'5,000 years…?'
Nux's eyes widened in surprise.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait,
Are you telling me that I spent five thousand years inside the Temple?"
"Exactly! What were you doing!? You told us people usually return in a few decades, how did it take you so long!?"
"I…"
Nux frowned.
According to the reports, a thousand years inside was a decade outside. Yes, while it did differ with each Trial, the average was about the same.
This was also the reason Nux thought he only spent about a few centuries inside the Temple…
But…
Five thousand years…?
This is the longest he had been away from all his wives, they…
They must be losing their minds…
As Nux realized that, he once again looked at his wives and finally saw it—those desperate, trembling bodies, those messy emotions, those beating hearts—he sensed it all.
"W-We couldn't sense your existence, even Shadow couldn't. The Universe was acting independently. Shadow's control over it became absolute, almost as if she had inherited it.
