With her eyes still closed, Naphta channeled her magic power into the crystal ball in her hands.
“O sinner who stands before the Goddess of the Future Naphta, you shall now face judgment by the Kandaquizorte, the Future World Crystal.” (Naphta)
Just as the crystal ball left Naphta’s hand, its outline distorted and morphed into the hsape of a spear.
“The verdict of the future has been decreed. You shall be sentenced to impalement,” she declared like a judge reading a verdict.
“Interesting. Go ahead and try it.” (Anos)
The Goddess of the Future raised both hands.
Her divine magic overflowed all around, shaking the cathedral.
The crystal spear shot toward me with blinding speed.
As I twisted my neck to dodge, the spear instantly altered its trajectory, closing in on my face.
“Hmm. So you read the future.” (Anos)
The tip of the spear came to a halt just before it reached the tip of my nose.
Because I grabbed it with my right hand, stopping it mid-air.
“I can narrow the future: you were unable to grab the spear.” (Naphta)
At the moment she spoke, the spear I had supposedly grabbed slipped effortlessly through my hand.
I jumped back instantly, but the Future World Crystal Kandaquizorte moved just a bit faster, and its tip gouged into my abdomen.
“You can narrow the future, you said? I see. Indeed, once in perhaps a billion tries, there might be a time when I fail to grab it. So the power of this thing called the Future World Crystal Kandaquizorte is to limit the future to that one possibility?” (Anos)
“Kandaquizorte is the future itself. There is no way to touch the future.” (Naphta)
“Oh?” (Anos)
I drew a multi-layered magic circle and passed my right hand through it.
With my hand glowing pale blue, I attempted to grab the crystal spear, using the power of
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