Huh? Are they all real?...

But so what?

From any perspective, it's all worthwhile.

However, by losing a sequence zero that was upgraded by AI, we have won half the battle against the impossible.

He achieved a miracle for his king by losing just one of his many goddesses.

In fact, she has always been very supportive of the sacred tree's views.

That is, as long as there are still people with him in the end, that's enough.

Especially in this time of year when there is almost no future to speak of, to be able to achieve this is an unthinkable miracle.

But Elettra's question should have hit the nail on the head.

The sacred tree, however, showed a wistful expression.

"Is it really necessary to get to the bottom of this?"

"Of course! You're so strange!"

Finally, Elettra looked at her and added:

"And you're too strong."

In fact, what prevented Bella from escaping this room was neither the Daughter of the Abyss nor the Queen who controlled this palace.

It was the sacred tree that I had been watching all along.

This was something the Queen herself told her when she examined the ring in the past.

This is the Queen's divine kingdom, and naturally, this cannot be hidden from the Queen.

Bella may seem unreliable, but that's because she knows she can't beat them all, let alone the original.

It's a situation where death is inevitable no matter which way you look at it.

But if you really want to nitpick, Bella is in the same class as them.

How could they be so easily manipulated?

"I really don't want to reveal the answer, because I have reasons to do so."

"But I have reasons why I need your answers. If you refuse to tell me everything, I will call the others back and interrogate you together!"

He kept only himself because he could leave the rest to Moen.

Calling the rest of the people back was a last resort.

Because that would likely mean that Moen would receive absolutely no further assistance.

He could only face the Creator alone.

But there was nothing she could do; she had no choice.

If we can't wait for the optimal solution, we must at least achieve the most basic victory.

Losing a sequence of zeros and winning half is indeed the optimal solution.

Even if you lose all of your goddesses, winning half is still a victory.

After all, this was an unrealistic dream from the very beginning, with even a 50% chance of winning.

The atmosphere in the room plummeted to freezing point at that moment.

Under Elettra's gaze.

The sacred tree subtly averted its gaze.

This should have been a sign of guilt, but it instead made Elettra feel subtly uneasy.

Even if the Creator is exposed, He would not act this way towards a plaything.

This kind of behavior doesn't seem like that of a creator who looks down on everything from above.

They seem more like ordinary people who have done something terribly wrong.

"Tell me what happened!"

Elettra's tone changed subtly, without her even noticing.

The sacred tree looked towards the capital and said:

"You actually sent that little guy to the Sacred Tree Forest, didn't you?"

Elettra remained silent. The only other queen besides herself who had seen the ring would naturally be put to good use.

So her initial plan was for her to stay and question the sacred tree.

The Queen travels to the Sacred Tree Forest in search of clues and Rose Lorian.

Her ideal solution is to win half the battle by replacing herself. A less ideal solution is to sacrifice both herself and the Queen to win the other half!

Only at the very end did all the goddesses perish here.

Yes, from the moment Moen wanted them to be with him, she considered them all as resources that could be consumed at any time.

To win a hopeless war, you must use everything as a resource without mercy.

Now is the time when anyone can be sacrificed!

"Yes, I sent her to the Sacred Tree Forest."

Since we can't hide it anymore, we might as well admit it openly.

“You chose her not just because she was the only one you had just spent time alone with. After all, if that were the only reason, you could have had Bella or you contacted Moredis Abyss or Selene Serafeld beforehand.”

"To find Rose Lorian under my watchful eye, the two of them are much more suitable than Ansa, who can only unleash her full power within her own country. In fact, even if Moredis Abyss walked right under my nose, I might not have noticed her."

"But you still chose Ansa."

The voice of the sacred tree has begun to influence Elettra's calculations.

Although nothing significant seems to have been revealed at the moment.

However, Elettra's calculations were indeed affected, because this reaction did not conform to her predictions about the Creator.

