After listening to Kuize's account, Mikun's face was filled with shock.
"What kind of absurd ghost ability is this?"
"If things really are as you say—"
"Then wouldn't any 'reality' that occurs in this world be subject to your whims, twisted and replaced at will?"
"Wouldn't any 'creature' born into this world be intercepted in the past and easily put to death by you?"
"Holy Light or Abyss, no matter how powerful They are—if you traveled back to the moment of Their birth, wouldn't you be able to snuff Them out in the cradle?"
"Someone like you..."
"Isn't that practically invincible?"
Faced with Mikun's questioning, Kuize answered calmly:
"No, it's not quite that exaggerated."
"Although the effects of my 'Life Relic' sound immensely powerful, its activation requirements are numerous and extremely stringent."
"For example, only after I enter the 'Soul Source Ascension' state for a certain period, when my soul power has gathered at its peak, can I further activate 'Time Source Soulheart.'"
"It is like the climax of a piece of music. Only after all the preceding buildup can its effect come about naturally."
"And for another, all of my methods of traversing time and space can only revolve around the target before me—namely, you at the very moment I activate my 'Life Relic.'"
"So long as the target is absent, no alteration of time and space can come to pass."
"Furthermore, the 'events' I can alter are limited to the 'established reality' within a short period after I activate 'Time Source Soulheart.' If time drags on any further, it exceeds the bounds of my ability."
"For instance, the farther back in time I travel, the weaker my soul duplicate becomes."
"And the version of me that appeared in your childhood memories—the one collapsed on the ground, frail beyond