The emerald light surrounding the Verdant Ring God flickered violently, flashing and fading.
The grass forcibly grown beneath the god's feet lost its vitality. It withered before their eyes, returning the land to its original lifeless state.
Withered branches drifted down from the sky, all that remained of the Thorn God after Judgment.
Every falling branch sent a tremor through the Verdant Ring God's Divine Soul.
The god's arrogance, confidence, and companion had all been shattered by that single slash.
Fear wrapped around the god's soul like the most poisonous vine.
Run!
That thought overwhelmed everything else.
"Great Life Mother Goddess!"
The Verdant Ring God let out a shrill scream. The god abandoned human form, their entire body bursting into a mass of the purest Life Divine Might that shot skyward.
The god attacked no one. Instead, they tried to tear open space and send their will and Divinity back to the Forest Goddess's Divine Kingdom.
As long as I can get back, as long as I'm under the Mother Goddess's protection, I'll be safe!
A pillar of green Divine Might shook the Void. A rift leading to that endless forest was about to be forced open.
But the next instant, just before the emerald pillar could tear through the Void, it collapsed without warning.
It was not for lack of energy, nor had anyone forcibly destroyed it.
Like a punctured soap bubble, every Life Law that formed it lost its foundation in an instant. It dissolved into pure, unclaimed energy and scattered across the charred plain.
The Verdant Ring God's core of Divine Might fell from the air and slammed into the withered grass.
The god's last hope had been severed.
A seal from a higher plane, an irresistible will, had cut this area off from every law of