After Shivan and his Butler left through the portal, only the Reaper was left to go through it. As he reached close to it, he looked back at Persis and moved his right hand to his side, which a black sword formed, and he used it to throw Persis which pierced through his knee.
His knee wasn't bleeding, and neither did it hurt.
The Reaper, "I marked you!", and walked through the portal.
The portal then vanished.
Rhea ran to Persis and saw that he was still awake and crying silently.
That was when she could see a glimpse of herself in Persis more clearly.
Before she could know it, tears started falling down her eyes.
Persis looked up and saw Rhea with tears in her eyes, but she wasn't crying.
Persis still thought she was crying.
Persis was thinking, "Why am I so weak?", expecting Ses to answer it, but he didn't.
Persis closed his eyes and got up, knowing too well that the time around him had been paused and hugged Rhea opening his eyes.
Rhea was shocked to see him hug her, but she felt good. She was confused about how he was 1 second on the floor and the other second he was hugging her. She remembered he did the same thing back at the auction room.
Rhea, "How did you do that?"
Persis was thinking about what she could have meant, "It is my gift", while he kept hugging her.
Persis had a sudden thought regarding his gift, "If he closes his eyes, time pauses, So how will he sleep at night if the time doesn't move forward?", That was when the time paused, and an Angel descended from above out of nothingness.
Like any Angel, she had a ring over her head with white feathered wings, and she also looked familiar to Persis as someone from his previous life. Persis recognised her as she descended. Persis then got up and started to walk towards her, which was behind Rhea.
Persis, "Si-Sister, Is that y-you?" Before she could answer, Persis started to sprint towards her.
The Angel expected that and smiled and opened her arms to embrace him.
Persis then stopped midway, realising that she had died in another world.
Persis, "You are not her, are you?"
The Angel, while smiling, "You are right", and nodded yes.
The Angel, "I am here for you from Lord Ses!"
Persis, "Why do you look like the Sister from my orphanage?"
The Angel replied, "Lord Ses created me to protect you!"
Persis asked, "Okay, So How do I sleep at night without this gift?"
The Angel, "Lord Ses didn't think this through before giving you a few of his blessings. Even then, there is a way! You will need a demon's grace" in a low-toned voice.
Persis was confused, "And what do I ask them?"
The Angel, "You will know when you see him", and she disappeared into nothingness, resuming the time.
Persis was in utter shock just seeing her face again.
Meanwhile, Rhea was confused about where Persis had gone. That was till she her a thud from her. Persis fell to his knees, started crying and kept saying, "Why?"
Rhea was confused, but she had to go help him out.
Rhea, "What is it?"
Persis stopped crying, knowing too well that she wouldn't understand, "Nothing." and started walking inside the Golden Valley.
Rhea, when she was even more confused and felt left out, "Huh?"
Back inside Henry's Domain, Eta was on the island panting whilst looking at Alter and Ignos, going at each other nonstop.
Ignos stopped rushing at Alter because he noticed something unusual with Alter's power level.
Ignos, "Eta! This is not working. We have to try something else", while he looked at Eta, and then he looked back at Alter, expecting him to come at him again.
Eta kept panting, "Wh-Why? Did you see something in him change?"
Ignos nodded yes, "He is learning how to use Reck just by fighting me!"
Then Alter teleported in front of Ignos, which shocked both Ignos and Eta because he now has the same speed as Eta.
Both Ignos and Eta had the same thought, "How did he get to learn both our ways? What is he now?"
Alter laughed, "That was all the Augmentation I needed. Now, I don't need you both", and then grabbed Ignos's head with his right hand and blasted him with a large energy beam.
Then Alter looked over to Eta, "You're next", after positioning his right hand at Eta.
Eta took a deep breath in, smiled, "Then bring it on", as he got up from the floor.
Eta and Alter clashed just once, and Eta noticed his freakish strength just increased even more.
Eta, "What was that? I felt like I ran into a barrier", as he caressed on top of his head.
Eta took his hand off his head, "You weren't kid about it!"
Ignos flew to his side, "I have something that will work, but you will be the one to execute it", Ignos then got close to his ears and whispered the plan.
Eta liked the sound of it, "That will work!"
Ignos nodded yes, "But it has to be done quickly so he doesn't catch on", and then looked ahead at Alter.
Alter was mastering Reck while Ignos and Eta were talking about their plan. Just watching Alter annoyed Ignos.
Ignos while annoyed, "I am not doing this again!"
Eta, "What?"
Ignos, "Teaming up to taking a single opponent. It is just beneath me!"
Eta giggled, "I am enjoying it!"
Ignos, "That is your son there, you know?"
Eta, "Like I said, this is the second time I am facing him", as he rushed towards Alter.
After Ignos heard that, he understood Eta had one more trick up his sleeve, and Alter also knew that. That was why Alter was preparing up his Reck.
Alter saw Eta rushing at him and got ready to evade him. After Eta saw Alter noticed him, he started to slow down and walked on air slowly towards him. Alter felt a chill run down his spine as the current situation triggered haunting memories of the past when Eta had once killed him.
While he felt Déjà vu.
Alter, "N-No, Not again", and then started to shoot energy blasts towards Eta.
Eta evaded them one by one. Eta made it look so elegant he knew where it was going.
Ignos was confused about how the atmosphere changed. Eta turned into the cold one, and Alter looked like a scared child.
Eta, "Trap him then", as he slightly looked towards Ignos with his cold look.
Ignos snapped out of it, "Zonal Control", and then he closed his eyes for a few seconds and said, "Planetary Control!"
It created a force field 200 metres around them, then Ignos opened his eyes, and his iris looked different from before*, and now it looked like his iris showed a galaxy in golden colour.
Ignos, "Demis", and looked at Alter first and then Eta.
Ignos then raised his hands to the air, "Fall upon him", as he slowly pointed them at Alter.
Alter felt something falling towards him and looked up to see large meteoroids falling right at him. That was when Alter felt Eta fall drastically.
Alter, "No", and looked towards Eta's direction and saw him nowhere to be found.
Eta giggled, "You looking for me!"
Alter looked behind ever so slightly and saw his Iris change [the same as Ignos's] to a golden galaxy inside his eyes.
Eta had his palm on Alter's back, "Exactly! This was how I ended you, but I can't do the same!"
As Alter tried to escape, Eta smiled, "Look around before you move!"
Alter realised that he wasn't even moving an inch. After looking around, he understood he was in a bubble and started to frighten even more.
Eta, "A-AH!"