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Chapter 37 - Major Event: The Shift of the Second Hand

Era Name: Era of Echoes of the Past

Starting Moment

Without warning, the Second Hand of the Great Clock shifted back one beat. It didn't just stop—it pulled a piece of the past back into the present. The chime wasn't loud, but all of existence felt it like a memory suddenly becoming real.

The Great Clock wasn't broken.

But the world's memories now had the weight of reality.

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Immediate Cosmic Impact

1. Chronological Leakage

Events that happened but are now:

Emerging as Shadows of History, Repeating significant events (wars, treaties, betrayals), Interactable, but not always irreversible

Some cities suddenly had two versions of themselves: the current one and the one that "was."

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2. The Birth of New Beings

From the vibrations of the Second Hand, new races and entities are born:

Remnants – the souls of past figures who refuse to be forgotten

Echoborn – living beings born from historical events (e.g., a war that "birthed" an immortal warrior)

Spirit Archives – spirits without will, containing only pure facts

They are not fully subject to the laws of the present.

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3. The Reaction of the Zodiac Rulers

Scorpio (Mortyx): Gaining great power. Death is no longer final.

Virgo (Axiom): Anger. The cosmic order is tainted by redundancy.

Gemini (Lyr & Lyrra): Thriving—past & present are a perfect duality.

Capricorn (Chronarch): Declaring this an existential danger. Fate becomes blurred.

The Rulers disagree:

Should the Second Hand be returned… or harnessed?

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Changes in the World

Old Magic Resurrects: Extinct spells become usable again.

Ancient Races Emerge: Some of the races created by the early zodiacs that were once destroyed are walking the earth again.

History Is No Longer Safe: Digging into the past can create enemies.

Historians are now more feared than generals.

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New Laws Emerge

> Law of Reverberation:

The greater the influence of a past event, the more powerful its presence becomes when recalled.

Legends become weapons.

Myths become reality.

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State of the Great Clock

Second Hand: Unstable

Minute Hand: Struggling to maintain a unified reality

Hour Hand: Still… as if awaiting the worst outcome

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