Outside the trial, the world started to change.
The elves detected the magic of their brethren almost instantly on both sides. Those who lived in the dark lands with no hope of reaching the outside world became shunned, and the elves sitting in their royal palace happily.
However, the dark elves didn't have the power of the high elves because their tree was locked away in the darkness.
Meanwhile, inside the world tree, the others started to awaken from their illusory dreams and nightmares. In those dreams, they faced their words nightmares from a difficult-to-accept future, past or memory from another world line.
This suffering became extremely acute for those connected to the Demon King because they were shown stronger illusions.
Erika and Levia watched their alternate lives where they lived a sweet and romantic life with Ryuji at first in a world where he didn't evolve as a demon lord until just before their deaths or a great changing point.