Uncle Nox slumped to the ground in an unnatural way, completely limp as he

  just collapsed onto the ground. No, no, no, no, no, no. I needed to rewind

  time! There was a barrage of shimmers around replica Nil as multiple

   manifested in front of us which Krahinn used plates of
  Nebula> to block them. The entire area looked almost underwater, the air was

  shimmering so much. What was going on? Uncle Nox! He wasn’t moving as blood

  just seeped out of him. Uncle Nox wasn't moving at all; he just laid there on

  the ground motionless.

  I pleaded with him. There was a

  limited window to save him.

  I’m trying to. you is completely choking out all time

  . Krahinn shot back. That was possible? How?

  I snapped, wanting to save my uncle.

  Nil, I can’t forcefully turn back time when the clone you is oppressing

  all other forms of time . Brace for the worst. I understand this

  is difficult and upsetting but now is not the time to be feeling these

  emotions. Krahinn warned me. Why would I develop some kind of time

  lock ?

  I wondered, knowing we had moments left to turn

  back the clock.

  The fact he has pure with all his

  makes it hard when he’s actively stopping it. Krahinn retorted as the

  shimmering intensified.

  I asked

  desperately, knowing the chance to save Uncle Nox was almost over.

  I’m trying, wasting some of my because I was not

  expecting this follow up is making it quite difficult. Krahinn informed me

  quickly.

  I snapped as I saw Uncle Nox on the ground.

  She inlaid the work into the copies of Ryker because no way could she

  make this flat out because of how destructive and lethal it is. I’m not sure

  how she made something this monstrous without violating the . Krahinn

  explained in a heavy tone. The air was difficult to see through it was

  shimmering so much now.

  Before we could react, the world seemed to vanish as all around us was now

  gray. How did he pull us into a ? Wait, he only pulled copy

  Luna, Papa, Mama, Dad, Uncle Nez, Duke Dawnsfield, and me into the
  Space>. Uncle Nez looked like his soul was crushed as he kind of just

  collapsed to the ground shell shocked; there was no time to mourn as the

   had no intention of slowing down their attacks. The two of

  them continued their assault as me seemed to be moving even

  faster as he seemed to just be wherever he wanted to be in the space. Attacks

  were appearing out of nowhere as a deluge of and sword strikes

  rained from behind him as he was able to attack everyone all at once. How was

  he able to conjure so many attacks simultaneously?

  Krahinn

  informed me as he created an array of to deflect the attacks.

  I inquired, hoping to do

  something to change the tide.

  It wouldn’t help as much as you’d think, having access to your
  Eye> and are helpful. I’m also not sure I can

  without you dying, and if I have to pick on who to keep alive it is going to be

  you. Krahinn answered in a frustrated tone.

  I checked trying to bury

  the dark sensation boiling up.

  Partially. We need to focus on the problem in front of us not what

  decisions we made. Krahinn replied as another maelstrom of attacks launched

  towards us.

  My family resumed their defense and trying to counterattack the

  . I could feel Krahinn mentally refine our approach on

  dealing with the nightmare in front of us. Krahinn was heavily debating

  something with a bit of dread. What could we do to turn this around? To turn

  the tide in our favor? Krahinn seemed to have some idea that he was debating

  the efficacy of. I was willing to try about anything at this point; I didn’t

  want this to get any worse. What was giving Krahinn pause? What idea would Krahinn

  dread? He generally had no qualms with most of his ideas which made the one

  that gave him pause weigh on my mind a bit.

  Krahinn checked after a few

  moments of thinking. That was not a reassuring question.

  I answered as I wondered what prompted that

  question.

  I need a more concrete answer than that. I have a dangerous gamble that

  might work, but you need to not panic. Krahinn clarified for me. If Krahinn

  called it dangerous, that meant this idea was something truly risky.

  I assured him. What qualified as dangerous to

  Krahinn?

  Krahinn stressed as I saw

   me slashing down on my dad.

  Before I could ask follow up questions, suddenly was in

  front of the swinging sword. Krahinn used my to dilate our

  perception of time as I could see the full speed swing slashing down towards me

  with two soulless eyes boring into me. I clenched my teeth as the

  lightning-fast sword froze in the air less than a millimeter from my skull. The

   pivoted into a kick to my head and launching several spears

  of at the others, where I learned how rapidly Krahinn could

  move me around. With time dilating he managed to put me in the path of nearly

  all of them close enough to force the to stop the attacks.

  This was definitely an idea of all time.

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  “What are you doing Krahinn?!” Dad snapped at him.

  “Slowly down the assault; they are not allowed to hurt Nil.” Krahinn replied

  calmly, sounding a bit relieved.

  I checked as I was steeling

  myself for what was about to happen.

  I didn’t. It was a guess. That attack might’ve caved your skull in if not

  killed you. It was a last ditch attempt to see if it would remotely slow them

  down because it would maim me and probably kill you if they didn’t. Krahinn

  answered which was not comforting.

  I wondered as Krahinn moved me in the

  way of as many attacks as he could.

  Intentionally trying to put you in the path of an attack that would

  likely incapacitate me temporarily and has a good chance of killing you is a

  horrible idea but as we got forced into a it was time for

  desperate ideas. Krahinn informed me. This was such an awful idea.

