Absolute Dweller

“It’s been a while.”

『Did you call for me?』

“Yes.”

The White Dragon stared at me intently before speaking.

『...You’ve changed.』

I wanted to ask exactly what had changed, but that could wait for later.

I played the part of a good person and spoke.

“The egg hatched safely. Let’s go and check.”

To enter the domain, you didn’t necessarily have to acquire citizenship.

If that were the case, animals like dogs and cats couldn’t exist in the domain.

As long as I personally granted permission, animals and even monsters could enter the domain.

However, this was a temporary permit, so once they left the domain even once, it would disappear.

I granted the White Dragon a temporary permit, then casually turned around and began walking on the sea.

But...

『I refuse.』

The White Dragon flatly rejected my offer.

『I cannot step into the domain of the Evil God.』

“…?”

The domain of the Evil God?

I couldn’t understand what it meant, so I maintained a poker face and glanced back.

The White Dragon looked down at me with certainty in its eyes.

『Though I am but a humble mortal, I am not incapable of sensing the stench of nihilism emanating from you.』

I waited quietly, and soon it began to reveal information on its own.

『Do not fool yourself, young divinity. Just because you have taken the power of the World Tree, do not think everything is over. The power you have obtained is but the tip of the World Tree’s root.』

This was a big revelation.

With that one sentence, one of my most pressing questions was answered.

Thanks to the real-time insight into the White Dragon’s thoughts, I was able to gather even more detailed information.

‘The tip of the root.’

I recalled the first time I met it, when it spoke of Lilith.

Lilith, who survived by clinging to the World Tree and absorbing its life force, was referred to as an “owl.”

• Baa!