Once the Silver Sea Pearl Oyster opened completely, its hidden power, "tainted" by the Sept-Terrion of Time, immediately revealed itself.
[Silver Sea Pearl Oyster · The Stop That Cannot Be Completed] [This magical beast was once blessed by the "Sept-Terrion of Time." It gave birth to countless lives in the Ocean Plane, found comfort in its duty, and wished for a longer life.] [The "Sept-Terrion of Time" answered its wish by creating a pearl within its body that could never be completed. The Sept-Terrion's unique Miracle Magic, "Full Stop," was inscribed upon it. Only once the stop was complete could life continue to flow.] [This blessing comes extremely close to "eternity," even surpassing the "Hymn of Eternity."]
Kroya studied the junction between the Silver Sea Pearl Oyster and the mermaid who had turned into a pearl. There was an unfinished stop symbol there that even the Sept-Terrions could not detect. It slowly radiated a black halo, freezing them in time.
"The full power of a Sept-Terrion... does it approach greatness?" he suddenly asked after observing it for a while.
Miya and Kia exchanged a glance, and the former explained, "It comes infinitely close to greatness, but it can never reach it. That's an entirely different threshold. No one in the current Astral Plane has reached that level."
"It's like the difference between mortals and Legendaries."
"But why do I feel like the Sept-Terrion of Time's power is already at that level?" He pointed at the "blessed" mermaid. "Its eternity is even more advanced than mine."
Naturally, he meant the Hymn of Eternity.
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
Both Sept-Terrions exclaimed in surprise.
Their forms of existence had been fixed at the moment of their birth. They could never reach the level of greatness. Although there were some differences between the three