After Chaldea left, Skadi ordered the Mass-Produced Valkyries to bring everyone from the remaining ninety-nine villages here as quickly as possible.
Ten thousand people was not a small number, but there were fewer than a thousand Mass-Produced Valkyries.
Some flew directly with one person in each hand, while others formed groups of four into nets and hauled over a dozen people at once.
Before the Lostbelt completely vanished, everyone had been gathered together.
Behind Skadi stood the three Valkyrie sisters, Sitonai, Napoleon, and Brynhild.
The factions that had once been enemies no longer held any hostility after the Lostbelt was removed. They could even speak amicably with one another.
Skadi said to the ten thousand people, "I'm sorry. As your mother, I fell far short. I couldn't give you an infinite future."
"But if I get another chance, I will give up everything and find a way to create a future where you can go even farther."
The villagers did not understand why the Valkyries had brought them here, nor did they understand why their only god was apologizing to them. After all, a god had to be right.
Seeing her children's faces filled with confusion and incomprehension, Skadi understood just how terribly wrong she had been.
After Skadi finished speaking, the entire Lostbelt began slowly vanishing from the outside inward.
She watched the land, the mountains, the villages, her children, then the three Valkyrie sisters, Brynhild, Napoleon, and finally Sitonai.
After watching everyone disappear, Skadi slowly closed her eyes and vanished from this world as well.
Until the very end, she kept thinking, If only the world could give me one more chance. I would definitely make the right choice.
Who knew how much time had passed before Skadi opened her eyes. More than three thousand years of memories