At this moment Max's face had turned completely solemn.
Between the instant the giant sword of black flames collided with the incoming beam of golden light and the present moment where the golden sword was pressed between his hands, several things had happened in rapid succession.
The entire sequence had unfolded so quickly that even with his heightened perception through the Dimensional Sovereign Body, Max had barely managed to react.
The first event was the sudden appearance of his mother.
The moment the explosion between the golden beam and his black flaming sword erupted, the battlefield had been consumed by a violent storm of black flames and golden light. The clash had distorted the air and shattered the ground beneath them, creating a chaotic veil of energy that obscured everything within it.
Yet she had moved through that explosion as though it were nothing.
