This temple was in ruins, with obstacles everywhere that were difficult for ordinary people to cross.
Just as Dan Heng and Stelle thought that Phainon and Tribbie would choose to help the people.
Tribbie instead stepped forward and stood before the ruins.
And started murmuring softly under her breath.
["We, thy humble descendants, doth surmount the myriad of passages of Janus to stand before thee and receive the scales of judgment."]
["O, selfless arbiter Talanton, declare us innocent in the name of the law. Weigh the fruits of the present in exchange for the sweetness of the past."]
["We summon thee, Oronyx, to lift thy curtain of memory... "]
[...Once again stir the ripples of past reverie!]
After Tribbie finished her chant.
An ancient and melodious tune echoed in the background.
Blue light instantly covered the entire ruin. Under Stelle's gaze, the ruins seemed as if time itself was rewinding, using a reverse-flow visual effect to transform back into a completely intact state.
The broken paths also reappeared before everyone.
The refugees following behind Tribbie, upon witnessing this scene, all knelt down to pray, praising the majesty of Oronyx.
"Truly… unbelievable." Dan Heng and Stelle were dumbfounded.
The audience were the same.
Although they had encountered this kind of power before, when facing that pink creature.
Back then, the pink creature merely reversed some broken stone pillars, or returned stones blocking the road to their original positions.
How could it compare to what Tribbie was doing now, restoring an entire ruined temple in an instant.
The visual impact was simply too shocking.
After that, Tribbie led the refugees toward the outside of the temple.
Around Tribbie's body, there was a circular barrier.
The space-time inside and outside the barrier were completely different.
Inside, time was continuously reversing, and the objects within the barrier were all returning to their original states.
Outside, everything remained in its original ruined condition.
The audience was completely stunned.
....
: Holy shit, that's an insane ability!
: You can rewind time like this too?!
: No, wait, what's the principle behind this?
: What time is Tribbie currently in? Why can two different points in time intersect at a fixed moment through this kind of power?!
: Damn it, science is dead!
: Does this power only work on inanimate objects, or can it work on people too? If it can be used on people, that would be terrifying!
....
Once Amphoreus' unique power system was revealed. It immediately drew the audience's attention.
Mainly because this kind of power, when one thinks about it carefully, was simply too outrageous.
Reversing time. Even among all the Paths that had been shown so far, there had never been such a precedent.
Yet in Amphoreus, it seemed so common that even ordinary people had grown used to it.
According to the information heard earlier. The people here had powers strongly connected to the Titans.
This ability, suspected to reverse time, came from the Titan Oronyx.
And such Titans were not just one or two. What kind of powers did each of them possess?
The audience was extremely curious.
After leading the refugees out of the ruined temple, they also stepped onto the journey back to Okhema.
With the help of several massive Dromas, the refugees no longer had to rely on their own feet to walk.
As the refugee caravan advanced. The natural scenery of Amphoreus gradually unfolded before the audience.
Mountains and rivers. And an endless blue sky.
It was clear that the climate here was comfortable and pleasant.
The entire refugee group rode atop the broad, steady backs of the Dromas, and through the camera, they finally truly entered the sunlit lands of Amphoreus.
The pace of the journey suddenly slowed down.
At first, what appeared before the audience were olive groves lining both sides of the road.
Vast stretches of olive trees swayed with the wind, stirring up green waves. Even through the screen, the audience seemed to smell the fresh fragrance.
On some older trees by the roadside, colorful ribbons could still be seen tied to the branches.
After rounding a mountain ridge. A rushing river pierced through the plains, stretching all the way to the horizon.
On both sides of the plains, abandoned farmlands could be seen, along with sparse patches of wheat.
At this moment, the camera moved closer to these uninhabited villages, forming a painting full of everyday warmth with the refugee caravan advancing in the distance.
Most of these villages were made up of stone houses. Faintly, various carvings could still be seen on the lintels, and inside some houses, luxuriant fig trees were growing.
The ropes of public wells had snapped, rainwater collecting in the stone basins.
All of these silent existences continued to whisper, telling the audience what this place used to be like.
Frame after frame. Like a short road movie.
No earth-shattering adventures.
Only the land of Amphoreus, its waters and skies, slowly unfolding before the audience along with the hooves of the Dromas let the audience become immersed in it, while also sighing with regret at the fate that had once befallen it.
....
: Such beautiful scenery.
: Every casual glance through the camera feels like an oil painting.
: People living here must be very happy.
: If only there weren't the prophesied disasters and wars.
....
The comments scrolled by.
And Stelle and Dan Heng also gazed at everything before them.
The scene of time reversal in the temple earlier was gradually washed away by the scenery of the journey.
Allowing the two of them to feel Amphoreus more deeply.
"So beautiful~." Stelle lay on the back of the Dromas, looking at the sky.
Daytime had already arrived. Though it was unclear where the sunlight was coming from.
The light shining down made Stelle feel a little sleepy.
"Wake me up when we arrive."
Dan Heng sat cross-legged beside her, relaxing as he took in the scenery, while also recording every detail of this unknown world.
Stelle yawned. She really wanted to sleep.
But as if struck by a sudden intuition, she thought of something.
"Dan Heng, what do you think Amphoreus was like before we came here?"
Hearing Stelle's words, Dan Heng looked at her in surprise, then fell silent for a moment before giving his answer:
"Perhaps, before, it was just like what we've just seen."
"Peaceful, quiet, orderly."
