Iver still remembered the words spoken when Supreme Heaven fell--
I lost, Arthur. But you didn't win either.
I lost to many people... I lost to my prey, I lost to my foolish descendants, I lost to Hourglass, Lord of Scales and Feathers, and my other half... Yet in my battle with you alone, I did not lose.
--I won back then, Arthur.
You could never defeat me at my peak. Nor could you ever become as powerful as I am. Authority could never surpass power—just wait and see.
I'll be waiting for you at Twilight of the End.
Back then, Iver had completely failed to understand Bear Angel's words. He had assumed that Supreme Heaven was merely refusing to admit defeat.
If Iver hadn't felt that his status was insufficient and feared that Bear Angel might rally himself in his final moments and slap him to death, he would have rushed over and asked, "What kind of champion are you?"
After all, judging solely from those words, Iver could only interpret Supreme Heaven's meaning as, I'm the solo champion.
But now, after obtaining the forbidden knowledge, he looked back on it... and suddenly realized that Supreme Heaven's final words seemed to have held a deeper meaning.
--I lost, but you didn't win either.
--I'll be waiting for you at Twilight of the End.
Putting those two sentences together, Iver suddenly understood something.
According to Lord of Scales and Feathers, "Whisper of the Void"—in other words, "nihility"—had a designation known as "Twilight Kind." Twilight Kind were things that transformed when the world reached its end, much like stars turning into black holes.
Then there was what had happened during the later division of the spoils. When Iver had wanted to reach out a paw for some benefits and a taste