In truth, [Eternal Frozen Silence] had indeed seen the shadows of old foes.
More than one, at that.
The attacks came one after another like silhouettes cut from spacetime, flashing endlessly before its eyes.
Amid the dense flashes of blades, it seemed to glimpse countless faceless figures, some resolute, some valiant, some treacherous...
Silhouettes from different eras linked into a string of furious roars that came thundering toward it. Even one as mighty as a god could not withstand the accumulation of countless ages.
Even the Foolish Old Man had not feared moving mountains, let alone countless people studying a single target. Every weakness of [Eternal Frozen Silence] had been recorded and preserved by one world after another.
As the Scholars' Association deciphered the information Sintar had left behind, they cast it into the River of Forgetfulness. Through the river's workings, it became individual Knowledge Bubbles that were fed into the minds of the many experts.
Like warriors comprehending a secret manual, these veterans of countless battles had received the guide their predecessors left behind for dealing with [Eternal Frozen Silence] while still on their way.
The deathly silent glaciers shook. Amid flashing blades and swords, hurtling thunder blasted apart the frozen indifference, delivering a long saber before it.
[Eternal Frozen Silence] instinctively tilted its head. The saber cut down along its neck, sinking into the indestructible ice above its right arm. Below that arm, a gleam of sword light thrust fiercely toward its shoulder from a blind spot at an impossible angle, as though emerging from overlapping layers of time.
The saber's edge and the sword light arrived together and exerted their force in unison. A crystalline arm flew into the air.
The slightly widened pupils of [Eternal Frozen Silence] reflected those faces brimming with fighting spirit.
Its expression