Chapter 1 - Prologue (2/2)

To be more precise, he had activated the 'spell' engraved on a small stone inside the ring socket...

At first glance, the stone seemed to be just an ordinary stone, yet it was actually a fraction of Ortus' core, as it also had a direct connection to the Ortus' central body in real-time.

The sage knew about the fact all too well that he might not be able to cast the spell successfully, for he didn't have enough time to study the 'stone' at all.

However, he didn't have time to waste anymore...

Moreover, he didn't have any other choice right now...

Therefore, he was pressed to use the spell or die here as it was...

Abruptly, all of his mana essences were gathered at one place, which was at the ring on his right index finger.

To be more exact, those mana essences were gathered at the small stone embedded in the ring...

Regarding that, the spell was actually a 9th circle spell called 'Time Reversal.'

According to his prior experiments, he could use this spell to reverse time of an object or the lifespan of a being's cells. Still, he didn't actually know what would commence if this time, he decided to reverse time by using the small stone on his ring as a medium...

In fact, the small 'stone' was a fractured part of the main Ortus' core...

What was Ortus, you say?

To be honest, Ortus was an Omnipresent being called by many names since immemorial times, for one of those names was actually 'Universe.'

Considering that the small stone had a real-time connection with the Universe itself...

Wasn't it possible to reverse time of the Universe then?

The great sage had thought about this problem for a long time...

Finally, from a total of 13 hypothesizes that he had come up with, he chose the most likely one, 'going back in time.'

Then, as a caster of the spell, it could only affect him somehow as the side effects of casting a magic spell on the Universe's core. Still, his soul and memory should be safe; as per one of the spell's commands, his soul would be protected and unaffected by 'time' itself...

'Ahh... the spell actually works. There is no sign of rejection or the spell formulas being unstable at all.'

The sage thought to himself while casting a space barrier to protect himself from the enemy's attacks.

That's why, currently...

The humanity's great sage was grinning evilly at his enemies as he finally opened his mouth to speak...

”This is not the end yet. The next time you meet me, the result shall be different...”

His voice was not loud, yet it traveled across the battlefield, letting everyone hear his confident but vengeful voice clearly.

For some of them, it might be a downfall of the supreme sage of magic...

For some of them, it might be the demise of their greatest enemy...

But for him, everything that had happened till now was just a prequel...

A prequel before a true sequel of which would flip the universe upside down...

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Hence, this was just the beginning of our great sage's new journey…