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Once Maria and everyone else returned to Yggdrasil, her Formation spread across the world.
Bright pillars of light surged upward from every place where people had died.
Through her power, hundreds of thousands—then millions—were suddenly revived.
The souls Odin's Madness had devoured were reclaimed by her and gently guided back into their original bodies via the worldwide Formation.
"It's done, huh…?" Hel asked quietly, appearing before Maria as everyone began stepping out of her Aura. Maria's body shrank until she returned to her human form.
"Yeah…" Maria sighed heavily. "It's over…"
The victory felt bittersweet.
Although Odin had become a monstrous madman, a small lucid fragment of him had lingered.
Tormented by his own shattered mind, few could still hate him with the same venom they once felt.
Frigga had chosen to depart with him, following him into whatever awaited beyond.
"Mama, will they reincarnate someday?" Nyx asked softly, walking toward her mother.
