Power Up! (Not Me)

“How long do you think that bastard can maintain the barrier?”

“Dunno. Probably not much longer.”

“Gamma said mana distortion was detected in Kairos’s body. He must have suffered serious injuries in that clash.”

Even in the darkness, the golden barrier shone clearly. Twenty paces away from it, three children were whispering.

“Serious injuries… Does that mean Zeta’s report was wrong?”

The blond boy, Alpha, turned to Beta.

The black-haired girl with a bob cut and round glasses, Beta, pushed her glasses up and shook her head.

“There’s no way Zeta lied. It must be a coincidence.”

“A coincidence? You think something like that happened by coincidence?”

The brown-haired boy with tousled hair, Delta, asked back in disbelief...