Chapter 1169: Timemould Mirror Box (3)


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    Three hourster.


    One by one figures apanied by Strawlers popped into the vast, endless-seeming space while gaping and marvelling.


    Yuyui, Bassbion, Yagrina, Pherdanta, her brother, Baddan and Grim had been dragged away from their collections of paradise at Replicus''mand and now they found themselves faced with his massive form as he looked at a menagerie of suits of armour and odd tools.


    Upon sensing their rather silent arrival, Replicus turned and transformed back into his original size, his free hand scratching his face.


    He had sent the Strawlers that had been following him to bring his people here. To his delight, he had found that he could give the Strawlers his keys, delegating the duty which he hadn''t been so keen on doing himself.


    Perhaps the regr Strawlers were considered extensions of him, or perhaps, the Warmoth''s powers in general, progeny or otherwise.


    "Woow. Boss... what is this ce?" Grim said while tightening the strap around his robes, an excited look on his face.


    "It''s quite bright," Pherdanta said, squinting at the sources of light way overhead.


    "Brrrr. What''s this strange feeling I just got?" Yuyui said while shivering and going pale. Baddan''s thick fur quivered, exposing the fact that he felt the same sensation as her.


    "This is the Timemould Mirror Box. It''s a kind of like a simtion space with multiple uses," Replicus said, much to the surprise of his audience.


    "Simtion space?" Yagrina asked.


    "Yes. That''s the best way I can exin it," Replicus said with a nod and marched up to one of the thirty-six silver suits of armour he had manifested over thest few hours. "This ce allows us to surpass our limits by mirroring ourselves onto the objects that can be found here. Primarily, we can have these suits of armour to copy our appearances, abilities and even our minds. Perfect replicas."


    The group ooohed at Replicus'' exnation and the Warmoth''s Progeny, keen to exin his findings – as he had been actively abusing this ce - moved towards what looked like arge, wooden block with cube-shaped grooves in it which he had caused to manifest from the room.


    "We can even imbue certain bits of our abilities onto these objects and test out their theoretical limits. I have been trying to see how far I can push this trait with my own powers


    and so far... there doesn''t seem to be a limit," Replicus said.


    "No way..." Grim said and he rushed towards one of the suits of armour and looked at it intently.


    Recognising that the idiot expected the armour to immediately don his appearance, Replicus sent a stream of Ju`wtte into the armour and it leapt to life, attaining Grim''s rising white hair and vibrant red eyes. It even wore his robes.


    "Wow! It''s me!" Grim said with a wide grin.


    He immediately began poking and prodding the replica while muttering things like "It''s got the right skin texture" and "I can feel its well-defined muscles! Well, my well-defined muscles!"


    Replicus shook his head and sent Ju`wtte streaking into the other suits of armour which immediately began taking on the others'' appearances.


    Yagrina and Bassbion were startled by how they were, once again, not excluded from the experience. Their replicas were also Spirits, donning the same kinds of armour they did!


    "How is this even possible? I''ve never seen anything copy the likeness of a Spirit before. We only reside in the Yormuness and nowhere else," Bassbion said moreso to her replica, which gazed ahead without a particr expression than to anyone else.


    Baddan seemed to admire the look of his own replica which adopted the ceremonial attire he refused to substitute for better armour.


    Replicus was pleased by everyone''s reactions.


    "Funny enough, there''s technically no limit to the number of replicas that can be made even for one individual. I was quite startled when I realised that each of these replicas can actually grow the same way we can inbat - like they are linked to our future paths or something. Emotion, determination, resolve, if I will it, I can give it all to them and they could be ten thousand Pherdantas marching around."


    ...!!!


    As Replicus expected, this information floored everyone.


    No limit to the replicas created?


    The replicas could grow just like their original?


    But...


    "Boss... boss are you serious? You''re telling me I could fight ten thousand of myself if I wanted to here?" Grim asked with a bizarre look of fear, as though he had just imagined that particr scene.


    "Yes. And they all wouldn''t be stagnant. The more you ovee them, they''d grow and learn both from how you are developing and how they themselves recall past events and all."


    "But... that''s unnatural, I have to say," Yagrina, who was usually reserved with her reactions said. "That''s only something I''d expect from—"


    "A Deity? Yeah. I know. The one who made this ce stands in the same tier as Deities if not higher," Replicus said, and breathed out a sigh. "And that''s why this ce is also equipped with a twisted essence of time. In here, I can control time to a degree - make it so less time passes in here than on Aigas and vice versa."


    ...!!!


    Yuyui pped her hands onto her mouth and the two spirits shook. Baddan and Grim looked made Os with their mouths.


    "Time..." Pherdanta said in a quiet voice and she looked at Replicus as though she were seeing him for the first time.


    To think...


    To think her master had achieved such a level of power now that he could control time...


    "Of course, this kind of power only works in here," Replicus said before anyone started bombarding him with questions. "Everything I described is limited to the Timemould Mirror Box. Also, when ites to warping to time - if I want to make it so that one day outside is equal to a month here, for instance" - there were gasps of surprise - "there are repercussions. After warping time, everyone who has used this ce will have to remain here for a set amount of time in exchange. At first, I thought it was mere punishment or something to bnce out the absurd benefit, kind of like a Creed, but I realised its actually for our own benefit well, beings who aren''t quite as strong as the one who built this ce. Messing with time to absurd degrees can cause harm to the body and soul if we are immediately introduced to a different flow of time. The detainment afterwards helps our bodies slowly adjust." Indeed, this was what Replicus had discovered in his hours of looking into everything to do with the room.


    Thankfully, the Ju`wtte writing he had seen earlier could be manifested to exin a lot of things concerning the Timemould Mirror Box, and that was how he had gotten to know a lot


    about how ce.


    When it came to time, the upper limit - Replicus wasn''t sure if this was the limit of the Box or his limit – was making it so that a day in Aigas was equivalent to four years in the Box or vice versa. The lower limit was doubling the value of a day between the two ces.


    The repercussions of the former were monstrous and thetter did not have any at all.


    As for the other elements within the Box, they were just as Replicus had exined, though, how they were all possible were beyond him. He was still reeling from the fact that he could actually manifest a replica of himself with all his skills, memories and personality and could


    hit just as hard as he could.


    It was rather wild.


    But that wildness was exactly why Replicus was excited.