Chapter 861 – Gaia
-Boom!
The gate made of high-quality wood fell off along with its hinges.
Melia’s shoe kicked down the door.
The joy and arrogance that was always present on the cold ash tree’s face were gone, and their place was replaced by shame and anger.
“Are you here?”
“Shut up.”
Abby, who followed, crouched and lowered her head.
Abie, the national tree of Germany, a German spruce that betrayed her former best friend, Horse Chestnut. She was the one who broke things off with Maehwa in the past Forest Keeper Selection Competition.
“… You seem to be very upset today. Did that amount of money say something to offend the Queen?”
“A.B.”
“Yes.”
“Didn’t I tell you to shut up?”
Abby narrowed her gaze, placed her hand on her heart, maintaining her loyal intent, and spoke her petty words with aristocratic manners.
“I apologize and am offended, but since I am the queen’s adopted son and right-hand man…”
“It’s annoying to talk in circles like that.”
It was similar to Melia’s speaking style, but if I did it, it was romance, and if someone else did it, it was adultery.
Abby fell to her knees in silence. When Melia caught sight of his severed arm today, her nerves seemed to be strained and her eyes lit up, and she gritted her teeth.
“Incompetent guy.”
“… Yes?”
A heartbreaking sentence for Abby, who couldn’t believe her ears.
“He’s incompetent. AB. “When I picked you up, she wasn’t risking my precious time on that stupid boldness.”
When Abby was a toddler, she was caught up in the twists and turns of her dimension and encountered Melia.
He is her grace and elegance. Falling in love with her beauty, he foolishly made a thousand-year pledge of loyalty to the point of abandoning his family and country.
This was similar to her love, and in the future, that feeling led to unconditional sacrifice and devotion, and even when Abby cut off her own arm or betrayed her former best friend, she did not give in and served her queen.
Worth it… It was definitely there.
It’s just that it didn’t impress Lee Si-heon, but Melia’s beauty reached the pinnacle of her art, completely outside the boundaries of her common sense.
Even if all the wooden sculptures in her world were made with her motif, most of them deserved her nod.
Because Abby didn’t think it was in vain to sacrifice two centuries of life for such a beautiful woman so that the flower would not be destroyed.
The reason for Abe’s mental obedience was reasonable.
The roots of Melia are none other than the foundation of all trees. No wonder she was devoured by her beauty and loveliness.
Meliai.
She was the successor of Gaia (Γαῖα), a being like the king of the world tree.
World tree Gaia.
It is said that starting from the disappearance of Yggdrasil, she inherited the crown and power, established the current Goddess, and reorganized the laws and ethics of the entire dimension.
The pinnacle of life. The progenitor and first god named World Tree.
Unlike Yggdrasil, which is nothing more than a myth dreamed up by the gods, and although it is not vain, it is a very distant being. She has led the tree to its peak in her recent past.
Oracles and prophecies.
Oath and order.
In addition, Gaia, who governed countless concepts, controlled the flow of history with three crowns that expressed the essence of origin.
Through the power of creation, several successors to the crown were born.
One of them was to the ancient wise man, Methuselah.
The other is a being called Gigantes, the god of destruction.
The last one is the second Gaia (Γαῖα). She took over not from Melia, but from one of her sisters.
Subsequently, there was a record that Gaia, who is said to be the origin of trees, was killed by an unknown tree that had no other name.
King of the second world tree. The second Gaia, who was an ash tree like Melia, also met death in the era of the Mukryeong King.
Melia stole her crown from a world on the verge of destruction and went into hiding in a dimensional gap.
The third ‘Gaia’, who doesn’t even know where she was born and raised… She has no family name and is only lowly, so she avoids the eyes of the woman who inherited the throne of the second generation.
It is an oracle, a prophecy… All we have to do is maintain it using the remaining power of the predecessor.
Although Melia had already fallen behind her successor once, she thought that she was her best friend in all of her generations.
“…”
In order to become that rock, he puts Abby in danger and makes her loyal, then calmly rules the human world.
I was planning to kill the fake Gaia with Lee Si-heon, another crown user.
At some point, the superiority of information was overturned, and Lee Si-heon’s judgment was not distorted and was moving in the right direction.
That’s it.
It was very annoying.
-Wow.
Blood dripped down Melia’s chin as she chewed her lip.
Abe’s eyes widen. When Abby, feeling like she was about to make a fuss, tried to get up from her seat, Melia came to her senses and gave an order.
“Top.”
A place of opportunity where the power of King Mokryeong and Gaia come together.
“Prepare to enter the tower. A.B.”
* * * * * *
【 Take back the crown. 】
The oracle that flowed in conveyed its meaning in countless dimensions.
【According to the Savior’s will. 】
Establish justice in the world.
Through the network of connected dimensions, the voice of a beautiful and strong woman flowed out bluntly.
“The warrior Jeong Si-woo.”
─Yes.
“The route has been decided. To enter the ‘ancient’ tower. There, they robbed Melia of her crown.”
─The crown, you mean?
“Okay. “You don’t have it, but Lee Si-heon does.”
If that were the case, we would know the truth and understand where to direct her lost and wandering anger.
After a moment of silence. Jeong Si-woo’s answer came back.
─I understand.
The power of the crown was of this dimension from the beginning.
The human world, the spirit world, and the dimension of the World Tree.
It’s also strange. Gaia’s death… This must have been before the war between humans and spirits broke out. It was exactly distributed across three dimensions, as if it were a weave.
Erinyes of the spirit world.
Melia, the world tree.
Gigantes of the human world.
