luminas thought.
Veldora is calm and unruffled in the face of Dagruel.
Of course.
Unlike Luminas, who cannot do anything when time stands still, Veldora can move in the Suspended World as if it were a matter of course.
Looking at Veldora, Luminas is made to feel ridiculous, wondering what the despair of the past was all about. The tension that had been building up in his body in anticipation of his death was now dissipating, and for some reason he felt a sense of relief.
But it was a feeling I did not want to admit.
（ That's ridiculous. It was impossible that I (Ruminas voice) would be relieved just because Veldora had come!)
Cutting off these thoughts, Luminas turned his attention to the current situation.
"Kwah-ha-ha-ha!
Veldora continues to laugh, even after he has said, "kwah-ha-ha-ha! Even in this critical situation, he was as loose as usual.
This was a great relief to Luminas.
In the time of standstill, no one could hear his voice.
Except for Dagruel who activated the "Suspended World", no one could have heard Veldora's voice.
And yet, his high-spirited smile was the same as usual.
What are you fooling around for!
That hateful talk belongs to his former enemy.
（Oh, I see. (Oh, yes... he's here too, isn't he?) Luminas recalls the existence of Ultima.
In this "Suspended World", I wondered how Veldora transcended time and space, and Ultima was involved. (That makes sense, doesn't it ?).
For Luminas, who could not even recognize the "Suspended World" until a few moments ago, what is happening in front of his eyes now is beyond his comprehension.
But if it is real, then - as Ultima says - there is no time to be dumbfounded. Luminas are conscious but unable to move their bodies. Ultima asks Luminas in such a confused state without mercy.
So, how do you feel? Are you at least aware of the situation?
Luminas answered without hesitation.
'Well, yes. I'm not sure I'm aware of the situation, but I understand that we're out of danger for the time being.
Hearing this, Ultima smiles.
'Hmmm, it's your first time to experience the Suspended World, and yet you can recognize voices and have a conversation with them. You're pretty good at it, aren't you? You are indeed a competitor that I have recognized.
Ultima has not experienced the "Suspended World" many times, but that is information that does not need to be mentioned. She tries to mount her opponent to make him think that she is superior to him, and then they try to reconcile the situation.
'If you can talk to them, you can see them, right?
'Of course I can. That damned evil dragon is glaring at Dagruel.
Luminas's Ultra Intuition is beginning to grasp the situation, albeit dimly. Only Veldora and Dagruel are able to move without hesitation. Ultima, too, seems to be in a great tone, but she is not used to it yet, or she is not ready to move.
Hmmm. So it's possible to interfere with the 'information particle'?
No light, no sound transmission.
No light, no sound propagation, no grasp of the Suspended World.
The only way to recognize what is in the Suspended World is to interfere with a special kind of matter, smaller than a spirit or a photon, that is connected to the very core of the world.
Luminas understood that this substance was what Ultima called
"information particle.
'If we can move this "information particle" freely, we can move even in stopped time, can't we?
'That's right. I think I've already got a feel for it.
In fact, Ultima has already regained feeling in her limbs.
Once it does, the rest is easy. She could own the "Suspended World" as if it were breathing.
'I (Ruminas voice) will not be outdone.
Luminas also sharpened his senses.
He grasps his inner self and the matter floating around him, and selects only the unbounded "information particles" from among them at times, so that he can move them deliberately.
Luminas' fingertips twitched.
'That's good.
'It's a race.
Time stood still, but there was no time to lose.
The outcome of the battle between Veldora and Dagruel was unknown. That is why we must be ready to move before it is decided.
Luminas and Ultima sharpened their senses as if they were competing with each other.
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