PHASE 33 - HEAVENLY BLADE OF ETERNITY

“Hey, mister future Alaric Eisenhower… Do you know the true name of the ?”

I made a smirk towards my enemy, who is quite astounded by my babbling nonsense. He was stunned for a second, and he lowered his blade to accept this temporary ceasefire I have created. I’m trying to have my Talk-no-Jutsu powers here, to see if it will work.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Aeternos asked.

“The Heavenly Blade of Time has a true name of . But the Heavenly Blade, which is now the Frozen Soul, was only called . Don’t you wonder why there’s no proper name for it?”

“I don’t know where you’re getting at, but you cannot delay your destiny.” Aeternos laughed. “Be a good boy and return to the time of the Phoenix Incident and continue where you left off you dumb turd.”

Aeternos stepped forward, his mechanical boots clanking and unleashing an electrifying noise. He swung his blade to the left and buffed it with five God Fragments all at once. Lightning, fire, and blue waves started to swirl on his katana.

“”

I did not flinch or falter. I did not shout , so I’m pretty much vulnerable in my base form. All I did is to stare at my cursed future self with the willpower to never give up. I put my right hand on my chest and felt the beating of my own heartbeats.

“” Aeternos muttered. At that very point in time, he raised his blade and a pillar of light was created. One single swing of it would eradicate my existence, but I know he will not kill me. He will just make me unconscious and push me to a Time Gate after this battle is over.

“The true name of the is something you wouldn’t know, Alaric Eisenhower,” I muttered.

“It does not matter! You are going back to that time right here and right now!” Aeternos pivoted his foot and then surged forward with lightning streaks around his armor. Buffing himself with the power of the God of Speed Mercury, he became a formless light ray that blasted right in front of my face.

However…

I could not afford to lose here.

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Back when I was inside the nuclear explosion that Key created using her Guardian Ability , I had a few moments to talk with her. The space-time continuum ripped due to the explosion, so we became trapped in a dark cosmic nothingness as I got myself transported back to the present time.

“Key… Why are you helping me?” I muttered. “The future me, the future Alaric Eisenhower, Aeternos… is also me. We are one and the same. If I defeat my future self, there will be nothing left for me. You should know it better than anyone since you’re a genius, but...”

“That is true,” Key said. “Alaric Eisenhower’s future will diminish if you beat Aeternos. Alaric’s fate is to become Aeternos. That logic is as straight and simple as one plus one equals two. A cause and effect that is truly inevitable.”

“Then why-”

“It’s the ’s will.” Key smiled. “The Heavenly Blade of Eternity has a will on its own. Since the is the Frozen Soul in your time, it is now filled with the endless love of you and Tiara altogether. It has seen all your memories, your regrets, your wishes, and your willpower. I am pretty sure that the Heavenly Blade will not let you have a bad ending to your love story.”

Yes.

That is right.

The Heavenly Blade has feelings on its own. It is filled by the warm pure love that Tiara has accumulated for all the seven million timelines she suffered. Her wish for me to have a good future must have been inherited by the .

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“The ’s true name is…” I mumbled to myself as I bowed down.

“Go back to your proper time! !!!” Aeternos finally slammed down his sword, and the pillar of rainbow lights followed. Everything happened in a picosecond, and not any existing being can react on time for that attack.

But I did not mind. I just focused on remembering the name of the . The true name is something not even Alaric Eisenhower or Tiara Hikari knows. We are not supposed to know the name of it forever, but a miracle made it possible for me to remember it.

The true name of the Heavenly Blade of Eternity…

“!!!”

As I shouted the name out loud, there was an intense shockwave that nullified the quintuple power of God Fragments in Aeternos’ attack. The Realm of the Frozen Soul shook as if it is suffering from a magnitude nine quake. The omnipotent breeze that came from my right hand immediately shaped a crystal platinum sword that reflects rainbow lights in it.

“Grah!”

Aeternos was pushed back, but he landed on his feet. When he looked at me, he was surprised as heck to see the in my hand. He cannot believe it!

“Impossible!” Aeternos cried. He looked at the Frozen Soul that contains the and then looked back at the I’m carrying. There is no doubt that there are two existing at this very moment, but such a thing is impossible. “There is no way two Heavenly Blades of the same kind are able to exist!”

“That is where you’re wrong, future Alaric Eisenhower!” I smiled at my enemy and then I looked at my . “This is ’s will. The Heavenly Blade of Eternity has seen my hardships for millions of times. It will not let me fall into the darkness! I will never be you!”

is the true name of the Heavenly Blade of Eternity. When I went back in time, I met with the young Tiara Hikari in the Kozukata Shrine. I hugged her during that time, and I felt the very same vibration of prana in her heart. I knew that the young Tiara of that time did not know what was going on, but the Heavenly Blade knows about my troubles.

During that nostalgic hug with the young Tiara, the installed its powers to my heart. It knows that I will need it to fight my future evil self, so it let me borrow its powers for this final confrontation against my own demon inside.

I took a step forward and charged all my physical and magical energy towards the Heavenly Blade of Eternity. The sword immediately caught up a pillar of rainbow lights that consists of all seven million timelines worth of lovely memories between Tiara and me. Such memories are enough to power the sword to kill an omnipotent.

“Come forth! !!!”

As I slash down the sword, the pillar of rainbow lights blasted towards Aeternos. The colorful divine lights’ power immediately melted the Aether Armor in just a matter of a millisecond. Since the Aether Armor is made from the fragments of the Frozen Soul, only the and Tiara Hikari are able to destroy that armor. It was shown back in Book One when Tiara shattered Aeternos’ armor with the attack.

“Graaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!”

As Aeternos cried out loud, there was a blinding flash of light.