At the very least, they didn't have to continue eating corpses.
William looked at Floral and asked, "Tell me, have the two ancient gods, the Matriarch and the Father of the Wilderness, awoken since I disappeared?"
Floral nodded and replied, "Here's the thing. The Oak Council tried to awaken the Matriarch shortly after you vanished. They hoped that by resigning the original contract, they could bring the Matriarch's will back to life. Mr. Nehe was tasked with this mission, and he almost succeeded, but during the ritual, he discovered that the history of another timeline had been tampered with and interrupted the ritual. This information was left behind along with Mr. Nehe's legacy."
"In other words, this information was left behind along with Nehe's legacy?"
"That's right."
Floral's expression was calm.
"Wh… What?"
Ebony turned his head stiffly and looked at William with an ashen face. He pleaded,