The one in the back destroyed itself by the crown and continued to change hands until it entered the arms of King Mokryeong and reached the final point, Siheon Lee.
The closed, static spirit world with an infinite lifespan was still controlled by the daughter of Methuselah.
‘There are a lot of things that make me wonder. From the beginning… It feels like something is turning into a corner. Was it something that was expected when the great Gaia took her last breath?’
From the beginning. Gaia’s death made no sense.
A being that naturally handles the three crowns. It is clearly against the ‘rules’ of the current world, but in any case, to whom on earth will a divine spirit being that has fulfilled the conditions of origin die?
This is impossible unless the ego is attached to the source.
The question of justice did not go away there. What about Yggdrasil, the being above it? How was it created and how was the crown used?
Would the existence of these two have changed in the history manipulated by Sephiroth?
Although I was trapped in doubt, there was only one conclusion.
What matters now is the present, not the past. All that was needed was to seize world hegemony, reach the root, and return to the era of the old Savior.
‘From the beginning, there was only one person to lead the era.’
The highest god who connects all stems.
Mother Goddess. Returning Gaia and rebirth.
To achieve this, variables that went against the trust had to be controlled as much as possible, but unfortunately, the World Tree of Justice was unable to perfectly implement all plans.
“…”
In the first place, she couldn’t focus on Lee Si-heon.
Although many interests were intertwined, the reason why she could not unify her will and force Lee Si-heon to be driven to her death…
Because she had to change her decisions and give her own instructions, looking both externally and internally at the same time.
‘Little bit more. If it was later.’
Justice in human form turned his back and looked at the tattered tree god.
No matter who sees it… Not to mention its size, you would never think that an old tree that was already on its deathbed and even its body had rotted had inherited the power of Gaia.
King of the world trees.
After passing away from the ambiguous existence of innocence, there was no world tree to continue the generations.
No… There was.
It’s just that its status was so low that a follower of Gaia’s will destroyed it.
The woman who was hung like a pig in a slaughterhouse before the eyes of justice was the body of the second Gaia who died in battle.
Melia’s older sister.
This is so funny! Melia didn’t even know this, and she killed her heir who never existed in the first place. She was only scratching her head like an idiot.
‘… Ha.’
In one way or another, justice governs the trust. If it is known that she pushed this as if to threaten another world tree, she will not be able to avoid her death.
It would be fortunate if all he could do was die, but the realization of the justice that justice advocated for was not Lee Si-heon, but Gaia’s resurrection.
Just controlling other variables was overwhelming for her.
She tried to achieve everything alone, and tried to lead everything while observing the flow of the world.
Unfortunately, this was impossible even with dozens of wise men who became Lee Si-heon’s wives, and it was almost a miracle that he survived this far.
‘Nevertheless.’
I did it
Although she was unable to get rid of the thorn in her eyes named Lee Si-heon, she instead became the regent of the dead Gaia and dominated public opinion on the world tree.
As a result, Justice, with the intention of using even the Sephiroth, planned a plan that spanned centuries.
In a way… A being similar to a part-time job.
There was a difference in that they only tried to achieve this with old remnants.
She, too, was someone who could hardly be considered just out of alignment.
“Ah.”
The tree branch extending from the woman’s hand dug into the skin of her corpse.
A jet-black aura appeared in the eyes of the World Tree of Justice, and as she held her breath, she exalted her own godhood with her sweaty body.
‘Tarragon.’
Don Quixote, who betrayed King Mokryeong.
‘Lee Si-heon.’
A maggot that just fell from another dimension.
It is true that they have become strong enough to be threatening, and that they have the power to destroy the entire dimension… But… There was actually one more being who felt uncomfortable with the World Tree of Justice.
‘World Tree of Purity.’
A fearsome being whose roots are unknown.
When I saw it in person, I felt so energized that I couldn’t even breathe.
It was an absolute tree that made me feel defeated and unable to even dare to approach it.
Of course, Jeong tried to find its origin by doing everything possible.
Even Chastity and her younger brother… There was no record of it being born naturally, so everyone just hissed and was afraid.
I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on this matter.
From the beginning. The reason Lee Si-heon, who was just a hangnail under his fingernails, became so huge was his purity.
Now, across all dimensions. It is safe to say that Lee Si-heon is the strongest—
‘I believe it was a coincidence or a miracle.’
─What if you are just a child raised in the embrace of purity?
How big of a variable is that person?
In some sense, I even thought that it might be an incarnation of Gaia.
From the observation of destruction, not creation.
Lee Si-heon has actually become a time bomb that will cover the planet with fire.
-Sigh.
Still, the presence of his daughter Shiva was helpful.
If only Gaia’s existence could survive. Justice didn’t really care whether Lee Si-heon survived or left for another world.
Of course, if we meet before that… I will not choose any means or method.
She was cautious and reluctant to fight if it wasn’t necessary.
Just as he secretly replaced the king of this dimension, avoiding the eyes of other world trees.
* * * * * * *
The day of entering the tower.
It was a day when I listened to Ebony’s concerns and even heard her moans, even though it was embarrassing.
‘… ‘This is true.’
I can’t say anything because I remember committing the same crime.
But still… Don’t you usually think that I’ll wake up when I hear moans?
‘Ah.’
Our teacher too… It felt like that.
Today was a day filled with shame.
“Master… ?”
“Yeah, it’s nothing.”
I remember Ebondan’s shaky steps as he got out of bed at 4 a.M. And left.
I wanted to do something to spread the spirit. She was squatting in the bathroom sink, thoroughly washing her tiny panties as if she didn’t want her sisters to see her.
‘…’
A secret to take to the grave.
I locked myself with the lock.
