"A promise that in the future, you will help me with anything I ask as long as it doesn't endanger your life.
Promise me that, and I will tell you everything there is to know about the Temple of Time."
"Now that's something that can be arranged.
You are finally learning how to make a deal with the Devil."
The Devil grinned.
"Good."
Dainar nodded as well.
"Then let's begin.
Temple of Time, tell me everything you know."
"Ask me what you want."
"That wasn't the deal."
Nux narrowed his eyes.
"I wouldn't know where to begin. I do not know what you know and what you do not. Ask, and I will begin from there."
Nux nodded in understanding. From what he knew about Dainar, it was very much possible that he was playing some tricks here, but Nux didn't care. As long as he got what he wanted, what Dainar did didn't matter.
The deal was made, so Nux began,
"What is the Temple of Time?"
He asked the most basic question. Dainar stared at him for a moment and then gave an answer.
"Time is a complicated power. In all of the Universe, the number of beings who have power over time is already fewer than normal, but even those who have power related to time do not have a complete understanding of it.
Some can control the speed of time, some can sense the flow of time, some can rewind time, some can manipulate the past and the future, some are able to break the flow of time, and finally, some can use time to manipulate Time Causality.
None of these beings, however, can do every single one of these things at the same time.
The Law of Time has always been incomplete."
"Isn't that the case with all the Laws?"
Nux questioned.
After all, even the Law of Death back in Umbrasol was always incomplete. Only he was able to complete it.
"It is."
Dainar nodded at his words.
"But the power of time is an exception. It is an extremely useful Law. Probably the strongest of all."
Nux didn't deny those words.
He could tell how having control over time would make one invincible. Take the Seer, for example. Even the Supreme Worlds, the strongest worlds in the Universe, who have absolute dominion over the Universe, cannot harm her.
The woman could do literally whatever she wanted, go wherever she wanted, and no one in this Universe, not even him, could sense her.
Heck, the woman even fooled Azriel.
They abandoned the Temple alone. However, since even the world with the greatest knowledge abandoned the place, the Temple continued to wither away. Of course, in their thirst for power, many still tried their luck, but every single being, without any exception, returned without success.
Millions of years later, beings all over the Universe finally started believing the World of Eternity's words. The Temple was abandoned by everyone, and it lost its popularity.
Of course, this was millions, if not billions, of years ago, so most worlds, even the High-Level Worlds, do not know about the Temple now. They hear the rumours and treat it like some myth, just like we once did."
"Then… what about now?"
Nux questioned.
"Why do you know about all this now?"
"We looked into it."
"What?"
Nux tilted his head.
"One of Tenebris's closest allies was infatuated by the power of time. When our worlds heard about this Temple of Time, while he thought it to be a myth, they were different. Their Progenitor wanted to know if this place actually existed."
"How did they find out?"
"They went to the most assured source of information."
Nux's expression changed when he heard those words.
"Eternity…"
"Yes, they made a deal with the Supreme World of Eternity."
Dainar nodded.
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