What do I think?

[He stretches out on the branch, bracing himself with his foot and rolling his wrist to let it crack, the bones re-aligning back into place.]

I think that the official story is a lie. If the Makai was destroyed, then it would be something greater then the Messiah to do so, and there is none that can destroy it. All you can do is make it sleep. It is the source of all Horrors, and Horrors never die.