Mirror

Realizing it had reached the end of the road, every layer of its defenses stripped away, even the final "truth" it had relied upon to hide itself coldly dissected—

The will gathered within the sphere erupted, in desperate madness, with its final and purest malice.

It no longer maintained that grand, icy facade, nor did it offer feeble pleas.

A violent intent mixed with endless resentment, fear, and self-destructive impulses, like the final bite of a dying venomous snake, viciously "glared" at Benjamin, who had just obtained the highest authority and was preparing to proceed further.

"Let's die together!!!"

"Hearing" that declaration explode directly within the depths of his soul, warning bells blared madly in Benjamin's mind!

The instant the other party's will shifted, he had caught the scent of that insane desire to perish together.

Without the slightest hesitation, he cut off every operational command, his body retreating at full speed as his mental power erupted. Several more layers of defensive measures he had long prepared were stacked over him.

Yet those defenses were still utterly useless before the other party.

For the core of a Time Paradox Generator, once it cast everything aside and even abandoned all other functions, the "final measure" it could mobilize was faster than any conventional reaction.

Benjamin only felt the world around him twist violently.

The temple, the light, the air, even the texture of space itself curved in spirals. This signified that the "logic of existence" at a more fundamental level was being forcibly rewritten.

Before he could even complete his retreat, his entire body was caught by a force of "shearing" born from the laws of time themselves, then violently "thrown" away by that nearly irresistible power!

Almost at the very instant Benjamin was forcibly cast into an unknown