  For the first time since the attacking began, Nil finally

  stopped attacking as it mulled over how to keep attacking. My family realized

  the clones finally gave a small pause which they released their own attacks to

  put pressure back on them. The downside of the strategy was made readily

  apparent when rushing towards the copy of me because it was difficult to put me

  between them when the gap between my family and the was less

  than an inch. Unfortunately, replica me was able to rapidly rotate and pivot in

  its defense which sounded like thunderclaps from how hard it was hitting my

  family. Copy Luna assisted in defending against the family counterattack while

   Nil adjusted to a more compact fighting style, not using the

  more arcing sword swings and keeping distance for to wielding the

  sword by the blade as the gauntlets of the armor stopped the blade from cutting

  him with compact swings. I almost questioned how that could possibly work until

  I heard the sound from it connecting with Mama.

  Her eyes went wide as she got launched by the force, struggling to stand

  back up as her breathing became shallow. Her chest plate was crushed in like

  the strike was done by a hammer with a center more caved in where the pommel

  was. How is he hitting so hard? By massively accelerating the swing and

  dilating the space the sword is in so when it connects it is moving at a

  massive rate of speed. Just how many subtle things was I missing? A lot.

  I winced a bit as Krahinn was correct because I was struggling to grasp

  just how much was occurring in front of me. This is over two

  decades of practice and dedication you are witnessing, but that is not

  important right now. Papa and Duke Dawnsfield kept fighting the

   of me while Dad took the chance to fight the copy of Luna.

  Krahinn put me between the two of them, using our to keep him

  from intervening. Unfortunately, Uncle Nez was completely still as he seemed to

  be reeling from Uncle Nox sacrificing himself to save him.

   Nil was getting visibly annoyed that he could not protect

  Luna while Mama finally recovered and joined the fray against copy Luna. Copy

  Nil began shimmering heavily making the begin distorting

  from his which made Krahinn enshroud him with

  plates to try and keep him contained. They all shattered as I felt my face

  explode. My ears were ringing while the world began spinning around me as

  Krahinn moved me out of the way of the follow up attack. I was seeing multiple

  copies of replica Nil again, but they were different this time because my head

  was ringing. I then noticed a new sensation: pain. I could feel pain slowly

  slipping back into the numbness I had felt with previously as my body was

  screaming at me. Did he hit me hard enough to make False Immortals Serum wear

  off? What was that? I didn’t even see when he attacked me. I realized Dad was

  bleeding profusely as well as Duke Dawnsfield from large slashes that appeared

  from nowhere; my vision was slowly coming back into focus from whatever hit me.

  Mama and Papa were battling the copies still while Krahinn moved me into the

  fray as the damage was piling up on both sides.

  Krahinn was activating my , finally succeeding in unraveling

  the to drop us all back in Tenebrae. The city was still bent

  in a massive sphere before I noticed I felt unparalleled wrath; I felt the

  world begin to shake as all the water in the city seemed to be gathering in a

  massive ocean in the sky. Actually, more water seemed to be pouring out of

  nowhere as I saw What was I seeing? In the city was a

  monstrous, scaled beast larger than the castle rushing to bite the

  Nil in half. There was a massive sea creature with numerous rows of serrated

  teeth with a copper-colored map, six silvery blue eyes, large tendrils on their

  chin, two massive dragon like arms that went into large claws, several serpent

  tails, two massive sets of fin like wings, and a row of dorsal spines that were

  webbed with something resembling fins. It was bleeding a bit, and I noticed the

  blood was green which contrasted greatly against the platinum scales. Wait. My

  mind instantly flashed back to the fact Nautilus had green blood.

  Krahinn informed

  me as her was shaking the city hard enough to make the

  buildings crumple.

  Her entire body was covered with projected armor, dragon arms, and her

  buffing hymns stacked so high the air vibrated hard enough for me to feel it in

  my bones. She unleashed on copy Nil, unleashing a maelstrom of dragon arms,

  water jets, ice spikes, and spectral chains trying to rip him apart. Papa, Duke

  Dawnsfield, and Krahinn began assisting Nautilus in her assault of

   Nil while Mama and Dad resumed with their efforts to get rid

  of the Luna replica. My copy tried getting near her which Nautilus retaliated

  with blocking his entire vision with her dragon-like claws to swat him back.

  The sound made my ears nearly feel like they were bleeding as several buildings

  shattered from the shockwave that erupted from her swing. Unlike before, I

  noticed he dilated the space to give him time to stop as he recovered and made

  an to catch himself. Nautilus rushed towards the

   instantly, stabbing at him with tails, swinging her fist, and

  projecting countless projections to give him nowhere to dodge. He appeared in

  front of her, swinging his sword with enough force to try and cleave Nautilus

  in half. Her caught the blade, but the force of the swing

  was strong enough to lift Nautilus up. Papa came from behind, for the first

  time actually connecting with the .

  I cheered mentally, seeing seep from where it

  was stabbed.

  Krahinn sighed as the

  replica turned around and swung like the sword in the shoulder was a scratch.