Chapter 338: Tiamut
His eyes were fixed intently on the dotted line in front of him, with small points of light occasionally darting along it.
"As expected, only Eson and Destruction are missing."
The giant sighed again, lifting his massive head to look up at the sky. He muttered to himself:
"Answer me, Exitar."
In no time, a lively voice responded, sounding as if the syllables were bouncing happily into one's ears:
"Boss, Exitar missed you so much! Do you know how long it's been since you summoned me alone?"
"Tell me, Exitar, which unlucky planet has reached its Day of Judgment this time?"
The giant was used to his playful personality, and his earlier sadness and pity eased a bit. With a serious tone, he said:
"Gather the rest of your team and carry out this Universal Decree."
"Uh…?"
"Isn't it just those two troublemakers, Searcher and Destruction?"
"..."
"Alright, Boss, are you saying the entire Fourth Division should assemble?"
"Yes."
"The others are fine, but what about our captain?"
"He's still in his slumber phase, and I wouldn't dare wake him up. Otherwise, I'd need you to pull me back from the past again."
"Alright then, I'll wake Tiamut myself."
With that, the voice faded away.
The giant, holding a golden book to his chest, slowly reached out a hand to adjust the faint blue timeline floating in front of him, mumbling to himself:
"Tiamut... it's been about seventy or eighty thousand years since he started sleeping. Judging by his nature, he probably still wants to sleep for another ten thousand years..."
"Well, I guess I'll go see him there."
As he spoke, the complex and entangled blue timeline suddenly lit up. One strand stood out from the array of dotted lines, with points of light flashing rapidly along it.
The next moment, the giant, with his golden book, along with the entire mirage world, vanished together.
Just moments ago, the mirage world had been still, hovering above a lush, green planet. On it, a group of massive prehistoric creatures—resembling Earth's dinosaurs—were lazily munching on trees.
In an instant, everything shifted.
Reappearing, the scene hovered above a barren, lifeless, dusty yellow planet.
The giant still held the golden book in his left hand. With his towering, robust right arm, he reached out beyond the edges of the mirage world. His massive hand, as large as the lonely planet itself, knocked gently on its surface with one knuckle.
Then, a gigantic face the size of the entire planet appeared, gazing sleepily at the giant with a somewhat unfriendly expression.
"Why did you wake me? And why did you come all the way from the past?"
The giant smiled faintly, ignoring his question, and asked slowly:
"I've activated the Universal Decree..."
Before he could finish, the planetary face interrupted, grumbling in annoyance:
"Our Fourth Division, aside from that shadow of yours, Exitar, had agreed not to take on missions anymore, remember?"
"Aren't there any other combat units left?"
"The leaders of the other three divisions—your brother, Destruction, and his companion, Eson the Searcher—both perished ten thousand years ago."
The giant hunched over and sat beside the planet, with the distorted edges of the mirage world reflecting his face in strange ways:
"That's why... I must ask for the return of the Fourth Division, the strongest of the celestial ranks."
The massive giant of the mirage world sat beside the barren, yellow planet.
Just as he finished speaking, the giant face on the barren planet suddenly vanished.
Immediately afterward, the entire yellow planet began to hover in space, shaking violently. The thin atmosphere around it trembled, creating a rustling sound as if heavy rain were falling.
At the same time, the yellow surface of the planet began to crumble, with sand and mud cascading down. Huge boulders collapsed, and entire mountain ranges shattered.
For a brief moment, the entire planet was quaking and erupting.
Then, within a second, the entire celestial body suddenly exploded.
From the core of the planet, wrapped in searing heat and glowing red, a human-like figure slowly took shape.
In an instant, this steaming figure grew to be as enormous as the giant in the mirage world.
Without opening his eyes, the lava giant yawned and stretched lazily.
The mirage world's giant immediately opened the golden book in his hands.
Blinding beams of golden light burst from the flipping pages, rushing to the edges of this isolated realm, illuminating the entire mirage world in a dazzling golden radiance.
At that moment, looking outward from within, the outside appeared frozen and unmoving.
Meanwhile, the bubbling lava giant finally stretched his limbs, letting out a fierce and wild wind.
In an instant, the mirage world beside him twisted and distorted even more.
Golden light poured from its edges, growing ever more intense.
Yet, it barely lasted half a second before the ferocious wind blew apart the mirage world's boundary, exposing the giant holding the golden book within.
The giant calmly turned a page, and a golden light flowed out once more, repairing the broken edge of the world.
At this moment, the lava-formed giant became clearer, revealing an immense suit of armor covering his entire body.
As the fierce wind gradually subsided, the view from the planet into outer space showed a vast emptiness.
Previously, countless orbiting celestial bodies surrounded the barren planet.
Now, all that remained were fragments and fine dust floating in endless space.
Asteroids that once reflected starlight were reduced to clusters of bare, pulsing star cores, bubbling with scorching magma.
The lava giant, at the center, casually shook himself, drawing thick beams of energy from these cores into his body.
As the energy streamed into him, his armor grew even more radiant, revealing a complete and imposing figure.
"Ah, still can't compare to that Great One, who could swallow planets whole without even a hint of aftereffects…"
"But for me, these few little morsels will probably mean I'll have to sleep for a few centuries just to digest them."
Hearing this, the mirage world's giant showed no expression, snapping the golden book shut.
The light at the world's edge retracted entirely into the book, and the mirage world became clear and transparent again.
"Alright, only you two brothers from the Celestial Ranks ever dared to openly consume star cores like that, following the Great One."
"And yet, my weak-willed little brother is dead."
"Back then, he swore he'd join my Fourth Division, but even the weakest could pin him down and crush him."
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