"Thank you for saving me!"
Alaric thanked him seriously.
He didn't care about the fact that he had stepped outside the universe, he just felt incredibly lucky to have survived!
If this time his consciousness hadn't been noticed by Eternity, or if Eternity had seen him but decided not to help, he would surely be dead, completely dead.
That's why Alaric was genuinely grateful to Eternity for saving his life!
"You are very special. Your power has not yet reached multiverse level, but you already possess unique multiversal traits, and I look forward to your future growth."
Eternity had rarely seen someone like Alaric.
Even if he had seen countless geniuses, and even beings capable of creating multiverses, no one like Alaric had ever appeared.
Moreover, Alaric was a disciple of the Ancient One, so Eternity's intervention was entirely understandable.
"Thanks again!"
That unique multiversal trait made Alaric very pleased.
Maybe, if not for that unique quality, Eternity wouldn't have saved him, and probably even the Vishanti wouldn't have invested in him.
Alaric felt that deeply.
And Alaric was also filled with confidence in himself, he would definitely reach multiverse level!
"Return now. Perhaps we'll meet again later."
Eternity said this, and the image before Alaric's eyes changed, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already back in the temple.
Alaric didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to Eternity!
All one can say is: the big players are terrifying!
Alaric exhaled deeply and quickly returned the Time Stone to the Eye of Agamotto!
Then he tossed it in front of himself, and it vanished before his eyes.
Kamar-Taj. The Ancient One was drinking tea when a soft thud suddenly sounded on the table.
The Ancient One looked down and saw the Eye of Agamotto lying there calmly.
"?"
"Alaric, this little brat doesn't even come personally anymore?"
Not only that, the Ancient One didn't sense even the slightest magical fluctuation just now!
In other words, Alaric didn't use teleportation magic to return the Eye of Agamotto, but rather some kind of pure spatial transfer?
The Ancient One shook her head.
She understood less and less of Alaric's behavior.
"Such good seed... What a pity he won't become the Supreme Sorcerer."
...
Alaric felt as if he had gotten rid of something terrifying, threw himself onto the sofa, and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Truthfully, he had just begun to feel fear from understanding the Infinity Stones!
One Time Stone, and he almost didn't exist anymore; if he were to mess with the Soul Stone or the Mind Stone too, Alaric feared he'd go completely insane!!!
But at the same time, something felt strange to Alaric.
Obviously, when he touched the Space Stone yesterday, there was no danger!
He even comprehended the law of space, plus gained the infinite energy of the stone, so why didn't it work with the Time Stone!?
"Wait... Looks like yesterday I understood the law while absorbing the energy, not by directly holding the Space Stone in my hand…"
Alaric found the difference between the two attempts!
"So, if there's no direct contact, the danger is lower, even nonexistent!?"
Damn!
That's right, of course!!
He didn't expect such a small difference to make such a massive gap!
Outside the universe!
What a terrifying abyss!!
Alaric never in his life thought he'd end up there!
It was even more frightening than that universe he had seen last time in the Dark Dimension, when his consciousness was merging with the dark world!
Alaric decided that from now on, he must never again directly hold an Infinity Stone like he did today to try to comprehend its laws.
Instead, he would absorb the stone's power to sense its properties.
That way, even if he didn't gain a new law, he could continuously enhance his supreme power!
He loses nothing!
And his safety is much greater!!
When Alaric made that decision, he was finally able to relax and lie down a bit.
And then…
[You've obtained the Eternal trait through observation, experiencing the power of the Time Stone, and touching the river of time.]
[Eternal Trait: You have become an eternal being, one with the multiverse, one with time.]
[Through observation, you deeply understand the flow of time, grasp the nature of time, and have an epiphany of the law of time.]
[Law of Time: You can freely manipulate the timeline within the universe, as well as create and alter individual temporal branches; you can freely travel through time and observe any timeline of the multiverse.]
...
"Ah!"
Alaric suddenly sat up, closed his eyes, and began to sense.
"Eternal trait… immortality!?"
Alaric was utterly shocked.
Is this the effect of the Time Stone?
This is far stronger than the Space Stone!
Especially timeline manipulation… that's multiversal boss-level operation!
That's even a power held by Eternity himself, whom he had just seen!
Except, Eternity controls the timelines of the entire multiverse, while Alaric seems to be able to use this power only within the current universe.
In other words, although Alaric now possesses multiverse-level traits, his actual power is still at single-universe level.
But once his power increases, all of those abilities will likely rise proportionally as well.
Until then, Alaric, who already possesses multiple traits, might, in one leap, become a multiverse-level being, infinitely close to the five cosmic gods, above most of the big players!
Of course, for now, that's just his thought, who knows when it will happen.
...
"Alaric~"
Amora, who had just woken up, came outside.
When she saw Alaric, she naturally leaned on him and sat in his lap.
"Whew, that was close, I almost lost you just now."
Alaric buried his head in Amora's embrace and murmured fearfully.
"Huh? Did something happen just now?"
Amora hugged him tighter and asked as she comforted him.
"Mmm… I had a nightmare, but luckily I woke up."
"That's good then."
"But why don't you put on more clothes when you come out?"
"What's the problem? There's no one else here anyway~"
Amora's voice became softer, lazier, full of seduction, with a slight huskiness, which made Alaric instinctively move his hand.
"What are you doing!?"
...
In the completely white world, Eternity looked at the place where Alaric had vanished, silently watching for a long time.
"Why is it that his power hasn't reached the level, but he already has traits like ours?"
"Is it because of time travel and contamination by time?"
"But why exactly like that?"
Eternity murmured about Alaric's newly arisen changes, unable to understand them.
Because he had discovered that, after pulling Alaric out of the nothingness beyond the universe, Alaric had actually obtained the Eternal trait.
That meant that Alaric was now, like them, eternal and immortal.
Not even the destruction of the universe would affect him.
That is what it means to be eternal.
He had originally thought Alaric's uniqueness was only in "Uniqueness," but didn't expect that now "Eternity" had also appeared.
Moreover, this change had occurred right before his very eyes.
But even he couldn't explain it.