Although this had appeared in the game, it had only been part of the background... At most, it had flashed by briefly as foreshadowing for the Path of Void. Back then, Iver had not even realized what this "void" meant. He had thought it referred to its mental state.
...But if this thing appeared in reality, all he could say was, "That's terrifying."
The River of the Void— Iver already knew what this was.
When the Sacred Numbers of the Paths added up to "ten," it also meant "zero." That was the path of self-destruction that sent everything toward "meaninglessness."
The Swan King had based himself on the Path of Beauty and practiced the Transcendence Path ritual known as "rebellion," unknowingly aligning himself with the principles of the Path of Void. Although he could ascend to the Dream Realm and become an Angel of the Path of Beauty or even the Path of Transcendence, he had also fulfilled the true activation conditions of the "Void Box."
Although Iver's memory was not particularly good, he still remembered that the Ring Angel had once told him that the nonexistent Tenth Source River—the River of the Void—existed under the name "Whisper of the Void." It was the culprit behind the apocalypse.
Back then, he had used Twilight Power to preserve the future Timeline as "amber" precisely to prevent the entire world from falling into the void. The Nine Pillar Gods had been helpless against the approaching "Whisper of the Void" and could only load a save back to the past and wait for the "wisdom of those who came after."
The former Reincarnation Angel, Ai Shiping, had probably finally broken down because he had watched the number of loading saves run almost completely dry.
Iver could understand the sins committed by his "past