Kan Riders (lit. Masked Riders) and children get along very well. Turning into Decade and fighting enemies through his powers is akin to a live-action movie. The exaggerated special effects enhanced the experience.
“Ha! They didn’t change it!”
Upon entering a small and hidden underground room, the dim light coming from the Corefla greeted us. The dark blue crystal engraved with a ‘rune’ lay bare in a cushioned box.
A cold sensation ca from touching it. The Magenta Jumpsuit I wore did nothing to block it.
This was more of a blind guess, but to think that it is really here…
Talanton might have intentionally left it here.
Coreflas are the ‘hearts’ of the Titans. Janus’ unresponsiveness stemd from his voluntary surrender of his Corefla to Tribios. For the Law Titan’s Corefla to rest here, it ant he did the sa. He should be unresponsive to his followers, too.
I could not hear his whispers, but I am certain Cerydra will. She is the destined Demigod of Law even if the world is turned upside-down.
“What’s next?”
Trianne’s excited voice resounded.
My eyes glanced in a certain direction. The sense of danger is akin to a knife thrust in a point blank range.
“We escape, of course.”
I summoned the Aurora Curtain. I drove it to swipe through the place where we landed. Tribbie’s spaceship appeared in front of us.
“Please board it first.”
I handed the Corefla to Tribbie. The latter looked at with a concerned look.
“...Stay safe, Goldie.”
“Mn. I will.”
“Eh? What’s going on?”
I did not wait for Trianne’s barrage of questions. The Aurora Curtain swept over them, teleporting them back to Okhema.
Tap.
Tap.
Leaving the underground room, I am greeted by a very wide hallway. The unconscious soldiers and priests remained in the backdrop.
Amidst them all, a black-robed man stood.
“People say it is second tis the charm.” I paused. “Can you speak better, Deliverer?”
“You—!”
A strong emotional fluctuation emanated from his voice. Still, I knew where this eting would end.
“You… who are you..?”
His words clicked with a catchphrase Kadoya Tsukasa liked to say:
“Just a passing by Kan Rider…but you don’t have to rember that.”
*****
‘Stories’ are born out of nothing—a prologue.
Unfortunately, most stories can only be passed as ‘ideas’. They cannot turn tangible nor directly affect the world. Their biggest purpose is to create an ‘impact’ that ‘inspires’ others.
The Path of Rembrance alters this cognition. THEIR presence allows mories to beco tangible, to manifest to reality. The Dao of Creation was what made it more ‘concrete’. The ‘hollowness’ resulting from an idea forcibly converted by Rembrance was removed. With it, stories are nothing short of ‘reality’.
Kadoya Tsukasa is a ‘traveler’ whose life’s purpose is to be a ‘Destroyer of Worlds’. Through his power, he arrives in a new ‘world’, helps the Kan Riders settle a problem, and leave for the next one.
His nature as a ‘Destroyer’ ca from his intervention of these worlds.
His re presence prevents these worlds’ “heroes” (i.e., Kan Riders) from reaching their full potential. It overwrites the ‘real tiline’ with the ‘Decade tiline’, effectively destroying the forr.
Tsukasa’s nature as a ‘traveler’ stemd from that purpose.
He has no story.
His nature to ‘destroy’ turns into ‘creation’, thus overwriting others’ stories to make his own.
Ironically, that was what Shi Tian is doing now.
“Kan Ride: Kabuto!”
The Magenta Jumpsuit he wore changed into a red beetle-thed one. Phantoms of the Fla Reaver erged out of nowhere, rushing towards him.
“Attack Ride: Clock up!”
Click.
Hum-!
The world ca to a complete standstill. The sole exception to it was Shi Tian and the true Fla Reaver. The latter’s movents grew noticeably slower.
Shi Tian strode towards them. He slapped one of the phantom’s blade with the back of his hand.
Bam-!
Shatter-!
One hit wasn't enough, so he struck another ti. Then another one. He did so until the phantom shattered like fine glass.
His calm strides punished Fla Reaver’s mirror phantoms one by one.
Upon defeating all but the original Fla Reaver, he pulled out another card from his booklet.
“Final Attack Ride: Rider Kick!”
The exaggerated announcer voice revealed his next move. Sparks of lightning grew from Shi Tian’s right leg.
With a roundhouse kick…
Boom-!
…sparks flew everywhere.
Click.
The world’s ti returned once more. By the ti the explosion cleared up, not a trace of the Fla Reaver remained.
‘Indestructible? No, it should be the Coreflas inside him.’
The Fla Reaver is the destined regressor of this world. Every cycle gave him twelve Coreflas. Multiply that by 15,015,021 and one will get the number of Coreflas he possesses:
180,180,252.
Shi Tian noticed Fla Reaver’s traces. He can be defeated and banished, but never destroyed. He is the key protocol of the Scepter—one of the most important characters for Destruction’s Emanator to be born inside this simulated world.
Every Emanator of Destruction is a great danger for the universe. The birth of the Emanator inside Amphoreus will not only threaten the universe, however. Its existence goes against the very existence of Nous, the Erudition.
In short, Fla Reaver cannot be killed with the current power he uses.
‘I don’t need to do it.’
Shi Tian shook his head as he de-activated his transformation. The card flew from the driver before being caught by his right hand.
‘Phainon’s presence is vital. To destroy the false infinity, I must rewrite Amphoreus’ ending…’
He was thinking about that when a ‘presence’ gazed at him.
Unnervingly, Shi Tian t the origin of that gaze.
It was a Titan.
Its soft yet incoherent whispers might sound useless blabber to others, but not to him. The language of the Titans pose no trouble to a cultivator’s Divine Mind whatsoever.
“All Father…”
He gestured with his hand towards the Ti Titan, Oronyx.
“I am not your father, but I can act as one.”
“..?”
“Paynt. Corefla.”
Shi Tian let loose his playful side. He held back his laughter from Oronyx’s bewildered gaze.
To his shock, a dimly-glowing Corefla landed on his palm.
“Ah..?”
“I will… entrust it… to you…”
“???”
Oronyx’s voice grew fainter until it disappeared.
‘Holy crap.’
Feeling the cold sensation emanated from the Corefla, Shi Tian was dumbfounded. Not in a million years did he expect this would happen. He committed to his playful character in this world. Winning while doing so is even more unexpected.
“Fu…”
An Aurora Curtain swept through Shi Tian.
Before he knew it, he was back in his bedroom in Okhema.
Crack-!
Shatter-!
His transformation to Kadoya Tsukasa was also undone. He returned back to his childish form.
Without any surprises, the Corefla slipped past his palm. As long as one person who can see him is present, he effectively turns into a real ghost. That was the side effect of his Divine Mind travelling into this world alone. That, and Rembrance’s interference that brought him here.
He could not help but think of m, soone whose existence is the exact sa as his—a tic Entity.
‘Cyrene is set to die in every cycle, but what if I change that..?’
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