Hero of Darkness

Chapter 1219: The Fate of Time

The Man, The Myth, The Legend... The 8th Hero of Darkness, who was supposed to be gone from existence, had revealed his past. And another truth about the present Abyss Empire that shook Kahn to his core.

”How can a divine ability create a realm as big as a continent on its own?” asked Kahn.

To his query, the 8th Hero of Darkness responded solemnly...

”The Abyss Sanctuary Divine Ability is made in the image of the Eternal Abyss, created by the God of Darkness. It was one of the only two divine abilities he contributed to creating when this whole war against the Demon God started.

The Abyss Sanctuary in itself defies all the logic in the world. It not only creates another temporary realm where no one can stop the flow of time, but even death itself.

It had many restrictions, as you might know. But if you meet them all at a certain time, it can be unlocked.

Just like you... I, too, once died to a being made of darkness element when I wasn’t even a saint after my summoning.

I, too, unlocked the title of Hero of Darkness and gained those powers. And it was one of the prerequisite conditions to properly unlock the Abyss Sanctuary in my case,” revealed the previous hero.

”And after I killed the Demon God... it became my way out once I was done sealing the Godbeasts using the divine weapons and the cores of other Heroes and Heroines.

But some cores still remained with me, and because my own divine weapon had reached a level that even I could not control... I had to unleash all the strength of the divine weapons by channeling them into my own.

The power was so absurdly overwhelming that I ended up creating this isolated realm as an extension of Abyss Sanctuary.

And since I already needed a place to keep the survivors of the Abyss Empire alive and safe while waiting for my successor...

This place itself became my grave. A grave that could not be found even by Gods.” iterated Morpheus.

Kahn quickly turned his head around and looked with a shocked countenance...

”No way! They’re all the chosen heroes and heroines of gods and goddesses from 300 years ago.” he spoke with utter disbelief.

”Yes. Unfortunately... I needed their cores and divine weapons to fight and kill the Demon God.

Although some of them were my enemies... some were my friends too. And a few of them always kept a neutral stance throughout the Great War of my generation. They didn’t deserve to die for my goals.” he spoke with a somber tone.

”And what about me? I mean the original Kahn Salvatore?” asked Kahn with a curious gaze.

”You remember him properly. You knew who I was before I even got here.

It’s as if you knew that my original self was planning to erase his own existence,” he queried sternly.

”Yes. He mentioned his decision. Because if he didn’t... then we would lose our crucial advantage of me meeting you later in this timeline.

However... He did not choose to die because he needed to.

His life was much harsher than yours. It’s not like he chose to erase himself like me just because of the way he lived or had given up,” stated Morpheus with an empathetic voice.

”There was too much blood on his hands, like me. Both the innocent and the guilty.

The Great War... changed him. Every life he took, every life he couldn’t save... it became a burden that kept increasing with every single day,” revealed the predecessor.

”Before he met God of Darkness and told him about the Hero of Time... he came to meet me.

Telling me that there was a way to correct all our mistakes and do everything right.

It had to be kept a secret even from the Elder Dragon of Cosmos, Saalazaar.

And before he left, he used the Hero of Time by bringing his corpse here.” revealed Morpheus.

”What?! Didn’t he just use the core to go back in time?” asked Kahn with shocked eyes.

”The core was needed to activate the spell granted by the God of Time. But what it allowed to go back in time was the body of the Hero of Time as well.

The core was the integral part meant for the body and his memories to go back. And after he died and returned to the past... it didn’t mean that his corpse had lost its purpose.

The Martial Emperor left the corpse here and requested the Elder Dragon Saalazaar to use his powers that house this realm and keep it away from the impact of the changes in the timeline.

He told me that once he was done setting up his plans with God of Darkness to go back in time... the corpse of Hero of Time, which was present here, would also be affected once the spell using the core was activated again.

”How did it even work? Because the Hero of Time was already back in the past,” said Kahn.

”That’s the irony of it. As long as you had the spell and the core of the hero, you could use it again and again for your means.

The body, the original recipient of the core, would also be affected the second time as well regardless of who activated the spell.

And once the Martial Emperor did return to your original place in the world boundary... the corpse, along with the spatial realm cast by the Elder Dragon, also brought me back in time.” revealed the 8th hero.

”But once I returned to the past, the memories of the original timeline also merged with me.

However... since the original body of the Hero of Time, who had already returned to the past, didn’t exist in the new timeline yet, it just disappeared out of existence.

It was the timeline correcting itself. Sometimes, it would just erase things out of existence.” he stated, and suddenly, his face grimaced.

Kahn then asked another crucial question...

”When? When did it occur for you? The merging of memories from both timelines?”

Morpheus turned his cold gaze towards Kahn as if it was filled with great regret.

”The moment I created this realm, hidden within the Cult of Darkborne in the original timeline,” responded Morpheus.

”What?! Does that mean?...”

Kahn was shocked beyond belief.

”For the Hero of Time, it was 2 years ago. For you, it was during the Conclave of Heroes.

But for me...” spoke the 8th Hero of Darkness as he continued with a grim tone.

”It was 300 years ago.”