Saint Seiya: The Multiverse Libra Gold Saint

"Thirty thousand?"

"Impossible!"

"We're all perfectly fine right now."

The person at the main seat looked at Kaiser in disbelief.

Everyone had already achieved immortality.

Why was there such a problem?

"The thirty thousand I'm referring to are beings under twenty-five years old who haven't activated their countdown."

"To put it more bluntly."

"It's children under ten."

"Having thirty thousand is already quite good."

"With your world's current birth rate, it's pitifully low."

"Moreover, the deeper the erosion by the time laws, the greater the damage when they're extracted."

"Although those between ten and twenty-five haven't activated their countdown either."

"The harm from the time laws is still significant."

"They can only live about twenty years."

"Those who have already activated their countdown won't survive at all."

"Your current state, rather than calling you humans, it's better to say you're puppets parasitized by time."

"Your bodies and souls have already belonged to time."

Kaiser glanced at everyone present.

"So, the immortality I thought of actually led humanity to a dead end?"

The person at the main seat gave a bitter smile.

Kaiser's words shattered his worldview of ten thousand years.

The research he was proud of had become humanity's death warrant.

"You have a way to save all this, right?"

"You're a god, after all!"

The person at the main seat realized his mistake.

How could mortals who toy with time have a good end?

"Just as I said earlier."

"Extract the time laws."

"Balance the strength of the world's laws."

"The cost is that only a hundred million people can live in this world."

"I need your cooperation; otherwise, this world will be destroyed due to the collapse of order."

Kaiser said faintly.

Having traveled through so many worlds, he always adhered to one principle.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

"We understand..."

The person at the main seat sighed deeply, accepting reality.

The others at the round table said nothing.

The main technologies were controlled by the person at the main seat; although they were partners, to put it bluntly,

They had no say in the matter.

After all, they didn't understand the research and didn't know the core technology related to time.

"Hand over your authority."

"The extraction of the time laws will begin in a week."

"I hope you can complete the handover within this week."

With that, Kaiser disappeared from the conference room.

"Let's all take action."

"We cannot be the sinners who cause humanity's extinction."

The person at the main seat closed his eyes.

His mind recalled memories of tens of thousands of years.

"No wonder..."

"No wonder before discovering and utilizing time, all my research was very smooth."

"But after discovering and utilizing time."

"Everything came to a halt."

"So that's where the problem was."

"I was wrong..."

Wil watched this scene in silence.

Originally, he was almost convinced by the other party.

But Kaiser's appearance caught him off guard.

"Indeed, only death can elevate life."

"Immortality... is truly a curse..."

Wil murmured.

The major time banks acted quickly.

They all announced their successors.

Sylvia looked at her father in disbelief.

She didn't understand why such a huge change suddenly occurred.

Her father directly announced the successor and the transfer of shares.

And it was that man.

Moreover, all the time banks in the world announced that Wil was the successor.

And declared that the trading system using time as currency would soon be abolished.

Humanity would completely ban the time currency system.

Instead, they would use a normal barter currency system.

This was undoubtedly like dropping a huge bomb on the entire world.

It caught everyone off guard.

They didn't understand why the time currency system would be banned.

Without time, they would die.

Countless people were terrified in their hearts.

They demanded that the major time banks give an explanation.

But looking at the responses from the major time banks,

They were even more confused.

"Time is about to be extracted from humanity, and the world is about to undergo tremendous changes."

"Death will be something that everyone must face."

"Immortality no longer exists?"

"Those rich old men who have lived for tens of thousands of years will also die?"

The first to be stunned were the people in the slums.

They didn't understand how those rich old men could bear to give up their nearly endless lives.

In such an atmosphere, everything was progressing steadily.

Wil also began to gradually take over everything.

"I don't understand, why me?"

Wil stood in the tallest building in the affluent district, asking aloud.

Kaiser sat nearby, quietly flipping through a book.

"Because you are the one chosen by the world's will."

"You can think of it as the planet itself believing you can bring about better change."

"It's not I who chose you; it's this planet that chose you."

Kaiser responded without lifting his head.

"Can I really do this?"

Wil doubted himself deeply.

"No one is born a leader."

"Some things, some paths."

"You have to try and walk them to know if they're right for you."

"Tomorrow is the final deadline."

"We probably won't meet again after this."

Kaiser closed the book in his hands.

He smiled faintly.

"Is that so..."

Wil replied softly.

He was both terrified and excited.

Could an ordinary person like him truly determine the fate of the entire world?

Time passed.

The day of the time law extraction arrived.

Hum!

Green light scattered across the sky.

Countless people noticed a thread in the heavens connecting to them.

At the same time, they felt something being drawn out.

"Ugh... I... don't... want... to... die..."

A great figure who had lived for a thousand years was gradually withered by the extraction of time.

Then dissipated.

Those around a hundred years old aged instantly, nearing death.

Others, in their seventies or eighties, stared at their changes in disbelief.

The countdown on their arms was gone.

Their lives were nearing their end.

Wil aged five years in an instant.

His appearance, previously maintained at twenty-five, suddenly gained a few wrinkles.

He looked much more mature.

"Do you regret it?"

Kaiser stood in the conference room.

This was the gathering place of the round table.

They, too, were awaiting time's judgment.

Hearing Kaiser's question, the person at the main seat looked up. "For myself personally."

"I have no regrets."

"After all, I've lived through vast ages."

"I've experienced everything the mortal world has to offer."

"But for the entire human race."

"I do regret it."

"My intention was to benefit humanity."

"Not to push all of humanity into the abyss."

"But things have come to this, and it's too late to say anything."