"People living in their own settlements, without too many desires, but also without too much pressure?"
Stelle nodded. Her eyes were already starting to close. "Really nice…"
Dan Heng agreed as well. "Yeah. It really is beautiful."
Stelle stopped thinking about it any further.
She fell asleep.
Stelle's state also affected the audience.
They, too, felt unusually relaxed.
A peaceful journey. As Stelle closed her eyes, everything sank into darkness.
But in the very next moment, sounds of conflict startled her awake.
Dan Heng's anxious voice sounded right beside her.
"Stelle!"
"Wake up!"
"Something's wrong!"
Hearing Dan Heng's words, Stelle jumped up immediately, her weapon in her hand. Through her blurry vision, she saw a chunk of stone trailing thick smoke streak across the sky.
The tranquil atmosphere that had been built up earlier shattered in an instant.
A deep horn, along with a woman's chant, rose in the background at that moment.
This time, the camera used Stelle's first-person perspective to show everything they were experiencing.
From her viewpoint, the Dromas were charging madly across the land.
Ahead of them, a massive city-state stood tall. And the huge statue with the sphere that had once seemed distant on the horizon was now right before their eyes.
They had already arrived at Okhema!
Only now, Okhema was blanketed in thick smoke.
Above the city, one flaming stone after another crashed down from the sky.
At this moment, the camera shifted from first-person to third-person view.
On the Dromas beside Stelle and Dan Heng, Phainon wore a grave expression, already drawing his weapon as he stared ahead.
He urged the Dromas forward, leaping over obstacle after obstacle, swinging his greatsword as he charged straight through Okhema's main gate, leading the assault alone.
And beside him, Tribbie flew into the sky.
The camera followed Tribbie from behind, revealing Okhema's situation from a bird's-eye view.
The stone men Stelle and Dan Heng had encountered earlier were now pouring into the city from all directions.
Every street and alley had turned into a battlefield. Bodies lay scattered everywhere, blood flowing along the marble streets and gathering into thin streams.
....
: Damn, starting right off with a battle?!
: This battlefield is brutal!
: Is the intensity really this high?!
: That's Nikador, right? The Strife Titan!
: Showing up and attacking everywhere, definitely a villain.
: Strife Titan… just hearing the name screams "final boss"!
....
The sheer scale of the scene stunned the viewers.
On-screen, Dan Heng and Stelle both realized that Okhema was under attack.
The road ahead had been completely blocked by the bombardment.
They had no choice but to jump off the Dromas and enter the city on foot.
But the instant the two landed, a group of stone men charged toward them.
"…This doesn't feel right."
"I just took a nap, where the hell did this drop me?"
"Is this really Okhema?"
"What Tribbie said doesn't line up either, this isn't safe at all!"
Stelle had barely woken up and was already being thrown into a fierce battle, feeling utterly overwhelmed.
"Looks like another Strife Titan is behind this." Dan Heng condensed flowing water into a new spear, charging into the fray together with Stelle.
This time, their response was far more relaxed.
After Phainon and Tribbie's guidance, they already knew the weaknesses of these monsters.
Fast. Precise. High-frequency strikes!
Conveniently, Stelle was quite familiar with this kind of damage.
Under the relentless bombardment from Stelle and Dan Heng, the opponents rushing in were quickly dealt with.
After the battle ended, the surviving civilians who had been hiding throughout the streets cautiously gathered around Stelle and Dan Heng.
Because of their valor, these people seemed to have mistaken them for Chrysos Heirs.
They looked at the two with fear and awe, waiting for their orders.
"Go find shelter first." Dan Heng didn't explain much, this wasn't the time for that.
Only after hearing his words did the refugees nervously find a small side path and flee.
"Whew…"
"Let's keep pushing in."
Stelle tightened her grip on the bat. "Let's save as many people as we can!"
The two continued forward. Nikador's forces were simply too many.
And the wide road in front of Okhema's gate was clearly the enemy's main attack route.
This stretch of the battle was nothing short of violent.
The two of them fought their way from the entrance all the way through the enemy lines, charging straight to the city gate.
The viewers were completely fired up.
....
: Holy shit, hahaha! That was insane!
: Stelle's way too reckless, the bat's practically smoking!
: Absolute slaughter!
: Look at the civilians' expressions, damn, they're completely awestruck!
: Civilians: Where did these Chrysos Heirs come from?! We've never seen anyone this brutal!
: So this is what Trailblazing looks like?! 666!
....
The comments kept flying past.
And the two Nameless finally "trailblazed" their way to the gate, regrouping with Phainon, who had entered the city first.
The gate was located halfway up the mountain, so when Phainon was protecting civilians here earlier, he had also seen the two making their way up from below.
His expression was subtle as he spoke.
"You two… I was just worried about your safety. Looks like I was overthinking it."
As expected! His judgment back at the temple had been correct!
These two were clearly stronger than what they had shown.
They looked young, but once they grasped the trick, cutting down Nikador's followers.
It was absurd. Still, now wasn't the time to dwell on it.
With their help, Okhema's casualties could be reduced even further.
Stelle stepped forward, saying nothing else, only asking: "How's the situation?"
Phainon looked at the corpses at his feet and slowly shook his head.
"Bodies everywhere. How could so many enemies have made it to the front gates? Where were the city guards?"
"Snowy..."
Just then, three red figures flew in from the horizon.
When they landed and came into view, the audience was stunned.
There were three Tribbies in front of them.