Steps to be trampled underfoot.
Faced with those somewhat flippant words, Hingko fell silent.
Her rational instincts made her want to offer a warning, and she could not help worrying about Roland. But setting those factors aside, simply as the individual called Hingko, all that lingered in the girl's heart was anticipation.
The world was a game beyond her control, and naturally, there were players stronger and more accomplished than her. That was why Hingko wanted to end this great war, overturning the board to reshape the world into what she wanted.
Although that ideal had gradually faded after she witnessed Roland's power, as a player, she could not possibly have never entertained that thought.
-To become [the strongest].
To grasp eternity through indisputable skill, power, and strategy.
Just as rivers carved away the earth, oceans shattered the land, land divided the seas, and the earth covered rivers.
Amid such endlessly continuing change, there was no difference between gods and Elves. Only the strongest player, seated upon the throne of glory, would obtain eternal happiness.
But ultimately, a fantasy was only a fantasy.
The God of War had once seized the throne of heaven with absolutely overwhelming might, beginning a nearly eternal reign.
Throughout that process, let alone someone who was the strongest, not even anyone qualified to challenge him had appeared. Yet now, history seemed about to repeat itself.
From defeating an Old Deus, to defeating the strongest dragon, to bringing the remaining gods and races under his rule as well.
As long as Roland could continue his legend of invincibility, even if a few still doubted whether he could defeat the God of War, both his supporters and his opponents had to acknowledge one fact.
Roland, too, was a being beyond comprehension, describable only as "the strongest."
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