Chapter 44

Before I became the Guild Master.

In the depths of a certain dungeon.

There was a place like a palace, and there I met a girl named Fenrir and a Transcender.

"Your eyes are the [Eyes of the Time King]. They can see through the past and the future, the strongest appraisal eyes."

The Transcender, floating in the air, looked into my eyes and said,

"If you train them, you can manipulate your own time, speeding it up or slowing it down, which can be used for physical enhancement and healing. Among the existing appraisal eyes, they are the oldest and the best."

He touched my eyes.

"Are my eyes really that powerful?"

"Yes, they are. Tsk, tsk, you're good at recognizing other people's talents, but you're completely oblivious to your own."

"But I couldn't use such great power until now?"

"Of course not. You didn't know the true nature or how to use the talent you had until I told you. It's like a car; even if you have the car and the license, you can't drive it until you learn how to from a driving school."

"I understand that your words are incomprehensible."

"Oh, right. Never mind. I can teach you how to use those eyes. I was terribly bored, after all. What do you say?"

I trained under the Transcender and learned how to use the abilities I possessed, starting with the acceleration of intrinsic time.

"Your eyes have two ultimate techniques. One for each eye."

One is the complete stop of intrinsic time.

A technique that completely stops the target's life, causing instant death.

"What's the other one?"

"That is the ultimate power that all rulers throughout history have sought after with bloodshot eyes but could never obtain."

The techniques I learned from the Transcender were indeed extraordinary abilities.

"But be careful. Great power comes with a corresponding cost."

Using the complete stop of intrinsic time would blind my eyes and render them unusable for a while.

"That's still the better side. Compared to the other power, it's much worse. After all, it's a power so strong that it can affect the world."

The Transcender pointed to my heart.

"Be cautious when you use it."

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The man who appeared outside the town was Ilanks, who had once exiled me.

He had obtained some strange power and came to seek revenge on me.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh!"

He thrust his hand into his heart, releasing a massive amount of magic power from his body.

Ilanks' body turned a dark color, and he grew bat-like wings and twisted goat horns on his head.

"Master... I can sense the presence of a demon from him now. It was just mixed in earlier, but now it's complete."

"Ugh, hahaha! This is my ultimate technique, the [Shadow Demon King]!"

I used my appraisal eyes to see through his abilities.

"Master, step back."

"No."

Frederica took out an ice knife and approached the demonized Ilanks.

She attacked at super high speed.

But the blade passed through his body.

"What...!? No way!"

"Ugh, hahaha! Did you think physical attacks would work on shadows!?"

Ilanks raised his fist.

Frederica took a defensive stance, but Ilanks struck her from above.

I instantly retrieved her.

The place where she had been standing a moment ago was completely gone, with no ground, trees, or anything left.

"None of our attacks hit, and this power... Master, he is invincible now."

I put her down.

"Yes...! I am invincible! The strongest! The most resilient! I have become the perfect Guild Master, Super Ilanks!"

I sighed and said,

"You can't call yourself a Guild Master when you have no guild members left."

"What!?"

"You can only become the leader of an organization, a Guild Master, when you have subordinates to protect and a place to lead. Have you forgotten that?"

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, shut up! Die, die, die, die, die!"

Using the acceleration of intrinsic time, I dodged Ilanks' punch.

Numerous shadow tentacles sprouted from his body.

"How dare you, a younger and less experienced brat, lecture me on being a Guild Master!"

Each tentacle moved independently, delivering powerful strikes that were extremely troublesome due to their speed.

Using my appraisal skills and the acceleration of intrinsic time, I dodged them all.

"Hahaha! You can't win just by running away!"

I took a step back and covered both eyes with one hand.

"Master...! No! Don't use that!"

Frederica tried to grab my arm in a panic.

"It's over! Die, die, die, die, die!"

Numerous shadow tentacles attacked me from all directions.

They were sharp like spears and laced with poison.

...The ultimate technique the Transcender mentioned.

The complete stop of intrinsic time. A technique that completely kills any living thing it sees.

But my vision was filled with shadow tentacles, making it impossible to use this technique to stop Ilanks.

So.

I activated the other ultimate technique.

"Master! No! Master!"

If I didn't, Frederica would die along with me.

...I told her to step back, but sigh, she really doesn't listen to her master.

"King of Time's Eyes. Overdrive. [XXXXX]"

Both eyes emitted a brilliant light.

...At that moment, the world stopped.

And everything ended.

The shadow tentacles had vanished without a trace.

"What... is this...? What happened...?"

"I used my power to restore everything."

In front of me stood Ilanks, back to his original form.

He had returned to his appearance from the time he was a Guild Master, no longer the shadow demon.

Not only Ilanks, but the forest ground and trees that had been destroyed were also restored to their original state.

"Impossible... It can't be. The [Shadow Demon King] was supposed to be an ultimate technique that required a life as the cost, as he said..."

I approached Ilanks.

"Why... did you... save me...?"

He was shaken.

He had used a self-destructing technique to kill me, but he was still alive.

"Could it be... you forgive me? Do you think it's too early for me to die?"

I laughed.

"No way."

"Huh...?"

I clenched my fist.

"You tried to hurt my precious town, guild members, and... partner."

I activated the acceleration of intrinsic time.

"Wait...! I'm sorry! I apologize! Please forgive me! I'll apologize for everything!"

I struck Ilanks' cheek with my maximally accelerated fist.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh!"

He spun around in the air several times and fell to the ground with a thud.

He was twitching, but not dead.

"You will pay for your crimes in the proper place. It's too early for you to die."

I looked down at the unconscious Ilanks.

When I turned around, Frederica was crying.

"...I told you not to use [That]."

She clung to me, sniffling.

"Master... to save me..."

"Don't misunderstand. I just wanted to completely sever the ties with my past with my own hands. It has nothing to do with you."

My heart beat strongly.

The cost of using such great power was now taking its toll.

"...I need to rest."

"...Okay. Good night, Master. You handled the situation brilliantly."

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