Chapter 20: Ch 20 - The Citadel at the End of Time
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Seph left the group of people behind and appeared far away, standing in the sky. He stared ahead and looked at the giant gaseous substance floating in the air.
But somehow it looked like the thing was actually alive as it had a weird form of head.
Its shape kept changing due to its gaseous state.
Seph could even observe the electric sparks flashing in the cloudy body and a thunder form appeared wherever it passed.
Not only that, that giant thing was actually capable of consuming all sorts of things, completely destroying its existence altogether.
Seph raised an eyebrow as he was getting interested in the gaseous creature. He raised his hand and the ground below him moved, a giant statue of Seph arose from the ground and stood up front looking very majestic.
It instantly attracted the attention of that thing as it changed its course, turning in the direction of the statue.
'Come to Papa!'
Seph smiled brightly as he saw the massive creature closing in.
'It is a shame to leave such a cute thing trapped here. Let me bring it with me.'
Seph raised his hand and a bright light exploded from his palm, radiating the entire sky into many colors.
The light kept covering the gloomy and apocalyptic space, swallowing the giant hungry creature into it.
It almost blinded all the living creatures forcing them to shield their eyes.
When it subsided after a few seconds, the sky was cleared, the light had pierced through the dust-filled sky and cleared it.
Seph smiled and stared ahead, ignoring everything else.
In front of him, there was a small black creature resembling a small dog rather than that giant gaseous creature.
He stepped forward and picked it up, caressing its head.
"Now you look even more cute. Virginia will definitely like you. But before we go back, let's go and deal with your old master first."
Seph continued to smile and raised his head. A scarlet lightning flashed in his pupils and the space began to distort in front of him, opening a rift in the sky.
Staring into the rift, Seph could see the bright timeline flowing behind in the background while in front a big asteroid could be seen, floating in space beyond time.
The asteroid looked quite desolate but it had the signs of life as Seoh could see the building-like structures carved into it.
'Hmm... not bad. Whoever did this sure has talent in construction houses.'
Seph chuckled and turned into a stream of light, entering the rift.
The light kept flashing in front of his eyes as he saw the big bang followed by the creation of the galaxy.
Not just one but multiple galaxies were formed in front of his eyes, creating a very beautiful scene.
It was not the first time that he had experienced something like that since Hel had also shown him how life was first created and how the long time and numerous evolutions had helped it become what it is today!
Hel could easily form any level or size of the universe in the palm of her hand.
Seph had not reached her level even though he had succeeded her as he could barely form a small world.
She had once warned him that he had unlimited power in his possession and if used wrongly could lead to the destruction of everything...
Boom
Seph fell down on the asteroid and finally came out of the daze, sighing and looking around the place curiously. Being an adventurer, Seph loved such places that were rarely explored as he could find and see lots of things that he might never come across otherwise in his life.
"Woof, woof..." The small dog barked toward the castle in the distance.
"So, he is hiding there. Good boy~..." Seph smiled and patted his head as he walked toward the old yet beautiful place.
'Maybe after dealing with him, I can take over this place. I can tell that the view from here will be something else. Virginia will definitely love it for sure.'
Seph smiled and thought as he finally arrived in front of the entrance. He pushed open the door and it opened without much struggle.
'He sure is confident. Maybe he must have thought that no one would ever reach this place. Poor guy, his subordinates mess with the wrong person.'
Walking inside, Seph crossed two large pillars that were touching the roof.
Looking forward, a large hallway appeared in his vision. On each side of the hallway entrance was a huge statue built out of the asteroid. He could not make out their faces since their faces were covered with robes.
Seph just ignored them since he was not here to admire the statues anyway.
Clang!
The big doors slowly down behind Seph, creating a scary atmosphere.
Seph smiled and walked forward until he arrived in a huge hall that had three statues, each one representing one of the Time Keepers.
But there was one more...
A Broken Statue.
Seph glanced at it and smiled playfully, shouting.
"Now, now, Victor Timely, come out now. You have been caught. The big game is over now. You don't have your dear AI Miss Minutes and the best colleague Ravonna Renslayer to help you turn the tables around. You should not let your guest wait for long."
Peng Clang
After a few seconds, a series of machine sounds echoed and a closed door opened, revealing a young man.
"Haha... Yeah. You got me." He raised his hands in defeat and smiled.
Even though he was caught, he looked pretty confident. Maybe, hiding an Ace in the hole that might turn the tables and save his life.
"Let's go talk in your office." Seph was also interested in what he was planning to say and do.
"Ehh? How do you...?" Victor was startled by Seph's words as he was just about to suggest it to Seph himself.
Seph grinned and sneered at Victor. "Reading your mind is even simpler than wiping out your TVA so... lead the way."
"Ah, y-yes..." Victor was quite docile and stepped back to let Seph join him in the elevator.
Seph was quite impressed with his office. A great view, many books to read to pass the time, a fireplace to keep the place warm, and all other things.
He was getting more and more sure to take this place and make it his home.
Well, it needed some remodeling and a little womanly touch, everything else was superb.
Seph and Victor took seats at the table, facing each other.
The latter being the host prepared tea for both of them.
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