Chimera's Path

Everyone's journey to the planet of the previous zone happened over a span of five days, a duration that reflected the enemies' strategic decisions. This tactical choice aimed to make the adversaries expend less energy through teleportation, which created a calculated advantage for Rain and his companions.

In the course of the journey, Rain engaged in discussions with the gathered group and the relics. Through these conversations, he discerned a fascinating aspect of the final zone, the altered flow of time. Rain concluded that the abundance of energy within this realm, sustained by formidable world-destroying entities, exerted a profound influence on temporal dynamics. Drawing parallels with the time-altering effects of massive energy outputs from phenomena like black holes, Rain assumed the intricacies of the unique temporal landscape they encountered… essentially, they were powerful enough to bend the flow of time.

"How is the new relic?" Rain asked.