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A number. A counter.
The Divine Relic of the God of Time and Space—The Chrono Trigger—was a paradox. Its ability was, in principle, simple. Yet, in application, it was something far more harrowing than mere time manipulation.
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A field. A space carved out from the rest of reality, enclosed within an invisible boundary of the Relic's design. Within it, the user dictated a singular, absolute truth:
A point in time. A fixed marker, an anchor, no matter how many times the world crumbled, no matter how many times blood spilled across the ground, that one moment could be returned to.
Yet there was a cost. There was always a cost.
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The user must define the cause that would trigger the reversal.
And in this battle, that cause was simple.
Death.
Their Deaths.
Every single time they perished—ripped apart, crushed, annihilated—the counter ticked forward, marking each failed attempt.
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Dante stood almost leisurely.
