Lynn looked up and murmured.
He could no longer find those three figures in the images. Only the ancient Violet Great Lord remained.
And at last, after he had done all of that and stabilized the entire Main Universe once more.
He glanced toward somewhere in the void, his eyes seemingly filled with boundless longing and pain, as though after this, he would never again be able to see the figure he cherished throughout the endless years ahead. That glance seemed to mark another eternal farewell.
He left.
He headed for the Chaos Abyss.
And after that, he never appeared in the Mortal World again. No one ever saw the former Violet Great Lord again.
"Why did he leave?"
Lynn gazed at the images and asked in a daze.
A voice answered him.
"The impact this war had on the world was terrifying. That Great Annihilation shook the foundations of this dream world. He had to return to slumber to keep this world's existence stable. At the same time, he had to resist this irreversible fusion and keep himself from becoming the true Lord of the End."
That voice rang out within his consciousness.
It was the strand of Lingering Consciousness he had fused with earlier, that imprint.
Lynn asked in surprise:
"You still exist?"
The strand of Lingering Consciousness spoke:
"We were only a little short of completion. The separation of your consciousness interrupted our fusion, allowing me to briefly awaken and see everything you've seen... It has reminded me of many things."
The voice grew weaker and weaker.
"I am one of the countless strands of Lingering Consciousness he sent out back then. After repairing the damage caused by that Great Annihilation, most of the strands returned. Only I stayed behind. I wanted to see Nanako one last