One member of Two's group has a very important task... to ensure that the yellow Crystal is obtained... his name is Three.

  "Three, I would like to ask you what you think of my wonderful and bloodthirsty plan!"

  "I'd say One chose the right successor, I'm very proud of what you came up with. The attempt to obtain the red Crystal is a little risky, but otherwise everything else sounds perfect. Nine against brown, Eight against white, Nineteen against blue. One thing worries me a little though... and that's the trio you've put together against the yellow Crystal."

  "Oh yes... the YELLOW CRYSTAL... that's my favorite. If Four manages to get hold of it, we automatically win... and you'll make sure of that. Three, you don't know how much I trust you. You're one of the few who can stand up to the yellow Crystal... and that's why I put you in the trio that will try to get it. Heh, that sounds pretty funny, doesn't it? Three in a trio, hahah... anyway, remember, we really have to get the yellow Crystal."

  "Yes Two, I understand that, but I don't understand why you're sending the two most powerful members of our group, except for you, against the Crystal, which can defeat an attacker in the blink of an eye!"

  Three's memories are interrupted when he sees a purple portal open in front of him. This means that Two has sent the signal... the Colorful tragedy plan has officially begun and Three along with Four and Twenty one have a clear goal... to obtain the yellow Crystal.

  Each Crystal ruler was attacked by the number that had the best chance of succeeding in obtaining a particular Crystal. That is why for example Nineteen faced Aqua as Nineteen is half human and half monster, resembling a shark.

  Aqua got Seven into the water, created a whirlpool around him and bounced off the wave towards Seven, ready to pierce him with his trident... but halfway there, Nineteen jumped out of the water and bit Aqua's hand... which he bit off. Aqua was holding the trident in that hand... Aqua was left defenseless.

  Instead of the purple portal bringing all three attackers to Aqua, it brought only two and the third was teleported to the place where he was waiting for Aqua. This plan was devised by Two, and it was a big gamble... but Two hit the jackpot!

  Seven freed himself from the whirlpool and was ready to kill Aqua when Nineteen pointed out what was happening on land.

  Two explained to everyone that if the yellow Crystal was obtained, it was important for everyone to abandon their tasks and rush to help the one who had obtained it.

  Nineteen jumped into the purple portal to return the trident to the base. Seven began swimming toward Aqua. Aqua thought this was the end, but Seven swam around Aqua and continued swimming... swimming toward the shore. Seven swam to help the one who defeated Gold IX... the ruler of the yellow Crystal.

  According to Two's plan, the moment the purple portals opened, three attackers began approaching Gold. One of them was Three.

  Three aimed his hand at Gold and began to telekinetically tear his head from his body... after about twenty seconds, Three killed Gold... or did he?

  Yellow energy began to "dance" around Gold and he came back to life. Gold spat a lot of blood from his mouth - "You didn't think you could defeat me so easily!" - Three felt a chill run down his spine... this is the power of the Yellow Crystal.

  The legendary weapon that helps control the yellow Crystal is a spear. It is very easy to control, but very difficult to break. No one really knows what material it is made of... but it is very high quality. At first glance, the yellow Crystal seems to be the most powerful because it can control time, but the reality is completely different. Controlling time comes with a major disadvantage. As mentioned earlier, all Crystals draw energy from their surroundings. Red from fire, blue from water, black from shadows, and so on. Time is not readily available in the environment, so the Yellow Crystal draws energy by taking the user's time. In other words, if the user wanted to stop time completely, they would die because they do not have enough time left in their life to survive such a powerful attack. If the user wants to use the power of the yellow Crystal, they must use weaker attacks such as slowing down time or speeding up time... and even that would kill the user if they aimed the attack at the entire planet. The user must aim their attacks only at small parts of the surroundings.

  The attack Gold used is called "Reverse." The moment Three tried to split his head from his body, Gold activated the yellow Crystal and the moment Gold died, the yellow Crystal turned back time in Gold's body, which meant that technically Gold's body never died. This attack alone cost Gold ten years of his life.

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  As mentioned earlier, the Yellow Crystal takes the user's time, so each time the Yellow Crystal is used, the user loses time from their life... they age faster. However, there is one person in Two's group who could use the Yellow Crystal without this disadvantage... Four. Four has the ability to regenerate, so when Four uses the yellow Crystal, Four could also regenerate the lost time from his life... therefore, obtaining the yellow Crystal is an automatic win for Two's group... if Four is alive.

