The enormous Supernova continued crashing against Olsen's barrier.
The Grand Lab shook violently from the impact.
Suddenly...
Olsen's eyes began to glow.
A powerful golden light spread from his pupils.
The rainbow beam started to weaken.
Noxus's eyes widened.
"...What?"
Olsen slowly raised his hand.
The cubes surrounding him began glowing brighter.
Then—
Whoosh!
The entire Supernova suddenly disappeared.
The rainbow light vanished into the air as if it had never existed.
Noxus stared in disbelief.
"...What?"
Olsen looked directly at her.
His voice remained calm.
"You just fought a Primordeus human."
"You don't understand the consequences of what you're doing."
Noxus clenched her fist.
"I don't care about any of that crap."
Her yellow-orange auris erupted around her body.
"I've spent my entire life reaching this point."
"I won't let anyone take it away from me."
Olsen's expression became serious.
"Then you're choosing your own destruction."
Noxus smiled.
"Try me."
Outside the Sector X base, Alpha was still fighting Fawn.
Fawn swung his sword again, but Alpha easily avoided the attack.
Alpha glanced toward Hashima.
"Any minute now."
Hashima remained nearby, sitting calmly as he meditated.
"Just give me a second..."
"Jeez."
Alpha sighed.
"Fine."
Suddenly—
Whoosh!
Alpha disappeared.
He moved around Fawn at incredible speed.
The air filled with dust as he circled him.
Fawn narrowed his eyes.
"Is this all you can do, old man?"
Alpha suddenly stopped.
"Nope."
"I can do this."
The dust slowly began to clear.
Fawn looked around.
Then his eyes widened.
Standing behind Alpha was Hashima.
But something else had changed.
A massive demonic fox with multiple tails stood behind him.
Its eyes glowed fiercely.
Hashima slowly opened his eyes.
"With the power of the Nine-Tails..."
He raised his hand.
"Give your power to your master."
The demonic fox let out a deep growl.
"GRRRRR..."
Blue auris suddenly erupted around Hashima.
The energy covered his entire body.
Fawn's expression changed.
"...What?"
Hashima vanished.
Whoosh!
He appeared directly in front of Fawn.
Fawn quickly raised his sword.
Clang!
Hashima's blade struck.
Crack!
Fawn's sword was sliced cleanly in half.
His eyes widened.
"...What?!"
Hashima didn't stop.
Shing!
His blade cut deeply across Fawn's chest.
Fawn staggered backward.
Blood spilled from the wound.
"...Crap."
He looked down at the damage.
"Right into my system..."
His body suddenly twitched.
His mechanical systems began malfunctioning.
Fawn gave a weak smile.
"Well..."
"Nice to be dead again."
His body finally collapsed onto the ground.
Thud.
Silence.
Then a robotic voice echoed from his body.
"System shutting down."
Hashima lowered his sword.
Alpha looked at Fawn's fallen body.
"...It's over."
Olsen suddenly charged toward Noxus.
Whoosh!
Noxus quickly moved aside, avoiding his attack.
She smirked.
"You can't do anything, God."
Olsen turned toward her.
"Your power..."
"...it's becoming stronger."
He looked at the orange auris surrounding her body.
"If you don't continue down this path..."
"I could help you."
"You could use this power to change people."
Noxus rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah."
"Save that crap."
She suddenly lunged toward Olsen.
Her entire body began glowing with intense orange auris.
The energy around her became increasingly unstable.
Olsen's expression changed.
"No!"
"That move..."
"Stop!"
"You'll kill yourself!"
Noxus continued charging.
"I don't care!"
She accelerated even further, the orange auris violently swirling around her body.
Below them, Saito looked up.
His eyes widened.
"...Crap."
He tightened his grip on his sword.
"Olsen's in trouble."
Suddenly—
Everything stopped.
The wind froze.
The smoke hanging in the air became completely still.
Even the falling pieces of debris stopped in midair.
Saito's eyes widened.
"...What?"
He looked around the Grand Lab.
"Why did everything stop?"
He turned toward Yin.
"Yin?"
Saito waved his hand in front of him.
Nothing.
Yin didn't react.
Saito stared at him.
"...Okay."
"Someone please explain this."
He immediately activated Seraph.
