The torch, as one might expect, fizzled out when Alexander tossed it into the small carpet of red slime. 

Then, from the area of the slime, a fizzling sound continued to emanate. Curious. 

However, this was not of much relevance to the matters at hand. 

As one might expect, Alexander's attack was successful. Against these sorts of beings, this could hardly be called a fight. If they really were weaker than they were the last time the Labyrinth was open, one had to wonder how strong they would need to be in order to pose a legitimate threat. Granted that carelessness was still dangerous, as evidenced by a currently-paralyzed Vincent.

The Poison Slime was sliced down the middle, its remains splattering onto the front surface of Alexander's shield. However, as he cut through the slime...

-A red slime fell from the ceiling, moving to land squarely on his head. Tactical brilliance at its finest. 

Hopefully Senna would help him out with that. 

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Warning: Temporal distortion actualization requires higher accumulation of Authority. 

Seal on Omnipotent Failed Autonomous Will Extension ■ ■ ■ ■ judged to be sufficient. Extrinsic seal on Impossible Failed Autonomous Will Extension ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ judged to be sufficient. Will begin minor deconstruction of first-order seal to reaccumulate Authority sufficient to actualize temporal distortion. Initiating. 

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Back at Thoth's alchemical lab, the alchemist God was hard at work brewing her silver-colored liquid, whatever it was. The latest changes to it included dumping a copious amount of a strange white substance into the cauldron, from a jar labeled "Sugar". Interesting indeed.

This process went on for a while, with the paralyzed Vincent standing off to the side and Thoth humming cheerily as she brewed her potions, until she seemed to remember that Vincent was there.

"O-Oh, r-right!" She blurted out abruptly, eyes wide as she turned to face Vincent, as if confirming his existence. "...u-um, sorry, I-I got caught up in working. I don't rea-ah, no, bad Thoth, no rambling..." She mumbled, shifting her weight from one foot to the other uneasily. "...um, so, I-I don't have any anti-paralytics, but I-I just remembered that I can...um, well, I can update your status, which should clear away most of the effect."

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...

It was probably a good thing that Vincent was currently paralyzed.

Regardless, after speaking, Thoth's face scrunched up in concentration as a soft purple light materialized around her body, flowing into Vincent's.