"Farewell, Star. Now, I will fulfill my final destiny."
" The Prophecy of the Savior ' has no meaning for me. It should be given to a more suitable person, namely you."
" Khaslana one who bears chaos, is a name not belonging to one person. It is the embodiment of Kephale in mythology and a synonym for 'hero.'"
"As the Prophecy foretold: 'You will bear the scorching sun until the pale dawn breaks'—in the epic you yourself have written, may this name accompany me."
Phainon's voice echoed in Xing's ears, but then the scene before her eyes changed.
Phainon was face to face with ' Lygus ', who said unhurriedly, "Another attempt, another failure."
" Lygus " extended his hand. "I don't mean to remind you how many times you've reached the end of history, but I will still place the power of choice before you."
"If you don't remember, let me tell you: this is the 33,550,336th termination," Phainon said.
"Ah, a perfect number, what a wonderful coincidence. You and I both know that in these thirty million futile lifetimes, Amphoreus has never changed."
"Since the ending is already predetermined, why not extinguish the scorching fire of anger that burns the world, and embrace your destiny with greater dignity?"
Phainon remained silent.
"Your silence is longer than ever before, Phainon... May I interpret this as: your will, which has transcended countless reincarnations, has begun to crack?"
"No, I'm just disappointed. I retrieved Remembrance of thirty million past lives, and I clearly remember the conversations before each decision."
"I'm disappointed by your repetitive and tedious rhetoric. If you're determined to carve a rift in my heart... then you should have used this incredibly long time to hone your utterly unconvincing words."
"You had countless opportunities to persuade those countless versions of myself from the past to lead me into the future you desired. But the result now? 33550336 to 0."
"Tell me, Lycurgus —who is the loser?"
' Lygus ' calmly replied, 'Unfortunately, this is not a fair game.'
"I possess almost infinite time and patience, enough to meet you a billion times, and even a billion more times, at the ends of the earth..."
"But you can never escape this cage. You may proclaim a mental victory—but we both know that when the score reaches 1-0 on the other side..."
" Lygus " raised his arms, "And that is enough for me to sing the Re-Creation '."
Phainon suddenly burst into laughter. "Ha... haha..."
" Phainon?"
"Your incompetence disappoints me, but what truly makes me laugh is your oblivious arrogance."
Phainon laughed and said, "Think about it carefully! In this story, who is the one who is truly bound by karma? Who has been enslaved to this day by a boring 'revenge' and has mistaken the courage to rebel against the gods for foolishness?"
"You're right, perhaps I should be tired of this endless futility. But even so, I will not accept your charity of relief."
"Because you are both God's slave and my prisoner, what right do you, a mere prisoner, have to discuss fate and choices with me?"
Phainon pointed his sword at ' Lygus ', his anger blazing as he said, "--What right does a mere prisoner have to meet my wrath?!"
bass!
With a flash of sword light, ' Lygus's ' head hit the ground, but mechanical malfunction noises came from all directions.
"Hahaha... You know it's pointless. You can't kill me."
"Of course, I'm just tired of being considered an evenly matched opponent by a worm raised by a god."
"Creator of Destruction, listen carefully: this cry comes from all your abandoned creations—"
Phainon roared to the sky, "In the tenth cycle, I will Dawn's Advance into the heart of every Titan. Golden blood will flow down my fingertips, and the excruciating pain of the divine fire will almost make me give up the struggle—but I will persevere."
"In the ten thousandth cycle, all my former companions have become my enemies. The endless slaughter has made me numb to pain, and the overwhelming Nihility almost swallowed me up, forcing me to stop fighting—but I persevered."
"In the ten thousandth cycle, ' Destruction ' has long since coalesced into a blazing sun, churning within this fragile shell. Reason was burned away at the very beginning of this era..."
"But even with only this broken body left, I persevered."
"The 23,570,000th reincarnation... This time, I felt it; within my long-emptied chest cavity, a flame, different from the obsession with World-Saving the world, was rising..."
"Relying on its faint light... once again—no, countless times—I persevered!"
"Now, a sun is about to set, and in an instant it will burn this absurd spacetime to ashes—"
"That is me—countless versions of myself in the past! And my countless compatriots who were not born into this world willingly, and who have repeatedly sank into your golden blood."
"The purest hatred, the most intense rage, formed from the fusion of all the pain and despair in this world—"
" Nanook, you arrogant fool! You think turning us into firewood is our fate? Fine, then so be it, let the firewood burn!"
The longsword " Dawn's Advance " slowly rose, its target changing from " Lygus " to the shattered sky of Amphoreus.
"If I was born a blazing sun of ' Destruction,' then you and your Voidranger: Reaver will all become the flares of my eruption! And then, let this raging fire, which has burned futilely for thirty million epochs, engulf everything—"
"--I grant you the dawn amidst the burning of all stars!"