Time Twister 65 Sowing Karma

Xander nodded his head before his face turned serious. He then held Syn's right hand tightly with his small hand, surprising Syn for a moment.

"Ok, I'm going to view it now. Make sure you don't move so I can have a stable vision," Xander said to Syn, but in truth, he was just joking about that. In fact, he could divine her future even if she wasn't even born yet, or if she was in the opposite end of the universe. What he needed when he viewed the future was a target, as well as clear visualization of the situation. This was different from Divination, which is defined as a calculation. He could only view up to the DemiG.o.d cla.s.s, and beyond that, he would need to rely on [Turning Time to what it could be] to view.

For example, he could view the future of the entire planet because he could visualize the s.p.a.ce around the planet and the planet itself. The future he is looking for already a.s.sumes to look from the point where he had stopped interfering, thus he could see the rise and fall of the Eteria Empire.

Since Syn was just asking how she will die, that was easy to do but very vague. If he explored every branching timeline from this point on to discover her deaths, it would be very numerous, so he asked Syn before he began,

"Are you asking about the ways you might die or the way you die in the longest future scenario? The two are quite different because the first one would show me all the ways you would die from this moment on from every branching action you did. The second one focuses on the longest future scenario, and how it will end."

Syn was taken aback by this information, because from what she had read from the records, those who had the ability to foresee the future of others only had a vague view or filled with symbolism. What Xander was asking subverted what she knew about fortune-telling.

Syn paused for a moment, and decided to go with the second option, and Xander nodded his head, before delving into the future of one Carla Syn.

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Unknown place, 29.6 million years into the future.

A running figure could be seen in the distance of the dark, starry landscape. A silhouette of a mature woman could be seen running, with her clothes in disarray and her body filled with cuts that wouldn't seem to heal. Inside, glowing, flas.h.i.+ng lights were visible to Xander.

Behind her, there was another figure moving slowly, yet every step it took moved the figure closer and closer to the lady. The lady continued to launch out her attacks and spells, even summoning beasts from her imagination and memory. Xander recognized the fluctuations of the Mind element series, specifically Will, Memory, and Imagination fluctuating around the woman, as well as coming from inside of her. That must be her own universe, Xander thought to himself.

He continued to observe.

Soon, the woman stopped, yet the figure continued to move towards her, and only stopped 3 meters away from her.

The woman let out a depreciating life, filled with sorrow and anger. She knew this was it. It was the end of the line for her.

The figure then spoke out, breaking the awkward silence that followed her laugh.

"Carla, why did you have to run? You knew the rules. What gave you the courage to break it?"

"My love for him! I wanted both of us to be together. Why can't you just see that? Why do I have to sacrifice so many things in life to become strong?" Syn shouted, obviously hysterical at this moment.

"So you threw your life for a man? Carla, that's just plain stupidity."

"Shut up! I don't expect you of all beings to understand, Valerys! You, a woman who has lost her very essence! I truly loved him, I really did. I did everything for him, even subvert the very code I have been following for the past millions of years." Syn snapped at the figure, Valerys.

Valerys merely sighed, and raised her hand, releasing a bluish light. She then looked at Syn pitifully, saying,

"Well, you don't have to worry. The entire Order is hunting him down. You'll be together in the emptiness," before she released the blue light, covering the entire body of Syn.

Immediately, Syn's body turned into a crystal-like material, creating different facets in her originally smooth skin. After a couple of more seconds, A resounding crack was heard, before cobweb cracks surrounded her body, exploding into bits of ice that rapidly melted and disappeared into nothing.

Valerys merely sighed, before realizing something. She then turned around to look at where I was, saying,

"Who are you? Why are you snooping around this place?"

Xander was surprised since he didn't use [Heavenly Divination] this time, but rather his s.p.a.ce-time power to snoop into the future. He had thought that he could view this future easily without being caught like last time. Xander tried to project his voice, not sure if the person would be able to hear him.

