The clouds churned overhead, as if something inexplicable had descended upon the world.
"Midgard and the Giant race are on the same side."
Lake withdrew his gaze and looked at the High Priestess before him. "As the King of Midgard, finding my long-lost people is one matter. But I must also thank the Giants who have protected this place and secretly safeguarded my people."
The High Priestess said blankly, "Secretly protected?"
Lake sneered. "Otherwise, what? The expansion of time, and all the reasons you have no way to leave—if not for the secret protection of the three daughters of the Time Giant Norrvi, the Fates who rule over every life in the World Tree, the moment you left this place and reemerged into the world, Odin would have discovered you, and your race would truly have been wiped out long ago. Wait here for me!"
With that said,
Lake turned to Seifer and nodded. A clone directly stepped out of Lake's body. Then, blue-haired Kanon shot straight into the sky. Accompanied by a river that appeared amid the churning clouds, he vanished into some unknown place.
"The River of Time."
After entering this place, Lake changed back to his original appearance. He hovered above the River of Time and looked at the beautiful goddess opposite him, her golden hair cascading down like a waterfall. "Verdandi, who controls the current timeline!"
Verdandi's appearance was exceptionally beautiful, her golden hair and body suffused with the holy radiance of time. She said, "King of Midgard, Kanon—or Sharir, the former ruler of Heaven—you've finally arrived."
The former ruler of Heaven?
That was because Lake had handed the position of ruler over to Liang Bing, a true life-form of Heaven. As mentioned before, the World Tree's instinctive will would never allow someone who was not