Danas looked at the calm Leni.
“Some say she found a place to live in seclusion and spent the rest of her life there.”
“Some say she might have chosen to die with the Hero, ending her life quietly in an unknown place.”
“But I believe that this princess, who admired and deeply loved the Hero since childhood because of his heroic deeds, who even revealed the Demon Race’s plot in Erei to the Hero, indirectly leading to her country’s destruction, and who never received the Hero’s love in return, despite accompanying him for his entire life, giving everything and losing everything, must have harbored unparalleled hatred in her heart.”
This was the extreme hate born from extreme love, the true emotion needed for a Greater Spirit of Death.
Then…
“I heard that there was also a maid who always stayed by the princess’s side,” Danas stared at Leni, as if trying to discern something from her eyes and expression, “Every member of the Erei royal family had such a shadow by their side.”
“They were chosen as the royal family’s shadow warriors after undergoing a special magic ritual baptism, now lost and only practiced in Erei. They would appear on behalf of the royal family when it was inconvenient for them to appear in person, or when they needed to attend dangerous occasions.”
“Therefore, they shared many similarities with the royal family members they served.”
“Some in appearance.”
“Some in physique.”
“Some in strength.”
“Some in magic power.”
“And some even had almost identical life force fluctuations.”
This explained how Mara could learn the [Symbiosis] skill.
Coupled with the fact that Mara secretly sent people to protect Leni and had always been watching her, Danas finally discovered Leni and formed this bold guess.
“Miss Mara is the maid by your side, right?” Danas said with certainty, “After you transformed into a Greater Spirit of Death, she stayed by your side, obtaining your Greater Spirit body through the [Symbiosis] skill, and lived with you for a thousand years.”
Mara’s hatred for Heroes actually stemmed from Leni.
Because of her master’s experience, this maid completely hated Heroes and everything related to them.
As for Leni, she always remained behind the scenes, never appearing in person.
In other words, Leni was the true mastermind hiding in the deepest shadows.
“You want to obtain the Branch of Rejuvenation to compensate for the flaws of the Greater Spirit of Death, right?” Danas said with a sigh, “That self-proclaimed High Priest does have some skills, creating a life form outside the realm of life to bypass its limits, attempting to achieve Transcendence with the Greater Spirit of Death.”
“But she’s just a frog in a well, with talent but no vision, cowardly and powerless. How could she possibly imagine that even if such an existence is created, the world wouldn’t allow it to grow?”
The laws of the world weren’t just for show.
Only living beings had levels. Non-living things didn’t have the concept of levels. This was the rule of the world.
That’s why Leni needed the Branch of Rejuvenation.