Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 39 His Birth
"So...what does this have to do with Ms. Hungry?"
William asked.
"The first and only person who gained the authority of the 'Great Mother' through the resonance of ritual magic is named Camilla. She was not willing to participate, but was forced to participate because she was the most qualified... Can you guess what the content of this ritual magic is?"
Flora replied.
William hesitated for a moment, not thinking about the answer to the question, but adjusting his mindset.
He felt a little uncomfortable with the answer he had thought of.
"Eat your own children."
Finally, he gave the answer.
Based on the previous mythological image of the "Big Mother", this can be said to be the only possibility.
"To be precise, she ate all her own children. Camilla was the mother with the most children among the elf colonists at that time. She had two sons and one daughter. This was an extremely rare number for the elves with low fertility. In fact, the reason she left Ava was that she could not bear the thought that her own flesh and blood would be separated from her in the future because of her surname."
Floral added.
Well, at least this wish has been fulfilled...
William thought about it, and then said:
"Aren't those elves afraid of retaliation from Camilla after she gains power?"
"Mr. William, they are high elves who crossed the sea from Ava, not humans who are still trapped in superstition. For them, performing ritual magic is not about creating a king who is above them, but about creating a tool that they can control. With their abilities, there are ways to restrict and control this most primitive ritual magic, and then use it like a tool."
“But at the end of the day, the tool got out of control.”
William is referring to the birth of the Hungry Lady.
"So how did it get out of control?"
"After becoming the Great Mother, in order to more conveniently control Camilla's power, the ancestors of the forest elves set many restrictive conditions in the initial covenant. For example, Camilla must be transformed into a tree to limit her mobility, or only designated priests can guide her power. There are countless such conditions. On the other hand, the human aborigines were almost wiped out by the power of the 'Great Mother'. The elves are outsiders, the children of fire and fog, not the children of earth and wind. Therefore, the desire and authority of the 'Great Mother' to make her children return is not aimed at the elves, but only at the horrific catastrophe with humans... But when they were methodically advancing the ethnic cleansing, they forgot one thing, a key thing."
"What is it?"
William asked.
"When Ravenwood was killed until only a few humans were left, they realized that if this line of humans was exterminated, the gods they believed in would also cease to exist. After all, those elven colonists did not believe in the 'Great Mother' and the 'Beast Lord', and once the ancient gods lost their faith, they would no longer exist."
"So they raised those humans as a support for the gods' survival?"
"Leave the human bloodline to continue to reproduce? No, no, no, they can't guarantee that this won't get out of control in the future. So they decided to turn those humans into trees and trap their souls in bodies where the passage of time slows down, to ensure that the power of the two gods can be passed on forever. So... those humans were left behind and became the first plants in the Holy Forest. The transformation was completed by Camilla herself, and this also allowed Camilla herself to complete the final transformation."
Having said that, Flora stopped and looked at William.
"What is the ascension ceremony for Lady Hungry and Corrupted?"
Seeing that the other party stopped talking, William asked.
"Slowly destroy an entire country or race, and in the process of destruction, collect all their deaths as fuel for the ritual. But in the end, it cannot be completely destroyed, but to ensure that the basic framework of the country or race will not collapse into a blank."
Flora replied slowly.
If the forest elf ancestors killed all the humans in Ravenwood, then the concept of "loss" would become the "dead silence" of complete extinction, causing the ritual to fail.
If they choose to allow those humans to continue to survive and reproduce, humans with the potential to prosper again in the future will not be able to get any closer to the state of destruction, which will also lead to the failure of the ritual.
Under such harsh conditions, Camilla accidentally gathered all the requirements to complete the ceremony.
However, there are still some things that need to be clarified ...
"Wait a minute... I have almost figured out the ritual itself. But what about the material needed for the ritual, 'The Source of the Moon', and the person who crowned her with the title of the Void King? You seem to have never mentioned it."
In response to William's question, Flora asked in a somewhat strange tone:
"What is the Source of the Moon? Why does someone need to help her be crowned?"
William rubbed his temple when he heard this.
It seems there are still many problems here...
Seeing that William was silent, Flora, who thought that he was doubting the truth of his previous story, quickened her pace and said:
"Anyway, let's go to the Holy Tree Mother Temple first, where I will show you evidence to prove what I just said."
As she spoke, she walked up a staircase made of tangled branches and vines, leading to a tree hole somewhere in the center of the tree. Seeing this, several guards standing around immediately bowed to her. One of them, a man holding a bone spear and with snake tattoos on his arms, said respectfully:
"My Lord Duke, your secretary, Lord Gare, is already waiting for you in the Temple of the Holy Tree Mother."
"Has he dealt with his son yet?"
Flora asked, and as she spoke she turned her head slightly and looked at Yinlis, the successor of the Blind Sisterhood, behind her.
Gareth Wolfspeak is one of the few subordinates that Flora can truly trust. The former leader of the Wolfspeak tribe is the only one who is willing to publicly declare his support for her before Flora becomes fully grown.
Therefore, after she took over the power, she also made great use of him. In the entire Emerald Province, Gare could almost be said to be the second most important person after her. In fact, because Fularo herself needed to devote a lot of energy to the practice and research of magic, most of the time it was actually Gare who was in charge.
However, his most trusted minister, his son, Quill Wolfspeak, was extremely rebellious. A few years ago, he opposed the Jade Province's pan-imperial policy and demanded a return to the forest elves' past belief traditions. After that, he even joined Ravenwood's underground resistance organization and had connections with many anti-imperial organizations on the continent.
This included the Blind Sisterhood.
"Lord Gare has already arrested his son for crimes against the Empire. He hopes that you can personally preside over his son's execution ceremony to serve as a warning to others."
In response to Flora's question, the guard answered with an embarrassed expression.
“That guy…”
In response to this, Flora sighed slightly and said:
"Understood, we'll be there soon."
