In other words, what Lothdan had glimpsed back then was nothing more than a fragment of destiny.
Within this Book of Destiny, he was merely an insignificant figure.
The second volume, the Record of Heavenly Mandates, documented the great events that were destined to occur in the world.
The nearest major event was only three months away.
August.
The Reshaping of the Origin...
There was no way to know exactly what that vague phrase referred to. But since it involved the Origin, it was inevitably tied to the Mage class.
And perhaps it was deeply connected to Izparut as well.
The earlier sections of Volume Two contained a tremendous amount of content.
But in truth, everything before this point was already history rather than the future.
Only the entries for the year 5036 could truly be considered future events.
Yet the record for 5036 ended with the Revelation of Mysteries.
After that, there were no further entries.
It was as if the future itself came to an abrupt halt there.
As if the world would never produce another chapter.
The end of the world?
No.
Kanzaki Rei turned his gaze toward the others in the Land of the Moon's Vision.
At the very least, their deaths were not so imminent.
They were still destined to live on for quite some time.
Nothing about them suggested that all existence would suddenly end.
Of course, there were a few individuals whose deaths were very near.
But considering the current state of the world, in such a dangerous era, dying at any time was hardly surprising.
As for the third volume—
"Volume Three: Void Calamity."
"All previous prophecies have already incorporated every variable, including the chaos of the Fourth Lunar Star, Agmessa, the forgetting of the First Lunar Star, the fantasies of the Deep Earth, and the concealment of the Hidden Keepers."
"Everything that has been seen has become an inevitable conclusion."
"By the time I saw this, I no longer dared to continue looking. I feared that after confirming the ultimate ending, I would discover that the ending was not one I desired."
"I have decided to leave a blank space for the next Seer to fill."
"This divine artifact should resonate with the talent of whoever obtains this book."
"By doing this, I may have already lost my hope of stepping into Level 10. I have interfered with the world and strayed from the principles of a Diviner."
"I hope everything I have done has meaning."
Emotion permeated every word.
These were the final messages left behind by Pally.
Kanzaki Rei now possessed two divine artifacts.
Both were books.
One was the Book of Answers.
The other was the Book of Destiny currently in his hands.
Because he had repeatedly entered reset timelines, he had barely found any opportunity to make use of the Book of Answers.
"Resonate with my talent…"
Kanzaki Rei focused his thoughts slightly.
The book immediately flipped to its final page.
At the same time, the rune of his talent emerged from within his body and manifested before him.
[God-Tier Talent: My Wish]
The talent capable of granting wishes was imprinted onto the final page of the book.
Kanzaki Rei instantly understood.
Anything he wrote on that page would inevitably come to pass.
But there was only one opportunity.
One single wish.
"I will become the strongest being in the world?"
The thought crossed his mind.
But he did not write such a wish.
A wish could be fulfilled in a distorted way.
If everyone else in the world died and only he remained alive, then he would naturally become the strongest.
Even if the wish were not twisted, it still felt too vague.
This kind of wish could remain as a fallback option.
Even if he made it in the most dangerous moment imaginable, the effect would be essentially the same as using it now.
It would be fulfilled eventually.
But there was no guarantee when.
The limitations of [God-Tier Talent: My Wish] were numerous.
But the single wish that could be written into this book had far fewer restrictions.
It could affect not only himself, but others as well.
As for how to use it...
Kanzaki Rei had not yet decided.
He closed the book once more.
He had now finished reading it.
All that remained was to consider how it should be used in the future.
Kanzaki Rei stirred his thoughts slightly.
Whoosh—
The surrounding space began to distort.
Layers of reality folded and collapsed over one another.
After taking only two steps forward, Kanzaki Rei entered an entirely different world.
[Origin Magic — My World Alone]
This was the Origin Magic he had comprehended after entering the Path.
The Rank 7 monster he had encountered earlier was now imprisoned within this world.
No matter how it moved, it could not escape.
It had tried flying as far as it could.
But regardless of how far it flew, the world felt infinitely vast.
Every attack it launched struck nothing but empty air.
There was no method of escape.
It felt like being sealed away.
And yet the deeper truth was even more hopeless.
This was not a seal.
It was a complete and genuine world.
To escape from here—
Was no easier than leaving the real world and entering a realm that did not exist.
"What's wrong? You finally get to visit somewhere this novel, and all you want to do is leave?"
Kanzaki Rei walked forward at a measured pace.
Hands clasped behind his back, he looked down at the half-draconic monster beneath him.
"Human."
"Where is this place?"
Kanzaki Rei raised one hand and clenched it.
Whoosh!
Every elemental force in the world responded to his will.
Boom!
In an instant, the weight of the entire world seemed to descend upon the creature alone.
The half-draconic monster's body collapsed instantly.
Its form flattened in midair like a metal disc under unimaginable pressure.
"Right now, you are a prisoner."
"It seems you still haven't learned how to speak to someone stronger than you."
The true boundaries of this world were identical to the range of his Absolute Mana Sea.
Wherever the Absolute Mana Sea projected in reality became the territory of this independent world.
"Then kill me if you want!"
"Oh, very well. I've interrogated enough monsters today. One more makes no difference."
Pfft—
Kanzaki Rei thrust his hand forward.
Though his fingers never touched the creature—
A hole suddenly appeared in the center of its skull.
Pfft!
In that instant, it died.
But in the next instant, the wound reversed itself as if time were flowing backward.
Crack—
Time rewound.
However, the reversal lasted only a brief moment.
The restored half-draconic monster abruptly exploded.
Boom!
Blood and flesh sprayed across the sky.
Seeing this, Kanzaki Rei let out a quiet sigh.
"...Still not possible?"
After entering the Path, his understanding of the laws governing reality had deepened immensely.
He had developed many new insights regarding time.
Although he had not yet deciphered the release formula for the Second Forbidden Magic, he had begun to suspect that he might already be capable of reversing time to a limited extent.
At least within this World of My Own.
Here, he could accomplish things impossible in the real world.
So he had attempted an experiment.
But the result had failed.
With another casual motion, Kanzaki Rei gathered the scattered blood and flying chunks of flesh.
Like a rewinding stream, they flowed back together, reconstructing the monster's original body.
Its body had been restored.
But its life had already dissipated.
That could not be recovered.
Kanzaki Rei raised his right hand.
A half-draconic monster identical to the original appeared at his side.
Its undead spirit.
Then he raised his left hand.
A faint magic circle formed in his palm.
[Death Magic: Perfect Undead Summoning (Rank 7) (Lv. 601)]
Using the corpse as a template—
Hundreds of identical undead were summoned into existence alongside it.