"Let's just satisfy the wishes of the little cuties a little!"
Except for the Fallen Spirit who had already been killed by "Time," the burning ruins gradually shook, until...
They flew back to their original positions!
The Ruler of Time could naturally make time flow backward, making everything return to a state as if it had never happened. It was no wonder that Dionysus in the heavens collapsed.
He had clearly given everything, but in the end, he had gained nothing, and had even been glanced at by Istaroth...
"I almost forgot about you, you twisted fellow..."
"You should be glad that it was me who came. If it had been Rhinedottir and Iona who saw you, they certainly wouldn't have let you off easily, right?"
Hyacine & Barbara / is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon??: Chapter 73 - Never Able to Reach the Future
Istaroth's authority is time.
Acceleration, deceleration, stopping, reversing—whatever time can do, Istaroth can do.
In Istaroth's view, the deities of this world are certainly stronger than the gods of the Genshin Impact World, and much stronger than the Seven Sovereigns.
However, compared to the Heavenly Principles, there is still a certain gap, so as one of the Four Shadows of the Heavenly Principles, Istaroth is already able to easily suppress these deities. It was like that for Ishtar before, and it is the same for Dionysus now.
Time is not a joke; it can truly kill gods!
Especially after knowing that the deity Dionysus was a twisted existence, it immediately reminded Istaroth of the creatures in Teyvat that had been twisted by the Abyss.
The Heavenly Principles fear the Abyss. The Sovereign of Life, because of the Abyss, was left with only a heart; otherwise, there wouldn't have been the matter of Rhinedottir replacing the Sovereign of Life.
These all demonstrate the power of the Abyss; even as shadows of the Heavenly Principles, the four Sovereigns have no way to completely eradicate the Abyss.
But now, before the Ruler of Time, Istaroth, appeared something incredibly similar to the Abyss, and since she had the ability to deal with it, what would she do?
Of course, it's to silence this guy who is similar to the Abyss!
Although Istaroth is a shadow of the Heavenly Principles and influenced by them, she can also be called an independent individual.
Therefore, she certainly won't let this guy named Dionysus go. The little cuties are still watching her from behind!
"Let me think, what can I do to completely solve the problems of this world?"
Istaroth was thoughtful, while also searching through the past memories of Hyacine and Barbara, looking for a way to deal with this situation.
"Ah... found it."
"Golden Experience... Requiem, right?"
To deal with the Abyss, the Sovereign of Life was even replaced, so Istaroth naturally had no intention of showing any mercy.
But before making that deity pay the price, let's first satisfy the wishes of little Hyacine and little Barbara...
A phantom of a clock appeared on Istaroth, and then, whether it was the second hand, minute hand, or hour hand, they all began to rotate counter-clockwise.
Orario had already been turned into ruins a few minutes ago due to the Fallen Spirit's attack, and even the lives lost were calculated in the tens of thousands.
After all, the instantaneous large-scale destruction was like Pain from the Deva Path descending on Konoha Village, flattening it with a single Shinra Tensei.
But what the Ruler of Time could do was not just Nagato's Rinne Tensei no Jutsu; even the destroyed bricks and tiles could return to their original places.
This was not some resurrection, but a more powerful "Time Reversal," and it could also control the range and targets, so it wouldn't be like a certain twin-tailed Ultraman who resurrected enemies along with allies.
"The city... has it returned to its original state? Is she actually using the power of time in the lower world?"
"The corpses have all stood up? No, they have body temperature! They are no longer corpses; they have been resurrected!"
The survivors of Orario watched the surrounding buildings gradually reverse, and the blood spilled on the ground gradually returning to the wounds of the injured; even their own wounds no longer hurt.
This was a scene simply unimaginable to the beings of the lower world. It wasn't until the collapsed Tower of Babel resumed its stance of standing tall in the sky that people finally came back to their senses.
Adventurers entered the Dungeon to fight, Adventurers fought in the city, then the city was destroyed, and the residents were killed...
Even though those feelings were so real, they dissipated like a dream.
In the end, nothing in this city had changed?
Even the number of mosquitoes was exactly the same!
"So, what actually happened today?"
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Compared to the bewildered residents, the Ruler of Time, Istaroth, looked outside the world after completing the tasks entrusted to her by Hyacine and Barbara.
Even though she did not go to the heavens, she could still directly apply the power of time to Dionysus.
"Bullying my children, and for the second time..."
"This time, I won't let you off easily~"
A gentle smile appeared on her face, and Istaroth slowly extended her right hand, lazily pointing at the sky. The torrent of time turned into golden light, traversing the world and descending upon Dionysus.
"What is this? Time?"
"Why is this happening?"
Dionysus couldn't believe it. Even though he was now in his true deity form, possessing unparalleled power, he was still affected by this time...
But observing the changes in time, accelerating and then reversing, Dionysus realized that the other party's goal didn't seem to be to kill him. Then what was it for?
"It is to make you experience pain, fear, and despair."
A woman's voice suddenly appeared in Dionysus's mind, like the words of a witch. No one could guess what would happen next. But the only thing known was that this world would face a huge change!
"You seem... to be able to derive happiness from others' misfortune, right?"
"And the most desperate kind at that!"
"So I have come. The power of time will force you to experience all the tragedies and all the despair you have ever witnessed."
"You cannot escape, you cannot change it; you can only passively accept everything."
Just a few sentences sentenced the future of a heavenly deity. Although she didn't directly kill him, she made it impossible for the deity Dionysus to ever appear in the public eye again.
He could only, like the tragedies he had once witnessed, cycle endlessly in the despair and helplessness of the past, never able to step into the future again.
"Little cuties, the problems of this world have all been solved, and I probably won't have anything to do here in the future... I also want to thank you for letting me see the splendor of different worlds!"
"Although I don't know how you came to this world, I sincerely wish you all the best in your future..."
"The wind brings the seeds of stories, and time turns them into myths."
"Good luck, ehe~"
As she was about to leave, on Istaroth's expressionless face, there was unexpectedly a sticking-out of her tongue, and she even closed one eye, exactly like a certain Anemo Archon who doesn't do proper work!
The golden color also slowly faded from the girls' bodies, until two figures, one pink and one gold, walked out from within; the phantoms of the Ruler of Time and the Sky Titan truly dissipated.
"Dududu~"
Little Ika also crawled out from behind Hyacine at this time, making a happy cry.
"Of course we won, Little Ika!"
"But the time to leave has also arrived..."
"We only need to complete a few last things, and we can leave this world with peace of mind!"
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