The Power of Magic

As the brilliant flash of Caelus's sphere-like mechanism slowly died out, time slowed to a halt. Quite literally, in Hu Long's case.

'This… this thing really is amazing!'

Although it was his second time using it, Hu Long marveled at the power of the spell Caelus had entrusted him with, a spell dubbed 'Hyper-Awareness'.

Under the spell's influence, his surroundings froze in place, the assassins around him falling in slow motion, and his vision expanded to allow him sight in every direction.

It was actually a bit disorienting, but it wasn't as bad as when he first tried it out. From the explanation he'd been given the day before, the spell wasn't actually slowing down time, but rather his perception of time by accelerating his thoughts.

'Hyper-Awareness hastens your thinking by delegating unconscious brain functions to the focus' processors, as well as utilizing those processors to amplify your own thought processing speed many times over.'