Hivemind
“Move according to the plan.”
“Do not give him a single moment, and defeat him.”
Nyxtharion #2, #44, and #28 came together.
They were at a location far from Neo.
They combined their powers and began to activate Infinite Void Prison.
Nyxtharion #34, #45, #56, #4, and #69 moved toward Neo swiftly.
Their plan was simple. They would ambush Neo.
He would be disoriented, not understanding why the dragons made a different move from the previous loops.
While he was confused, they would throw him into Infinite Void Prison, which was activated at the designated location.
It was a perfect plan to deal with an anomaly like Neo.
All Nyxtharion suddenly attacked Neo’s mind with countless mental attacks.
While he was disoriented, they arrived near him and combined their abilities to use a Supreme Mastery Space Lock.
All space in the visible area around Neo was locked.
Without giving him a chance to understand what was happening, they threw him toward the Infinite Void Prison—
Neo suddenly disappeared and came out through the shadow at Nyxtharion #34’s feet.
They were alarmed. The Space Lock Spell ‘locked’ space. It rendered abilities like teleportation, warp, and Space Jump useless.
They could not understand how Neo moved through space when all Space Elementals were locked.
Before the dragons could fight, Neo suddenly called out to them.
“Wait! Are you guys the pieces of the First Great Disaster, Elder Dragon Nyxtharion the Evernight?”
The dragons did not attack instantly.
Knowing Neo had a way to slip out of Space Lock, it was near impossible to throw him into the Infinite Void Prison.
This attempt was a failure. They should’ve regressed and ambushed Neo again.
However, they did not do so.
They waited for Neo to speak.
He had no bloodlust, and through the hivemind, they could sense Neo was not thinking of them as enemies.
The dragons were surprised by such a change, and wanted to know its cause.
The extra information would help them Neo take down in the next loop.
“So what if we are pieces of the original elder dragon?” Nyxtharion #4 questioned. “What does it have to do with you?”
“I was just confirming your identity,” Neo said. “I’m Neo Hargraves. I was sent here by Kane Williams, the Third Great Disaster, to warn you.”
“What?”
“Someone extremely powerful has arrived on the island. He is trying to enter the Abyss and destroy the world core pieces that serve as the Pillars of the Nightmare Worlds.
“That enemy’s name is Jack Hanma. He is a Necromancer.
“Kane Williams is fighting him and doing his best to stop him from entering this Abyss of Nightmares.
“But Kane Williams would not last long. That is why he sent me here,” Neo said.
“Huh…?” Nyxtharion #4 replied, flagbustered.
He looked at the other wall guardians, too confused to understand what was happening.
This man had been attacking them like a vengeful ghost until the last timeline, and now he was saying he was their ally.
“Question him,” Nyxtharion #2 suddenly said through the hivemind. “Check if he is lying or not.”
“Isn’t it obvious he is lying?” Nyxtharion #4 replied through the telepathic communication of the hivemind.
“I think so too, but he has zero bloodlust against us. That’s only possible if he does not think of us as an enemy,” Nyxtharion #2 replied.
“We literally saw him bashing the smaller I in the last timelines,” Nyxtharion #4 commented.
“Just do as I said!” Nyxtharion #2 snapped.
The dragon was irritated.
Since the dragons did not have a direct communication line with Tartarus, they could not ask him if Neo was telling the truth.
If they could talk with Tartarus, they would have not taken so much time to find out Neo was creating Time loop. After all, Tartarus could remember all pre-altered timelines.
“Vermin! You attacked the smaller I and erased them from the timeline! How dare you say you are an ally!?” the Nyxtharion #4 roared.
The roar shattered Neo’s eardrum and made him bleed.
He stumbled.
Only now did the dragons realize that he was extremely fragile if he was not protecting himself.
His body was covered in cracks, and he seemed to be under constant mental pain.
“I did that?” Neo questioned. “That…”
He seemed confused himself.
“Did we return to first pre-altered timeline?” Nyxtharion #2 said in the hivemind.
Each time a regressor changed the past, a new timline would override the previous timeline as the two timeline were merged.
Normally, everyone would regress to the previous pre-altered timeline.
But when two or more Time Users fought, and both regressed, timeline would become erratic.
When that happens, it was possible to return to not just the latest pre-altered timeline, but the one before that, or the one even before that.
To give an example, Neo regressed 7 times.
He had memories of all seven times.
During his seventh time, if his opponent, a Time User, regressed, he would enter Neo’s seventh regression – the one before the latest regression.
In this case, Neo would remember regressing only six times.
He would think this was the seventh time – while in truth it was the eight time – and his opponent woud have the memories of the timeline he regressed from.
This was the ideal outcome.
But it rarely happened.
In most cases, timeline would get twisted.
It might be possible that the opponent arrives in the timeline where Neo is on his 3rd regression, or even 1st regression.
This phenomenon was mostly random, which was why two Time Users would not regress too many times, knowing the dangers.
However, Neo had forced the hand of the dragons.
“This is an opportunity for us. If he really does not remember anything, he can take him down easily in case he proves to be a danger,” Nyxtharion #2 said through the telepathic communication. “Interrogate him properly.”
Nyxtharion #4 looked down on Neo.
“Indeed! You have attacked the smaller I! You are not an ally!” Nyxtharion #4 roared, trying to intimidate Neo.
“I think that’s… because of madness,” Neo said, not too confident in his own words.