"Classified?"
Lin and Olivia exchanged a glance, but still sent the other believers away.
"Good. Before our Lord's altar, beneath His gaze, I can finally speak..."
Ymir let out a long breath. "I've traveled far along the Path of Shadow. I can faintly glimpse the beings at the ends of those Paths, even if it's only a tiny glimmer, and eavesdrop on the whispers of the gods... I've traveled across the entire continent and learned the doctrines of one cult after another. In the end, I reached a conclusion: this world... is about to be destroyed!"
"Destroyed?"
Lin and Olivia showed no sign of shock. Humanity at the end of the world had an astonishing capacity to accept things.
Besides, they had noticed the signs too.
"I don't just know that the world is about to be destroyed. I also know why... Those beings who stand above all, at the end of every Path..."
Ymir spoke in a dazed voice. "Once, I couldn't speak their names. But after being baptized by our Lord, I can... They call themselves the Fate-Ruling Gods, meaning 'gods who govern the fate of all living beings and the world'... They're mad and chaotic, evil and uncanny... They're constantly encroaching upon the world."
They're constantly encroaching on this world.
"They're constantly encroaching upon this world, binding all 'fate'!"
"When they've completely encroached upon the world and seized control of fate, there will be no free will left in this world!"
"All of humanity will be transformed into their followers and meet their doom amid endless madness and chaos!"
Lin and Olivia wore grave expressions, as if they could see that desperate future.
Ymir's account undoubtedly connected with what they had discovered earlier.
"My Path is Shadow, which symbolizes tiny miracles. I've been searching for that