1044 To Me, There Is No Difference

"Hahaha!  You've been caught like a rat in a cage! Now suffer!" Kaynen's wild laughter snapped John out of his trance. John's divine sense spread out in all directions, noticing that the thousand swords had fully encircled him, with not a single inch of escape possible. In his trance-like state, he had failed to notice this encirclement of swords.

Like a puppeteer, Kaynen had moved John into this inescapable net, at which all the swords could be guaranteed to land at once. The swords were upon him so fast that even if the space of this realm wasn't restricted, his spatial arts would be fast enough to dodge in time.

When faced with a dangerous attack, his instincts would have flared with warning, alerting him to the danger regardless of his state of mind. However, it had not done so this time, and for a single reason; his instincts didn't consider the attack worth warning against.