Chapter 377: When The Time Comes (2/2)

Arthur was relieved when he saw this, as all the pieces linked together now. The handle was one that Arthur saw before when Li summoned the sword back on Earth.

The spirit punched out using its other fist, and Li met the attack with one of his own. Lights exploded as the building began to collapse. Arthur and Adrian retreated and sprinted outside before they waited for the victor to emerge.

The palace kept breaking down under their eyes before it suddenly... stopped. The rubble began floating upward and away from the ground.

The fallen pillars, broken walls, and torn-down windows rose in the air. On the biggest piece of rubble stood a figure that kept rising higher in the air. As their view cleared, Adrian and Arthur could see the mask of the figure.

”Did he fail?” Adrian muttered, but Arthur shook his head.

”No. Li succeeded.”

Beneath the mask was Li's golden and white body, and he held the Stars Reaver in his hand. With a black and golden-stripped handle, the sword looked like the discontinuation of the world. Then, however, it began to disintegrate from the tip down toward the hilt.

”What is going on?” Arthur questioned with a frown.

”Your friend might have proven himself worthy, but he can't use the weapon of a demigod yet. However, it's a good start.” Adrian explained. ”The mask on his face... it seems Joryo has merged with him.”

”The word start is so full of potential and promises of adventure,” Arthur said with a grin. ”I think that Li might change a lot after this.”

”Is he still the same person before he merged with Joryo?” Adrian pondered. ”That's a sacrifice he would have to make.”

”You are rather a philosophical spirit, aren't you?” Arthur snickered. ”But yes, he will certainly change. I don't know which Li is the real Li, but I think it's fine as long as he chose it.”

”Hm,” Adrian nodded as Li descended in front of them. He looked the same as Arthur met him a few months ago.

”Thank you, My Lord.”

Li kneeled in front of him, making Adrian shoot him an 'I told you so' glance. Arthur shook his head but was too preoccupied with Li's fading existence more than anything else.

”What is happening to you?” He asked Li, who stood up and raised his sword.

”It seems that his purpose in the Spirits Realm has been fulfilled, so he's naturally fading away and returning to the real world,” Adrian explained. Li kept silent before turning toward Arthur.

”Return to your world and do what you have to do,” Arthur understood the man's intentions without him speaking them. It seems the change has already taken shape in his personality. ”When the time is right, we will meet again.”

”My Lord, can I know...” Li didn't finish his sentence, but Arthur understood what he wanted to say. He was asking for Arthur's name.

Arthur hesitated.

Should he give Li his name, even if that would change everything? Maybe he needed to tell Li his name to be saved by him in the past.

Time was an annoying thing.

'If I do or do not, things will be unpredictable.'

Arthur wanted to argue that since things already happened, nothing he does would matter as things will find a way to happen. Of course, that didn't include the significant changes, like killing someone, but it shouldn't matter if it were about an intersection of two paths.

'Li didn't start calling me My Lord until I awakened and showed him the powers of creation. He must have recognized me on his own.'

Arthur wanted to imagine a different scenario where Li helps him the moment he arrives on Earth. If that happened, Arthur wouldn't obtain his legacy.

He imagined a different scenario where Li warns him about Ellen. If that happened, then Arthur wouldn't have come to Alka and met Solomon. If he didn't meet Solomon, he would die at the trial.

”You will know when the time comes,”