Dark Matter (3)

[ Real-Time, 11:30 p.m. ]

"( Guess I was wrong that it will be a short kind of fight .... )" Rangga says as he battles the Boss for hours long as he responds to its attacks.

"( If the System can at least get some info on this monster, I wouldn't have much trouble just to find some openings ... )" Rangga tells himself as he tries to see an opening while waiting for the Twelve Eyes' reaction.

" < Twelve Eyes of Time > "

" < Time Seeker > "

< Skill: Time Seeker >

< " This skill let's the Twelve Eyes to seek which time for the user to find an opening in every situation. " >

As Rangga seeks the perfect time, he then decides to fall back as he tells the girls to get inside him (the System Space) they then discard themselves from this very Dungeon.

" Young master ... no .... you need ... "

" Your help? ... no thanks .... " Rangga says to Illustria as he knew for sure that the Boss' black liquid is able to swallow everything entirely much like his <Water Swallow> but more deadly.

" You girls better stay there since it would be dangerous if this Boss somehow swallowed you in the middle of the battle. " Rangga says to the girls as Illustria then says sorry to him for disturbing his own private time with such a mess which Rangga then forgives her as he now focuses himself on the problem, not on Illustria's mistake.

" It's alright, Illustria ... "

" As long as you do it for my good sake, then I am very pleased .... " Rangga says as he then tells her that it is not her fault to retreat before a powerful enemy for that is the most logical action to do.

Besides, as Rangga tries to flee, he then uses his new partial transformation the <Fur Feather Wings> to fly above the sky since he deems that fighting on the ground may risk him being grasped by the black liquid that the mysterious Boss releases from its body.

" S**t, I need to devise a new strategy to finish him off since the Holy Water effect won't last for long in the water I created in the ground. " Rangga says as he sees that the Holy Water effect is decreasing each time while the Black Liquid begins to spread further.

" But still, I think this Boss had a Deviant nature but .... " Rangga says as he sees that the Boss' physique is nothing of what he knows from the Deviants in every timeline as this one lacks a horn.

" Every Deviant that exists will always have a horn to show how powerful they are ... "

" After all their horns are actually a symbol that indicates how powerful their current rank of power is while it also can be used for the purpose to taunt every other being like us humans ... "

" This feature can also be seen in their Demonic Monsters that come out from the Gates, although I must say it only applies to some of them that had unique capabilities ... or .... "

" Those Demonic Monsters had close ties to the Deviant." Rangga reminds himself.

As he wonders, suddenly, a voice tells him that it is not a Deviant but a being that survives the reboot just like him which makes Rangga startled.

"( This voice ... )" Rangga says as he swears had heard this voice before as he recognized it from one of his past and future selves from the previous timelines who turns out to be.

"( Rangga 101 )" Rangga says as the soul of his previous self appears before him.

" Hey there my current self, how's ya fight !!!!!!? " Rangga 101 says as he touches his detective hat while introducing himself.

" 101 !!!!! " Rangga calls him by his number as it means that this Rangga comes from the 101st Timeline.

As 101 shows himself upon him, Rangga then checks the System's Interface as it shows that the Data Slot 1's reorganization progress is already at 60.01% which startled him as he wonders how it loads so quickly.

"( NO way .... how can it ... )"

" It's because of ya .... my current self .... " 101 tells him which startles Rangga as he asks what he means 101 then tells him that based on his analytics and calculations, the System somehow gets a great connection to some type of electromagnetic wave that comes from this Dungeon.

" Electromagnetic Wave ....? Connection ....? " Rangga asks 101 as he wonders if this 'Electromagnetic Wave' and 'Connection' that he talks about is the reason why the Data Slot 1's loading progress increased so fast.

" In this Dungeon ...? " Rangga wonders as he never thought that things like that will exist in the Dungeon in the first place.

" Ya could say that ... "

" After all, if ya and the other people in this Timeline didn't know .... "

" The Gates that brings us to every Dungeon is actually made from every universal energy that include the Electromagnetic wave .... "

" And for ya information, the energies that the Gates are produced with are actually spreading to the place it opens itself. "

" Giving every place that it opens to a great source of materials or some sort ... "

" Including a strong connection to some device that had the proper qualification such as ... "

" The Leveling System ... " Rangga then replies to him as he understands for a bit, even he also knew that what 101 had told him is just a piece of basic knowledge about this difficult subject.

" Indeed .... "

" Does that explain things to ya why I can talk with you right now despite the Data Slot 1's loading progress ...? " 101 asked which Rangga then tells that he does as he then changes the topic, telling 101 if he know about the Boss that he fights right now as Rangga points his blade to it.

" Hmmmm ..... " 101 thinks for a bit as he analyzes the anomalous being.

" It appears that the being you fight here is some type of a primordial shadow being .... " 101 tells him as he claims that based on Rangga 12's knowledge back from his first Time Travel to the Primordial Age (Chapter 1: Prologue), he tells him that the universe had is actually once inhabited by a being made from the blackest space as 101 also tells Rangga his theory about this very being.

" Based on old Twelve's information, this being might be a survivor from the age before the age Diviners and Deviants (A.K.A. the 1st and the 2nd Holy War). "

" After all, since its power is mostly unidentified and this being could possess some unique ability that may not be existed in our current age. " 101 explains as he then advises Rangga to get closer much to Rangga's dismay but 101 forced him as he tells Rangga that he needs to know more about this specimen.

" No no no no no ... it's too risky you idiot !!! " Rangga tells 101.

" But surely the risk will be worth it ..... " 101 tells Rangga back as he shows his Twelve Eyes glowing which Triggers Rangga's Twelve Eyes as he also sees the thing that 101 sees.

" See .....? " 101 says which Rangga then have to agree as the Twelve Eyes shows him the result which to his dismay for how it will be done.

" Fine then ... " Rangga inhales many breaths of air.

" If the renowned <Twelve Eyes of Time> shows so then ..... "

" Who am I to doubt it? " Rangga says as he knows that the Twelve Eyes will show him the most beneficial and prosperous results of his future actions which is why he is able to even survive in the Pit and survive against many odds like monsters, Deviants, and its familiars or even an ancient Titan (ChronoAxis).

As Rangga prepares himself, he then charges into the Boss as he dives into it as hand then touches its body made of black liquid as it swallows him entirely.