Cold Wind
Amid the howling cold wind, I stand facing the shadow. It approaches in eerie shapes, as if an ink painting had come to life. Its movements are swift and unpredictable. A single moment's lapse could mean a fatal wound. Yet, there is no turning back. The Guildmaster is reaching for the activation switch of the time transfer device. Tension and anxiety are visible on his face.
I take a deep breath and open the Book of Infinity. Its pages are densely inscribed with complex equations and geometric patterns. They are also musical scores representing the laws of the universe. I draw forth the harp of the Atlantis civilization. The harp fits warmly into my hands, as if it were a living thing.
As my fingers touched the harp's strings, cosmic energy surged into me. It was an overwhelming power unlike anything I had ever felt before. I began to play the score written in the Infinite Book with all my heart. Each note resonated with the cosmic energy, generating rings of light around me.
The shadows reacted to my music. They began to writhe eerily, as if expressing disgust. Yet my music possessed the power to completely overwhelm the shadows. Music is the very law of the universe. The shadows were beings that defied that law, and through my music, they gradually weakened.
“...What...?” The Guildmaster gasped in astonishment. His eyes held a mixture of astonishment and awe. The remaining subordinates were also listening intently to my music. The shadows of fear had vanished from their faces, replaced by a glimmer of hope.
The shadows gradually lost their form under my music. And finally, they vanished. Silence descended. A silence so profound it felt as if time itself had stopped.
The Guild Master quietly pressed a switch. The time transfer device emitted a faint hum and began to move slowly. The light emanating from it grew steadily brighter, warping the space around it.
I set down my harp and approached the Guild Master. “...It will succeed,” I said quietly. Relief washed over his face.
But in that instant, a new anomaly occurs. The light emitted from the time transfer device creates a massive rift in the sky. Through the rift, an unimaginably bizarre sight peeks through. It might be an entrance to another spacetime, or perhaps another universe.
I still don't know what will happen next. But I feel that I bear the fate of this world, and indeed, the universe itself.
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