There would have been a time when the Third Prince might have been able to answer this question, but he had lost this ability in the creation of Rowan.
Although Fourth was the most powerful, the Third Prince had been the most envied of all his brothers because he had an ability that made it possible for him to reverse Time!
Among all the Reflections of their main body, he had been lucky to hold these impressive powers, and it brought envy and hate from his brother because using this ability, the Third Prince had been able to gain the greatest advantages among all his brothers, particularly irritating Fourth, who was the strongest.
The loss of this power was unexpected and in his desperation to regain it, attacked the First also known as Golgoth the God King, but the stubborn bastard ensured that he did not succeed, even if the price to pay for denying the Third Prince was to reduce himself to a zombie and poisoning his essence so that the Third Prince could never acquire it.
Generally, the four Aspects of their Main Body Reflection worked together, but they were not close, all of them wanted to be the one responsible for the resurrection of their Main Body, and they might work together for a common cause, but they were still fiercely antagonistic to each other.
"We have lived for too long!" The Third Prince lamented. In the beginning, it would be impossible for them to have such a large difference in opinion that they would plot against each other, but something changed after many Eras and countless tries and failures as they struggled for the impossible dream of resurrecting their main body.
Along the way, their vision had become warped and a sense of competition and individuality arose in their hearts, threatening the cooperation between them and finally shattering it.
What happened inside this universe was the result of trillions of years of strife slowly growing inside their hearts, and the result was spectacular. A Reflection of a Primordial who had lived for countless years fell to the whims of a mortal—his own son.
Rowan had learned that the Third Prince had betrayed Golgoth, but he did not know the reason for this unexpected event, he had inferred that it must be due to his birth or that the Third Prince might have gained a Soul.
He would have been speechless with amusement if he learned that all four Reflections had all gained a Soul, and therefore they were no longer pure. Although their primary purpose for existence remained ingrained in them, their individuality had been born.
The Reflection of a Primordial was supposed to be technically perfect, possessing great power and focus, but over the course of the endless tides of time, even perfection might grow flawed.
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With the events that had transpired on Trion, the fourth prince knew he was not strong enough to bring Rowan back into his control, with every moment that passed his errant son was growing so powerful that he was already beyond his management.
His injury had shattered his Will, leaving a setting behind that was not as powerful as a Will but stronger than Intent. If Rowan had already been able to break that shackle he had over him, then it meant that in an impossibly short time, Rowan was heading towards the creation of Will.
If he failed to stop him then in less than a thousand years, this child of his might be able to control the power of Will and disrupt the plans they had inside this universe.
The Third Prince finally relinquished his pride and anger towards his brother, he might hate Fourth, but he knew that what was even more important than his hatred was the resurrection of their Main Body.
The enemy of my enemy is a friend.
If Rowan kills him, he will not stop there until he hunts all the rest of his siblings. No matter how much he hated Fourth, they were so close to achieving their goals that he would not allow anything to spoil the plans ongoing for many Eras.
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