“So I think this is because Ansa, once she leaves the country, will be the most limited among us, and therefore the least able to help later.”

"So in your calculations, she is the one most likely to be sacrificed. She may know this herself, and she may have tacitly agreed or even expressed her agreement directly."

The sacred tree looked back at Eletara.

Those eyes revealed the unique wisdom of the ancients, as well as a great deal of helplessness.

"And I think it might be because you and she both saw that ring, so you figured out what happened between me and Rose Lorian, and whether it was related to him, or rather, to the final victory?"

The sacred tree was right about everything.

Elettra fell silent.

Looking at her expression...

The sacred tree lowered its head even more sadly and said:

"But I think you might be disappointed. Because Rose Lorian isn't coming for any other reason than because of me."

The sound of the sacred tree slowly ceased, and the atmosphere gradually froze.

Finally, the sacred tree raised its head and revealed the answer it had been avoiding telling anyone:

"Because I killed her."

“I know this is what he fears most and what he can’t accept the most, so I’ve always kept it carefully hidden.”

"And I don't want anyone to know."

The answer was completely unexpected.

This caused the AI-upgraded goddesses to widen their eyes in surprise.

"how is this possible?"

The sacred tree reached behind her and smoothed her dress, making it cling to her curves, before sitting down on the ground and saying:

"Nothing is impossible, because I have no choice. We are different from you; we know each other's existence and are looking at each other face to face."

"Once he returns, a showdown between us is inevitable."

"Could this have already happened, only he reversed it?"

"What do you mean?"

Elettra's heart was in turmoil.

“I said, perhaps our time has been reset. This is a speculation that comes to me based on some things I’ve noticed.”

"But I think, in that flawed history, perhaps I was defeated by her?"

"After all, at that time I had willingly accepted her arrangements and did not intend to resist."

The sacred tree, seated on the ground, continued its voice:

"After I vaguely realized this, I had been carefully trying to avoid this outcome, but in the end, she was the successor I chose."

"She is so outstanding that no matter how careful I am, she still manages to spot the problem."

"It happened in the New World, after I asked my sister Denise for that foreign girl."

Eletara, still unwilling to believe it was true, asked:

"You and she should both know that this is what he feared most, so why did you kill her?"

"The outcome of a war between gods is very difficult to predict."

"Especially at that time, I actually discovered another truth that I had not discovered before."

After a pause, the sacred tree continued:

“I told my sisters and you all that I don’t really care about your presence. I just hope that in the end, there will be someone who can stay with him all the time.”

"Yes, that's what you said, isn't it right?"

"That's actually wrong. I thought that's what I was thinking, but that's not the case."

“My real thought is that I have never truly considered you as my opponents. I have never imagined that you would actually take him away from me.”

"Because I feel that I will surpass all of you. And at that time, you will be nothing more than angels to me, gifts to the king in your eyes."

"what?"

The sacred tree reached out its hand amidst the immense shock of Elettra.

Across a world, the gold ring slipped from her hand.

Looking at the dazzling ring shining in front of him.

The sacred tree uses an incredibly clear fact to demonstrate:

“I feel I can replace the original.”

Chapter 454 The Origin of the Name Yggdrasil (4k)

"This, how is this possible?"

Elaite, far away in the Human Union, stared in disbelief at her finger where the ring had been removed.

The power of the gods is clearly far from being able to overcome the barriers that isolate the world.

But the sacred tree so bluntly took her ring.

And then there was that last sentence she said.

In utter astonishment, Eletara looked at the sacred tree before her.

The other person then put the ring that belonged to her on their own finger right in front of her.

After a moment, she smiled and said:

"I see. If Prophet Helios left such a prophecy, he would indeed doubt me."

After shaking his head, the sacred tree sitting on the ground took off the ring on his hand, placed it in his palm, and handed it forward.

She was gesturing for Elettra to take it back.

After a moment's hesitation, Elitra reached out and took the ring.