The Watchmaker's Will"
He grinned maniacally through his cracked lips, genuinely believing he had just forced Ethan into the ultimate, unresolvable stalemate.
Ethan stopped walking, standing just a few feet away from the edge of the desk. He looked down at the trembling old villain with a mixture of quiet pity and absolute, uncompromising disdain.
"You think you truly understand the power and legacy of a master watchmaker, old man?" Ethan said softly, slowly raising his left arm. The Chronos-Anchor began to glow with a brilliant, blinding golden light that illuminated every dark corner of the study. The rhythmic, heavy ticking of its internal brass gears echoed through the walls like the steady beating of a giant,