After Hatred was destroyed, Lloydel entered an extremely weakened state.
She was so weak that she could no longer maintain a human form and could only drift through the Dark Elf World Tree's consciousness as a ball of light.
This drifting continued for an unknown number of days.
She had never expected the backlash from destroying Hatred to be so severe.
Forget traveling to the World of Consciousness to draw energy—even Lloydel herself might dissipate if this continued.
The Dark Elf World Tree had also fallen into endless darkness. The scenes previously formed from gray mist as energy had long since completely collapsed.
In that darkness, Lloydel saw a pale purple ball of light.
She moved closer and discovered that it contained the final trace of pure energy remaining in the Dark Elf World Tree, along with its consciousness.
The instant Lloydel touched the ball of light, she felt her power gradually recovering.
At that moment, she also sensed the consciousness of the Dark Elf World Tree. It wanted to entrust itself to her, merging the last remaining energy of both beings... so they could survive together.
Lloydel could sense that the World Tree's consciousness bore no ill intent. In her current state, she could only accept its proposal.
The two spheres of light merged in the dark space. When Lloydel opened her eyes again, she was standing on a barren stretch of ground.
"Have I come to the real world?"
With the instincts of the God of Order, Lloydel immediately realized that the body she possessed was not made of energy, but actual flesh and blood!
A great number of fallen leaves drifted down from above her. Lloydel stood beneath a towering ancient tree, but every leaf on it had already fallen away. The tree itself had lost all