Before long, Raiden Mei's voice came over the public channel, making Gwen's gaze shift slightly.
"The deviation is below the expected maximum. The experiment will proceed to the next stage."
After receiving Raiden Mei's report, Otto announced the beginning of the next stage with a solemn expression.
Although the threat of Finality had already been eliminated, for Otto, this was far from the end.
This experiment was meant to fulfill Otto's wish and eliminate what might be the greatest calamity in this future society—
After integrating all his power and conducting several time-interference experiments, Gwen was preparing to recreate the feat of the past: travel directly through time and bring back what Otto sought from five hundred years ago—
The pure soul of the saint named Kallen Kaslana.
Compared to several years ago, Gwen's strength had undergone a world-shaking leap. After becoming the Herrscher of Finality, he had also gained authority over time.
In theory, it was not impossible to steal a soul from the Cocoon of Finality's disastrous past without affecting anything afterward.
Moreover, his increased strength and his deeper bonds with the girls had made the direction of his return even clearer—
Although he had brought along Alicia and Mysterious, who could still serve as his Stigmata, Gwen still had countless bonds here that he could never sever.
Gwen believed that even across the vast expanse of time, the fire formed by those countless points of light would be enough to guide him home like a beacon.
After hearing the order to continue the experiment, Gwen, already clad in his Cloth, met each pair of eyes filled with worry and concern. He nodded slightly, then shot into the air, streaking past those beautiful gazes as a golden flash and plunging into the passage opened by the Thousand Worlds