After Ian made a quick analysis, he finally understood the situation of Charles. One of Charles Fusion's bloodline is Thunderbird, and this kind of creature has the ability to predict danger. However, this alone was not enough for him to know what happened to the agent of Ian.
Ian did not hesitate and directly activated a ring on his finger. An illusory image appeared behind him.
"A Floating City!" Phoebe screamed, but then she realized that the situation was wrong and quickly covered her mouth. Even so, she couldn't hold it back. Her father often told her stories about Floating City - it was the pinnacle masterpiece of advanced civilization and even had the ability to destroy gods.
Her father had promised that one day he would build a Floating City for her. But at this moment, she witnessed a real Floating City behind this man who frightened the whole family.
Charles's heart is extremely complicated at this moment. As an earthling, he knows better than anyone else what Floating City represents; it is the ultimate dream of all mages and the pinnacle of magical civilization. He has always dreamed of building one, but he knows that his Magic Empire is still far from that stage.
He had long suspected that Arcane Empire owned a Floating City. However, after signing that contract, his memory in this regard was probably deleted, so he could only guess before.
But now, he has finally been confirmed.
Ian turned a deaf ear to everyone's reactions. Traveling through Multiverse was full of dangers, so he created a way to use Netheril's power even if he wasn't around.
Therefore, with the help of this projection, he is fully capable of fighting against any Tenth Tier threat in a short period of time.
After accessing the energy of Floating City, Ian mobilized [Space-Time Law] and cast a spell using Charles as a medium. Immediately afterwards, a screen appeared, reproducing everything that happened a few days ago.
He saw that Charles's experiment failed, but that was not the point. Soon, after Charles went back in time, two Translucent appeared around him.
The real Charles's face became extremely ugly, because he was not aware of the existence of these two people from beginning to end; in other words, they could have easily killed him, and he didn't even know how he died.
Ian focused his attention on these two people; they were humanoid in appearance, one male and one female. Their bodies appeared illusory and looked like ghosts, but Ian's intuition told him that they were definitely not ghosts.
"The time anomaly we sensed came from this timeline, but I didn't see any criminals." The woman said, and the man nodded, "This person does have the talent to control Time Magic, but he is not the criminal we are looking for."
"Then what should we do?" the woman asked. The man did not answer immediately, but asked, "Did you feel that someone was watching us?"
"Well... when you said that, I also felt that vague gaze."
Ian frowned and immediately adjusted his spells and laws.
"That feeling is gone," the man said.
"Are you sure?" Her perception is not as sharp as that of her companions, so it is just a vague feeling.
"OK."
"What's next? Looking for sources?"
"No, focus on our main mission," he replied, "I detected that another person also has advanced Time Magic talent. In addition, the residual energy on his body shows that he has just returned to 24 hours ago."
The two disappeared, and then another person appeared. Ian recognized the place at a glance - the secret agent's hideout.
"It doesn't look like him," the woman said. "He doesn't have the markings of a criminal."
"It doesn't matter," the woman said, "The residual energy in his body is enough to convict him."
"Is this really good?" She knew that this man might have been accidentally involved in a time-related accident, but this did not mean that he was a criminal.
"We can't leave empty-handed, so it doesn't hurt to let him take the blame."
The two appeared before the agents.
"Who are you?"
"We are Time Guardians. According to the rules established by Time Custodians, you violated Law of Time by participating in dangerous experiments that negatively affected the space-time continuum."
"Please don't resist."
The agent frowned and immediately mobilized his magic power to try to resist. However, this was in vain. Although the female Time Guardians was the weakest of the two, she also had the strength of Ninth Tier.
At the same time, the man had reached Tenth Tier. The agent only had Seventh Tier. Although he could cast the Eighth Tier spell with Arcane Spark, he was still powerless in the face of absolute power.
Therefore, the woman just waved her hand, and a cage made of time energy imprisoned him. The agent looked at the two people, then his eyes turned white and he passed out.
"What's wrong with him?" the woman asked as she checked on the agent.
"He erased his memory." The man gave the answer before she finished the examination.
"Why?"
"Because he has a secret in his heart that he wants to take to his grave," the man said. "I've seen this kind of thing too many times. Usually such people belong to a powerful organization, and they are trained to be absolutely loyal."
"Can we restore his memory?"
The man examined the agent's soul and shook his head, "No, he erased it very thoroughly, and the magic he used was not simple."
He looked around the room trying to find more clues, but found that this person had erased all traces of his existence here. Even if he used time magic to recreate the past, he found nothing.
"The situation may be more serious than we thought," he muttered, checking the planet again; he didn't understand why such a secretive and capable organization would send people to such a desolate place.
However, there is nothing special about this place except for one imprisoned, extremely weak Bleach.
"Let's go and report to the superiors." After the man said that, he left with the agent.
Ian terminated the spell, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
"Time Custodians, our conflict has escalated."
He doesn't know what the fate of the agents will be, but he knows that it will never end well. Since they are his agents and his citizens, anyone who hurts him must pay the price. So, no matter who these Time Custodians are, he will make them pay the price.
Ian took a breath to calm down and began to analyze the current situation. He had a huge question in his mind:
"Why didn't these Time Guardians take away the Divine Flame of those Ancient Gods? Charles was experimenting with Time Divine Flame at the time. They should have been aware of its existence and became interested. But judging from their behavior, they seemed not to be aware of the existence of these things."
"The only explanation is that they look down on those Divine Flame, or someone protected these things from the guardians - most likely Klonai (Cronai)."
Ian thinks the first possibility is more likely. If these people were responsible for keeping Multiverse, they must have obtained a lot of Divine Flame long ago, so these things are of little value to them.
"Ignore this for now," Ian turned to look at Charles.
"You need to come with me."
"Why?" Charles asked tremblingly. Although he expected this, there was still a trace of luck in his heart.
"I offended Time Custodians and became their wanted criminal," Ian told the truth. "I am looking for a way to deal with them, and you may be the answer."
"What does this have to do with my husband?" Bellatrix Wrath asked.
"His experiment also violated the rules. Logically speaking, he should have become a criminal long ago. But Time Guardians didn't notice him. You should understand why."
"Because I am Time Lord," Charles replied, which was one of the only things he remembered from the Empire; he remembered that the old man had told him this identity when he was locked on the experimental bench.
"That's right."
"Empire should have other Time Lord, you can use them."
"As a colleague, you should understand that each of us is unique. Therefore, you must follow me," Ian said, which made Charles clenched his fists.
Phew!
Phoebe jumped down from her father's arms and rushed towards Ian. Charles failed to react in time. No one expected this to happen, so she quickly reached Ian, grabbed his robe and said:
"Uncle, don't take my dad away."
Everyone in the room turned pale, but Ian ignored them. He squatted down to be level with Phoebe and stroked her head.
"Don't worry, your dad is just helping me handle something. He will be back after finishing it."
"Really?"
"Really."
"You promise?"
"I promise."
Ian looked at Charles, "I'll give you time to leave a clone to take care of your Empire."
"Are you really not going to kill me?"
"Now that I've made a promise to her, I won't break it. But don't expect to go through this process unscathed."
Charles breathed a sigh of relief. Although he expected to lose a lot of memories after the experience was over, maybe it would be better not to remember anything.