Merged with the Goddess

300 years ago, Elves were one. There was no variation of elves, they weren't divided. All these beautiful creatures were united and one. They were a powerful race that even the Demons could not ignore. These beautiful creatures were guarding the sacred tree of life. The root of all life, the heart of the Goddess of life. 

 In that time, there was a war happening between demons and humans. A fight between the Hero and the Demon Lord,but the elves did not participate, they chose to be not involved. After the war, the humans won. The Demon Lord died by the hands of the Hero, and so came peace.

 Apparently, the fight between the Demon Lord and the Hero was so phenomenal that it resulted in something dangerous. The excess magic of the two powerful beings poisoned the land, the richness of the soil. Plants withered, the forest was dying. Everything started to wither, a forests that are full of life became barren. Luckily, the sacred tree of life healed the forest, the Goddess used her full power to resurrect the life that was stolen by the excess power of the Hero and the Demon Lord. But nothing was free, the excess powers were so powerful that it causes the life of the Goddess herself. The forest was healed, along with the death of the Goddess. 

Without the Goddess, without the sacred tree, what will happen to the elves? With the lost of the sacred tree, so comes weakness, anger, and fear. With fear came suggestions, solutions. Different opinions were presented, that divided the elves. The elves were divided into three. The one was lead by the elder named Arouma, she led the elves to leave the forest and build their own country. The second was led by Queen Antenasia, they left the sacred tree of life, and hidden themselves deeper in the forest, far from the sacred tree. Finally, the last group was led by King Abricus, his group stayed and protected the remains of the Goddess.

 The two group that was led by the Queen and the Elder survived, but King Abricus suffered from food shortage, and day by day  his people were dying due to starvation. They could leave, yes. But will they?  The elves were created to protect the Goddess, it was their pride, moral, and purpose. So, they did not leave, they chose to stay and protect the Goddess' remains. 

 The Elves were ready to accept their deaths proudly protecting the remains of the Goddess, but the King couldn't bare it anymore. He couldn't bare to see his people suffer, his daughter princess Deberia suffer. It was a tough decision, but he is the King, and as the King, he will do everything in his power for the good of his people. So the King made a choice, a choice that would change everything.

 The King contracted with the Devil, in exchange for the resurrection of the Goddess, he will sacrifice his life. The King was sure, it was the only solution he could think of, the only solution that could save his people and his daughter. For him, everything will be solve if the Goddess will again be alive. But what is his life? Is it the force that kept him from living or is it his people, his daughter Deberia that gives him the reason to live. Yes, he was tricked by the Devil. All of his people died, their souls was stolen by the devil along with her daughter Deberia. 

The sacred tree started to sprout, along with the King's regrets. King Abricus was so sad that he lost all his emotions. He was no longer alive anymore. He lost his will to live. He is now like an empty vessel, a life with no soul.

The Goddess saw the sadness the King was suffering, and she couldn't bare to see her beloved child to suffer for her. She couldn't bare to see someone who sacrificed everything for her in this state. 

The Goddess is still weak, and could not use her true potential, the power to resurrect. So, the Goddess made a choice. She merged with the body of the princess. The Goddess became Princess Deberia, and the Princess became her. They became one. 

All memories of Deberia became the memories of the Goddess, and all the Goddess memories became the memories of Deberia. But a Goddess memory could not be contained by a mere mortal. So it can only last for a few minutes. Within those minutes the Goddess said to King Abricus.

"My child, no matter what or how good your intention is, what you did is unacceptable. You as the King should lead the people to glory, not to death. Therefore, I punish you my child. From today onward you will be my heart, the shell of my powers, the new sacred tree." 

The King instantly became a seed, the new sacred tree of life. But no one knows that the Goddess was revived, that there is a new sacred tree of life. And it could not be left alone, for there are monsters that wants to devour the power of life, so, reaching the other elves was not an option. Before the Goddess memories fade, she used half of her power to erase the memory of the tree of life in all the creatures in the world, so are the Elves. 

The Goddess made a barrier, a magical barrier that no one could pass through in order to protect the tree, to protect her heart. After the Goddess memories fade, she and princess Deberia became one. The Goddess memories fade and her powers were sealed. The Goddess power isn't something that a mere princess could handle for now. Deberia needs to grow in order for her to use her newly acquired power.

But Deberia new that she must protect the tree. She needs to stay, thus, there is no place for improvement.  So she stayed in the tree alone for hundreds of year until she met Luci.