"I'm merely pa.s.sing by."

Valerys sneered, before launching an attack at where Xander was viewing this scene.

"Pa.s.sing by? You've stumbled in the wrong place at the wrong time and saw something you shouldn't have. Goodbye."

However, to Valerys' surprise, her attack did nothing, with no reaction whatsoever. The spell continued to move forward, continuously weakening until she canceled it, causing her to look around and detect the presence. It was still there.

"That's quite rude, you know, to attack people who were simply pa.s.sing by. Valerys, is it? I'll remember this." Xander's voice echoed in the area, before fading out, disappearing.

Valerys, as much as she tried, could not sense Xander anymore. She shook her head and disappeared from her location.

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Xander was not having a good time right now. Although he utilized his [Absolute Defense], the spell rapidly broken through those dimensions, freezing them into non-existence.

Xander was alarmed and attempted to channel his s.p.a.ce-time powers as well as the powers of Yin-yang to take command of the power of the spell. He first extended s.p.a.ce around him, increasing the distance the spell had to travel to reach him into more than 100,000 light-years. Every kilometer, he had to place a different dimension to whittle the power bit by bit, weakening it. At this point, Valerys canceled the spell, to his surprise. However, this irked him quite a bit, because he really felt danger from the spell she used against him.

He really needed to improve his s.p.a.ce-time comprehension as fast as possible. The others can be a secondary achievement.

He said a few words to Valerys before ending the spell, returning back to Nema. However, there seemed to be a problem: his body couldn't move. There was a thin layer of crystallized material covering his body, causing Xander to break out a sweat.

The effect of the spell followed him! He didn't know how this occurred, but he had to act fast. He could feel his thoughts slowing down, and he had to use time acceleration to maintain his normal speed.

System, how do I resolve this situation?

Scanning…detecting remnant power from a Void Traveler-rank spell. The system has recognized that the current host cannot handle the remnant. Proceeding to extraction and absorption…complete. Checking signs… normal.

Thanks, system, Xander thought, before sighing in relief.

The system will be offline for 7 days to recharge. Shutting down…complete.

Xander then opened his eyes, looking around. However, when he looked around the room, there were so many unconscious people. Those that were conscious were looking at him, fear in their faces. Even Syn, who had to move away with her fainted attendants, was looking at Xander with a surprised and wary look. There were also guards outside the area, and Xander could detect 2 presences above the DemiG.o.d cla.s.s nearby, seemingly observing the situation.

Xander asked 'innocently' to Syn,

"Sister Syn, what happened? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

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Syn felt danger from him for some reason. She was still holding Xander's hand when it rapidly turned cold. When she saw that from his chest, a thin layer of ice was slowly crawling all over his body, she let go of her hand and left the immediate vicinity, along with the surprised and confused elves. Even the onlookers were confused for a moment, before they felt an overwhelming power surround them, causing all of them to cough out a mouthful of blood and faint. DemiG.o.ds who were present, on the other hand, were able to endure but realized that the power was something beyond them, severely injuring them.

Syn looked at the origin of the power; it was where Xander was currently in. The feeling it sent to the magicians present was bitingly cold, the kind where if you were exposed to one, your very existence, your life essence doll, would shatter to pieces and fade away, along with your body. It was what she felt when she saw the ice appear around Xander's body.

Slowly, the ice was spreading, slowly freezing the tiles, the chairs, the sofa, and even the air was forming ice crystals that rapidly shattered, creating small vacuums.

Everyone moved away from the vicinity, as they even felt their bodies were slowly freezing up. The situation quickly changed when another burst of power appeared from Xander, quickly annihilating the freezing power. However, this one was stronger than the earlier one, causing most of the DemiG.o.ds to faint, and alerting the Divine magicians in the city, immediately heading to this building.

