Sacrifice: Time of Mine

The attacks eventually stopped.

Each of their energy was exhausted. But even then, the damage that these five Rank Cee Elementalists brought was devastating. Even the Guild Master would think of a way to avoid that accumulating damage.

Each shard was sharp enough and if they pierce on top of one another, even the Guild Master's defense would eventually get damaged. If not for Avion stopping time and plucking them out one by one, he would have died already.

Yes, unbeknownst to anyone, Avion was plucking each shard one by one. if he let them be, they would accumulate and it would be late by then. 

Avion tried reverting his body back from the start but nightmare fell upon him. His body reverted back, wounds healed and blood flowed back. However, the shards were still intact inside of him. Some had already pierced into his muscles and organs. These shards are not considered as parts of his body unlike consumables such as food and water.

This is also the reason why he didn't want his body to travel through time. He knew that there were changes through time.

Elements would make way for him such as fire getting extinguished by their own, earth accommodating space, and wind moving out. However, that was just to have enough space for his body.

If he traveled through time, his body would stay in the same place. Anything that changes in the area, he wouldn't know and control. In the next second, he may travel back to a time where a mountain was on top of him.

Meaning, even though the earth moved out for him, he was still stuck there. With his strength, could he climb back through the hard soil?

Good thing, he didn't choose to try it since he was given a great example right now. Every time he moves, Avion could feel that shards piercing within him. It was truly unbearable!

Even though the attacks stopped, he was still in the same position, enveloping Mettany who was crouching down.

Noticing this, one of the elderlies who were controlling these countless shards exclaimed in joy, "We won!"

"What?" Master Yown asked. Although this was a pleasant surprise, he had to know the reason behind this elder's words.

Mettany and the Guild Master looked at the two smiling elders.

"We could feel it! The Living Spear and the Rooted Shield together with Master Yown's Bark Blades, all turned into secondary shards that we controlled, making our great move, Endless Dead Wood Blades. Those that self-destructed Plant Elemental Elesp are all once living, they still contained remnants of the element and that is what we used to control the-"

"Get straight to the point!"

One elder began explaining but the Guild Master interrupted with anger.

Although the elder lost some face for being interrupted, under the pressure of a Rank Bih, he bluntly said, "There are still hundreds, if not thousands of shards inside Avion Teller's body right now. He only recovered his outer appearance but that can't fool us. We have control over it, like this!" he pointed one finger up which a wood shard came out of Avion's back.

It was soaked in blood and made a new wound from leaving his body. It entered from there earlier but since Avion reverted his body back, it healed. When the elderly Anzteran pulled it off, it created the wound again.

Controlling thousands of shards was hard but controlling one didn't amount to anything. Even though the elderlies had their energy exhausted, doing this was still easy.

Avion had a pale face. Just not to die, he was continually reverting his body back under immense pain. However, he stood up, wanting to release Mettany. Every movement he made was making the shards inside of him move and make him bleed again. Only by continually reverting his body was making him barely alive. Without doing so, he would've died moments ago.

Master Yown was happy to hear this but seeing that Avion stood up put suspicion in him.

"Elder Can, I thought you said there are hundreds of wood shards inside of him? Why is he still able to move?" he said with a heavy voice. Joking at that moment was too much.

But even the two elders were stupefied at this.

"No, Master Yown, we can prove it." Elder Can said as he looked at the elder beside him and nodded with understanding. With unity, they both willed and it was as if Avion's body exploded, no, it was as if he was porcupine releasing his quills behind him.

Mettany who was the nearest gasped.

Meanwhile, the spectators looked with shock, fear, and confusion. It was true, they were still so many shards inside Avion's body that shocked the crowd. Every movement Avion Teller created would make the shards pierced him from the inside. Imagining that they were in his place put terror in their faces. Finally, they were confused. If that is so, why is he still moving?

"I apologize for doubting you but why did you remove them?!" Master Yown shouted at the two elderlies.

As of that moment, Avion Teller was standing still, and surrounding him were almost hundreds of shards floating through the air from his behind.

"We only pulled a quarter of it. Even if a tenth of it was still inside his body, he should not be able to move." the other elder said while sweating. They were already forcing themselves.

Hearing this, the people gulped before sipping in a cold breath. That's only a quarter? How many shards are inside of Avion Teller then? He should be dead already!

"Mettany, even I would've no way of surviving that." the Guild Master walked towards her with a grave expression, giving her a hand.

"I... isn't this basically my fault?" Mettany asked while staring at Avion who was standing still, not even taking a glance at Guild Master Gon's hand.

Seeing Mettany's guilty expression, the Guild Master felt strong pity and regret.

Even though a quarter of those shards were out of Avion's body, there was still a large amount remaining. Avion felt more relieved and soon reverted his body in time, closing all the wounds. However, that wasn't enough to escape his death.

It happened too fast. He wasn't prepared.

"Then, why is he still recovering?" at this point, the Lead Humming Blade was stunned.

In the center of it all was no longer a battle but a mysterious phenomenon. This is the power of Rank Cee Elementalists that even Rank Bih would have a hard time. With Avion's mortal body, how could he defend himself from this?

At first, he just thought of protecting Mettany since he could revert his body back. Remembering the tea he showed to others to prove that he can control time, he believed that the shards inside of him would be taken out as well.

But it wasn't the case.