Judge of Time: Your existence is a fracture I will rewind you to the moment before you ever were.
Kael: (smirking) Good luck with that We already saw what Ryo did to the writer You think your tricks will work on us?
Yuna: Kael stop provoking him! You don't understand… his power isn't just control over time He is time Every second every century every cycle bends around him He doesn't command it he embodies it.
Kael: And what? We're supposed to just kneel? I'd rather be erased than bow to something like him.
Ryo: calmly Neither of you will kneel Time or not he will bend to me.
Judge of Time: Insolent mortal Witness eternity unravel.
The Judge raises his hand The hall quakes as rivers of light spiral backward Kael clutches his chest as scars fade from his skin his sword dissolves into molten ore Yuna screams as her memories scatter entire moments of her childhood erasing from her mind like torn pages in a book.
Yuna: No… I can't remember… my brother's face it's gone! Ryo help me!
Kael: Damn it! He's pulling us apart piece by piece!
Ryo: steps forward Enough.
Ryo: stretches out his arm Instantly the rewind halts midair The particles of time freeze trembling, unable to move The Judge's eyes widen for the first time.
Judge of Time: Impossible You are outside my cycle Even the gods obey me No being has ever resisted the flow How can you stand against what defines existence?
Ryo: Because I am not inside your cycle I stand above it.
Kael: laughing Hah! Damn right he does. Looks like your big scary trick isn't so scary after all.
Judge of Time: Then I shall collapse all time.
The Judge spreads his arms wide His body fractures becoming countless gears clocks and galaxies spinning in reverse Stars implode then collapse into dust Every age begins folding into itself past consuming present present consuming future The Infinite Court shakes walls bending into kaleidoscopic loops of history replaying and dying in endless rhythm.
Yuna: He's trying to destroy everything! Past present future it's all unraveling!
Kael: Tch Figures These guys don't fight small.
Ryo: For every law you create I create one stronger.
Ryo snaps his fingers The collapsing timelines freeze mid destruction Millions of collapsing stars hang motionless like shattered glass in the sky Then with another wave of his hand the entire flow of time shatters not into nothing but into a new current flowing in patterns even the Judge cannot comprehend.
Judge of Time: What… what is this?
Ryo: My decree A law higher than yours A time you cannot undo because I will it so.
The Judge stumbles fragments of his eternal body crumbling his gears rusting galaxies breaking into dust that vanishes.
Kael: He's breaking!
Yuna: Ryo… you're rewriting time itself That's not control That's… dominion.
Judge of Time: No… this cannot be… I am time… I have ruled all cycles since the beginning… I
Ryo: And now you end.
Ryo clenches his fist The Judge of Time explodes into fragments of pure light The gears the galaxies the endless ticking clocks all vanish without echo No trace remains The first Judge has fallen.
For a moment silence fills the Court The air feels thinner as if reality itself has exhaled after holding its breath too long.
Kael: Hah! One down One of the so called untouchables… gone like dust Tell me Ryo how many more of these freaks are left?
Yuna: Too many The Court has existed since before recorded fate Time was only one of them Silence Flame Shadow… and others without name If they stand together they could still overwhelm us.
Kael: (grins) Overwhelm us? After what we just saw I doubt they even stand a chance.
Ryo: Do not underestimate them Power is only as strong as the will behind it They will come harder now knowing I erased one of their kind.
Yuna: Then… what do we do?
Ryo: Simple We keep walking forward One Judge at a time.
Kael: (laughing) Hah! That's my kind of plan.
The shadows of the remaining Judges rise at the far end of the hall Their forms tower stretching beyond sight their voices blending into a single chorus that shakes the throne room.
Judges: You defy us You kill us Then you shall face judgment beyond judgment.
Ryo: Step forward If you believe you can erase me… try.
The Infinite Court trembles as the next Judge prepares to descend The war has only begun.