RE: LORD OF TIME

(You have completed the task—Remove Hurdle)

(You have received a Transcendent Bone of God of Time)

William took a deep breath upon seeing the notifications, and his tense nerves from the past few days completely relaxed.

”Eva, since I completed the task, it means the future that forced you to release that task completely disappeared, right?”

”Yes,” Eva answered his question. ”The instant you turned Liam into a Vampire, that future had already become very vague, and just now, that future completely disappeared.”

”I see...” William nodded, and his eyes narrowed.

”Since that future disappeared because of my actions, does it mean the future possibilities you see don’t include me? Or is it that you simply can’t see my future?”

Eva remained silent as if pondering something. After a moment, she finally spoke.

”Actually, your future had always been very obscured, and I could only see vague fragments of it. But those vague fragments also disappeared from the moment you awakened your Bloodline. Now... There is only a mist of Chaos whenever I try to see your future, as if it had become completely unpredictable.”

”An unpredictable future, huh...” William muttered and suddenly thought of something.

”If you can’t see my future, then how did you know something was going to happen between me and Liam? Surely, it wasn’t because you looked at Liam’s future instead of mine, right?”

”No, I did not look at Liam’s future...” Eva answered calmly. ”I looked at the future of something closely connected to you.”

William was confused when he heard Eva’s words, but he soon thought of something, and his face turned strange.

”Something closely connected to me... You are not talking about yourself, are you?”

”Correct...” Eva answered in a flat voice. ”Since I am a Soul Armament and currently belong to you, I am closely connected to you. By looking at my own future, I can catch a glimpse of some possible futures related to you.”

”This...” William did not know what to say upon hearing Eva.

”You don’t have to think too much about it,” Eva continued when she saw his thoughtful look. ”As I mentioned many times before, they are just possible futures, and you can choose how to tackle them yourself. Just like how you didn’t eliminate Liam and destroyed that future possibility using a different method.”

William took a deep breath upon hearing Eva and didn’t comment on what she said.

”Give me the Transcendent Bone of God of Time.” He said as he stretched out his palm.

The next second, a white light flashed, and a small, finger-sized bone appeared on his palm.

The instant the small bone appeared, the surrounding time became distorted for a moment.

William felt as if time was moving very fast, or it might be moving very slowly. Or it was also possible that it had completely stopped flowing.

In simple words, the rules related to time became completely unstable around him the moment the small bone appeared in his palm.

But the anomaly only lasted for a second before everything returned to normal.

If it wasn’t because he had experienced that strange anomaly himself, William would have thought he was hallucinating.

William looked at the bone closely and found that it was an index finger bone. But unlike normal bones, the bone in his hand looked like a light-blue-colored crystal, and there were small, strange Runes engraved on it.

”Is this the Transcendent Bone you spoke of?” He asked Eva, staring at the bone carefully.

”Yes,” Eva answered. ”A portion of the time rules that Aevion comprehended is engraved on this bone. It will help you immensely when you comprehend the Rules of Time. Moreover, you can also use it during your breakthrough to Star King.”

”Hmmm...” William nodded with a thoughtful look.

When a person breaks through to Star King Level, they condense their soul into their Sea of Consciousness.

During the process of Soul Condensation, a person can observe extraordinary items to give their soul a bit of affinity toward the rules contained within those items. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

For example, if a person observes a very high-grade sword while condensing their soul and their talent toward the sword is good, there is a high possibility that their condensed soul will also gain a bit of affinity toward swords, making it easier for them to learn sword arts and even Sword Intent.

Previously, William was planning to observe two of his most precious things during his breakthrough.

His Sword Dominator and True Wisdom Trait.

Both of his Traits were of Ancient Grade, the highest level of Trait someone could be born with.

He already had a huge advantage when it came to things related to swords, and his comprehension ability was also very high because of his True Wisdom Trait.

If his condensed soul received benefits from his Traits, his strongest aspects would become even stronger.

And now, with the Transcendent Bone of God of Time in his hand, he could use it as well during his breakthrough to Star King.

’Once my soul gains an affinity toward the Rules of Time, it will be easier to understand them in the future...’ William thought to himself as he stared at the small bone with gleaming eyes.

There was another reason why William wanted to observe his two Traits during his breakthrough to Star King.

In order for an Ancient Grade Trait to advance to Mythical Grade, some hidden conditions needed to be met.

William didn’t know what the conditions for advancing his Traits to Mythical Grade could be.

Not knowing anything, he could only think about making them stronger and see if they would advance to Mythical Grade.

And giving his soul an affinity toward things related to his traits was also a way to make his traits more powerful.

Just as he was lost in thought, William recalled something and frowned slightly.

’Aevion...’ His eyes narrowed slightly. ’Eva just called the God of Time by his name instead of calling him Master like before.’

He thought for a moment before speaking.

”Eva, can I ask you something?”

”What is it?” Eva asked in confusion upon hearing William.

”It’s nothing serious...” William shook his head and spoke in a low voice. ”I just wanted to know, if you are an artificially created Soul Armament or a Natural-Born Soul Armament?”