The hoarse female voice vanished.
The entire world gradually came into focus before Reneedol.
She looked at the Darkness Light-Shape Being opposite her and said in an unusually gentle tone, "Thank you for giving me this chance. I'll find a way for us all to escape this predicament."
The Darkness Light-Shape Being seemed somewhat satisfied.
"Remember, once your master decides to send you to the Contention Zone, the things that have already happened will begin to occur one after another."
"—You must avoid reaching that point and try to enter another event that has never happened before. Only then will you avoid being erased by the laws of time."
Reneedol nodded. "I understand. Please send me there."
"Very well!" said the Darkness Light-Shape Being.
Boom—
The dark light and shadows gathered into a tidal wave, surrounding Reneedol.
Amid the boundless Darkness Tide, she once more traveled toward the past.
She traveled...
Suddenly, a gigantic mouth, as towering as a mountain, emerged from the darkness and swallowed her and the other indescribable beings around her in one gulp.
Reneedol's vision went dark.
She opened her eyes.
She found herself still standing in the Darkness Tide.
"Just now... was that a monster dwelling in space and time?" she asked, puzzled.
"Yes. A monster from the Space-Time Mist. You could also call it one of your gods. It ate you," the Darkness Light Being said calmly.
Reneedol fell silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" the Darkness Light Being asked.
"Monsters from the Space-Time Mist only appear when they sense that the fates of all living beings are about to change. They then erase the source of the upheaval," Reneedol said.
"That's true," the Darkness Light Being admitted.
"In other words, I'm bound to change what happened in