In the quiet heart of the Forbidden Forest, where unicorns no longer grazed and centaurs refused to tread, Aarav began a ritual that no living soul had dared attempt:
To bind the Deathly Hallows with time itself.
The Elder Wand,
the Resurrection Stone,
the Cloak of Invisibility,
and the Five Time Shards.
Together, they could rewrite death.
Or unravel magic entirely.
Ritual Circle of Threes
Using a combination of Ancient Runes, Marvelian Circle Theory, and Old Norse Spellthreading, Aarav drew the Triune Sigil: three interlocked circles, one for each Hallow.
He placed:
The Elder Wand in the North.
The Resurrection Stone in the West.
The Cloak in the East.
At the center, he embedded the Time Shards—each pulsing a different color: red, blue, gold, white, and black.
System Alert:
Trinity Hallows Ritual Initiated
Final Phase of Class Ascension: Arcanarch
Warning: One Skill Must Be Sacrificed
Time Limit: 13 Minutes
Failure Consequence: Total Magic Collapse Within 2 km Radius
Aarav stared at the prompt. The System hovered three skill icons:
Chrono Blink (Teleportation)
Curse Reversal (Advanced Healing)
Rune Enchant (Item Empowerment)
The loss of any would be permanent.
He chose.
"Goodbye... Curse Reversal."
He would save lives another way now.
Lightning cracked through the Forbidden Forest as the artifacts lifted from the ground. The Cloak unraveled, spinning into threads of shadow. The Stone cracked, and echoes of the dead filled the air. The Wand shattered, separating core from shell.
The Time Shards formed a ring of clocks.
Each one ticking in reverse.
The ritual was working.
Aarav's mind was pulled into a rift.
He stood before the original Master of Death—not a wizard, but a cosmic being with star-filled eyes and skin like burning parchment.
"You have done what none before dared," it spoke.
"But power over death must serve life."
Aarav knelt. "Then make me its guardian. Not its lord."
The being smiled.
"Then rise, Timewrought Arcanarch."
System Evolution Complete
System Update:
CLASS ASCENSION COMPLETE
New Class: Timewrought Arcanarch
+ Temporal Manipulation Spells Unlocked
+ Hallows Synchronization Bonus
+ Immortality (Bound to Artifact Core)
+ Resurrection Limit: 1 per moon cycle
+ Multiworld Magic Affinity Unlocked
Skill Lost: Curse Reversal – Forgotten
Artifact Forged: Death's Crown
The Artifact: Death's Crown
The Hallows no longer existed as three. They had fused into a single item—a silver circlet, lined with runes of death, time, and invisibility.
Wearing it granted access to:
Total invisibility at will
Death sense: perceive any dying soul
Spell Echo: recast any spell used within the last minute
Temporal Rewind: reverse a 10-second window (once per battle)
Aarav placed it on his brow.
The forest fell silent.
Even the shadows bowed.
But Peace Never Lasts
Before he could leave the circle, his System glitched.
! SYSTEM INTRUSION DETECTED
! MULTIVERSAL TETHER BREACHED
! ENTITY DETECTED: "Omega Variant – Aarav Prime"
And in the reflection of a shattered shard, he saw...
Himself.
From another world.
Clad in black. Holding a twisted Death's Crown. Eyes hollow. Magic foul.
"You made a crown. I made a kingdom," the Omega Aarav whispered.
"Now let's see whose reality deserves to live."