Chapter 124: PRIMORDIAL TALENT
"Like I promised you, I found more vampires you can hunt for your revenge for the exile and destruction of your clan. You owe your kin at least that much as the last surviving werewolf," Draken said, a smile on his face, his words dripping with manipulation, stoking the flames of hatred.
"..."
"As agreed, should you hunt this last set of vampires, you are free to go and live your life," Draken said, trying to motivate Rex, his tone coaxing, like a devil offering a poisoned apple.
"I can smell him on you," Rex finally spoke, his voice parched and dry, cracking like old leather after years of silence.
"Good. Are you willing to take the offer?" Draken asked, leaning closer, his demonic eyes gleaming with anticipation.
"I have just one duty. Hunt all vampires till I erase them from this world," Rex said, his eyes glaring with hate and anger, the words a vow forged in the fires of loss, his body tensing with renewed purpose.
Receiving Rex's answer, Draken set him free, leaving the werewolf to do the hunting by himself. The chains fell away with a clank, Rex staggering out, his muscles twitching as freedom coursed through him.
"How ironic. Two generations of Dracula's bloodline, dying from a werewolf," Draken muttered, a sinister smile on his face, the thought delighting him as he envisioned the chaos to come.
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"System draw," Aaron called out the next morning, all dressed up in his dark fitted clothes, beside him was Alice as they revisited the sanctuary where Rose once lived. The sanctuary's air was crisp, carrying the faint scent of blooming flowers and mana, a peaceful contrast to the storm brewing in the world outside.
[Congratulations! You have gained the Primordial rank talent, Time Manipulation.]
"Okay, system, this is beginning to scare even me. What's up with my luck lately?" Aaron asked the system seriously. Two Primordial rewards in the space of two days from his evil system. If that didn't scare him, what will? His heart raced, the system's generosity feeling like a double-edged sword in this reincarnated game of power.
[You have been out of commission for a year. That's enough time for your luck to accumulate. It's all good luck talent and nothing more. Left to me, you will get just one reward a year.]
"Yeah yeah. I hate you too," Aaron said, focusing on his new talent, his mind already racing with the possibilities of bending time in a world full of enemies.
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Primordial Talent Acquired: Time Manipulation
You have awakened a talent that governs the Primordial Concept of Time.
Few across existence have ever borne this gift. You are now both subject to, and master of, the flow of eternity.
Proceed with caution—your presence will distort the past, present, and future of all things. ACCUMULATING A LOT OF CAUSALITY WILL MAKE YOU A TARGET OF ??????
[Temporal Intuition] – You perceive the immediate future in flashes. Danger can no longer surprise you.
[Accelerated Perception] – Your thoughts move faster than the world. In battle, everything slows before your eyes.
[Echo of Repetition] – Minor errors undo themselves. A drop reversed. A stumble erased. Time itself corrects you.
[Time Step] – Step between moments. Reappear instantly at a short distance.
[Temporal Slow] – Impose sluggishness on your foes. Their seconds stretch while yours remain swift.
[Chrono-Rewind: Self] – Undo the condition of your own state to any past time of yourself. Injuries, exhaustion, and errors are erased.
[Temporal Lock] – Bind an object to its current condition. It shall not decay, break, or erode while locked.
[Stagnant Zone] – Create a field where time halts. Arrows float. Flames pause. Enemies freeze.
[Aging Touch] – Advance or reverse the age of what you touch. Rust steel into dust, or return a corpse to its youth.
[Paradox Immunity] – No time-based power may bind you. You cannot be aged, erased, or undone by lesser manipulators.
[Temporal Reflection] – Store your present self. If slain, you will return to this recorded state.
[Eternal Recurrence] – Anchor a moment. Should you fall, all returns to this instant—only you remember.
[Chrono-Commandment] – Speak and time obeys. "This wound never was." "This blade shall not break." Reality bends to enforce your decree.
[Timeless Self] – You are no longer bound to mortality. Neither age nor entropy may touch you.
[Reverse Causality] – Strike an enemy, then declare it has always been so. The wound manifests retroactively—defense is impossible [locked].
[Rewrite of Eras] – Alter history itself. A king who once reigned may never have existed. A war may never have been fought. The present reshapes around your will [locked].
[Chrono-Domain: Aeon's Throne] – Establish absolute dominion over a region. Within your domain, only your law of time exists [locked].
[End of Time] – Suspend all existence. Stars halt in their burning. Gods freeze mid-breath. Only you endure [locked].
[Origin Point] – Restore anything—object, creature, battlefield—to its very beginning. All corruption, injury, and decay undone [locked].
[Causality Rewrite] – You may declare new causes for existing effects. A city destroyed by fire may instead be recorded as destroyed by flood. Reality adjusts to match your decree [locked].
[Infinite Parallelism] – Split into countless temporal selves across infinite outcomes. Each acts independently, and upon convergence, all experiences and results become yours [locked].
[Singularity Existence] – Erase all versions of yourself across the timeline except the one you choose. No paradox can threaten you—there is only one true "you" [locked].
[Temporal Devourer] – Consume the remaining time of a being or object. Life spans, civilizations, even stars can be drained to fuel your existence.
[Absolute Retcon] – Erase an event, being, or item from history completely. Even memories, records, and consequences vanish. Only you recall what once was [locked].
[Chrono-Genesis] – Birth a new timeline from nothing. Populate it with altered laws, new histories, and rewritten destinies. All within it believe they were always real [locked].
[Fate Breaker] – Shatter predestined events. Prophecies, divine decrees, even inevitabilities collapse under your hand. Destiny itself becomes meaningless [locked].
[Eternal Monarch] – Time recognizes you as its axis. All beings instinctively feel your permanence. You become a fixed point in reality—unchangeable, untouchable, eternal [locked].
[Infinity Loop] – Trap any target in an endless cycle of a single moment. To them, eternity passes, but to reality, no time at all has moved. They will break long before the loop does [locked].
[Chrono-Annihilation] – Delete a target's entire timeline. Their past, present, and future cease. The multiverse itself forgets they ever existed [locked].
[True Temporal Sovereignty] – You are not simply within time—you are time. Past, present, and future converge upon your will. If you decree that the end has not yet come, then the end will not come. If you decree a beginning, then all things must begin anew [locked].