"..."
If he refused to answer, what would happen?
Of course, Quitela didn't dare say those words aloud.
Instead, he nodded and said, "Sir, go ahead. Ask whatever you want."
Beside him, Kuru wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He never imagined that one day he would actually see Lord Quitela in such a humble state.
After this is over... Lord Quitela isn't going to kill me, is he?
"First question!"
Gran stared intently at Quitela.
"Are Beerus and Whis still alive?"
The two people Gran cared about and trusted the most right now were Beerus and Whis.
Even if they were from a different timeline, Gran still desperately wanted to know what had happened to them.
"..."
Quitela fell silent.
Seeing his reaction, Gran's eyelid twitched.
"Could it be that Beerus and Whis are dead?"
Quitela shook his head.
"No."
"Hm?"
Gran was stunned by the response.
"Then why did you suddenly go silent?"
"I went silent because Beerus is the kind of bastard who could live for ten thousand years just to cause trouble. How could he possibly die so easily?"
"..."
The corner of Gran's mouth twitched.
He suddenly remembered the long-standing grudge between Quitela and Beerus.
Still, after learning that the Beerus and Whis of the GT timeline were still alive, Gran finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"Sir, you know Beerus and Whis?"
Quitela asked cautiously.
After exchanging only a few moves with Gran, he already understood that he was no match for the man before him.
If acting humble could keep him alive, then so be it.
"I have a second question..."
Gran ignored Quitela's question and instead swept his gaze across their surroundings.
"What happened to your timeline back then? Why did it become like this?"
His question had been completely ignored.
Quitela was both irritated and furious.
Kuru noticed that Quitela's expression was becoming increasingly unpleasant, so he hurriedly stepped forward.
"Sir, it was like this. Back then, our timeline was suddenly struck by a mysterious force. After that, our entire timeline was shattered and turned into this Chaos Zone."
"That was also why we completely lost contact with the outside world."
Two simple sentences left Gran completely stunned.
Before entering the rift, he had thought that once he entered, he would finally learn all the answers.
But he hadn't.
This time, he had encountered two "acquaintances," and he thought that at last he would be able to uncover the truth.
Yet according to Quitela and Kuru's explanation, they didn't seem to know the truth either.
Gran took a deep breath.
The more I learn, the more confusing everything becomes...
"How did that mysterious force appear? And who created it?"
"We don't know."
"Hm?"
Gran's voice rose slightly.
Kuru hurriedly explained, "We really don't know. What happened back then was far too sudden. Before any of us could even react, our entire timeline had already been shattered."
"Then how did you survive?"
At those words, Kuru and Quitela exchanged a glance.
Quitela helplessly replied, "We only learned later that Lord Zeno and Lord Zalama intervened and blocked most of that wave of power. However, the energy that still leaked through was enough to shatter our entire timeline."
Gran's heart instantly surged with shock.
At present, the strongest power he could unleash had reached the peak of the First Order of the Angel Realm.
Yet even that level of power was only enough to shatter a small portion of a timeline.
But according to Quitela and Kuru, that mysterious force had been mostly blocked by Zeno and Zalama.
And despite that, the remaining power had still been enough to shatter an entire timeline.
Just how terrifying was that mysterious force?
"What about the monsters here? How did they appear?"
"They were created by those cold and sinister auras."
Quitela gritted his teeth.
"Back then, many mortals from our Universe still survived. However, after being corrupted by those auras, they all became these neither-human-nor-monster creatures."
"Not only that, they were nothing more than ordinary mortals when they were alive. Yet after becoming these monsters, their strength became terrifyingly powerful!"
Gran thought to himself.
Just as I suspected.
He had already wondered whether these monsters had been affected by those evil auras.
And it turned out that he had been right.
"Wait!"
Gran suddenly thought of something.
"No. I've already killed countless monsters since arriving here. There may have been enough of them to equal the population of an entire universe. So why does it seem like their numbers never decrease?"
"Because they come from somewhere else."
"What do you mean?!"
"Sir, look at this Chaos Zone."
Quitela pointed toward their surroundings.
Gran followed his gaze.
The Chaos Zone was dark and gloomy, stretching endlessly in every direction, as though it had no end.
"What are you trying to show me?"
"Apart from the monsters created through corruption, all the remaining monsters crawl out of the Chaos."
"What?!"
Gran was startled.
"Then doesn't that mean these monsters can never be completely eliminated?"
"That's right!"
Kuru spoke up from the side.
"They can never be completely wiped out. That's why the Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction of the twelve universes have to enter the Chaos every ten years and clear out the monsters."
"We came out this time to carry out that very mission."
"I see."
Gran finally understood.
He had previously overheard them saying that their mission had been completed.
Now he knew why.
And judging from what he had learned from these two, this crisis seemed to be nothing particularly serious.
Aside from that mysterious force, which still needed to be treated with caution, these monsters were hardly worth fearing.
As for those cold and sinister auras, it seemed that anyone who reached the Divine Realm would be able to resist their corruption.
Thinking about this, Gran finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"Sir, may I ask you a few questions?"
Quitela asked.
After learning some important secrets, Gran's mood had improved considerably.
"Go ahead."
"You said earlier that you're from another timeline. Does that mean this place has already been connected to the outside world?"
"What? Didn't you notice that there's actually a rift here?"
"A rift?"
Quitela and Kuru exchanged a glance.
Both of them saw confusion in each other's eyes.
"No. We had absolutely no idea such a thing existed!"
Quitela shook his head.
Gran was also somewhat puzzled.
According to Demigra, he had discovered this rift as far back as one hundred thousand years ago.
That meant the rift had existed for at least one hundred thousand years.
Yet Quitela and Kuru knew absolutely nothing about it.
There was certainly more to this than met the eye.
"Sir, so you entered through that rift?"
"Yes."
"Then what is the outside world like now? Has our entire Universe been completely destroyed?"
"Not completely. A tiny fragment remains..."
Gran told them about the final remaining fragment of the universe where Old Kai was currently located.
"..."
After hearing Gran's explanation, Quitela and Kuru fell completely silent.
Their entire universe had been shattered.
Yet that bastard Beerus's universe still had a tiny fragment left!
Is that skinny cat really that lucky?
"Since there's a rift connecting the outside world to the Chaos Zone, does that mean we can return to the outside world?!"
Kuru spoke up again.
Quitela's eyes immediately lit up.
Every ten years, he had to venture out into this Chaos Zone to carry out missions.
He had truly had enough of this kind of life!
If he could return to the outside world, then even if he could only remain on that tiny fragment of Beerus's universe for the rest of his life, he would gladly accept it.
"Unless something unexpected happens, that rift should indeed allow you to return to the outside world."
Gran smiled playfully.
"However, with the strength of you two, there's no way you can get out."
"Ah?"
Quitela and Kuru spoke at the same time.
"Then what level of strength is required to leave?"
"At least the pure power of someone at the peak of the First Order of the Angel Realm."
END OF CHAPTER
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