Thanks and Resentment

After taking a sip of black tea, Van-Fem wore a sorrowful expression before finally letting out a sigh.

Van-Fem said, "In the early hours more than three months ago, those branches attacked far too suddenly. We resisted, but achieved very little. Countless branches burst from the ground and slaughtered everything."

"Those branches seemed to possess limitless strength and speed, and they were immune to most attacks. They ravaged the earth at an astonishing pace. Wherever they went, people and beasts alike, everything was utterly destroyed."

"Ordinary people were basically wiped out. The power of nations was helpless before those branches. Even the Mage's Association, the Holy Church, and the True Ancestors could not resist despite joining forces."

"All three factions suffered heavy casualties. Two-thirds of the Dead Apostles were hunted down, and several True Ancestors even died in battle. Lita Rozay-en was among them. Before her death, she had the Mystic Eyes Train devour her Principle Blood Ring."

"The Mystic Eyes Train, having devoured and successfully inherited the Principle Blood Ring, gave birth to life. To commemorate its former master, it named itself Lita Rozay-en, inheriting the name of the fifteenth True Ancestor."

"At the same time, it devoured countless resources and awakened a unique special ability of its own: Imaginary Number Dive, allowing it to travel beneath the Imaginary Number Sea. We owe much to that child."

"It took the few remaining True Ancestors and hid in the Imaginary Number Sea, preserving the bloodline of the True Ancestors and preventing their complete annihilation. Otherwise, the Dead Apostles as a species might as well have been erased from existence."

"The Mage's Association and the Holy Church fared no better. The Clock Tower fell, and Lorelei led the survivors into Spirit Tomb Albion, where there seemed to be rules capable of