Chapter 576: Her Duty and Experience
Aldrian looked at the spirit for a moment before he answered.
"To be honest, I don’t really know about you. But are you aware of who I am for you to do this?"
"Of course, my lord. Your energy and aura were described in my memory by my creator—a figure who possesses the power to subdue any energy, whose presence feels different from all others when I sense it directly. The energy that can make nature prostrate in reverence," the spirit answered.
"Your creator?" Aldrian asked, then paused in thought. If this spirit of the World Tree used the term her creator, then the only figure she could be referring to was—
"Is it Seralis?" he asked, which made the spirit nod.
"Goddess Seralis, my goddess, gave me an embedded task. She told me to guard the place where I placed. The Divine Phoenix placed me here, so I must stay. I am to remain until the Absolute Ruler reveals himself."
"When that time comes, he will appear as a figure of light, one whose energy and aura are unlike any other, a presence so overwhelming that nature itself will prostrate before him. He is special, and I must treat him with even more reverence than I give to the goddess herself."
"I heard everything from outside about the figure who shook the continent, and my attention turned to it. From long ago, I knew. The moment I witnessed the phenomenon of the Divine Dragon and Phoenix, and the chain of events that followed, I knew my lord was the one mentioned by Goddess Seralis. The Absolute One. The Absolute Ruler."
"After I sensed your presence, I felt more certain. And when I sensed your energy and aura, I no longer had a sliver of doubt. You are the one the goddess spoke of."
She then stopped.
Aldrian nodded in understanding. He knew why Seralis had embedded that task. In the end, it was to guard the foundation of the formation. Long Shentian had said that ever since the devils took over this territory, a weakness had formed in it.