The weapon came down toward him.
Lucas’s eyes widened.
He couldn’t move fast enough.
The blade was already inches from his body.
Then—
Everything changed.
The world slowed.
The falling weapon became almost motionless.
Dust hung in the air.
Even the mid-boss’s movements seemed frozen.
Lucas stared.
“What…”
He could move.
The creature couldn’t.
Lucas looked around in disbelief.
His heartbeat was the only thing he could hear.
Then a notification appeared.
[TIME MANIPULATION]
[First Ability Awakened]
[Ability: Temporal Sight]
[Effect: Allows the user to perceive the world at a drastically reduced speed for 5 seconds.]
[Duration: 5 seconds]
[Cooldown: 60 seconds]
Lucas’s eyes widened.
“Time Manipulation.”
His hidden ability.
The power he had kept sealed since awakening.
The ability he had refused to reveal to anyone.
It had finally awakened.
Lucas looked at the mid-boss.
Everything around him remained incredibly slow.
Five seconds.
That was all he had.
He immediately understood how dangerous the ability could become.
It wasn’t actually stopping time.
It was allowing his perception of time to accelerate to an extreme level.
To Lucas, the world had practically stopped.
But there was a limitation.
Five seconds.
Then a sixty-second cooldown.
And because this was his first awakened ability, it was still extremely weak compared to what Time Manipulation could eventually become.
Lucas smiled.
“Five seconds is enough.”
He moved.
The mid-boss’s weapon was still descending.
Lucas stepped sideways.
The blade passed beside him.
He moved behind the creature.
Impact Break.
His fist slammed into the back of its armor.
The mid-boss staggered.
Lucas immediately searched for a weak point.
He couldn’t find one.
The armor covered almost its entire body.
Four seconds.
Lucas moved again.
He struck the creature’s knee.
Three seconds.
The mid-boss began turning.
Lucas saw the movement before it happened.
He stepped away.
Two seconds.
He studied the creature’s body.
There.
A small gap beneath the armor around its neck.
Lucas’s eyes narrowed.
One second.
He rushed forward.
Impact Break.
The attack connected.
Then—
Time returned to normal.
The mid-boss staggered backward.
Lucas landed several feet away.
He breathed heavily.
[Temporal Sight ended.]
[Cooldown: 60 seconds]
Lucas stared at the notification.
“Sixty seconds.”
The mid-boss recovered.
It turned toward Lucas.
For the first time, there was visible damage on its armor.
A small crack had formed around its neck.
Lucas smiled.
He had found its weakness.
But there was another problem.
The ability was on cooldown.
He couldn’t use it again for a full minute.
And the mid-boss wasn’t going to wait.
It charged.
Lucas raised his fists.
[Strength Enhancement]
[Speed Enhancement]
[Break Limit]
Power surged through his body.
The mid-boss swung its weapon.
Lucas dodged.
He attacked the damaged area.
Impact Break.
The monster staggered.
Lucas attacked again.
But the mid-boss recovered immediately.
Its strength was overwhelming.
Lucas was forced backward.
His feet slid across the stone floor.
He gritted his teeth.
“Come on.”
The mid-boss attacked again.
Lucas blocked.
The impact nearly broke his stance.
He countered with Impact Break.
The monster barely reacted.
Lucas’s expression became serious.
Without Temporal Sight, the fight was completely different.
He had to survive for another forty seconds.
The mid-boss charged again.
Lucas moved.
He couldn’t afford to take another direct hit.
He relied on everything he had learned in his first life.
Movement.
Timing.
Positioning.
Prediction.
He avoided the attacks one after another.
The mid-boss swung.
Lucas ducked.
The creature kicked.
Lucas jumped backward.
The weapon came down.
Lucas rolled to the side.
Every second mattered.
[Cooldown: 38 seconds]
Lucas glanced at the notification.
“Too long.”
The mid-boss suddenly disappeared.
Lucas’s instincts screamed.
He turned.
The creature was already behind him. The source of this chapter is g.com.
Its weapon was raised.
Lucas activated Speed Enhancement.
He barely escaped.
The weapon cut through the air where his head had been.
Lucas landed.
His breathing became heavier.
The mid-boss charged again.
Lucas raised his fists.
He couldn’t use Temporal Sight yet.
So he would have to fight it the old-fashioned way.
He rushed forward.
Impact Break.
His fist struck the monster’s chest.
The mid-boss didn’t move.
It grabbed Lucas by the arm.
Lucas’s eyes widened.
The creature lifted him off the ground.
Lucas activated Strength Enhancement.
He struggled.
Nothing.
The mid-boss pulled him closer.
Lucas could feel the difference in strength.
Level 100.
D-Rank.
This was the first opponent he had faced since his regression that completely overwhelmed him physically.
The creature raised its weapon.
Lucas looked at the blade.
Then at the cooldown.
[Temporal Sight]
[Cooldown: 21 seconds]
Lucas clenched his teeth.
“Twenty-one seconds.”
The weapon began moving.
Lucas twisted his body.
The blade narrowly missed him.
He struck the creature’s wrist.
It released him.
Lucas fell to the ground and rolled away.
He immediately stood.
The mid-boss charged.
Lucas ran.
Not away.
Toward it.
The creature raised its weapon.
Lucas activated Impact Break.
He struck the damaged area beneath its neck.
The armor cracked further.
But it still wasn’t enough.
The mid-boss grabbed him again.
Lucas’s body was lifted from the ground.
The creature’s other hand moved toward his chest.
Lucas struggled.
His strength wasn’t enough.
Then the notification appeared.
[Temporal Sight]
[Cooldown: 0]
[Ability Ready]
Lucas’s eyes sharpened.
A smile appeared on his face.
“Finally.”
The mid-boss raised its weapon.
Lucas activated the ability.
[Temporal Sight]
The world slowed once again.
Five seconds.
Lucas looked directly at the creature.
This time, he knew exactly where to strike.
And he only had five seconds to survive.