"Encroaching on the domain of the gods."

"This is the punishment humanity deserves."

A faint sigh echoed.

Everyone closed their eyes.

They could accept their defeat.

The light of time enveloped the conference room.

Everyone slowly turned to dust in the green radiance.

After ten thousand years, their souls had already decayed.

Their souls scattered into nothingness.

The moment the time law extraction was complete,

Kaiser began balancing the world's laws.

The strength of the time laws was brought back to the same level as the other laws.

"The world..."

"It's come back to life?"

The surviving humans looked up at the sky.

In that instant, they felt the world rejoicing, exulting.

It seemed to brim with vitality again, truly alive.

Though the world couldn't speak, they genuinely felt its joy.

"So, this is what His Majesty meant by the world's vitality?"

"This is what the world should be like?"

A tear slid from the corner of Wil's eye.

Plink... The tear hit the ground, shattering.

These were tears of joy...

Meanwhile, Kaiser had already left the world of the Time Planning Bureau.

He had done all he could.

The rest was up to the surviving humans.

Returning to the Throne of Heroes,

Kaiser looked at his rewards.

"As expected, it's the time laws and space laws."

"Though not powerful, they're more than enough as a catalyst."

"It seems if I become a god in the future, I'll be a god of space-time."

Kaiser sighed.

"System, help me fuse the laws with my divinity."

Ding~ Request received...

The time laws and space laws began merging with Kaiser's divinity.

This was equivalent to laying the foundation for his path to godhood.

As the time and space laws integrated, Kaiser felt his divinity being elevated.

It didn't greatly affect his actual combat strength.

But Kaiser gained partial resistance to time, able to sense and resist some time-based abilities.

He also felt that using space-related skills became easier, with a slight boost in power.

Both task worlds were singular, with minimal supernatural elements.

Kaiser was quite satisfied with these gains.

When he opened his eyes again,

The laws and divinity had fully fused.

His thoughtform returned to his main body.

To the outside world, Kaiser's eyes, which had just closed, opened again.

"Kaiser, what did you do?!"

Athena's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Hm?"

"Is there a problem?"

Kaiser responded.

He naturally knew what was happening.

After all, his divinity was linked to Athena's.

A change in his divinity would, of course, be noticed by her.

"Your divinity?"

"Why has it suddenly awakened the power of space-time?"

Athena's voice carried unconcealed shock.

"Is there a problem?"

Kaiser's thoughtform arrived in Athena's space.

"It's a big problem."

"Why did you fuse the power of space-time?"

"In this world, the divine seat of the God of Time is already locked."

"By fusing space-time laws into your divinity, you cannot condense a divine spark to become a god."

Athena's brow furrowed.

She knew something about the Supreme God Chronos.

He was an immensely domineering existence.

Proclaiming himself the creator of endless space-time, seated at the end of time.

His brother Kairos, also a holder of a time-related divine seat, was demoted by Chronos to a demigod.

Despite possessing the soul of a supreme god, he could only live in a human body.

If even his own brother faced such a fate,

What chance did others have?

"But you gain some, you lose some."

"The divine seat of the God of Time may be out of reach, but the God of Space is still within your grasp."

"Moreover, your divinity has fused with time laws."

"When facing that being, you shouldn't be too disadvantaged."

"This will aid our plan to wield the God-Slaying Power."

Athena sighed.

But things had come to this point, so they could only look on the bright side.

"Oh?"

Kaiser guessed who Athena was referring to.

"If it weren't for you, Pegasus would have been the ideal choice."

"But the God-Slaying Power lacks a key catalyst."

"I used Kairos' desire for revenge against the heavenly gods."

"I guided him and my subordinate gods to give rise to the next Pegasus."

"Then, the God-Slaying Power will reach maturity."

Athena's words struck like a thunderbolt.

Kaiser was dumbfounded.

These were details never revealed in the original story.

It seemed Kairos had been completely played as Athena's pawn.

Even his cherished God-Slaying Power had become Athena's sharpest weapon!

It had even reached the level to counter Chronos' diminished manifestation.

This plan for the God-Slaying Power was remarkably successful.

"Originally, I was somewhat worried about Kairos."

"Though his divine body has been destroyed."

"His divine soul remains."

"He's still very powerful, but now that you've gained the time laws."

"I'm more confident against Kairos."

"Perhaps you could truly replace that legendary Supreme God."

Athena looked at Kaiser.

Though she didn't know where the laws in his divinity came from,

Kaiser always managed to surprise her.

"So, it's a blessing in disguise."

Kaiser hadn't expected fusing space-time laws to bring such benefits.

"But your space-time laws must not be exposed for now."

"They can only be sealed within my divinity for the time being."

"When you reach the Ninth Sense and condense your divine spark, you can reveal your space divine spark."

"If you can devour the God-Slaying Power at the same time."

"And consume Kairos' divine soul, your time power might also condense a divine spark."

"That way, you might avoid Chronos' wrath."

Athena offered Kaiser a suggestion.

"I understand."

Kaiser took a deep breath.

He grasped Athena's intentions.

For now, neither his divinity nor his laws could be exposed.

The Eighth Sense was powerful, but with the blessing of divine blood, it was plausible.

But if his divinity and laws were revealed,

He'd be doomed.

It was best to wait until the Ninth Sense to reveal them.

By then, with a condensed divine spark,

And Athena's true form at his side,

Even against the heavenly gods, wielding the God-Slaying Power, he could hold his own.

His thoughtform returned to his body.

Kaiser slowly opened his eyes.

Time in the Nordic Icefields was nearing its end.

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