"So it was a secret passage."
After the three entered, the translucent Tribios was running ahead of them.
"Brother Dan Heng, you sure know your way around these things. Seen a lot of secret passages before?"
"I suppose so. They show up in TV dramas all the time."
Tine looked ahead.
"This was a secret passage the faction loyal to the Saintess prepared for my mother and me, just in case..."
"Today, it became our Gateway to escape, just as planned."
The passage was hardly clear. An obstacle soon blocked their way.
"The route out of the temple is surprisingly cluttered... Did someone do this deliberately?" Phainon asked, unable to hide his worry.
"Yes. Unsurprisingly, some people caught on to our plans and tried to stop us..."
"But others... were willing to clear the way for the Saintess."
Tine stepped beside Phainon and called upon Oloronis's Core Flame to work a miracle.
Time reversed in a small area, and the obstruction vanished in an instant.
"Like that."
Tine watched the translucent Tribios pass through and continue on her way.
"Won't that disrupt history?" Phainon asked.
"No," Tine said calmly.
"Nothing we do can change the past. In actual history, someone else helped Tribios."
"No one on Amphoreus can change the past..."
"I see." Dan Heng fell into thought.
If Tine was telling the truth, the Aeon of Years Titan's powers could, at most, let people see the past and briefly restore objects to their former states.
If only they could truly turn back time.
Then they could find the source of the Black Tide and uncover the truth about Amphoreus.
Unfortunately... the Aeon of Years Titan's powers were still too limited.
"Then it must be the same for Brother Yan Huan when he uses Mimi's power," Phainon said, looking at