Time Management Department

The End Empire—Time Management Department—Central Area.

This was the first stop after successfully receiving the Supreme Imperial Edict bestowed by the End Emperor.

Not long after leaving the imperial palace, Ector Colon used their authority to arrive here smoothly and without obstruction.

They had chosen this as their first stop because they knew very well that after major conflicts broke out among the Transcendent Stage Awakened, the foundational factors most likely to cause major problems in this world were time and space.

Therefore.

Whether it was the Time Management Department they had already reached or the Space Management Department they would visit shortly, they needed to make a special trip to both and explain many things.

In the past.

Although they had been a Transcendent Stage Awakened of high standing and could likewise interfere with these two departments, their primary responsibilities had not concerned either of them.

As a result, the interference they could exert had ultimately been limited to a certain extent, and its actual impact had been minimal.

Especially since both departments contained quite a few Transcendent Stage Awakened, the effective interference they could exert had been even more limited.

Now.

Because the End Emperor had delegated authority to them, they truly possessed actual command over the matter and could point fingers at both departments...

"Have you arrived...?"

Near the enormous white pillar of light.

Staring at the deformed, twisted pillar of light before them—one that continuously split into twisted branches, which in turn kept splitting again in an eternal, endlessly repeating cycle—the being with an upper body resembling an eight-armed human and a lower body resembling a gigantic lion spoke to Ector Colon without turning their head:

"Looks like you really are exceptionally eager to get started..."

The speaker was named Al Niaz, one of the Transcendent