"But I have to admit, your strength now is truly terrifying. The God Kings of our era would struggle to do anything to you. With those flames of yours, you would have had the strength to unify the entire realm in our time. Unfortunately, the era you live in is far harsher and more terrifying than ours."
Lynn steadied the turbulent power within him, his gaze betraying neither joy nor sorrow, and said:
"But I'm still a long way behind you, aren't I?"
"You and Reincarnation have lived through countless cycles. How could the experience of my single, brief lifetime compare to everything you've accumulated? You gave up too early. If you had fought that Great Lord back then, there's no telling who would have won."
The Silver Sun neither agreed nor disagreed.
"In any case, let me offer you a warning. Don't celebrate too soon. The thing you've just killed was only one of the Seventy-Two Pillars."
"The end of time has sealed away far too many Nameless Horrors for you. You should be grateful-grateful that you haven't reached the end yet."
Something stirred sharply in Lynn's heart.
He immediately recalled the pitch-black stone pillars he had seen in the Third Layer.
Could it be...
"The Seventy-Two Pillars? What else do you know?!"
Lynn immediately demanded an answer, his gaze flickering.
The Silver Sun said, "Time bears witness to history. Naturally, the moment I awakened, I knew all of it. Of course, you can rest assured. Since I promised Reincarnation I would help you, I won't go back on my word. Or perhaps I simply want to see whether your strength can truly create a future, whether you can find that faint... infinitesimal possibility within the impossible."
He laughed.
But Lynn's distrust of him deepened once more.
He recalled