The power then completely disappeared. At this point, all the ice had melted, and everything in the area around Xander was back to normal. It was at this moment, he opened his eyes and looked around, quite confused with the situation.

"Sister Syn, what happened? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Xander asked, genuinely confused. There was nothing to nitpick about it as if he truly was unaware. Either it had nothing to do with him or he really is a good actor, Syn mused to herself.

She then moved towards Xander, asking him what happened. Xander scratched his head before responding,

"Oh, I saw your death. The one that killed you tried to attack me. I was surprised that I had to end the vision early on. Do you want me to tell it to you now?" his voice was quite calm like it was no big deal for him.

However, this time, not only did Syn hear it, the other conscious guests, guards, and those observing alertly heard what he said.

Syn, upon checking everything was normal, sat near Xander, back to her relaxed demeanor, like she didn't notice the looks of the people around her.

"Oh? Xander, dear brother, you succeeded? Do tell me about my situation." Syn asked, her voice carrying a curious tone.

"Okay, so basically you get killed roughly after 29.5 million years, a.s.suming you didn't die early on and did the right choices, this is the farthest visible period that I can see where you will die. You also have long surpa.s.sed the Divine rank by this time, and it seemed that you were going to betray the organization that you joined, for a man. Your body had injuries, but not a single drop of blood fell, but rather showed a glowing, multi-colored light contained in your body, and they weren't healing.

That organization seemed to be composed of only females, and well, you broke their rules. The person who kills you, you are familiar with this person, named Valerys. That's all I got. Attempting to see beyond that situation, if you changed your choices just shows me a blank fog." Xander said to Syn.

Syn was quiet for a few minutes, and so were the others listening in. Living for 29.5 million years, joining an organization of females, and betraying them for a man… what happened to her in that period of time? Judging from the description, it seemed she had already reached beyond Sage cla.s.s at this time, yet she was still easily killed.

Syn nodded in thanks to Xander.

"Xander, thank you for this information. I owe you a favor; no matter what you ask, I will accomplish to the best of my powers."

"Ok, sister Syn, will do. Is it already lunchtime? I feel hungry." Xander replied, rubbing his stomach. Syn giggled. She wanted to ask one of her attendants but realized they were down for the count.

Xander saw this predicament of hers and said,

"Oh, right. Why are they all unconscious? What happened when I was divining your future?" Xander 'asked' curiously.

Syn briefly explained what happened, while looking at Xander's face for any problems in his reactions. The problem was, his reactions were flawless, and even those outside could find no fault at it. Even the emotion and fluctuation of elements were 'real' enough.

Xander looked around apologetically, before waving his hand, summoning a ton of life elements into the vicinity. Immediately, those in the building quickly recovered awakening from their unconscious state.

"There, healed them. How long was I out, sister Syn?"

"Uh? Ah! Around a minute or two." Syn was a bit flabbergasted at how he easily controlled the elements to recover everyone from their injured states.

"Eh… so it's not yet lunchtime. I'm hungry already…"

"Hmm, never mind! I'll just explore the building then, hehe." Xander said happily, before skipping towards the staircase. Syn wasn't sure, so she decided to follow him just in case something big happens again. She brought along 2 of her recovered attendants.

Peace returned to the first floor lobby lounge. The guards were still around, alert and prepared, while the 2 other divine magicians were not far away, surveying the entire building.

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In an unknown shack inside Silver Office.

Two people were sitting down, one drinking tea, while the other was reading a book on his tablet. These two were married and were partners for the past 6,000 years. They saw the rise and decline of Nema over the past 5,000 years, contributed to maintaining the peace, safety, and order of it so many times.

The two were merely doing their job of guarding the area for the special event today, with their magic and elemental energy primed in their bodies, ready to be deployed any time.

When Xander had received the attack from the future, the two felt the power radiating from that remnant attack, causing them to be frozen in place by a power beyond their capabilities. They managed to break out of it after a few seconds, and as they were heading to the source, that was when another wave of power appeared, much, much stronger than the first one, causing them to cough out blood and fall to the ground, suppressed by the power.

