"How long have I been running for? It felt like an hour has already passed…." Thought Kim
"when can I stop running? when can I take a…"
"NOI must continue but everything hurt, my legs hurt, my side hurt, my body hurt, every part of my body is hurting…." as Kim cried in agony
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"These kids…. if this was a test full of hundreds or even thousands of people, some, if not most of the people would fail in this situation…." Thought the Old Man
"Most people would think this would be a easy easy thing to do but having your perception of time be enhanced can be far more dangerous than what most people think, what seem to be seconds or even minutes can be a whole month or even years for them…"
"Kim body is also pushing itself to its own capabilities, yet despite multiple of spells that are cast onto him, he is still somehow running…. 12 minutes of running for most people isn't a lot but when your whole body is enhanced with spell, push to its very limits, passing its very own potential…."
"Its more dangerous than what anyone would dare to do"
"And Vas Allen, he have been nonstop casting high level magic like it's nothing, most sorcerers would've passed out by now and yet despite all of that, he has yet to sweat…."
"What a scary duo of kid I have stumble into…." Thought the old man
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6 minutes have passed
"Kim, please don't get hit with any of my countless spells, please try to dodge them at the best of your ability" thought Vas Allen
"Hey Old Man! care to give us a hand?"
"Hohoho, you're talking to me? are you sure you want a fragile old man to help you guys?
"Well, we need all the help we can get!"
"….very well, but I do say so myself, I won't be able to help that much…"
"it's all good!"
The Old Man then proceed to cast out countless of high level spells, not as many as what Vas Allen is casting out but still impressive for a man of his age
"judging from how long we been going at it, we may have disrupted the flow of the illusion magic for atleast 0.5 seconds…. we're only halfway there!"
The three of them continue on with the plan, trying to disrupt the illusion spell that have been cast by the old man, Vas Allen is countlessly casting out high level magic spells, the Old Man is also casting out countless of high and basic level spell, and Kim continues to run, and run, and run, east…. west…. east…. west…. and so on
"everything…. hurt…. my legs, my side, my body…. everything!!!" thought Kim
"how long have I been running for, just for how long has I been running…."
"in my last world, I have always been running away from my problems, no matter how big or small it was but when I got transported in this world, i am now currently running into problems!" Kim thought as he trying to paced himself
"it must've passes the 6 minute mark already and currently if I were to estimated it, the 7 minute mark by now would have to passed…." Thought Vas Allen
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And was Vas Allen right, 7 minutes have now passed
"how long has I been running for, it felt like an 2-3 hours since I have started running…."
"I never knew that…. 12 minute would be this long…. was I…. was I just been taking time for granted?" Thought both Kim and Vas Allen
"as I am now…. why do I feel more pain back then, than now?" Kim thought
all of the regrets linger back into Kim, where he remember his last world experiences, where he would run away, avoiding all of the things he has set goals for himself, destroying any hope of him ever achieving….
"why is it that all of the problems, goals I have been running away from, hurt way more than me going into problems?" Though Kim
"These kids…. despite how dangerous and hard this plan is…. they continue to keep up their pace…. old body, don't fail me now, I mustn't let a bunch of kids outshine me!" Thought the old man
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8 minutes have passed
"the 8 minutes mark must have pass about now" thought Vas Allen
"the old man spell, just how strong it is? Illusion magic isn't usually a good high level magic and yet, this old man casted illusion magic this strong, even countless of high level spell can't easily disrupt its flow" thought Vas Allen
"oh how scary would he have been, if he were to be in his prime…."
"just how much longer? how much longer do I need to run for? just about how many time have I asked the same question? just how many?!?!" as Kim cried out of agony, every part of his body is going numb, every steps he take stings, as if he is walking in a pathway of full of a million needles….
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and so the 9 minutes mark have passed by, then hit the 10 minutes mark….
"the 10 minutes mark must've been hit by now, and guessing from the paces we've been going at it, we must've disrupted the flow of illusion by 0.7 second, once it reach the 1 second mark, that's when we can truly escape" thought Vas Allen, as little bits is sweat beginning to form on his forehead
"Vas Allen, he has surpass even the likes of me and many of those so called high level "sorcerers", if you were to give us 100 years, 200 years, 500 years and even 1000 years to trains and honed our skills, we would've not have surpasses even a fraction of his power…." thought the Old Man
"and Kim, his mental capabilities is far stronger than most soldiers I known, his body has already surpasses its potential, his body should've been broken down by now and judging from his built, he's not much of a runner and yet, he continues to run…"
"Truly a scary type of duo to go up against…." mutter the old man
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11 minutes have passed, but just after the 11 minutes mark….
"I-i can't, I-i can't, my body gone numb, every movement stings, moving my legs hurt, with every step I had taken, hurt like hell, it hurt to even breath…. I think, I'm about to pass out" as Kim breath in heavily, spikes of pain fill up his lung
Kim body is at its end, Kim begin to collapse, Vas Allen saw this and shouted out his name, but Kim didn't answer
"Dammit, should I heal him now or do I continue? what should I do?" cried out Vas Allen
"hey kid…. look after him would ya?" Vas Allen turn his head around to look at the Old Man in confusing whether or not he should help Kim
"you should help your friend over there"
"B-but I, w-we nee-"
"NO BUT'S!!!!" Shouted out the old man
Vas Allen stay silent and then look at Kim and back to the Old Man
"Saving your friends life is way more important than this plan" said the Old Man
"then how will we escape?"
"Leave that to me!" Replies the Old Man
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30 seconds have passed by
Vas Allen stop casting spells and head to Kim collapse body, there Vas Allen started healing his body with magic spells, Vas Allen then look at the Old Man, where he see the Old Man countlessly casting out basic level spell but is also charging up the high level spells
"Dammit, the disrupted flow of illusion is somewhere around 0.9 seconds, if I don't do anything, it might go down!" Thought Vas Allen
Vas Allen started getting ready to stand up but yelled out the Old Man
"Don't! Continue to heal your friend…. when I say now, grab him and just head foward…. trust me"
Vas Allen look in hesitate but nodded his head
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10 seconds have passed
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9 seconds have passed
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8 seconds have passed
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7 seconds have passed
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6 seconds have passed
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"Will this be it? no I must trust the Old Man!" thought Vas Allen
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5 second have passed
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4 second have passed
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3 second have passed
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"NOW!!!!!!" Shouted the old man
Vas Allen grab ahold of Kim collapsed body, there he run, the fastest he had ever run
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2 second have passed
and 1 second have passed
There at the last second, the Old Man unleashed a charged high level magic spell and launch it in the air…. the magic spell was so powerful, its disrupted the flow of illusion magic by 0.3 whole second…. giving Vas Allen a little extra second to escape
Kim regain consciousness… he slowly open his eye, as a whole second passes by…. he sees himself in a new place
"Where Vas and the Old Man? where the forest?" Kim tried to speak but his mouth won't let out any sound….
"W-why can't I speak!" thought Kim, scared during this situation
He started to look around and what he sees is a voided room, there lies a large table with chairs in the center of the room, the floor is made out of "chessboard?" which confuses Kim, there he see many people sitting in the chair but he can't clearly see their faces, or even what they look like…. then he look over at the end of the table where he sees Vas Allen sitting on the right chair near the empty throne…Kim is confuse by what he just witnessed "what is Vas here?" as Kim ask that very question in his mind….
Kim is baffle, why can he see Vas Allen face so clearly but yet can't see all of the other faces? then he look at the left chair near the empty throne….
There, he sees…. Himself?!?!?