Lord crushed the Crystal of Betrayal with his bare hands. "Servant? Me? Even an idiot is smarter than you! Hmph!"
Pride crystal thought, *Although Lord has revived me... I still can't stay alive, as I was already killed by Death crystal!
Even though I could flee from his grasp now, he... will come!*
Just as he finished thinking, a blue figure flashed across the entire abyss. Life crystal and Death crystal whispered, "Time crystal! Haha, Pride crystal, looks like you won't be staying alive!"
Lord glared at the blue light as he flew up. Pride crystal went into a dilemma as he asked, "Lord, are you sure you don't want my powers?"
Lord shook his head without even looking at him.
Pride crystal laughed, "Well, now... Crystal of Betrayal! Quickly, come closer."
The blue light flashed as time froze. It flew towards Pride crystal and touched it.
Pride crystal started to fade away, but suddenly it started to move as it pushed Time crystal.
Time crystal felt a backlash as time resumed. Pride crystal laughed, "Haha! Although I die, my legacy won't end. Lord is there to represent my pride.
And my powers will go to him! Crystal of Betrayal, haha! My friend, you have earned this because you had true pride.
You were true to your own self! Eternal freedom, haha! A wonderful goal you have there. Here, take my powers!"
The Crystal of Betrayal came in contact with Pride crystal as a bright purple light blasted across the entire abyss.
Time crystal had multiple cracks running all over its body, "Life... heal me! Quick, damn it! Fate already asked you to kill him!
Why the heck did you leave him alive? The Crystal of Betrayal!"
Life crystal frowned, "I apologize, but you have also committed a mistake—you let Lord steal your time essence! Which has caused this disaster!"
As the light vanished, Lord was flying unconscious alongside the Crystal of Betrayal!
Its color was no longer yellow; it had a combination of both purple and yellow colors.
It saw Pride crystal's last smile. Pride crystal laughed loudly, "Hahaha! Crystal of Betrayal? Well, give yourself a name of your choice.
Just help me! Bring back Lord to the original timeline, and you stay there along with him!
And a promise!"
The Crystal of Betrayal teared up, "Yes! I promise to do anything!"
Pride crystal smiled gently, "Be true to yourself forever..."
As Pride crystal died once again.
Lord felt that strange feeling surging all over him, "No, this feeling! I hate it, I cannot understand it!
Ah!" He screamed in confusion as Time crystal frowned, "Heal me up! Faster, or he will escape beyond our grasp."
Life crystal snorted, "Fine! Ugh, why is Fate collapsing all of a sudden? It has been stable for billions of years! What is causing this chaos?"
Time crystal started to get healed by Life crystal as he went silent.
The Crystal of Betrayal wiped away its tears as a new hope shone in its eyes, "Alright, here we go! Lord, give me the rest of the time essence!"
Lord was in no state to listen and was rampaging.
The Crystal of Betrayal sneaked in and grabbed the time essence, "Phew! Once we go back, it's over—"
But suddenly, the time essence in its hand disappeared as a voice said, "Do you think you can cheat death? Huh! This is hopeless, just surrender."
The Crystal of Betrayal frowned, "Death crystal... what is wrong with you? Why are you doing this? What did we do to you?"
Death crystal replied coldly, "We? No, it's only you! Lord cannot be killed by us, as Fate instructed us not to do so! But your existence...
Has to be erased!"
The Crystal of Betrayal was hit by Death crystal's power, and a huge cloud of smoke erupted around the Crystal of Betrayal.
Death crystal spoke, "It's over, Time! Just send Lord back, and it's all fixed."
Time crystal and Life crystal saw Death crystal act this way for the first time; his loyalty to Fate was simply too high.
Life crystal turned pale as all of its powers were sucked away to heal Time crystal. Time crystal said, "Next time! Don't play with others. I can't simply appear all the time to clear up your mess."
Life crystal agreed, but internally he thought, *Hmph! Idiot, he was the one who let Lord and Pride crystal steal his time essence! And he is blaming me?*
Death crystal was still cold, "But you are the main culprit here, Time!"
Time crystal frowned, "You think—"
Death crystal replied, "Disagree if you want to taste death!"
Time crystal quickly grew mad as the three started fighting among themselves.
The Crystal of Betrayal saw time essence falling off Time crystal. He became invisible by using one of his newly gained powers from Pride crystal.
He sneaked in, stole the essence, and prepared to flee.
Lord stomped the ground, "Who killed Pride crystal? Answer me, morons!"
The three shifted their gaze as they realized who they actually had to fight against.
Life crystal mocked, "Ah! Oh no, it was actually me. I crushed an ant unknowingly—"
Lord's eyes turned completely hollow as he went insane.
He instantly teleported beside Life crystal and slammed it into the abyss.
Life crystal started to crack. Remember, earlier it had used almost all of its powers to heal Time crystal.
It was on the verge of destruction as Time crystal froze time.
A blue light flashed over the abyss as everything turned motionless.
Time crystal sighed, "One to be killed and one to be transported? Huh! I am so weak that I had to use my powers for these cannon fodder!"
Lord was forcibly sent through a portal back to his time...
But suddenly, time resumed as Lord stayed and the portal closed.
A purple light flashed from the Crystal of Betrayal as it flew into the sky, blinding even the light itself.
The Crystal of Betrayal felt a strange sense of power surging through its body, "Amazing! This is truly amazing. This power... this strength...
It was inside me all this time? Hahaha! Now it's no longer time to fear anything! I can attain my goal of eternal freedom.
Whoever opposes me has to simply... die!"
Time crystal was severely weakened once again as its power backlashed.
Life crystal was on the verge of destruction.
Death crystal saw these scenes as he went to fight the Crystal of Betrayal.
But this time... none of his attacks landed properly, and Lord also intervened and crushed him.
Death crystal fell to the ground, seeing Lord grabbing Time crystal and Life crystal.
He sighed, "I hate killing! But it looks like you want me to kill you. You are hurting Life crystal? I shall grant you death!"
But another voice spoke, "No! Let them die, just kill the Crystal of Betrayal and flee! Later, when Lord has collapsed, let me just send him back!"
The first voice frowned, "You want Life to die?"
The second one roared, "You want Fate to collapse?"
Death crystal couldn't decide anything as he screamed loudly in desperation.
Both Life crystal and Time crystal were crushed to death by Lord.
Life crystal said, "If only you idiot hadn't intervened! I wouldn't have died this way."
Time crystal replied, "You... aren't you afraid of death? No! I don't want to die, especially not at the hands of this pest!"
Life crystal sighed, "If it were Death and you, it wouldn't be a problem, because I exist to revive you both! But me?
And if I hadn't healed you and fought you, this situation would have never occurred."
Death was an inch away as both of them went silent.
Suddenly, a new light flashed as a figure appeared. It wore a cloak, covering its entire body.
It saw all of these scenes as it said, "1, 2, 3, 4! Four crystals? Amazing! I hit the jackpot, hehe! Now, all of you, you have to choose from the options!
A... Surrender, or B... there is no B! Your only option is to surrender the artifacts: Life crystal, Death crystal, Time crystal, and what is that? A yellow-purple colored crystal?
Hmm! And what is that rampaging creature?"