These two people were both already Divine-9, and are far more sensitive than the other magicians below their rank. Although it didn't do much damage to them, they were suppressed and unable to move, causing the guards and soldiers who recognized them to be confused for a moment.

After a few more seconds, the binding force disappeared, allowing them to see the vicinity of where the power originated. However, no traces of it remained in the area.

They saw the star of today's banquet, Xander Cloverfield, surrounded by unconscious people. What surprised them was the words the child uttered to the current Elven Queen.

Divining her future, specifically, how she will die? 29.5 million years into the future? A secret order? More importantly, the kid could divine the future?

They were intrigued, but before they could even come close to the kid, the latter healed everyone with Life elements, waking them up, and the queen and Xander moved to the second floor, seemingly going to explore the building.

The two looked at each other, before shaking their heads and returning to the shack. They're were there for emergencies, not to satisfy their curiosities. That can be done afterward when the ceremony is over.

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Xander and Syn were moving around the second, third, and fourth floors. Bamon, Amon, and Gammon returned to the waiting room once they received a confirmation from Xander.

Xander saw so many kinds of artwork and sculptures, most of which ranged from a starting price of 250,000 Etas up to tens of millions. Some of them he touched, intending to create perfect copies of the artwork in the future when he had a bigger place.

That made Xander think, should he get a mobile fortress? In outer s.p.a.ce? That would be cool though. I should check the forming planet core once the first year is over; I want to check if it already formed its own planet by that time. Maybe I can modify it into a moving fortress.

Xander and Syn talked about a lot of different things on their way around the third and fourth floors, ranging from topics about school life and friends, to even discussing magic research and technological development.

Of course, he knew the purpose of these questions Syn raised; after all, to defeat an enemy they needed to know things about the enemy that can be utilized.

Xander answered the questions carelessly, not really telling anything new, but what was already known. Xander merely asked about the culture and experience of the elves in their continent.

He then raised the idea of him going there to meet with the tree if that was possible. At this point, Syn hesitated a bit, because it was truly up to the Heavenly Tree sprite to meet with anyone, not even the queen can dictate it.

Syn replied, her voice a bit apologetic.

"I'll have to ask it if it's willing to do so. I can't really force it to meet people it didn't want to meet with." After hearing this, Xander nodded in agreement. After all, he was the same, he didn't like people suddenly barging and demanding a meeting with him.

He then said to Syn,

"Ok. Tell this to the Heavenly Tree sprite when you ask: Are you a Tree of Order, Creation, or Life? Don't worry if you don't get this sister Syn, it's for the Sprite, hehe." Xander added when he saw the confused look in Syn's eyes.

Information about these seeds was not available even in the database of the Galactic empire. Maybe the other bigger empires might have it, but the reason why he had information about these seeds was that he had the same seeds, as well as the description of the spells that the system gave him showed this definition.

He was also curious, how much would the price of the seeds be if he sold it in the Auction houses of different empires? He currently had around 100 seeds of Creation and Destruction left, while he was waiting for the seeds to develop in the Tree of Life that he had in Eden.

The 4th floor was quite boring, similar to the 2nd floor. There were too many closed rooms, and the majority were just small libraries. He headed downstairs and went inside the kitchen, surprising the cooks and servers, but they rapidly changed their reactions when they saw the Elven Queen behind him. He began to taste a few of the delicacies going to be offered, ensuring that he makes records of the food he will be tasting in this banquet.

When he saw the time, there were 15 minutes before the lunch event began, so he headed to the third floor, already looking around. He didn't take a seat but rather walked around, observing the place. The 3rd floor was divided into 2 sections, the area where the actual eating takes place, and a large s.p.a.ce for socializing and talking, with couches, sofas, and even small table pods where guests can place their drinks while discussing with others.