Timothy didn’t find any cities, and in a way this was a good thing, however, even though he didn't find any cities, towns, or villages, he still found a group of humanoids! The humanoids lived in dens, and thus, it meant that most technology eluded them.

  “I can't believe I found a bunch of cavemen,” He thought to himself, as he followed the group, up from the sky. “Ortana did say that she saw cavemen before, I just didn't think that they'd be in our damn backyard. This is insane!”

  Timothy curiously followed them, and scared them shitless at the same time, because these cavemen were terrified of Billy, the dragon. A flying dragon seemed like a terrifying monster to them, and that wasn't surprising, on the count that they were isolated by their surroundings here. He, and Billy scared them beyond measure, but he felt the need to observe them for a while, so he kept following them!

  Eventually, the cavemen started fighting back, so the two of them had to back away. They didn't want to get speared to death, so they flew a safe distance away from the cavemen, however, they kept following the cavemen regardless of the dangers tha they evaded a moment ago.

  “What are they doing out here in the flatlands…?” He asked himself, he was baffled. “As far as I saw, there are only rabbits around here, and little guys like those shouldn't be enough to feed these big, hairy bastards! It can't be enough.”

  Timothy couldn't find an answer to his own questions, so he just assumed that the cavemen were either lost, or they were out here exploring the flatlands. The latter made a bit more sense, because he figured that cavemen, who do not rely on advanced technology to survive or navigate, should have a good memory, and explorative tendencies that came hand-to-hand with their good memory. It was unlikely that they were lost.

  At the end, Timothy concluded. “They must be out here exploring, this is bad. I hate to interrupt human evolution itself, but I can't have fifteen curious cavemen poking around the beaches, they’ll find the dragons, and if they're hungry enough, they'll overcome their fears really quickly! I can't have those little dragons get speared, they wouldn't be able to handle it…”

  With the dangers considered, he knew that he had to do something about it. His options were numerous, but only one of those options allowed him to avoid an immediate massacre!

  He decided, “I gotta bring my slaves out here, today! They'll protect the dragons.”

  Timothy's slaves were in the needle universe of Purpureus Mundi Aqus, and he put them there, specifically because both of the species that were under his command, could breathe water. They were water breathers, and in bleak comparison, it had been much safer to put them there, rather than dragging them through Valporovus, where he could get attacked for having so many undead slaves following him.

  The slaves were all fresh and shiny like any other being, it was just that their vocabulary would give them away. Regardless of how smart his slaves were, if they said the word ‘Master’ several times, randomly, then people would be able to put two-and-two together, and attack Timothy, labeling him as a slave master of the undead! He didn't want to fight, and massacre random goblins just because of that.

  Furthermore, even though the Hunched Humans that he reanimated could breathe air too, the Aqus Goblin slaves weren't as lucky. They could only stay above water for a few hours, which wasn’t enough for them to walk across Valporovus safely, and he couldn’t change their bodily features without spending thousands of points either, because the process wouldn’t be as simple as giving the goblins lungs for them to breathe with, no. It was easier to just toss them all in the needle universe.

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  Anyway, since the den of the dragons was near the sea, it was about time to bring his slaves out of that universe. He landed near the beach, and then summoned a portal that led to the respective, needle universe.

  “Purpureus Mundi Aqus,” He whispered, and he said the name instinctively.

  A tiny, black portal then appeared within his palms, and he flicked his wrists afterwards, thus, tossing the portal to the ground. Once it hit the ground, the portal expanded, and became eight feet tall in size, its shade, as dark as the night!

  “God, it really titled to the right this time…” He sighed.

  The fifteen degree tilt of the portal, gestured that a lot of time has passed, in the needle universe, ever since he had his slaves enter the portal. It tilted any time Timothy, who was its master, entered, or allowed other creatures to enter, thus, the portal kept track of the different timelines of the two universes! It was really perplexing.

  By his calculations, tens of years have already passed in the needle universe of Purpureus Mundi Aqus, even though the slaves stepped in it just a few weeks ago! The different timelines were a harrowing topic, surely, and it included math that he was yet to understand properly, however, he at least knew how to deal with the different timelines.

  For example, his slaves were long gone by now, on account of the decades that had already passed in the needle universe, and simply, he couldn’t make use of dead slaves! In order to counter this negative effect, or, in order to bring his slaves back, he just had to tilt the portal to its original position, fifteen degrees to the left! He was the master of the needle universe, after all, and despite the fact that he could only enter one of its specific, prehistoric time periods right now, he still had full control of the time flow of this prehistoric period, as long as he, or someone else had crossed the portal upon his consent.

  In other words, he could reverse time, under the right circumstances! He tilted the portal back into place, and thus, he reversed time in the needle universe, by several decades backwards. Afterwards, he stepped into the portal, and found his slaves on the other side, fit as a fiddle!

  They were okay! He reversed their very death, their disintegration, and considering that the future hasn't happened to them yet, they weren't even aware that they had been dead, or, non-existent for decades! It didn't even matter how they died, it didn’t matter if they got eaten by a dinosaur decades ago, because as soon as he titled the portal, the flow of time was brought back to zero! Zero being the moment these slaves stepped into the needle universe of Purpureus Mundi Aqus.

  It was a harrowing topic, but since he was capable of restoring his two-hundred-and-twenty nine slaves with little effort, nothing else mattered. He didn't bother thinking of the logic behind his powers.

  Anyway, due to the fact that he could reverse time, he grew more and more hesitant about shoving the dragons in the needle universe, in the future. He understood that it didn't matter what they would suffer, and it didn’t matter if they would die, because he could always restore them, and erase their years of suffering, as the flow of time of the universe was somewhat under his control. He was well aware of that fact, but he was still hesitant.

  “I couldn't put my Billy through all of that,” He thought, and then figured. “They're not like my slaves, they're capable of surviving for decades! They could have kids, and grandkids there, but I'd be taking all of that away as soon as I tilt the portal. It's cruel.”

  Timothy decided that it was too brutal to keep the dragons there. They were fine out on the beach, and since Timothy brought over two-hundred power-wielding slaves out of the portal afterwards, for them to protect the dragons, he was certain that they were going to be fine!

  With little effort, he introduced his slaves to their new duties, fueled them with a bit of dark mana, and then tore the portal out of the air. This was a good set up he made here, he was happy with it, it was dependable, and it also protected the very backyard of his home reef!

  Regarding the reef, he ordered the slaves to stay away from it, and he told them to go and fish in the open waters whenever they were hungry. He didn't want his slaves pushing the reef for it to be more desolate than it already was! Balance was key.