Book 18 Chapter 34
Episode 147
Long, long ago, in the Age of Myths, it is said that there were three retainers who served the Lord of Time, one of the <Forgotten Kings>.
Meaning 'three sages', they were called the [Three Sages of Time (三中賢)], and they were the Lord of Time's highest confidants.
Each of them was bestowed with the power of one of the three wheels that make up time.
First Wheel (一輪) Shumgos, the Past!
Third Wheel (三輪) Nariaduke, the Present!
And Second Wheel (二輪) Lunan, the Future!
The Three Sages clashed head-on with the <Ones Who Came> and the Eldia Heroes in the Battle of Ashurnab (the name of the Red Mountains before purification).
With the power to manipulate past, present, and future, they managed to hold back the envoys of light, but suffered a crushing defeat!
In the end, they were sealed in a dimensional rift along with the Lord of Time.
- You scoundrels, you remnants of light… How dare you, how dare you do such a thing…!
- This grudge, I will surely settle it someday…!
- When I awaken again, everything you've built will be utterly ruined…!
However, their opponents were none other than the <Ones Who Came> and the Eldia Heroes.
If those transcendent beings hadn't been their enemies, they would still be the ruling class. No, forever!
Here, Blood General Berom is born from the lineage of the 'Pale Baronet', who was a direct subordinate of these Three Sages of Time!
- It's time for you to see this too. Come with me, Berom.
- Yes, Father.
- This is a fragment of the soul of Lunan-nim, the Second Wheel of Time whom we serve. Our mission is to awaken Lunan-nim from a deep slumber. First the soul, and then cross the sea to the continent to retrieve the body.
Over a thousand years, Lunan's seal was slowly, yet undeniably, broken by the bloodline.
- You are the new clan head. Come to me. Seize the future. I will make you the master of the future.
- There's no way a humble servant like me could refuse your demands. I will obey any command.
Berom, having received revelations from Lunan, who soon became capable of expressing will, infiltrated human society disguised before the upheaval and offered the blood of 6,666 people designated by Lunan.
And after the upheaval, he sacrificed the blood of 666,666 people, re-establishing the movement of celestial bodies in this <Orwardan>!
Therefore, now, that lost soul!
Its power has now descended upon Blood General Berom's body, right here!
"I, who have received Lunan-nim's revelation, have now gained the power to turn the future you desperately try to grasp into a trivial delusion! I, Berom, have donned this body by unearthing the wrath and hatred of Lunan-nim, the Second Wheel of Time, who resents and curses the twisted world! Do you think mere beings like you can stand against me?!"
At Lunan's confident shout, Rin's entire body trembled.
Was it fear?
His eyes were about to roll back, leaving only the whites visible.
"What the heck, why am I not there! Why are you discriminating?!"
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"Make one for me too! Make my future too!"
Rin shrieked! Fighting oneself, what kind of fantastic [Strongest Mage Scenario] is that?
But why am I the only one missing?
Everyone else here has one.
"Rin, look at what you have tied to your back. The Golden Guardian is glowing!"
Lista exclaimed.
"Lord Joshuhar's power must have protected Rin's soul! Let's quickly bow 90 degrees towards the Papal State and give thanks!"
"Thanks, my foot! Damn it, I shouldn't have accepted this! I shouldn't have accepted it!"
"Rin, what are you doing! You have to keep wearing that so your future isn't duplicated!"
"No, noooooo! Let go!"
While Rin and Lista squabbled, trying to throw off the Golden Guardian, Friede's eyes narrowed.
'If that's the case… Lista has a dragon spirit within her soul and is protected by the holy sword. Kies also has the protection of the World Tree. But why only Rin? Something seems strange.'
Berom also felt considerable bewilderment.
In the future seen through Lunan's eyes, that kid wasn't dead.
He was alive.
'But I can't summon him.'
No, I definitely feel power draining away for future summoning. But even if I command him to come here, he doesn't respond to where he is.
'What happened?'
The answer was that the boy's future had already arrived at the point where 'the Hero Party's future five years from now' was summoned!
The problem, however, was that he was trapped within a blood ice (血氷) that was too murky to see through!
To others, it simply appeared as fragments of the bloodline's power or blood-stained debris.
Later…
After all journeys ended, the members of the Hero Party would come to understand the meaning of this day.
Far too late…
Only then, at the point where they could never meet each other again, did they realize it belatedly.