>>5716293>5716293As your team members exit the house with their weapons already drawn, they merely observe Griffith drying up the tears from his host's eyes, still missing his dear parents and feeling the venom in their words towards him.
"Of course... I do not expect to garner sympathy from any of you. Yet it's only fair you are made aware of the next crucial step in my journey. Though I already have my kingdom, the only feelings I have as myself are greed and unfulfillment. I have all that my past self should have needed for a prosperous life, yet I still feel that it is not enough. There is a way for me to finally be satisfied, and that is, to overthrow the order of the God Hand themselves. To transcend godhood and take over the Idea of Evil's power for myself. But for that to happen, I need to use the astral tree to connect with the true God of this earth." Griffith then turns to you, his eyes fierce and without a semblance of emotion.
"Barnham holding Ganishka in place was not in our plans, yet given your origins and your power to alter causality, I shouldn't be surprised of your capability to change fate, given how the circumstances of your birth left you as a strong candidate for being a God Hand member yourself."
"...Me?! What are you talking about?" Given his all knowing abilities, you're not sure if he is merely bluffing, or if there is truth in any of his statements."
"Let me enter Ilos, Vlad. I will contact the creator of all life and overtake his rulership over mankind! There will be no sadness, no struggles, a new world will be created--"
"Not in a million years! You plan on killing us all! Like you've done before with the old falcons!"
"I have refrained from fighting you all this time, Vlad. Though I haven't earned trust from you and there is not much I can argue forth other than 'take my word for it'. You should know it in your heart that I could have killed the three of you at any point in time I wished."
"AND WHY DIDN'T YOU, THEN!?" Guts screams, gritting his teeth and almost foaming at the mouth.
"Because that is not necessary. So long as you are all alive, a new world can be created with you in it. Though the world will be consumed by darkness, a bright future with the eradication of evil shall be born from it. There will be no gods, no higher being to command you, just a distant observer, as a benevolent god should be."
"And what part of you is benevolent!? What do you have to gain from telling me all of this."
"Because self sabotaging is all this child can do to my plans, drifting me away to this island when I should be planning on eradicating all the inhibitors that drain the power from the astral tree." Griffith overlooks you and Sivir, knowing that you are living safety measures for the Spiral Tree to not be used by Femto.
"Now, Vlad. What is your choice? Will you seek salvation, or shall I take it from you by force?"
