"What eternal instant! I won't be shaken by your nonsense! So what if you've used some trick from another world!"
Hatireim understood that displaying obvious fury in battle was a grave mistake, but without doing so, it would no longer have the courage to keep resisting.
Roland's purpose in devouring it was merely to transform from a fish that swam in the same river of time but could never leave its waters into an eagle soaring above its surface.
If transcending the timeline meant only leaping out of the water, then becoming a being that looked down upon the timeline meant gaining privileges equal to those of the primordial god.
Even upon arriving in other worlds, such a being would only look down from above the river of time, treating lives that had yet to transcend it as prey. Even entering the water would cast only an imperceptible shadow, rather than cause the tremendous disturbance of another tributary suddenly converging with it, granting true freedom.
Hatireim had already clearly felt how effortlessly Roland had destroyed its Dragon Roar, and its body instinctively trembled before his terrifying power, which seemed like the end of the world itself.
Being defeated in its own specialty made even this proud, strongest dragon recognize its insignificance amid its fear.
"I am still a multiversal space-time life-form beyond you, and the destruction I've inflicted on this world hasn't been erased. That's the best proof that I haven't lost yet!"
"The very reason principles are called that is because they completely defy the world's common sense. Even if it only takes effect between the two of us, it still transcends everything you can comprehend."
A trace of disdain flashed through Roland's eyes as he watched the Dragon King's desperate struggle.
Compared with gods born from concepts, the