Diomedes didn't give Karl any time to adjust.
Just as Karl was stunned, time around him suddenly began to slow down.
The light gathered again, and everything became dim. The flames, which had been devouring everything around them, gradually slowed down, almost freezing.
And at the instant when the flow of time around him was slowed, a bright golden glow simultaneously sparkled in Oswald's eyes.
It was like the dawn, with a very faint crimson glow within the platinum light.
——Advanced Divine Art: Acceleration of the Hourglass!
The power of the Hourglass descended upon him without any invocation.
In Diomedes's realm, his speed was not only unaffected by the slow, but it was actually further increased.
Oswald instantly appeared in front of the Flame Demon and stopped.
