But the shadow laughed.
*”I do not belong to this timeline. You cannot stop me.”*
At that moment, the guardian realized that the final battle had begun.
He closed his eyes and opened the golden watch.
A magnificent dragon made of pure light erupted from within, spiraling into the heavens with a thunderous roar that shook the earth. It clashed with the shadow in a battle beyond the boundaries of time—a war that lasted seven days and seven nights in a realm where neither past nor future existed.
When the battle finally ended, the old man vanished.
The golden watch disappeared.
The black ring was gone.
No one ever saw them again.
Yet legends say that the Last Guardian of Time still lives. Whenever the world stands on the edge of disaster, he silently returns, watching over the flow of time… waiting for the moment when he must protect humanity once more