  Gold created a thin zone from the Crystal's energy. Gold entered the zone and in an instant stood in front of Three. Three tried to react in that tiny moment of time with telekinesis to stop Gold, but Gold already had his spear stuck in Three's head.

  Gold greatly accelerated time in the zone he created, which led to Gold practically teleporting in front of Three. Gold tried to kill Three, but Three managed to repel him a little with telekinesis, which led to Gold only stabbing the spear slightly into Three's head and not damaging his brain.

  At that moment, Twenty one rushed towards Gold. Twenty one has the ability to accelerate, which is very similar to the attack Gold had just used.

  Gold dodged the sword with which Twenty One tried to stab him with, thanks to the fact that Gold was still standing in the acceleration zone. Suddenly, Gold stepped out of the zone and turned the acceleration zone into a deceleration zone, so Twenty One, who was currently standing in it moved very slowly.

  Gold ran towards Twenty one, ready to end his life, but Twenty one used his ability and escaped from the deceleration zone. However, Gold predicted this by looking 5 seconds into the future, which led to Gold throwing his spear straight into Twenty one's heart. Four who saw this ran towards Twenty one to pull the spear out of him, but at that moment, Gold was already standing next to Twenty one and picked up his spear... Gold created another accelerated zone right before he threw his spear.

  Gold wanted to lunge at Four, but suddenly he began coughing up blood... Gold had used the Crystal's power too much.

  Four drew his sword and attacked Gold. Gold managed to recover, dodged Four's blow, and stabbed the spear into his body. As soon as Gold pulled out the spear, the wound he had created healed.

  Damn. The ability to regenerate... t-that can only mean one thing... if this man obtains my spear, he could use it without any disadvantages. - Gold's thoughts were interrupted when a bleeding Three rushed at him, thinking about the conversation he had with Two before the start of the Colorful tragedy.

  "Yes, Two, I understand that, but I don't understand why you're sending the two most powerful members of our group, except for you, against Crystal, who can defeat an attacker in a split second!" - Three returned to his memory.

  "Please, Three! BE QUIET! Don't you get it yet? You're going to be defeated! Your job is to make sure that the user of the yellow Crystal is weakened enough for Four to finish him off... you have to make sure that the user ages enough so that defeating him is as easy for Four as taking candy from a baby!''

  "Two, I-I don't want to die."

  "Oh yes... they say that a person's true nature is revealed when they are facing death! Don't worry, Three... all our friends who fall, including you, will be brought back... all we have to do is seize the yellow Crystal! So the main question is... do you believe me, Three?"

  "I... yes. Yes, I believe you."

  Three recovered from his memories and pointed his hands toward Gold. Three tried to crush Gold into the ground with telekinesis, but Gold created another slow-motion zone, which slowed down the impact of the telekinetic attack, and Gold managed to dodge.

  Three lifted himself into the air with telekinesis and began to lift the entire ground beneath Gold... Three was giving it his all.

  Three began to break the ground beneath Gold with telekinesis, trying to kill him. Gold dodged all the shattered pieces of ground in the air by speeding up and slowing down time in certain places. Gold jumped on the pieces of ground in the air and suddenly stood behind Three. He coughed up blood and wanted to strike his final attack with his spear.

  Three anticipated that Gold would reach him and attempt to kill him, so Three absorbed telekinetic energy and prepared to release it, which would surprise Gold and crush his body together with Three's... the energy would kill them both.

  Three was preparing to make a sacrifice for Two's entire group, but what Three didn't know was that he wasn't the only one willing to sacrifice everything. As Gold struck his final blow, a single thought played in his head.

  It's not just the one with regeneration... it's all of them! None of these people must survive. If they get hold of my Crystal, my family in Desert paradise will be in danger... no... everyone will be in danger...

  Gold stopped time around Three just as Three was about to release his energy. At that moment, Gold finished what he had started... he stabbed Three in the head with his spear.

  Gold stopped time around Three... which ended Three's life and Gold's life... or at least most of Gold's life. Gold fell from the air to the ground, with only a few minutes left before he died of old age.

  Four approached Gold, ready to take the spear holding the yellow Crystal, but at that moment Gold stabbed Four with the spear again.

  Gold coughed up blood - "You are a very powerful man... the only way to stop you is... to wipe you off this earth!"

  Gold released all his yellow energy and began to push it into Four, pushing all the energy stored in the yellow Crystal into Four... Four's regeneration couldn't keep up. All of this led to a huge yellow explosion.

  Everyone in the vicinity looked at the place where the explosion had occurred... Four and Gold had been wiped off the face of the earth. Gold sacrificed himself for the whole of Middleworld.