1516: Strange Chain

Strange Chain

Date- 13 April 23210

Time- 9:51

Location- Southern Region, Southern Capital

Being called a dumbass by a teenage card master, the leader of team one did not get mad as he decided to focus on the second part of Wyatt's harsh words to him. 

He immediately looked at the hourglass strapped on the mohawk devil's back and intently scrutinized it but he could not feel any time rule from it not to mention he did not feel any disturbance in the card words time too. 

Reaching this conclusion he didn't immediately dismiss Wyatt's words instead he looked at Wyatt and asked, "Are you sure? I don't sense any time rule or disturbance in time." 

The reason the leader of team one confirmed with Wyatt once again was because the mohawk devil using the time rule would put things into perspective and explain its actions so far. 

However, common sense dictated that considering the amount of time it has been since the devil was summoned to the card world was not long, the devil's time rule mastery couldn't adjust to the card world's time so fast regardless of how high its mastery of the time rule was. 

That was why the demigods did not bother to point out that the devil was using the time rule in attacks. Not that they were embarrassed of being wrong but that was just common sense. 

"You are not able to sense any time rule power from it because of the bulky chain strapping the hourglass to the devil's body. The chain seems to be made of some special type of material that absorbs any type of rule power and grows heavier," Wyatt explained to the 25 demigods that were protecting him. 

The reason Wyatt was going easy on the demigods with his words this time was that if not for his soul pupils he too would not have noticed the oddity with the chain strapping the hourglass to the mohawk devil's back. 

However, the demigod's close-mindedness still ticked him off. Can't they just think for themselves that devils from another realm might be carrying items and using skills unknown to them? And be prepared to face anything. 

"..." Listening to Wyatt's explanation, the demigods glanced at the golden chain strapping the hourglass to the back of Mohawk devil's body however they could not sense it absorbing rule energy however they did sense the change in the weight of the golden chain every time the mohawk devil took a step. 

If Wyatt had not specifically mentioned that the chain gets heavier every time it absorbs the time rule then they would not have bothered to try and sense the weight of the chain. 

Right now the mohawk devil was using the chain like a belt, in a decisive battle who wastes time weighing the belt of their enemy? If not for his soul pupils pointing out the peculiarity of the chain even Wyatt would not have bothered to do so.

"I couldn't sense exactly what you said from the chain but there is indeed something strange with it. Its weight keeps increasing with every step the devil takes. So, I will choose to believe you for now," the leader of team one was not able to confirm that the chain was helping the devil mask with its use of time rule power by actually absorbing any form of leakage and a sign of time rule power being used. 

However, he was able to confirm the change in the weight of the chain as Wyatt said. So he decided to trust Wyatt's words that the hourglass strapped to the back of the mohawk devil was an extremely rare time-related relic. 

"How are you able to tell that the hourglass is a time-related relic and the chain was a special item when the rest of us demigods could not do it?" the leader of team three asked Wyatt. The other demigods also intently stared at Wyatt waiting for an answer. 

Listening to the question Wyatt frowned and said "Now is not the time to talk about that. Tell me you guys have some measures against the time rule." 

When Wyatt said this all the demigods present looked at each other before turning to Ann, who said, "Wyatt, the time rule is not easy to counter unless one is well-versed in the time rule themselves." 

What Ann indirectly meant was that there wasn't a single card apprentice who had time rule mastery among the demigods present. Now that was very apparent when none of them could tell that the mohawk devil was making use of the time rule. 

"There has to be an item or some sort of array we can use against the mohawk devil's time rule mastery?" Wyatt asked Ann with hopeful eyes only to see her dejectedly shake her head without answering. 

That was when a demigod pointed out, "We have the timeless array formation covering the southern royal palace grounds. Within it, the devil will not be able to use the time-related relic or its time-rule mastery. All twenty-five of us can surround it and then defeat it." 

"No, by doing that we will be risking the lives of the royal family. So be grateful that I am not punishing you for coming up with such a stupid idea," the leader of team one thundered at the demigod. 

Knowing putting the royal family in harm's way was a capital crime punishable by death. So the leader of team one was not kidding when he warned the demigod who came up with the stupid idea to trap a snake in the hen house. Doesn't he know the snake will eat all the eggs? He didn't, otherwise, he would have kept such a stupid idea to himself. 

"None of us is capable enough to counter the devil's time rule, we will have to act together. For that, first, we help the southern emperor retreat to the Southern royal palace grounds and secure Wyatt under the protection of the timeless array formation. Then we will try our best to hold back the devil until reinforcement arrives." 

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