"'Rancher'?"
Hearing that unexpected yet entirely reasonable name, Aaron was both startled and enlightened.
"Once... 'Raven' warned me to beware of 'Underworld Moon,' to beware of 'Rancher'... So it really wasn't a baseless warning."
"Did this God of Wisdom guess something long ago?"
"'Underworld Moon' is actually one aspect of [Mother Tree of Flesh]. Then what hidden identity does 'Rancher' possess?"
Only then did Aaron suddenly realize that all the other Age Controllers had roots and origins—only 'Rancher' seemed exceptional!
"And in the Third History, the first Age Controller 'Dawnbreak' killed was also 'Rancher.' There must be some Secrecy behind it!"
"Could this 'Rancher,' like 'Dawnbreak,' also be a conspirator who has hidden himself deeply?"
"No, that's not right... Among the Twelve Age Controllers, there may be those who have endured the long years and escaped madness, thus gaining wisdom, but it absolutely shouldn't be 'Rancher'! Its condition is even worse than Lord of Corpse Collection's! It might be the Age Controller closest to being half-mad..."
Aaron did not voice his thoughts. He quietly waited for Ayi Fa to continue.
Ayi Fa did not notice the complicated expression on Aaron's face and continued explaining, "'Rancher' is the Lord of Fallen and Chaos, but in truth, It also possesses deeply hidden authority over destruction and ending... Especially after It devoured the first Age Controller, this trend became unavoidable... It is the horn of doomsday, the breeding ground of worms, the end of the world!"
"'Primordial Worms'?"
The title "breeding ground of worms" immediately reminded Aaron of the enormous worm-like creature he had encountered before.
Those powerful mythical creatures were casually at the Ninth or Tenth Primordial, and they were an entire race besides. That was truly astonishing!
*And my spiritual intuition warned me not to continue divining... because if I had