"Relying on them turned out to be in vain; in the end, everything still depends on me."
"...I hope to grasp as much information about the Alien Realm as possible before that. We know next to nothing about Him—though now that I think of it, the world seems to have changed as well after Shu's Death..."
An idea flashed through his mind as he stood above the primordial waters, La felt as if time around him had once again slowed down.
No, it was not as if.
Overlooking the Mortal Realm, La realized that this was not an illusion but that time had indeed slowed down.
The entire world's pace had decreased slightly, manifesting as time stretching out, and the place where he was, was the most noticeable.
This slowdown seemed to originate from high to low, beginning from the outer layers of the world and the Sea of Origin and gradually intensified, spreading throughout the entire world.