Floran and Cutecumber continued walking through the maze in silence. Cutecumber turned and looked behind herself and said, "I wonder why there hasn't been many enemies recently."
Floran didn't respond as she was still upset at Cutecumber for her betrayal. Despite this, she wondered the same thing.
They found themselves standing before two paths. Floran sighed before saying, "I don't know where Octopus Man turned."
"Yeah, neither do I." Cutecumber replied. Floran then pointed to the left path. Cutecumber tilted her head in confusion.
"What are you waiting for? Go that way." Floran commanded. "But... we need to stick together as a team." Cutecumber replied.
Floran turned to her with an angry expression. "Your adorableness won't persuade me. Now go!" she commanded once more.
Cutecumber sighed and began walking down the left path begrudgingly. As Cutecumber walked by herself, she held on to her cucumber sword tightly, in fear that another enemy would attack her.
As she continued to peek corners, she never once ran into an enemy, which confused her. She started mumbling to herself. "Why haven't I ran into any other contestants either. Just that one guy who got eaten. Just how big is this maze?"
Despite them taking different paths, neither of them could find the center room. Floran stepped on a hidden button, and she was instantly transported to another space. The space was dark, and she looked around in confusion.
A spotlight then shined on a figure in the center of the space. It was a girl in a green dress, with brown hair that was tied up with ribbons.
"You fell into the one of the traps of the maze I see." the girl said smiling. Floran began to speak. "Who are you?" The girl laughed before saying, "I am Seraphina. Also known as..." her left iris turned into what resembled a green clock. "The time god." she concluded.
Floran, as per usual, manifested an energy sword in her hand, preparing for the fight.
As Cutecumber went deeper into the maze, she saw a large door that said "Center Room" on it. She had a bright smile and opened to door to see a massive room with a circle in the middle.
Cutecumber hesitantly stepped into the circle and immediately ascended to the third floor of the tower.
Mr. Fluffypants was moping as he walked with The Number 7. "This is so boooooooring." he whined. The voice hosting the competition called out once more, saying, "Two contestants have just been killed by a death trap!"
Mr. Fluffypants turned to 7 and started crying. "Please promise me we'll make it out alive." he begged. The Number 7 continued hovering through the maze without uttering a sound. Mr. Fluffypants wiped away his tears and smiled before saying, "Thanks, you always make me feel better."
Meanwhile, during Floran's confrontation with Seraphina, she summoned hundreds of energy spears that she held in the air telekinetically. Without saying anything, she moved her hand, motioning for the spears to attack the time god.
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Seraphina just smirked, and her clock eye glowed. Time instantly stopped for the spears. She then looked at them and said, "Age negative one thousand years!"
Suddenly, the spears dissipated from existence. Floran stepped back in confusion. "I aged your little spikes back before they were even created." Seraphina said with an evil smile.
"I just made those 10 seconds ago. Isn't aging them 1000 years overkill?" Floran responded. "It doesn't really matter. I'll just age you back now." Seraphina replied.
Floran's eyes narrowed, ready to strike her with her blade, but they both turned when they heard the sound of a toilet flushing. A door that wasn't there before opened and Octopus Man walked out. "I shouldn't have eaten all those biscuits." he said with a stretch.
"Wait, I thought you went to the Center Room." Floran said in confusion. Octopus Man sighed and said, "I let Kookakoo go without me cause my stomach was really upset. Anyway, who's this?"
Seraphina smiled and said, "I'm Saraphina, also known as the..." Floran cut her off, "Yeah, she's a time god, nobody really cares."
Seraphine looked at Floran, gritting her teeth in frustration. "Fine, I'll just kill this guy first then!" she yelled, before saying, "Age negative one trillion years!"
Octopus Man turned into an old man with a cane. "Wait... I aged you back in time. What happened?" Seraphina asked in disbelief. While she was caught off guard Floran spread her wings and flew towards her, aiming at her neck. She was mere inches away from her neck, however, she was stopped in time before she could hit her.
Seraphina just flicked Floran's forehead, unpausing her time, and sending her flying backwards. "My Eye of Eternity is passive. It can see the entire timeline and pause any person or thing that will harm me before it happens, no matter how fast it is." she says cockily.
Octopus Man sneezed and was now reverted back to his normal appearance. "What if we step out of the timeline then?" he asked. He then opened the fabric of reality like a door and walked behind it and slapped Seraphina in the face. She just looked at him with a confused expression.
The clock in Seraphina's iris only portrayed the hour and minute hands of the clock. She then put her hand over her eye and when she removed it, the second hand was also visible. "Now I can passively sense all events, even those outside of time." She said confidently.
Octopus Man phased back into the timeline. "Oh, so I guess I'll try this then." he said before pulling out a tiny box from his pocket. He opened the box and Catalina appeared out of it. "Hey Catalina, can you turn into a gun that can kill time gods please."
Catalina nodded and began to transform but was immediately frozen in time. "Ha, you idiot. You really thought my Eye of Eternity wouldn't sense that?" Seraphina remarked.
Octopus Man thought back to when he fought Super Mayonnaise and how time stop didn't work on him. Octopus Man smiled and said, "What you don't know is that this story has consistency after all!" He began to move but was frozen in time anyway.
Seraphina just shook her head and punched a hole through Octopus Man's chest. His time unfroze and he instantly patched his chest up with biscuits, which healed him.
Despite Seraphina's confusion, she began to speak anyway. "You see, my Eye of Eternity can sense your attack, so it will time stop you the instant you break out of time stop. And when you break out of that time stop, you'll be instantly time stopped again, and so on forever."
"Oh yeah, but what about the bomb I just strapped to your chest?" Octopus Man asked. "Bomb?" Seraphina repeated, confused. She looked down to see a bomb on her chest and she screamed in fear. It exploded and she was sent flying backwards into the wall.
The world collapsed, and Octopus Man and Floran found themselves back into the maze. Floran, who was still hurt, stood back up and asked, "How did you do that?" Octopus Man smiled and replied, "Oh I planned this before she was born. Anyway, let me take you to the Center Room." He grabbed Floran's wrist and dragged her to the Center Room before she could question anything.
Mr. Fluffypants, who was still with The Number 7, looked around a bit. "Have you noticed there haven't been any enemies recently?" he asked.
Meanwhile, in a different part of the maze, tons of enemies were lying dead on the floor. The trail of bodies led up to the back of a female figure with short red hair, who was casually walking down the maze.