Chapter 1417: Chapter 1250: Thrush: At Last, Transcended... Transcended!!!
Being No. 1 or being Fredri... whichever choice I make, am I destined to lose one side?
After listening to Fredri’s retort, Happy Donkey unusually fell silent for a moment, then quietly asked:
"So you chose the former and ended up becoming the No. 1 Root Survivor?"
"I don’t know..."
With a complex expression, Fredri was silent for a moment, then spoke with full self-mockery:
"Strictly speaking, I actually failed on both sides... I haven’t fully absorbed the people of the Hope lineage, still retaining their will, so I can’t completely condense the essence of the root, which has delayed the ultimate mission from being completed even now.
Yet at the same time, I’ve betrayed my origin, destroyed more than one material plane, seized most of the root of the survivors, pushed the only person who could stop me—Leon—down Ring Time Mountain, prepared everything necessary to complete the ultimate mission... Forget it, let’s not talk about this."
After shaking her head listlessly, Fredri collected her thoughts, refrained from revealing her inner feelings, and turned to smile at the Mockingbird beside her:
"Mockingbird, Leon has already left this world, your Disaster Avoidance has been completed, and now you have become a Transcendent, barely considered a true member of my lineage."
I... am transcended just like this? Really?
Feeling no change from before, not only did I gain no new powers, but I also felt a vague sense of ’emptiness’. After being dazed for a while, Mockingbird couldn’t help but ask with full confusion:
"Does being a Transcendent mean... I won’t have to fear Food God anymore?"
"Correct."
Fredri smiled at Mockingbird with noticeably more sincerity than when she faced other True Gods, and in Mockingbird’s somewhat overwhelmed expression, Fredri gently explained:
"The escapees I sent back to Ring Time Mountain will return directly to their original world, and you will never have to fear the Leon of this world again."
"..."
That’s wonderful!
Upon hearing Fredri’s assurance and realizing that the cloud that used to press on his head had completely dissipated, Mockingbird couldn’t contain his joy, feeling as if the sun had finally broken through the clouds, ready to leap into the air any moment.
Finally... it’s done! That damned Food God is gone! From now on, I won’t need to fear this world’s... Wait? Is something wrong?
After pondering Fredri’s words, the smile that had spread halfway across Mockingbird’s face suddenly froze, and he nervously asked:
"What do you mean... no need to fear the Leon of this world? Why does it sound like..."
"What I mean is, after you become a Transcendent, you won’t be confined to this world alone; you will transcend the constraints of time and gain the ability to reach another timeline.
And in other worlds, there will likely be more Leons. As you continue to reach new worlds, you are bound to encounter different Leons, and as for the number... it might currently be infinite?"
"..."
Infinite... meaning that after becoming a Transcendent, the advantage is escaping this world’s Food God, but the downside is encountering an infinite number of Food Gods?!?!?!?!?!
With the frightening news crashing through his brain, Mockingbird barely processed the meaning behind Fredri’s words. He felt a thunderous crack above his head as black clouds that had only just dispersed were replaced by a mountain of stacked black clouds.
At the base of that mountain thicker than the astral plane, a familiar face gradually took shape, and those identical-to-Leon’s brows and eyes slowly opened, revealing a friendly smile full of appetite toward the sky-gazing Mockingbird...
Is this transcendence? This is having countless Food Gods transcend me!!!!!!!
Between one Food God and infinitely more, Mockingbird made his choice in less than 0.01 seconds, screaming in terror:
"No more transcendence! I don’t want to be a Transcendent! I’ll stay here! I’m not leaving!"
"I’m sorry, but that’s impossible."
"Ah?!!!"
"Transcendents, while not being bound by the timeline, also don’t belong to any particular timeline and will, like my kinsmen, slowly connect their will to all timelines. It’s the benefit of transcending time, but also the cost."
Glancing at the now-stunned Mockingbird, Fredri calmly explained:
"When I returned to the past, the reason I was gradually accepted by my kin and recognized as one of them was because I wasn’t just me then; I was the assembly of me from all different timelines.
Only those who transcend time can live in the distant past where time doesn’t exist, so at that time I could be considered a Transcendent, although scattered again after returning to the present.
And now you, like the me of that time, are constantly ’unifying’ with one self after another; your future will involve continually heading to other timelines, continually merging with another world’s you... Hmm... timing-wise, it should be around now."
Around now? What do you mean around now?!
Hearing Fredri’s words, Mockingbird couldn’t help but tremble all over, screaming in full terror:
"What do you mean by ’around now’... Ah no!!!"
As Mockingbird let out a cry of despair and then disappeared with a ’bang’, Fredri calmly spoke:
