After speaking with the Goddess of Zero, Fang Zheng finally understood what had happened.
Because the Goddess of Zero was not as capable as the Goddess of Order and could not handle everything herself, when she had created the civilization of that world, she had made one race her assistants. Their main duties were observation, reporting, and relaying information. To make their work easier, the Goddess of Zero had granted them the ability to travel to other worlds.
Later, once the work was finished, the Goddess of Zero left and completely forgot about it.
Or rather... she had never cared much in the first place.
In short, the Wild Hunt's vaunted ability to "travel freely between worlds" was merely a BUFF the Goddess of Zero had placed on their race. And BUFFs were not permanent; they were bound to expire someday. It had only lasted longer because it was a BUFF bestowed by a goddess.
That was not particularly strange. Divine blessings and curses could indeed be passed down through bloodlines. Back in the Main World, Fang Zheng had often heard stories about a family offending some deity, only for generation after generation to produce nothing but deformed children. If even native gods could wield such power, was it not perfectly normal for a god of the Order Clan to give a BUFF that lasted longer?
Still, Fang Zheng was puzzled. If she needed help, why not just find a few people? Why did she have to put a BUFF on an entire race?
However, when faced with Fang Zheng's question, the Goddess of Zero answered rather sheepishly... because finding people one by one was too troublesome.
"..."
Hearing the Goddess of Zero's answer, Fang Zheng was completely speechless.
"...Ah, but everyone was good children back then, so I felt