Looking at the sleeping Grete, Yog gave a gentle flick of his finger.
Grete immediately screamed and pleaded in bewilderment,
"Your Eminence!! Have I done something wrong?!!! Please spare me, Your Eminence!!"
Grete vanished. Then, in the utterly empty void,
Strands of flesh and blood were reassembled by a pair of invisible hands. During the process, a trace of an almost imperceptible pale blue halo merged into that mass of flesh and blood.
Then a black dog with lifeless eyes appeared. In some unknown dimension, the timeline of the individual named Grete was drawn together, compressed, and then vanished.
Grete reappeared in the Church, staring at Yog in utter confusion. All he had felt was boundless agony crashing over him, and then everything had gone back to normal, as though nothing had happened.
Now Grete also noticed that Big Sis's body was being reforged behind His Eminence. The only part he could understand was that Big Sis was advancing to Epic.
Drawing together one's own timeline, removing it from the time dimension, then taking that timeline into oneself while coming into contact with dimensional power, understanding how to use that power, seeking to break free of dimensional restraints entirely, and perfectly mastering the underlying logical rules-these were all signs of advancement to Epic.
But wasn't Big Sis already Epic? Why was she now...
Only after Miss Puppet completed her advancement to Epic and her aura stabilized did Yog speak softly.
"Nyarlathotep has already begun merging into the New Era. He is moving quickly. Removing you from it now has already violated the laws, but a few insignificant 'errors' do no real harm. Unless you become Holy Spirits, everything you are will belong to him sooner or later."
There was something Yog left unsaid. Never mind Holy Spirits-even Mythic beings, if