The Final Battle

"Let me go!"

Love shouted at Victor. Somehow, Victor had already seized her, and even when she used her own power, it was completely useless. She tried to control time, but it seemed to have failed.

Victor instantly drained her power. Love immediately became an ordinary person again, yet she did not die, even though Eternity's power had left her body.

"Ah!"

Victor spread his hands, and his body instantly changed. He became the He Who Remains that Ke Chen and Sylvie had seen for the first time.

"So it really was you."

Ke Chen and Sylvie appeared just after he transformed.

"I noticed long ago that something was wrong with you. So what you wanted was her power."

Sylvie spoke, then looked at Ke Chen worriedly.

"That's right. The universe needs a master. Haven't you also realized how chaotic this universe is?"

Victor turned to look at them, still smiling. He had prepared for this moment for far too long. Everything that had happened before had been carefully arranged by him.

That included every person's thoughts and the actions they would take.

"Gorr the God Butcher seemed to have ten thousand choices, but in truth, there was only one choice I allowed him to make. I had already pruned all the other branches."

Victor gave a brief explanation, and Ke Chen immediately understood his arrangement.

Sure enough, the Ancient One had been right. The person who wanted Eternity's power was Kang, though the Ancient One had not made clear which variant it was.

"Hadn't you already maintained the balance of the Multiverse? Why did you do this?"

Sylvie asked in confusion. Even she had been deceived by He Who Remains.

He Who Remains had clearly created the Sacred Timeline, yet he had personally shattered it all and chosen to