"You truly are an extraordinary person."
The silver sun shone brilliantly, and within it, he could faintly make out a figure with his back turned to him.
The man raised his head as though gazing at the stars, looking far into the future where the river of time flowed, toward the end of time.
His eyes seemed filled with a gentle light.
"Severing the river of time, freezing the future at the moment before the end-even I never imagined such a thing."
He slowly turned around.
And at that very moment, Lynn saw his face clearly within the silver radiance.
He was a man who seemed draped in stars, his long hair cascading like a waterfall. An entire galaxy seemed to flow within his gentle eyes. He looked like a youth as warm and refined as jade, yet the ages flowing over him made him seem as though he had weathered the baptism of an endless river.
And Lynn had only ever felt something like this from one other person.
Only this man was not as indifferent, nor as numb.
"Who exactly are you...?"
Lynn's gaze flickered.
The man stood outside time, looking at him with the hint of a smile.
"The former... Time God-King."
Outside time, in the silent void, the two stood facing the wind.
Lynn watched the man before him. Though he had already suspected it, hearing him actually utter that title still sent towering waves surging through his heart.
Lynn knew of him.
In the Old World, each of the Seven God Kings had held a fixed position.
But that did not mean the seven truly possessed equal power. Because of this world's unique nature, there had in fact only ever been two who truly stood at the pinnacle of all deities.
One was