As Rio's warning to Skuld concluded, he felt a sudden shift in the atmosphere around him. The lush surroundings of his room vanished, replaced by a breathtaking garden that seemed to stretch on for eternity. It was much fancier and many times more beautiful than the ones he saw as system space. The air was filled with the sweet fragrance of flowers, and vibrant colors painted the landscape in hues of green, red, and gold.
In the center of the garden stood an immense tree, its towering branches reaching high into the sky, seemingly bridging the gap between the mortal realm and the divine. Rio recognized it instantly as Yggdrasil, the World Tree, a tree that held all 9 realms together, holding different worlds in its branches..