The divine wings appeared behind him, lifting him into the air.
Saito flew upward, looking across the frozen battlefield.
Then he saw them.
Noxus was already standing directly in front of Olsen.
But Olsen...
Was completely motionless.
His body remained frozen in place.
Saito's expression changed.
"Wait..."
"You too?"
He flew closer.
"Olsen!"
No response.
Saito looked between Olsen and Noxus.
His grip tightened around his sword.
"What happened here?!"
Saito looked around the frozen Grand Lab.
Then he noticed something even more disturbing.
Through the shattered walls, he could see the battlefield outside.
Alpha...
Hashima...
The Red Sun Gang...
The remaining scientists...
Every single person had stopped moving.
Saito's expression hardened.
"...What the hell?"
He slowly looked around.
"Okay..."
"I'm starting to get angry here."
Suddenly—
A brilliant light appeared in the sky.
Saito immediately raised his arm to shield his eyes.
"What now...?"
The light grew brighter.
Then a figure slowly descended from the sky.
A person wearing a long yellow robe floated downward, completely unaffected by the frozen world around them.
The figure calmly descended between Noxus and Olsen.
Saito stared at the newcomer.
"...Who the hell are you?"
The figure didn't answer.
Instead...
They simply smiled.
Saito tightened his grip on his sword.
"...Yeah."
"That's definitely not suspicious at all."
The mysterious figure slowly turned toward Noxus.
"I created her."
Saito's eyes narrowed.
"...You created her?"
The figure smiled.
"But she went out of script."
Saito frowned.
"What's a script?"
The figure simply chuckled.
Then he looked directly at Saito.
"I'm also amazed you weren't affected by my frozen time."
He tilted his head.
"Maybe I accidentally added that to you."
"...I don't quite remember."
Saito stared at him in disbelief.
"You don't remember?"
He pointed his sword directly at the figure.
"Look, man."
"I don't know what game you're playing..."
"But if you've got some cruel plan, I think you should stop this."
The figure stared at the sword for a moment.
Then—
He laughed.
"Hahahaha!"
Saito's expression became even more annoyed.
"What's so funny?"
The figure continued smiling.
"You really are interesting."
The mysterious figure slowly turned toward Noxus.
"Let's see..."
He raised one hand.
Suddenly, the orange-yellow auris surrounding Noxus began to move.
Whoosh!
The energy was pulled away from her body in streams of glowing light.
Noxus remained completely frozen.
The auris flowed through the air and gathered inside the figure's palm.
Saito's eyes widened.
"...What are you doing?"
The figure didn't answer.
He simply turned toward Olsen.
With a calm smile, he flew across the frozen battlefield.
He stopped in front of Olsen and extended his hand.
The stolen auris suddenly flowed from his palm into Olsen's body.
Golden light surrounded Olsen.
The Primordeus's power returned to him.
The figure smiled.
"There you go..."
"You have your power back."
Saito stared at the scene in disbelief.
"...You just took Noxus's power away and gave it to Olsen?"
The figure looked back at him.
"Yes."
Saito tightened his grip on his sword.
"...Who are you?"
The mysterious figure smiled at Saito.
"I can't reveal myself..."
"...not yet."
Before Saito could respond—
The figure suddenly disappeared.
At the same moment, time resumed.
Everything moved again.
The smoke shifted.
The debris fell.
The sounds of battle returned.
Saito's eyes widened.
"...What?!"
He quickly looked around.
The mysterious figure was gone.
Noxus suddenly moved.
She looked around in confusion.
"Wait..."
"What happened?"
She looked down at her hands.
The overwhelming orange-yellow auris was gone.
Her body was completely free of Olsen's power.
Her eyes widened.
"...No."
Olsen floated nearby, his power restored.
He looked at Noxus.
"You lost."
Noxus clenched her teeth.
"No..."
She tried to stand.
"I didn't..."
But her body suddenly gave out.
Noxus fell forward.
Saito immediately rushed toward her.
"Whoa!"
He caught her before she hit the ground.
"Hang on."
He slowly descended with her, lowering both of them safely toward the floor.
Noxus remained weak in his arms, unable to stand.
Saito looked toward Olsen, then back at Noxus.
"...What the hell just happened?"