[The Heart of the World Tree — Root Domain]
Inside the silent pulse of the World Tree, time flows differently.Light moved like water.Voices from the surface faded into echoes, replaced by the rhythmic hum of mana veins—alive, ancient, infinite.
Evelyn Park stood within the heart of that light, her body half-translucent now, her soul already fusing with the roots.Every breath she took resonated through the tree, sending ripples of energy across the world.
[Warning: Host Vitality at 3%]
[Critical Dissonance Detected — Entity Assimilation Irreversible]
[Do you wish to proceed?]
Her voice was soft, almost prayer-like."Yes."
The world tree responded with a deep, melodic resonance, like a lullaby made of thunder.
[Memories of the Human She Once Was]
Images flickered around her — fleeting, delicate.A girl working two part-time jobs, exhausted and hungry, staring at the sky and wondering if her parents ever thought of her.A teenager watching her father walk away without looking back.A woman who learned that loneliness could hurt more than hunger.
And yet, despite it all, she had survived.
That same girl was now the pillar of the world itself.But even pillars crack.
[The World Trembles]
On the surface, the World Tree shuddered violently.The sky turned violet as the System's army of crimson entities advanced like a living storm.Min Jae and the survivors braced themselves, their weapons glowing with fragments of Evelyn's final blessing.
Then a voice echoed through every awakeners' interface — calm, familiar, and fading.
[To all who still fight…]
[Thank you.]
The world froze.It was her.
[My time ends here. The roots will continue without me. Guard them well.]
Min Jae looked up, eyes wide. "Evelyn—don't you dare—"
But the sky answered before she could.
[The Last Act — Rebirth Bloom]
At the heart of the roots, Evelyn raised her hand.A crystalline seed floated before her — tiny, radiant, and pulsing with the color of dawn.The last seed fragment she had gathered years ago.
[Initiate: Rebirth Bloom Protocol]
[Connecting to Remaining World Trees — Status: Searching… 1/10 Found… 2/10 Found…]
She could feel it — distant whispers across the void.The other Trees, each beating faintly on different continents, sleeping since the collapse of their Grantors.She reached toward them with trembling will, linking their roots across the broken earth.
[Connection Established: 10/10]
[Warning: Mana Overload — Host Cannot Withstand Dimensional Strain]
She smiled faintly. "That's fine. Just hold long enough for them to grow."
And then the roots moved.
The World Tree glowed like a newborn sun. Beams of golden light tore through the clouds, stretching across the oceans, piercing through continents — and in ten different places around the world, new trees burst through the soil, shattering mountains and rewriting the horizon.
Each tree carried a part of her — her will, her song, her defiance.
[The Successor — Blood of the Same Line]
In the capital, far from the tree's roots, the Supreme Commander of the awakened military — Park Hyunsung, Evelyn's estranged father — watched the sky burn gold.And behind him, a young man fell to his knees, clutching his chest.
His name was Park Aiden — his son from a second marriage.Barely twenty, a quiet strategist with no awakened powers. Until now.
[System Notice: World Tree Resonance Detected]
[Soul Synchronization: 99%]
[Designation Granted — Successor of the Grantor.]
Aiden screamed as light erupted from his body — tendrils of green and gold weaving across his skin.A sigil of intertwined roots formed at his heart.
The soldiers around him stepped back in shock.
[New Entity Registered: "Heir of the Root."]
[Primary Domain: Korea.]
[Authority: Shared Command of the Root Network.]
Hyunsung's eyes widened."…My son…"
But deep within that light, he saw another face — Evelyn's.For the first time, tears burned in his eyes.
[Evelyn's Last Moments]
Back in the Root Domain, Evelyn could no longer stand. Her hands were fading. Her body was light.She looked up at the glowing tendrils now connecting the ten trees and whispered,"It's done…"
The World Tree pulsed in response — warm, almost tender.
"The roots will remember your name, Grantor."
Her lips curved into a small, tired smile. "Names fade… but hope doesn't."
Her body began to dissolve — first her feet, then her fingers, until only her heart remained, glowing brightly within the root chamber.
With her last breath, she whispered,"Live well, little brother."
And the light went out.
[Aftermath — The New Dawn]
When the explosion of light faded, the battlefield fell silent.The crimson haze vanished as if devoured by the roots.The monsters — gone.Only a vast, serene silence remained.
Then, slowly, the World Tree began to grow again.Its branches reached into the sky, spreading light across a thousand kilometers, creating a new sanctuary zone that no monster could enter.
The System's voice crackled faintly — distorted, almost… afraid.
[Error: Entity "Evelyn Park" Not Found.]
[Warning: Root Network Independent of System Control.]
[Designation Updated: "Legacy of the Grantor."]
And within the new light, standing before millions of survivors, the new Heir of the Root — Park Aiden — lifted his head.
[System Notice: Grantor Succession Completed.]
[Welcome, Guardian of the New Cycle.]
[Epilogue Scene — The Flower That Never Withers]
Weeks later, in the sanctuary beneath the World Tree, Min Jae knelt before a small white flower blooming at its roots.It was the only flower that survived through the war — untouched, radiant.
He placed his hand near it and felt a faint warmth.Her warmth.
He smiled softly."Rest well, Evelyn. The world you saved is still breathing."
And far above him, where the highest branches brushed the clouds, the wind carried a whisper only the roots could hear—
"The Grantor sleeps… but her dream continues."