Nameless Death narrowed his eyes.
"A test. What kind?"
"Fifteen thousand years from now, when the barrier I've created lifts, you'll need to defeat Barbatos. If you manage that, I'll give you the information you need."
He stared at her, silent for a moment.
'Barbatos… I think I could defeat him even now, if I pushed myself. But that far in the future…'
He looked at the back of his palm, where a number had been tattooed: [15,000].
"This number," he said, "means that at the end of fifteen thousand years, Berserker will have absorbed all the chaos elementals from the Voraka Site. That'll give him the strength he needs for the final fight."
"Correct," the Supreme of Water replied with a small nod.
"But once the chaos elementals disappear, the Eternals will be able to detect the Ashes hidden there. They'll come."
"Yes, but not instantly."
He frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"The Eternals aren't omnipotent, not their ability to detect something at least.
