The mortal world.
Within the shattered ruins.
A building that had originally been concealed by 'Secrecy' reappeared, and Aaron slowly walked out. "...As if!"
In the Spirit Realm, the one caught by 'Mother of Night' was indeed 'Aaron'—but he was not Aaron.
He was another Aaron alchemized by Aaron using 'Thought Alchemy' from the legend of 'Master Aaron Bestows the Seed of Hope'!
That's right!
Ever since Aaron began laying out the 'Seed of Hope', everything had been a trap!
According to the propaganda, Master Aaron had created the Seed of Hope. Since the 'Seed of Hope' could be manifested, then 'Master Aaron' could likewise be manifested!
That was Aaron's true purpose in constantly spreading the 'Seed of Hope'!
The greatest difference between this "alchemized" self and avatars created by abilities such as the 'Nine-Headed Evil Thing' was that he was equivalent to another real Aaron!
Especially after Aaron used Motula's authority of 'Secrecy' to conceal himself and invested most of his consciousness into that 'Aaron'! They even possessed identical tracks of fate!
In order to make him seem more real, Aaron had even handed over the Unknowable Grade Strange Object, the 'Sword in the Stone', to him!
In truth... Aaron had always harbored doubts about this world.
Even if only one Age Controller remained in the Spirit Realm, if he encountered one head-on, his end would still be exceedingly miserable. That was why he had made this test.
Of course, without Motula's authority of Secrecy to hide it, this plan might have been seen through long ago.
And there was also the possibility that the 'Rancher' had truly gone mad, and that the other 'Aaron' had successfully pushed open the 'Gate of Longevity'.
If that happened, this Aaron would choose death and be reborn in the other Aaron, turning