The characterization of the past had thus drawn to a close, and no one would be held accountable for their errors.
Just as Zeus had never 'failed', the gods had never fled; they had merely 'avoided the sharp edge' and cooperated with the 'Divine King's plan'.
This information would be incorporated into the mortal teachings as an explanation for this disaster, and after a thousand years, it naturally became the truth. Of course, no matter how much the gods might embellish, only one point remained unchanged.
That was about the true origin of this disaster, the presence of the Outer God, Blood Mother Tree.
Its name was not directly mentioned, and any content that could point to it was not laid down in text, yet no god attempted to deny the existence of such a creature. And all lateral descriptions of It inevitably revolved around the concepts of terror and might.
