"I..." Falco abruptly raised his head, his voice carrying a trace of frantic urgency.
"God, please do not be swayed by this man! Everything I have done was for you! For Elune!"
He spoke faster and faster, as though desperately trying to persuade the god.
"If not for these centuries of planning, you could never have absorbed so much Faith Power! It was I who single-handedly blocked all Corruption from the outside world! It was I who built an eternal paradise for them!"
Hearing his defense, Ansu gave a derisive snort.
No matter how Falco tried to whitewash himself, these cocoons lay blatantly before them.
There was no way the God of Nature would approve of what he had done.
"How could there be someone so shameless?!" Altina trembled with rage and pointed at Falco. "God, he is talking nonsense! Look at what he has done to our elven kin, he...!"
"Nana." Ansu pressed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a look telling her to stay calm.
"Let the god judge for himself."
After saying that, he looked up toward the ancient will deep within the Divine Tree, his expression respectful and sincere.
"God of Nature, you are such a great and benevolent deity. You transformed yourself into a tree, sheltering Elune for a thousand years, and treating every one of your people as your own child."
After praising him, Ansu swept his gaze across the densely packed cocoons around them, and his voice turned cold.
"But precisely because you are so benevolent, I want you to see this with your own eyes. See what Falco has turned your people of nature into."
Falco's expression grew uglier and uglier.
The will of the God of Nature fell into a long silence.
That immense will was surveying the inside