367 Broken Shadow (2/2)

”Disappear!”

With that shout, the screen broke, and the skinny man let out a sharp cry before disappearing.

”A mere broken shadow trying to eat my grandson's consciousness. That broken shadow really had guts.”

The owner of that voice appeared in front of Yale. It was a man with disordered black hair and dark eyes and looked very similar to Yale himself except for the hair color.

”Yale, are you alright? Is good to see you again! It was quite a shock when I discovered that the shadow who helped me the first time that I came here was that of my future grandson. I only discovered it after turning into a shadow, but I never expected to find your true self before turning into a shadow, this space is really crazy.”

Yale couldn't believe what he was hearing, but if the other party wasn't lying, the person in front of him was his grandfather.

”I never meet my grandfather before, how can I trust you? What happened with that skinny man from before?”

Yale had the feeling that he had been in a real danger moments before and that his self-proclaimed grandfather saved him, but he decided to not trust him blindly.

”My current self isn't the shadow from my first time here, but at that time, your mother was still a child, so I only know you because I saw it through this space. Moreover, given my power, it would have been bad if we met in the real world or your fate would have been messed up. Thus, I can't confirm our relationship here where we are only consciousness, and not even our souls are present.”

Yale didn't know about the power of the other party, but at least there wasn't any instantly effect to forget like with the universe creator, so Yale guessed that he was weaker.

”Wait until I finish to explain before considering me weak!”

Yale was shocked that the other party knew what was thinking but decided to wait before asking questions.

”Right, you should wait until I finish.”

After nodding his head like if he knew that Yale had decided to be patient, the man continued.

”That man was broken shadow. A broken shadow is the shadow of someone who had the consciousness erased while being in the process of entering here. In consequence, broken shadows are created, and they tend to want to destroy consciousness of those who came here to avoid them from returning to the real world. If I haven't stopped him, although your shadow would still be a complete one, you would have never returned to the real world.”

Yale felt that the other party was right because he felt that the skinny man was truly dangerous, but at that moment, his body didn't obey him and continued to approach the skinny man.

”Given that you received a piece of the inheritance from... right I shouldn't tell you his name. Let me start again. Given that you received a piece of the inheritance from the creator of the Timeless Border, you should have met him just after entering, but it seemed that he still didn't explain some important points to you... Well, maybe he had something more important to say, I have never been able to know what that person was thinking.”

From the words of the man, Yale guessed that there was some relationship between the universe creator and the man in front of him.

”Relationship with that guy? Of course, I came with him to his universe after he created it and we are good friends, but you shall stop thinking about such stuff because it is distracting me.”

At that moment, Yale was sure that the other party could read his mind.

”Returning to the point. In the Timeless Border, we are all just consciousness, there aren't bodies or souls, and it doesn't matter what strength you have in the real world. Here the will is the only power. Well, excluding the Timeless Sovereigns who are unbeatable here.”

Yale had already noticed that he couldn't use any of his strength in that place, but the skinny man managed to control him and the man in front of kill, stopped the skinny man without problems.

”If your will is strong enough, you will have more power, but at the same time, it will be difficult to resist thing that you subconsciously want, and that is how the other party controlled you. If you want to travel across the Timeless Border safely, you need to toughen your resolution and dispel anything that could distract you. Right now, it is easy to read your mind like an open book and control you won't be difficult at all as long someone tries.”

Although Yale felt a bit hurt by those words, he knew that they were true. Yale didn't know how much time passed moving alone in the darkness because time really didn't exist, but for his mind, it was like an eternity, so he couldn't avoid approaching to where someone else was, and his curiosity about that screen weakened his mind even more.

”It is good as long you understand.”

After nodding satisfied, Yale's grandfather decided to speak again.

”Now, it seems that I should introduce myself a bit since you don't know about me at all. As I said before, I am your grandfather, more exactly the father of your mother. Moreover, I only have one daughter, and she only has you, so you are my only grandson. I am nicknamed Battle God due to my incredible battle prowess, as long as it is a battle in which power doesn't matter being a battle of pure ability, I will never lose.”