Strangely, as if the time crystal had heard the cosmos's words, he smiled gently and grabbed onto the death crystal, the king, the Fate guy, and the child guy.
With his powers forming blue hands around them, the blue light flashed across the fate's place.
The next instant, all five of them had disappeared from the place as if they had never been there.
Seeing this, the time crystal (present) gulped down saliva. "Fate! Those are my powers, he stopped time to carry them away..."
Hearing this, all five crystals were taken aback for a moment.
But still, in front of them, there remained multiple other people belonging to the dead's army.
But suddenly...
The blue light flashed multiple times, and the next instant, nobody was left behind.
The time crystal had carried them all away to safety...
The time crystal of the present gasped, "He has my powers, but is way stronger than me... Fate! Who the heck is this?"
Both the future life crystal and future death crystal stared at each other.
The death crystal spoke, "Fate! I think it's the time crystal from the future timeline, our original timeline..."
The life crystal (future) shook his head, "Idiot! Did you forget that he sacrificed himself and destroyed the entire timeline to save us both?
Which means... it's someone or something which had stolen his powers!"
The life crystal from the present frowned, "Who has the ability to steal the power of the crystal? Unless the crystal grants it by its own will? Huh!"
Fate crystal waved his hand and stopped the conversation.
He said, "For now! Let's save our crystals! I don't want a single one of our friends to die on my watch!"
Many crystals were severely injured and were lifeless... they were on the verge of destruction.
Any more delay would cause casualties in reality.
Hearing this, all five of them were fired up.
The life crystal from the present smirked, "I know a fool who sacrificed himself just to save my worthless life!
Hehe, he cared so much about me, while I didn't even realize it... until he had died! And I'm NEVER GONNA LET ANYBODY ELSE DIE FOR MY FREAKING LIFE!"
He completely exploded his aura, as a serene white light ignited.
Even fate crystal had to close his eyes. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes to see...
The following scene!
All the crystals were fully healed and were standing upright, gazing at...
The life crystal!
He was completely dim, like a shattered light bulb.
He was panting heavily, with no more energy left to fly, and he descended rapidly!
And crashed down to the floor!
All the crystals gasped, worrying about him.
The death crystal frowned, "Oh no! Life... damn, I wish I had the power to heal you! Unfortunately, I only have the power to kill...
Huh, I hate this!"
The life crystal from the future smirked, "Hahaha, after all, he's myself from the past, isn't he?
This is something all of you must've expected!"
But he thought, "Damn... I was never this brave and cool! This guy... I thought our past selves were weaker and frailer than the future ones!"
Fate crystal ordered, "Life! From the future... go and heal him! What are you dazing about?"
But a hand rose up from the crater.
The life crystal grinned, "No need... death gave himself for me to survive! If I don't take care of myself well,
then it would be offending our friendship! I, LIFE CRYSTAL, SWEAR THAT I WOULD NEVER LET THIS LIFE OF MINE—SAVED BY DEATH—
TO GET HURT! I WILL STAND ON MY FEET! EVEN IF I HAVE TO SWALLOW THE PAIN AND SUFFERING."
Suddenly, he was struck by some force, and he screamed in pain and agony.
Fate crystal tried to protect him...
But that force threw him away! His eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
Many of them rushed to help, but fate screamed, "DON'T GO NEAR HIM! IT'S A POWER BEYOND US..."
He thought, "Cosmos... damn him! I knew all of these bizarre incidents were his fault, ugh!"
Cosmos smirked mockingly, "Come on, buddy... you wanted to reset, right? Hehe, I just did it for you!
Man, you guys are too unfriendly! Hahaha."
Finally, the cosmic power vanished, revealing an eccentric figure.
He was crying... not in pain, but with tears of joy!
He muttered, "Death... I remember it all! I swore that I would revive you, buddy! Oh heavens, I thank you for letting me recall everything!"
Cosmos bowed down secretly, "Hehe, it's my pleasure, sire! Although you had earned every bit of those memories yourself.
By providing that, it was your true purpose!"
Fate crystal held his head as a foggy vision appeared in his mind.
He was sleeping peacefully, as all his burdens were lifted off his back.
The stars were destroyed by some mystery figure, as he made fate fall asleep.
He smiled warmly at him, "I will take up all of your burdens for now... rest easy!"
But he couldn't see the vaguely familiar face at all.
Shrouded in darkness, he felt like he was going crazy.
As cosmos smirked, "Oh! I see... the death crystal's memories returned to the life crystal!
And these three were close friends! So it is also affecting him alike Lucan's influence!
Death crystal... seems like this show has no side characters at all! Hahaha... with the sole exception of me, Cosmos, though."
It shifted its gaze towards the space station, "Let's see what's happening in here?"
Far away from the fate's place was a massive space station floating above.
All of its subsidiary stations were long gone, leaving behind only the main base.
Inside was a figure... who was glaring at the sky.
He was a slime, he looked weak and pathetic... and he was indeed weak and pathetic.
He spoke, "Life crystal! Why does his name strike a chord in my mind? And who's this black figure standing beside him?
Ahh! Damn... I can't even recall any of this bullshit!"
As he was going crazy mad, he saw the sun located at the center of the solar system.
His mind backtracked way back, and he almost remembered something...
Cosmos frowned, "Oh no! Damn, he might regain them without putting any effort... should I interfere?
But... then the TV show would feel scripted! Damn."
But to his relief, Gerin patted him hard on the shoulder, "Hey! What girl are you dreaming about, kiddo? Hahaha."
Kaol Noah turned around and punched him in the nose, though his slimy hands hit him with no impact.
He coughed, "Hey... don't do that? Ah! It blocked my nose, I can't breathe properly... it's like mucus!"
He frowned, "You mock me? Think I'm that weak!"
Both Gerin and Cosmos laughed at the same time, "Yes! Hehe."
Cosmos clapped his hands in excitement, "Oh my gosh! Jinx, we said it at the same time!"
Kaol snorted coldly and left the place,
saying, "I hate y'all! I hate everything and everyone! I'm gonna kill you all one day..."
Cosmos stopped laughing and turned serious.
"His true goal in his past life seems like he wasn't larping stuff! Huh? So his determination is that crazy strong.
However, hehe, he's not even halfway there in regaining his memories, so I can chill!
Oh wait... damn, where's my popcorn? Well, it seems like I have to go to Earth, I can make one, boom!"
With his cosmic energy, he created popcorn out of nowhere, in no time.
It was in the blink of an eye. He ate it and crunched on them, "It has the same taste, flavor, and aroma...
but! The feel and emotions are missing... I can only get them if I stand in the queue and buy them from Earth.
Hehe! Earth, my dear beloved planet, I'm coming for you... sorry, your popcorn!"
...
He snapped and appeared at a random theater full of crowds rushing here and there.
He was standing last in line for popcorn...
In front of him was a young woman!
She kept on checking her watch and muttering, "Damn... the cheese and butter might run out by the time it's my turn!"
He called her, "Uhm... sorry to interrupt, what are cheese and butter?"
She gave him a strange look, "Are you telling me you don't know what cheese and butter are?! And you're freaking standing in the popcorn queue?"
He nodded, "Yeah, why? Is something wrong with that?"