And if that was the case.
Then perhaps...
From this moment onward, the entire Time War had begun.
And that was how time worked. Once this war began, it already existed at every point in the past, present, and future. Cause was effect, and effect was cause.
Lynn stood in the void, his gaze shifting, the weight in his heart already surging like a tsunami.
But there was nothing he could do now.
Even with this world-destroying power under his control, a bottomless Abyss of Torment still lay before him.
"You cannot change it."
The Silver Sun spoke.
"Causality has already been distorted. That also means that no matter how many times you repeat this moment, this outcome is already inevitable. Although they cannot kill you directly through causality, until your standing surpasses that calamity, do not even think... of changing this fact."
"Because this is the sign that the Time War has begun."
Lynn gripped the Trident tightly and said in a low voice:
"Have you seen my future self?"
The Silver Sun said, "I have not, but your figure is everywhere throughout the River of Time."
Lynn's tightly closed eyes kept shifting beneath their lids.
"How many times have I come here?"
The Silver Sun said:
"Many times."
The winds howling through the void tore at the hair above Lynn's forehead. His face remained expressionless until he abruptly turned toward Chaos Deep Space at the frontier of the Vast Cosmos.
The sensation of being watched drew ever closer, ever more immense.
It was like facing the gaping black maw of an abyss, with terrifying, foul-smelling winds blasting out as it closed in on him with every passing instant.
And that feeling.
He had not felt it for a long time, not since finding the trinity power.
But now.