Feeling a peculiar energy coming from behind him, Gabriel turned around.
Not too far from him, he could see a spatial portal that was not much bigger from an ordinary door. However, the energy that could be felt coming from that door didn't seem to belong to this place.
Initially, he thought that more people from the Temple of Time had already arrived, only to remember that they came through a door. To come through the portal wasn't something that was said to be related to the Temple of Time since they couldn't control space to that extent.
However, if this wasn't the Temple of Time, then that created a bigger concern for Gabriel. Just who was the person that arrived?
Gabriel still didn't cancel the shroud of Light. No matter who it was, he didn't want to reveal his real identity, especially when the battle behind was still raging on.
From the portal, someone stepped out. However, looking at that person, Gabriel felt somewhat weird.
He expected some powerful being to come out from the portal, but the person who came out appeared to be only a child.
A little girl, who looked like she was barely twelve or thirteen years old came out of the portal, yawning as if she had just woken up from sleep and was still feeling a little sleepy.
The girl was short, not even coming up to Gabriel's shoulders. However, what was strange was that despite looking very ordinary, the woman was dragging a heavy Sword behind her which was twice her size.
The heavy Sword was being dragged by the woman with ease. It didn't look as if the woman was dragging the heavy Sword because it was heavy, but instead because she was too lazy to carry it properly.
As the Sword was dragged on the concrete road, a one meter deep mark was left behind, leaving its trail.
No matter what, that Sword didn't look like an ordinary weapon. And to see a little girl drag it with ease was even more surprising. Gabriel was really curious about the little girl's identity.
The little girl stopped not too far from Gabriel, rubbing her sleepy eyes as she looked up in the sky, completely ignoring Gabriel.
"You're still alive, old man?" The little girl asked. Even though the girl tried hard to stay awake, it was as if she could fall asleep at any time.
The girl didn't speak loudly. She only used an ordinary tone. However, despite that, her words were heard far and wide. Even high in the sky, the battle that was raging on had stopped as Alion flew back, stunned after hearing that voice.
The Holy Lords also looked down. As they saw the little girl who had spoken, they were a little confused. They didn't recognise who that person was. It was their first time seeing that person.
Even the envoys from the Temple of Time couldn't recognise her. Despite that, they could feel that the little girl wasn't weak. If anything, she was a lot stronger than all of them combined, which made them even more confused. How could they not hear about someone so strong who looked so young?
The person who was most surprised to see that little girl here was none other than Alion. It was as if he was the only person who recognised that little girl.
"Who is this girl?" Gabriel asked Alion through a silent transmission to Alion. "You seem to know her. Is she a friend?"
"She is... bad news. If she gets involved in the battle, I'd have to use all my strength. And even then, I won't be sure if I could win the battle," Alion responded, frowning.
"She is that strong?" Gabriel was slightly taken aback. Even though he knew her sword was a treasure, but to know that her strength was something that could even alert Alion was nothing to scoff at.
"If that's the case, then you can't fight her," he told Alion. "No matter what, you can't show your real strength for now. This place will get too crowded when you do. Leave. This much fighting should be enough for now."
"I'm afraid it's too late to leave now. If she came here, it's probably because she also sensed the opening of the Palace and my presence here. She won't let me leave that easily. I can only fight here," Alion replied, getting serious.
He hadn't faught seriously yet but now he was prepared. "She still hasn't sensed your real identity because of the shroud. You should slowly retreat from the battlefield. I'll handle the rest."
"No need." Since Alion wasn't sure if he could defeat the little girl or not, Gabriel didn't want to leave him behind. He was the only person who could help him with his knowledge in the future after all.
Moreover, if the truth was out because of Alion fighting at full strength, the next step was the arrival of the full strength of Temple of Time which was an even bigger problem. He couldn't allow that.
"I have a plan... That should allow you a safe retreat," he added.
"What plan?" Alion asked. In this situation, it wasn't easy to get out without a fight unless he revealed his real strength.
For a moment, there was only silence as Alion looked at the little girl on the ground. No one knew that the reason he wasn't speaking was because he was listening to Gabriel's plan.
After he finished hearing the entire plan, his expression turned slightly weird. This kind of plan... He really didn't know he could've come up with it on his own. It was just too shameless yet genius.
"After hiding—" the girl spoke, but before she could even speak properly, Alion interrupted her, not allowing her to say something that could convince the others that they weren't friends.
"Old friend, you're finally here! Good!" Alion exclaimed, sounding pleasantly surprised. "I didn't expect you to come out to help me as well. Just as I was getting pushed back and was about to be defeated, you are here! We can kill all of them together!"
"Huh?" The little girl frowned, not understanding what was happening. She even wondered if Alion hit her head somewhere and went crazy. Why was he calling her an old friend? Usually, he would've been the first person to rush ahead to fight her.
"Even though I'm already exhausted, but I can still distract them! You are much stronger than me! While I delay them, you can take the opportunity to attack them from behind! Alion further stated, making sure his voice was heard by everyone around him.
