Ten Seconds

In the midst of demonic corpses strewn across the ground, Arthur learned more about the spell-casting technique that Koby had used. After half an hour of wasted time, the rest could wait no longer for him to finish, so Joey had to intervene.

"This is not the best time to be researching something, Alexie," he implored with a sigh. "Can we move forward? We cannot afford to waste more time, or the monsters will grow stronger."

"I understand," said Arthur with a sigh, realizing that the timing wasn't right for him to delve deeper into this captivating discovery. "Thank you for sharing this knowledge with me."

"There's no need for thanks…" said Koby, sounding flustered as he hadn't expected such gratitude from someone who had annihilated an entire room of monsters with a single move. "People usually don't respect spellcasters because casting spells takes a lot of time."