Pause System: Harem In The Apocalypse

Inside of the Chronos King's Chamber there was an ongoing powerful battle. The battle was at speeds far faster than any regular person could conceive.

Left and right, every few seconds there would be an explosion or a burst which would leave a crack in the pavement.

The chamber was riddled with holes along the walls, ceilings and floors.

*WHAM!* *CRASH!*

The final impact sent Gray's figure soaring through the sky before crashing through the Chamber's front doors and into the Chrono's King's hallways.

*CRASH!*

Gray came to a stop with most of his body implanted into the hallway's walls, only his feet stuck out.

Gray's vision was blurry, he was still processing what had happened. The halo of [The Mark Of THe King's Second Stage.] was slowly losing it's light, his injuries were healing at a much slower rate.

'Fuck... How long have we been fighting for?' He thought to himself as he looked around the new room.

His head was covered in blood his own blood, his body was sore and aching. 'I knew he was strong but fucking hell it hur-'

Gray's thoughts were interrupted as something suddenly grabbed onto his legs from the other side of the wall before pulling him right out through where he had come from.

Gray's heart sunk after his entire body was pulled out, as right before his eyes, the King could be seen holding onto his leg and swinging it down.

Expecting him to be slammed down again, Gray raised [Paused] himslef, only to be left by surprise as the King suddenly let go of his paused figure mid-air.

'Ah fuck. It was a fake.'

[Unpau-

In that instant, Countless fist prints appeared all over Gray's body from the left, a long with the hell of a kick one the left side of his face and chest.

The king snapped his finger.

*ABABABBABABABBABAM!*

"Execution." The King Declared.

As if it were some sort of punching bag, Gray's body began to convulse as a barrage of punches crashed against him in the areas where the fist prints had appeared.

This was The King's ability, it was exactly like Gray but stronger. Gray wasn't sure how he was doing it, he was either stopping time and unleashing countless attacks on him or either. [Fast-Forwarding.] Countless attacks into a single instant.

With this Gray was absolutely certain of it, he wasn't even using a fraction of his power last time they had fought.

Because he was [Paused.] his body wasn't being knocked away, making the attacks feel as if they were never end.

*Crack* *Crack* *Crack!*

Countless bones in his body were breaking as he resembled someone having a seizure, his entire body was swelling. The King truly showed no mercy.

[Warning! Health is reaching critical levels!]

[Warning!]

Gray's eyes widened, he snapped out of it and grasped the one single moment before yelling inwardly.

'Un-UNPAUSE!'

[Unpaused.]

Gray managed to grasp a single moment for him to unpause himself,

At that instant his figure was launched like a slingshot back into the King's chamber. He moved almost as fast as a jet, rolling across the ground repeatedly before crashing, into the King's throne.

Gray's consciousness almost instantly faded as the final kick registered whilst he banged the back of onto the golden throne.

The throne became dented and Gray's head began to let out steam.

It wasn't just his head but rather, his entire body, especially in the areas where he had been hit. They were bright red and burning up.

With his vision slowly fading and blurry to the point where he could only see colours, Gray glanced over at the left side of his body.

It was covered in scorched rest fist prints.

The King's fists were so many, launched at such fast speeds that it had burned him.

*Shatter*

The halo on Gray's head shattered, the back of his head crashed against the dented throne as the light in his eyes faded.

[HP: 5/80]

[The Body has sustatined too much damage to maintain Mark Of The King's Second Stage.]

[Warning! The body has sustained too much damage!]

The King looked towards Gray with an unamused expression.

"I gave you all this time to prepare... I even gave you a branch of my mark... And yet this is all you could manage?" He asked.

He instantaneously appeared before Gray and opened his hand flat in position to pierce right through his chest.

"It appears I will need to kill you and find a new successor... I only hope that it's not too late by then. The end has already begun..." The King muttered.

Those were his final words before thrusting his arm into Gray's chest and piercing through his heart..

*Splatter*

The King, single handedly and effortlessly pierced through Gray's heart. A stream of tiers flew down his right eye despite there not being a change in his emotionless expression.

"It's over..." The King muttered as he pulled his arm out.

Gray's eyes were thin of their light, there was no longer a trace of life within him.

*Grasp.*

The King's eyes widened as Gray's arm suddenly got a hold of him. It grabbed on just as he had managed to pull it out.

"Wh-"

The King was interrupted as a fist print suddenly appeared right in the middle of his face.

*BAM!!!!!*

The single fist resounded across the air, shaking the room in a way that resembled a cannon. The king blasted away.

But that wasn't the end of it, Gray was blasted away along with him, he was still gripping tightly onto the King's arm, dislocating it as a result.

Had it been a normal person's arm, it would have bene torn off then and there.

'What? What is happening right now?'

'His flesh, there was no way I'd mistake it. I had torn off his heart.'

*CRASH!*

Gray axed kicked the King's head as the soared across the room, tightening his grip over the King';s arm as he did so.

The King's head crashed into the ground and was dragged across the floor, cracking and breaking all of the floors tiles in the process.

Gray's leg remained planted onto him, not giving him a moment's rest.

'I pierced his leg so how!?'

[Advanced Fast-Forward.]

The King's figure suddenly vnaished, appearing meters away from Gray with blood dripping down his head. He had a confused look on his faced as he glared at Gray with heavy pants.

'How is he still standing!?'

Gray's face was covered by a shadow as he turned and stared in the King's direction. His eyes were bloodshot red as they glared at him, releasing an intense surge of bottomless bloodlust.

[HP: 5/80]

[State: ???]

Gray's health had completely frozen in place, it was neither decreasing from the bloodloss from having lost his heart nor was it increasing from the mark's healing factor.

Gray let out a deep breath as a he took a step in the King's direction. An abundance of steam was released from his mouth.

It was then that the King noticed, there was not a trace of blood coming out of Gray's body where he had been hurt.

The cuts in his body also didn't have blood coming out of them.

It was if the laws of reality no longer applied to his body in that moment.

[System correction.]

[State: Paused.]

[Congratulations! Skill: Pause has successfully evolved!]

[New Skill has been created.]

Right before his heart was pierced, Gray thought of an impossible solution to his problem. Something he had never attempted before out of risk of dying.

Something he deemed was impossible without trying.

It was his final bet and he placed everything into it.

Gray had paused his status, his own time itself was paused, rendering the attack useless. This was an anomaly which bended reality itself.

However it wasn't a surprise to the King who's entire skill set was based off bending time and reality as he pleased.

From now on until the timer's end, Gra had become invulnerable to all attacks. He had reached it, the King's Lane

With the worry of being damaged beyond repair and his health hitting zero removed from him, Gray began his march towards the king.

The Golden glowing mark on his forehead began to expand once more.

A grin grew on the King's face as he saw this. "I see... Hahaha... I knew it was the right idea choosing you... Come!! COME AT ME GRAY CALIBER!!" He yelled out.

Without saying any other words, Gray's figure vanished, apppearing before the King with the [Mark spread throughout most of his body.]

[Mark Of The King Third Stage: Activated.]

[Mark Of The King Final Stage: Activated.]

Both of them Activated their marks in that instant.-

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"Kylo!! KYLO!!! GET OUT OF THERE!!! BROTHER!!!"

Lita desperately yelled for her brothers name, but it was to no avail.

Delta and Ria quickly charged at the Dragon, by combining their abilities.

They were placing their bets into finishing it in the next two attacks.

[Dark Flame Manipulation: Dark Flame Waltz!]

Ria's body was engulfed in flames beside Delta, the two burst at high speeds, right towards a ripple before the Dragon.