Maple Syrup also felt the bitter sting of regret.
All the current leaders of Lania Kaia were gathered in Polar Day City.
The four undead monarchs together held 42 pieces of world fragnts. If Maple Syrup handed over 8 pieces of Forest Sea fragnts, Lania Kaia could create a world skill.
Even Peach Crown had arrived.
There was no imdiate threat, but their re presence acted as a silent pressure—urging her to abandon that distant, aningless dream.
At this mont, Maple Syrup thought to herself: If only all the owlbears had followed Pine Bloom to BS, then she could have dragged Lania Kaia into hell with her.
But she couldn’t.
When she was younger, she valued her dignity above all else.
She could tolerate it when it ca to her own kind, but there was a limit to that tolerance. Once [Afternoon Tea] began to grow, she had cleansed all the branches she didn’t like with Maple Mu.
Even during the final stage, when Wither used a war skill that halved all the owlbear’s attributes, she refused to give up...
She hated Captain, but how could she not know that even if she had chosen [the Tranquil Dusk] back then, it wouldn’t have changed Forest Sea’s fate?
—"You’re always like this. Always thinking there’s more ti, thinking you can turn things around, always clinging when you shouldn’t and being ruthless when you shouldn’t."
That was the evaluation from "Mountfuse."
—"Maple Syrup, I admit that as a leader you should protect your tribe’s dignity, but you protect your own dignity, not the tribe’s."
That was the first thing Pine Bloom had said to her after the fall of Forest Sea.
Maple Syrup closed her eyes tightly and sat at the head of the table. Wither patiently waited, having already made his promises and offered terms. He continued to wait, even using his skill to bind Bone Shade, preventing him from speaking.
DawnCicada was already purchasing world fragnts at high prices from the exchange. She even contacted Lania Kaia directly through "Dawn" and bluntly stated that she lacked a world skill.
At tis like this, no leader would hide critical information for the sake of pride.
It was hard to say how long it took, but eventually, Maple Syrup opened the hand she had been holding tightly on the table, revealing the blood dripping down to the surface. Eight green glowing fragnts hovered above her palm.
Wither left with the 8 pieces of Forest Sea fragnts and the other Lania Kaia leaders.
Peach Crown stayed behind, watching Maple Syrup with her eyes still closed, and spoke softly, "You’ve done well. Without you, Lania Kaia wouldn’t have the respect it has for the owlbears."
What he said wasn’t to comfort Maple Syrup, but the truth.
It was because of her impressive performance in Divine Ga that Wither couldn’t bring himself to kill her.
Just like BS Rita, no monarch could bring themselves to kill a genius who could make the world stronger.
It was also because of Maple Syrup’s ruthless cruelty that every player who witnessed that scene on the battlefield knew better than to underestimate her. This made the owlbears quickly secure their footing in Lania Kaia after they joined.
Peach Crown wanted to say sothing else but his throat tightened.
How could he not miss Forest Sea?
It wasn’t until the palace was empty that Maple Syrup finally sighed. She hadn’t cried. She wouldn’t cry. She wasn’t BS Rita.
A faint breeze swirled around her, lifting her slightly curled red hair.
Maple Syrup spoke in a hoarse voice, "Why did you choose ? Pine Bloom and Peach Crown are both better than ."
[Faded Holand] gently landed in her already healed palm: You, like the Mu tree, don’t understand how to turn.
That was its answer.
It was also the answer of Forest Sea.
Pine Bloom and Peach Crown were both excellent, but Forest Sea favored Maple Syrup, who had taken so long to learn to turn and compromise.
The owlbears needed a leader like her to establish themselves in the new world. Before anyone could harm the owlbears, they would think of Maple Syrup.
After the brutal war, what the owlbears needed most was a leader like Maple Syrup. During the dark ti when Forest Sea was shattered and they lost their ho, her presence gave countless owlbears the courage and strength to continue.
Ho fades in ti, but in the hearts of the owlbears, Maple Syrup will always be the brightest color.
Ask any owlbear if they have a powerful figure—whether they revere or fear her, Maple Syrup is the only answer.
...
All the gods and demons gathered in the temple.
"The pendulum shouldn’t have arrived this early. We should still have two star-sea years!"
"Is it related to Isolated Isle?"
"No, it’s not about Isolated Isle."
"We lost a period of ti. A period of ti was moved."
"How is that possible? Did any players change ti?"
"Too many. Foolishness hasn’t made..."
The temple fell silent for a mont, and all the gods turned to look at Foolishness.
Foolishness, who had remained silent since the eting began, had a look of astonishnt still lingering on her face.
"Did it really change?"
Under the gazes of everyone, Foolishness spoke up with a remark: "Aren’t you curious why I pay attention to BS Rita?"
"You all know that every era I’ve tried to make fate coins to deal with the pendulum and that ga. It was , two star-sea years ago, collaborating with my past self."
She moved her fingers, and a coin flicked out from her hand, floating slowly in the center of the temple.
This ancient coin had one side that shimred gold, while the other side was made of bone material.
"I chose three pairs of players: couples, siblings, and twins. When one of them won, I condensed their fortune into the coin’s face, then smuggled the coin to my past self two star-sea years ago, while letting the opposite sides of these pairs be reborn."
"BS Rita was the opposite side of one of those coins. But when she entered Divine Ga, the fate coin connected to her was damaged."
"At first, I didn’t think it was a big deal. After all, fate coins have a low success rate. The other two coins failed much earlier, and it’s not uncommon for players to be reborn a year or two later. Fate isn’t so easy to alter—every so often, soone interferes with the tiline, but the story always returns to the original path."
"But now I don’t think that way... At this ti, if I hadn’t interfered with BS Rita’s tiline, she should have failed. Otherwise, the fate coin wouldn’t have appeared."
The temple fell silent for a long ti. All the gods understood Foolishness’s aning.
If BS Rita was the opposite side of the coin before her rebirth, then with her current achievents, the fate coin should have succeeded.
Unless... after the ti the fate coin was made, BS Rita rose again...
Boiling Orange spoke up, "Let’s get back to business. I’m happy to talk about her, but not now."
"No, this is the business." Deceitful Bloom stood up, her eyes gleaming as she looked at the coin in the air, "Her tiline being altered triggered a chain reaction that affected the pendulum and the ga. This is a repaynt chanism set up for fairness in the ga."
"The pendulum arrived early to balance the huge advantage BS Rita brought to Uncharted Star Sea after her rebirth!"
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