Infinite Evolution: My Idle Evolution System-Chapter 431 - 20 Billion Years Later

"YOU WANT US TO BE GRATEFUL!??"

Yet the abyssal voices of the girls fell on deaf ears, for the mysterious man… had already left.

He took with him the ecstatic Heavenly Father, leaving behind a whole world on the verge of total collapse.

"COME BACK HERE!!!"

The girls continued to shout as if they'd lost their minds.

"DON'T RUN AWAY!! COME BACK!!!"

After a period of screaming at nothing, their hatred-filled voices cracked. The sadness returned in full. Tears streamed. Their hearts felt like they were exploding.

"C-Come back… Ple-Please… R-Revive him…"

Once the waterworks started, they didn't end until long after those in the Arena of Yggdrasil left the area.

Only a couple of the countless denizens of the Ascension Tower stayed behind.

"Big sister, it has already been over a day." Alca Eldrine approached her sister on a balcony overlooking the Arena. "How much longer are you going to continue watching those pitiful women?"

"...They are pitiful, aren't they?" Luna Eldrine spoke in an indiscernible tone. "But this pitiful state of theirs was brought about from love."

"A love that could leave a maiden like this… I would've liked to experience it myself." Her eyes glossed over. "Perhaps with that man."

She turned around, preparing to request a meeting with the Holy Mother Spirit.

"Where are you going, big sister??"

Without turning around, Luna Eldrine replied, "Although I felt she was just as saddened as the rest of them, Hellea Abalon was the first to temporarily leave her sorrowful reverie. With her face wet and her heart in tatters, she requested that I give a Highest-quality Tear of Yggdrasil to the Eldest Daughter of the Aluria Family.

Hellea said this would be the final wish of Cassius Steele if he was given the chance to speak the words.

I assume she has some unique way of delving into the Heavenly Secrets. Seeing as she's the daughter of the North Abyss Witch, it makes sense."

Alca Eldrine's expression dramatically changed. "Are you saying that you'll actually follow through with the wishes of a corpse and give away something as valuable as a Highest-quality Tear of Yggdrasil!?"

Luna wistfully smiled. "You wouldn't understand, little sister. But I believe that Cassius and I had a certain Fate together. A Fate that will forever remain unfulfilled."

Walking into the sunset, Luna turned her head up, her expression unreadable. "The least I can do is fulfill his last wish. Or rather, I want to fulfill his last wish."

"Big sister…"

Alca couldn't understand.

Her sister would have to pay a huge price to take away a Highest-quality Tear of Yggdrasil. And yet she seemed more than happy to do so…

The very next day, a |Highest-quality Tear of Yggdrasil| stored in a special sealing artifact arrived on Grace Aluria's bedside table. A mental message was then transmitted to Flora and their mother. ƒreewebɳovel.com

"Is that…!?"

Amaris Aluria couldn't believe her eyes. But this legendary item was impossible to fake, and even more impossible to mistake.

Without wasting a single second, the Queen of the Succubi rushed over to her bedridden daughter and dumped the contents of a golden leaf-shaped vial in her mouth.

The results were instantaneous, and Grace was completely healed.

"My baby girl…!"

Amaris hugged her like the most precious thing in the world, with little Chelle joining in as well.

Only Flora stayed back, a dark shadow cast over her beautiful face.

The first thing Grace saw upon waking up was Flora's inexplicably saddened face. That was when she clutched her chest, feeling a deeply painful sting that tore her apart from the inside out.

"Ahhh…!"

She fell off her bed, screaming and clawing at the air with tears uncontrollably falling.

"My baby girl, are you okay!?" Amaris embraced her eldest daughter, worry making her lips tremble. "Did even a Highest-quality Tear of Yggdrasil not completely cure you of your disease!??"

"No, mother… That's not it…" Flora despondently muttered from the sidelines, her face hiding behind her hair. "I-It's… It's…"

Amaris immediately understood.

She pulled Flora in close as well, not saying another word. She comforted them in the only way she knew how, even though that man's death weighed heavily on her heart as well.

— An Unknown Amount of Time Later… —

*Ding…*

[Master, wake up!]

*Ding!*

[Master, you have to wake up!!]

*Ding!!*

[Dear Master, wake up!!!]

"!!!"

Cassius leaned forward super fast, gasping for air in the same instant.

Almost immediately, though, he composed himself. A frigid iciness then welled up from within him, causing his thin brows to deeply furrow.

Looking around, he realized that he was in the white space that remained after the Three Great Worlds were assimilated by him.

"System, why am I here?" he asked calmly, but couldn't hide the seething killing intent in his voice.

[You're extremely lucky, you know that, Master? A very powerful Cultivator happened across the Ascension Tower Treasure Item because of the elaborate ploy of your old friend!]

[However, because of the anchor you left behind in this detached white space, even after dying through and through, you were still able to revive! (Fortunately, the Cultivator cared very little about the ongoings of this world, else you would've been found out right away…)]

"So I really did die…" Cassius's frustrations grew. "I… I couldn't do it. I couldn't protect my family when it really counted…"

Doubts of his Path began to form.

However, just as quickly as they came, they were dispelled.

"No, there's no way I could've accounted for the appearance of a force so overwhelmingly powerful." Cassius clenched his fists, a newfound resolve materializing. "Next time, I just have to be strong enough to… Wait… Where are Yuna and her family…?"

[…Master…] The System hesitated. [There's something I must tell you…]

Cassius had a terrible sense of foreboding.

But what he heard next far exceeded the worst of his expectations, nearly crushing his spirit entirely:

[20… 20 billion years have passed in the main timeline.]

What…?

[Yuna and the others brought out from the original Three Great Worlds were taken out of this Dimension by me when you first went into a coma. They… They lived good lives, Dear Host…]