Apolaki suddenly appeared behind the King of Twilight Hay-lale and is about to plunge his Kris on the latter's back. The King of Twilight Hay-lale did not have anytime to react but that is only what Apolaki thought. Apolaki's danger signal is giving him full warning that he will die if his attack reaches.
"If I die trying to kill you then I will take my chances." Apolaki thought but that is just a pipe dream because even Adrian did not use the only skill that can save himself if a dangerous situation were to arise.
"Twilight Zone." The King of Twilight Hay-lale muttered as he snapped his fingers.
The moment the King of Twilight Hay-lale all surroundings lost color and became gray. The audience watching the match could not believe what they are seeing because time has literally stopped. Without a doubt in their minds, they only knew one race that could literally bend time and space.
The audience had some reservations that the boss monster is actually controlled by a player. All those reservations vanished when the player 'Creepysoo' started calling the King of Twilight Hay-lale as 'big brother'. Add to the fact that the audience could see that time has literally stopped means that it is indeed true.
The forums that were once quiet exploded into a frenzy as many questioned the authenticity of the claim. Some even took to social media sites just to question Atlas Inc. to the point that the social media sites almost broke down. Atlas Inc. only replied that they will discuss it after the press conference on the awarding ceremony.
With time being frozen, Adrian could now clearly feel what made the blade that Apolaki held as special. It is a sword that has the spirits of those who held it before and those who were slain using it. The blade is reacting strongly to the embedded spiritual blade on his chest that only those with a special vision for the dead could see.
"It is already impressive that he could still move like that with one foot missing. If I did not have access to this skill, then I would have probably would have lost by now. Although, I no longer have a game changing skill left." Adrian muttered to himself as he summoned Sirius' magic circle below Apolaki.
The world that became gray suddenly came back into color. The next thing that the players who were remaining saw is Apolaki becoming particles of light. They clearly saw him behind the King of Twilight Hay-lale but he is now wolf food.
"No fair! Big brother, you just stopped time!" Creepysoo suddenly blurted out as he forgot that he should not exposed secrets like that to his other competitors.
"I merely used Blink though." The King of Twilight Hay-lale muttered as Adrian wanted to feign ignorance.
"You clearly stopped time because if you really had Blink then you would have used it earlier." Creepysoo argued back.
"This brat is really perceptive and ignorant at the same time. If you had that kind of information, then you should not be telling your competitors." Adrian thought as he wanted to hit Creepysoo on the head for being smart and dense at the same time.
Creepysoo is correct that Adrian did not have Blink as a skill in this form as the developers judge it as too difficult to counter in small areas. Instead, they buffed some of the damages of his available skills to compensate.
Only three people are remaining, and Adrian is a bit confident in taking them down as long as they do not work together. Adrian knows that the only reason that he can perform this well is due to the fact that the contestants still see themselves as competitors. Which is why his first order of business was to defeat them randomly.
When he already lessened the number, he would then focus on those who still had three or more team members active. He needed to make sure that the synergy of the players is chaotic to the point that they would be an obstacle to one another. With each group down to one or two members, the teamwork will plummet and giving him higher chances of winning.
"If they really worked together to raid me then I will only last about an hour or two. Time to finish the job as only three are left but then they are the deadliest if they are properly guarded." Adrian muttered but he suddenly received a notification that brought a smile to his face.
"Why is he suddenly smiling?" Frey asked Creepysoo.
"That is the smile of someone extremely satisfied of what he is given." Creepysoo stated as he can only see that smile when the drops they want is given or something is on his favor.
[All your soulbounds could now be summoned once again.]
"Summon: Twilight Harmony Dragon"
"Summon: Unbound Black Frost Fenrir"
"Summon: Myriad Colors Tiger King"
The King of Twilight Hay-lale suddenly stated all three names of the monsters in succession. They thought that he would just summon attacks from them like what he did before, but it is more terrifying than that. They realized that three bodies of monsters were forming fully on the mortal plane.
"Finish them off." The King of Twilight Hay-lale stated.
As if a declaration of the end, the three soulbounds defeated the remaining three contestants that are already worn out. In the end, the players lost the raid boss event, and the ultimate winner of the event is given to the one that has more contribution points.
The audience is then greeted with the ending clip prepared by the developers. The clip saw the appearance of the subordinate gods of the Gods of Light and Darkness battling with the King of Twilight Hay-lale. Half of the subordinate gods died but they managed to seal the King of Twilight Hay-lale once again.
The King of Twilight Hay-lale vowed to get his revenge against the Gods of Light and Darkness upon his revival once more.